Sometimes the statistics don’t tell the story, and sometimes you just have to find the right statistics. These No. 14 Florida Gators aren’t producing gaudy offensive numbers and the defense which started out poor statistically is catching up, but the this team is winning is through a lot of hidden yards that inevitably put the Gators closer to the end zone and allow them to score points they might not usually score.

For this piece we are going to stay away from the offensive and defensive yardage numbers. This isn’t about those, this is about the other parts of the team that have for greater part helped those areas of the team and more importantly put points on the board.

And for ease sake, we are going to compare things to a year ago, not because they were good a year ago, but really because we want to show improvement in these areas that have led to an average increase in point production from 22.1 points per game a year ago to 34.0 points per game in 2018.

I know when you compare incomplete seasons you are including non-conference games that may not relate from year to year. With that in mind, Florida has faced four of the five toughest defenses they will face this year in terms of yards given up, and the four are among the top eight in that category in the SEC. So any comparison at this point is pretty even or maybe slightly harder so far this season.

So let’s get to the hidden yardage.