Much has been made this season about the Florida Gators struggles on offense and that unit’s inability to capitalize on red zone opportunities. Following up on this issue, sports information director Steve McClain passed along some statistics to the media that are basically aimed to do one thing: make people question whether criticisms about the offense are overblown.

In Southeastern Conference games, Florida has:

• 1,506 net rushing yards (1st in SEC)
• 2,661 total net yards (1st)
• 21 touchdowns (T-1 – Georgia)
• 11 rushing touchdowns (T-1 – Auburn)
• 146 first downs (1st)
• 85 rushing first downs (1st)
• 144.5 passer rating (1st)
• 66.7 completion percent (1st)
• 32:56 time of possession (1st)
• 28.1 points per game (2nd)
• 4.8 yards per carry (T-2 – Arkansas)
• 380.1 ypg (3rd)

Is this a perception versus reality issue? Is the offense simply better on paper than it appears? Is this just more proof that the Gators could be truly dominant and blowing out opponents if their offense was truly running on all cylinders? Does any of this matter?

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Tags: SEC, Steve McClain