Josh Pate believes that FSU's offense can have success against Miami by doing this one thing

Josh Pate believes that FSU has to have success in the run game to beat Miami on Saturday.

That might seem a little obvious, but the devil is in the details and that's where Pate really gets into why FSU has to run the ball well, why they could run the ball well and how they can handle a top-10 run defense like Miami.

"Strength on strength here, that's how I see this game. Florida State has to run [the bal] and stay committed to it. You are not going to gash Miami a whole lot, just not going to happen," Pate said on the College Football Show

There's something to this. PFF has FSU at 60th in run block success. How can the No. 2 rushing offense in the country be 60th in run block? It's because FSU isn't doing all their work inside the tackles and many of the explosive plays have come on the perimeter, using the speed of Micahi Danzy on reverses.

Pate talks about FSU needing to scale up their running game and being more physical against Miami's front. The FSU offensive line will have to earn Miami's respect, much like they did against Alabama.

""This is the No. 2 rushing offense in the country. That's true. So why don't you expect [the Seminoles] to run up and down the field? Because Miami has a top-10 run defense in the country. It's ranked No. 8, it's better than No. 8, there are not seven better rush defenses in the country better than Miami. Florida State hasn't faced a top-50 run defense yet, so they've stacked up a lot of really good numeric games."
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Josh Pate

​The Gus Bus has to push push push the pace.

Pate further explains that part of FSU's plan to earn that respect will be with the use of tempo. It's the easiest way for FSU to stay ahead of the sticks, keep the run game on schedule and open up the rest of the playbook. 

"I look at the use of tempo here, more than Miami's probably seen from anyone that can competitively match them talent wise, like FSU can. USF couldn't do that, not even on their best day, they couldn't do that. And Florida runs one play every two or three minutes," Pate added.

​Sometimes a first down run of 3 or 4 yards doesn't seem like much, but it keeps the offense on schedule and if FSU can just consistently hit Miami with those physical runs inside the tackles, it's going to set up explosive plays.