The Florida Gators and the Miami Hurricanes have played some exciting games in the past, but after this season the two teams may not play again for quite some time, echoing some of the past breaks in the rivalry, including a decade long streak that lasted from the 80's until 2001 and now the two teams will play again on Saturday in South Florida.
The game puts two team that are 1-0 against each other and rankings wise this is much more important for the Gators and the reason the rivalry may end again is due to the expanded SEC schedule that could happen next year and the game this season is at Sun Life Stadium and comes after the last time the two teams played in 2008. In that game Urban Meyer was still the coach at Florida before moving to Ohio State after retirement and the Gators ended up winning the game in dominant fashion, taking it 26-3 and naturally Miami felt that the score was getting run up a bit and now the Gators have the advantage in the series.
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Miami's head coach is now Al Golden and he is trying his best to turn around the Hurricanes after falling down from national prominence and this would be a huge win and a boost for the team this season. The Hurricanes will get a boost from Duke Johnson if he returns full strength after leaving the game last week against Florida Atlantic, but at least that came after he rushed for 186 yards and he will play a big part in the success or failure of the team this season. The Gators have a very stout defense and will be prepared and the team is bringing back some experienced players on offense as well.
The team had an easy game last week against Toledo after winning 24-6 and quarterback Jeff Driskel was solid, throwing for 153 yards and he is looking like he has developed over the past year and that could mean big things for Florida heading down the line this season. The team will also be relying heavily on Mack Brown at running back against the Gators after he rushed for 112 yards last game and they will give him the ball plenty on Saturday after he scored two touchdowns against Toledo.
After one game the Gators already rank 13th in points against and are 25th in the nation in rushing yards and after the game against Miami the schedule continues with Tennessee and then a road game against Kentucky before playing Arkansas at home. One of the toughest games will be against LSU and then the team will play Missouri and them Georgia before playing Vanderbilt and then South Carolina in a huge game before playing the Florida State Seminoles at the end of the season. Florida will play against Savannah State next and then they will play tough games against North Carolina, Florida State, Virginia Tech, Duke and Pitt to finish the season with Wake Forest still on the schedule.