Time to put up or shut up. We've faced the leading offensive team in the country once already this season and now we get to do it again.
UCF is the leading offense in the country by a decent margin. Dillon Gabriel has thrown for 2774 yards, which is 7 yards behind Shane Buechele. Gabriel also has 28 Totals TDs to his name. UCF also has Marlon WiIlliams who is second in the country in receiving yards. Tre Nixon is actually the number one receiver on the team but he's been out with an injury for weeks now. He dressed for Temple but didn't play. I fully expect him to be available for this weekend barring some kind of practice set back. This makes the offense more dangerous than ever with both Nixon and Williams on the field together. I suspect UCF is just going to lob it up against our DBs and draw flags all game if they can't get completions. I think this is a better offensive team than what we faced against SMU even if Tre Nixon doesn't play. UCF is also 18th in the country in rushing average. Their defense however, is suspect and ranked 60th in total defense.
UC is # 3 in the country in total defense currently. If the D wants to continue their streak of no passing TDs in this game, they're really going to have to stay healthy and play well. Having Elijah Ponder for this game will be big. I'm not sure what his status is for Saturday. We've played two of the top passing offenses in the country this year in SMU and Memphis, and one of the top rushing offenses in Army and shut them all down.
The offense is going to have to generate yards on the ground and keep UCF's offense off the field. UC is ranked 14th in rushing average.
UCF is the leading offense in the country by a decent margin. Dillon Gabriel has thrown for 2774 yards, which is 7 yards behind Shane Buechele. Gabriel also has 28 Totals TDs to his name. UCF also has Marlon WiIlliams who is second in the country in receiving yards. Tre Nixon is actually the number one receiver on the team but he's been out with an injury for weeks now. He dressed for Temple but didn't play. I fully expect him to be available for this weekend barring some kind of practice set back. This makes the offense more dangerous than ever with both Nixon and Williams on the field together. I suspect UCF is just going to lob it up against our DBs and draw flags all game if they can't get completions. I think this is a better offensive team than what we faced against SMU even if Tre Nixon doesn't play. UCF is also 18th in the country in rushing average. Their defense however, is suspect and ranked 60th in total defense.
UC is # 3 in the country in total defense currently. If the D wants to continue their streak of no passing TDs in this game, they're really going to have to stay healthy and play well. Having Elijah Ponder for this game will be big. I'm not sure what his status is for Saturday. We've played two of the top passing offenses in the country this year in SMU and Memphis, and one of the top rushing offenses in Army and shut them all down.
The offense is going to have to generate yards on the ground and keep UCF's offense off the field. UC is ranked 14th in rushing average.
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