The Florida Gators biggest win of the season was against the Georgia Bulldogs on Nov. 1.

This previous state is in fact inarguable, considering the pedestrian amount of wins this season for the Gators and Georgia’s lofty No. 10 ranking when the two teams faced off in The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.

How did the Gators pull it off?

By running the football — a lot.

In 60 minutes of football, the Gators ran the ball 60 times for 418 yards, which comes out to an average of nearly 6.2 yards per carry. The end result was Florida 38, Georgia 20.

And now with Florida’s biggest rival ahead this weekend, the Gators will need a repeat performance in order to walk out of Doak Campbell Stadium with an upset.

Let me clarify by saying that I don’t believe the Gators need similar production (although 418 yards wouldn’t hurt), but the key is Florida needs the same efficiency and effectiveness within the ground game.

Although that game was nearly a month ago, the same aspect still applies to the Florida offense. Against Georgia, it was true freshman quarterback Treon Harris’ first collegiate start, so the natural inclination is to take the pressure off by focusing on the running game.

This week against FSU, Harris is still the starter and has some experience under his belt. Unfortunately for him, he’s yet to prove enough consistency when throwing the ball to merit a stronger dependance on the passing game.

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The Gators were at their best against Georgia when they were running the ball and pushing tempo, two things not often coincided with one another. It is, however, when offensive coordinator Kurt Roper believes Florida is at its best offensively.

“Obviously, that’s the natural inclination to believe aggressiveness is throwing the football,” Roper said during his press conference. “But even for us, aggressiveness comes on perimeter runs, quarterback runs and different things like that. Trying to get outside of the tackle box, per se. That’s just kind of who we’ve morphed into and who we’ve become this season.”

Florida State’s run defense isn’t nearly as menacing as Georgia’s prior to that Nov. 1 matchup. With UGA’s defense allowing just over 100 yards per game on the ground, the Gators’ success in the running game was quite the shock. Against the Seminoles, a successful ground game won’t be as surprising.

Ranked just seventh in the ACC in run defense (allowing 148.8 ypg), the Seminoles have struggled at times to stop opponents in the run game. Last week, FSU almost lost its first game in almost two years thanks to a big running game from Boston College, who racked up 240 yards on the ground.

Like the Gators, Boston College doesn’t have much success in the passing game and attempted just 11 passes all game against the Seminoles. With the same kind of numbers very possible from the Gators, and how close Boston College was to pulling off the upset, it wouldn’t be shocking to see Florida employ a similar strategy on Saturday.

Since Harris became the quarterback, Florida has rushed for more than 200 yards in three out of his four starts. Because of the Gators’ success, FSU players expect Florida to exploit the Seminoles’ run defense — and they’re ready for it.

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“That’s pretty much how teams feel like they can beat us, is to run the ball,” junior linebacker Terrance Smith said to Seminoles.com. “So that’s what we’re focusing on a lot this week, being gap-sound and having everyone where they’re supposed to be.”

It’s no secret how the Gators expect to win this game Saturday — by placing a strong emphasis on running the football. If Nov. 29 looks a lot like Nov. 1 for the orange and blue, we could witness a major upset to cap off the college football regular season.