Representing the Southeastern Conference and looking to top off a successful season, the No. 9 Florida Gators (10-2) make the short trip from Gainesville to Miami to take on the Atlantic Coast Conference runner-up No. 24 Virginia Cavaliers (9-4) at Hard Rock Stadium in the Capital One Orange Bowl.
The whole show will be about whether Virginia’s talented dual-threat quarterback Bryce Perkins (35 total touchdowns, 3,960 combined yards) can navigate the nation’s ninth-best defense in Florida in the program’s first-ever appearance in a New Year’s Six bowl game. The Gators are a heavy favorite (-14.5 on most lines) and with good reason: They are deep, fast, and punishing at the point of attack defensively.
If the Cavaliers’ blowout ACC championship loss to No. 3 Clemson—owners of the country’s best defense, at least statistically—is any indication, the Cavaliers can at least know they’ve already been in the belly of the beast. The problem is that Florida is just a lesser beast. Despite playing in a lesser conference, Virginia has no significant statistical advantage to hang its hat on, save that it will have the best player on the field in Perkins.
Florida’s offense has been pretty good in its own right. The Gators have outscored opponents 396-173 this season, pitching three shutouts with two other games holding their opponent to six points or less. Quarterback Kyle Trask has a 67.6 completion percentage with 2,636 yards and 24 touchdowns—a good season for the backup to Feleipe Franks, who had a season-ending injury.
Here’s how to watch Florida vs. Virginia in the Capital One Orange Bowl.
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Capital One Orange Bowl
- Location: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami
- Date: Dec. 30, 8pm ET
- Streaming: ESPN
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Capital One Orange Bowl: Notes
In the biggest moment in the team’s history so far, can Virginia Cavaliers head coach Bronco Mendenhall bring the program its first New Year’s Six bowl game win and put the nation on notice? A win, or even a strong showing, against a pretty good team with Dan Mullen as the head coach will turn some heads. Mendenhall is surely hoping those heads will be those of prospective recruits and their coaches and parents.
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