I was replying to a post about UCF and stopping the run, so I will clarify my comments:
Nobody in the Big Pac-12
on UCF's 2024 schedule runs the football (i.e., "stopping the run" is not going to be the issue).
The Knights will not face Oklahoma State (Ollie Gordon II), Kansas (Devan Neal), Texas Tech (Tahj Brooks), Kansas State (DJ Giddens), etc., unless UCF reaches the Big Pac-12 Championship Game.
Cincinnati RB Corey Kiner and Arizona's Jacory Croskey-Merritt, a New Mexico transfer, are the only two 1,000-yard rushers from 2023 the Knights are scheduled to face.
To take a step further, (I already crunched the numbers) if
EVERY 2024 UCF opponent rushed for its
2023 per game average, including the FCS program, against UCF, the Knights would still finish with the 44th-best rushing defense in the nation, per the 2023 final statistical rankings.
Again,
"stopping the run" will not be a problem in 2024. Holding opponents under 350-500 passing yards per game, now that is going to be a problem!
UCF does face 4 of the top 5 quarterbacks, including the top 3, in the Big 12 and five of the nation's top 50 passing offenses.
(Why do you think UCF signed 8 transfer defensive backs and five high schoolers?)