Florida Football: Gators in need of bounce back win over Colorado State
3. Defense suffocates K.J. Carta-Samuels
This is Colorado State’s second game this year against an SEC opponent. The first came in Week 2, a win over a downward-trending Arkansas squad that led 27-9 midway through the third quarter. The comeback, sparked by four long scoring drives from CSU quarterback K.J. Carta-Samuels, left the Rams with an array of impressive offensive statistics.
Carta-Samuels ended his night with 389 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. The outing was much better than his previous game, a loss to Colorado in which he threw for 176 yards on 33 attempts with one touchdown and an interception. Neither compared to his 537-yard, five-touchdown debut against Hawaii in Week 0.
Which quarterback will the Gators see on Saturday? The same Carta-Samuels has shown up in each of the Rams’ first three games, the difference has been the level of play by the defenses he’s faced.
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Hawaii ranks dead last in passing defense. Colorado is 67th and Arkansas is 111th. Florid is third. Carta-Samuels doesn’t find the endzone and throws multiple picks against the best defense he’s faced to date.