Notable numbers for Texas A&M football vs. Florida: Who has statistical advantage?

Texas A&M football's strategy vs. Florida: Play ball-control

This may not be a popular strategy with a fanbase eager for some explosive plays through the air, but this appears to be a distinct advantage that is emerging for the Aggies early on. If they commit to the run game, there's a lot of hay to be made.

Even in that dismal game one performance for the offense, the Aggies found something against a tough Notre Dame front. The backs were not even following their blockers well, but the way Klein schemed up the ND defense made it such that the rushing attack for A&M had much more going than any of us though possible in that contest.

At the moment, the Ags are getting inside their opponents' 40-yard line on 57% of their possessions. They are scoring an average of 4.83 points on those possessions. Meanwhile, they're allowing opponents inside the 40 on only 32% of defensive possessions, and allowing a mere 3.71 points on average on those possessions.

In fact, Texas A&M football has only allowed a grand total of three red zone trips for the entire year, while they've generated nine on offense. They've allowed only 1.5 points per drive offensively, while scoring 3.1 themselves.

All of these numbers add up to this: hold onto the ball, run the Gators into the ground with your offensive line, and smother them defensively. If the Aggies get control early, UF might just end up beating themselves.