Florida’s goal against Campbell should extend beyond embarrassing an FCS team

As Florida gets ready to take on its annual FCS opponent on Saturday, our neighbors down south in Coral Gables had the only FBS game on TV last night. Miami turned on the lights in their Rent-A-Center stadium and invited FAMU to join them. The end result was a 77-7 beatdown that looked like a nine-year-old playing on Freshman on CFB27. Miami was desperate to run up the score they were still going for it on 4th down after it was 77-7.

The question for Florida heading into its own FCS matchup against Campbell is whether the Gators need to up the ante and aim for 70 points of their own? History would say it’s a complicated answer.

Florida gearing up to try and blow out Campbell

After Florida put 66 points on FAU, there is reason to believe that the Gators could top 70 points if they wanted to against Campbell.

Over the last five seasons, there were 29 games where a Power Four program scored at least 70 points. For the most part, putting up 70 points is a solid indicator that a successful season is incoming. Indiana is the shining example: last year, they beat Indiana State 73-0 and went on to win the national title…

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