Miami’s Carson Beck has faced Florida multiple times. He’s now going to play them as a Hurricane

CORAL GABLES Fla AP There s a lot of things that Miami quarterback Carson Beck had to learn when he joined the Hurricanes back in January The meaning of rivalry weeks was not among them For the first time Miami is set to face its two biggest rivals Florida and Florida State in consecutive games during the same season Technically there have been three instances of Miami seeing those opponents in back-to-back games all when the Hurricanes ended one season facing the Gators and opened the next season against the Seminoles It starts Saturday when Beck and the fourth-ranked Hurricanes - play host to the Gators - Miami beat Florida last season and Beck was Georgia s starting quarterback for wins over the Gators the Bulldogs also count Florida as a big rival in and I m very up to speed Beck commented Obviously being at Georgia we value our rivalries I mean Georgia-Florida is one of the biggest games of the year for us every year Being in Miami you get two in-state rivalries which is pretty dope The tensions rise The competition is unfailingly heightened with those rivalry games And obviously I ve been in Florida my whole life so I m super familiar with all the rivalries In turn the Gators are also super familiar with Beck He has the chance to be the third quarterback in the last years fellow former Georgia quarterbacks Jake Fromm and Aaron Murray are the others to beat Florida three times as a starter Beck was of passing for yards four touchdowns and three interceptions against Florida in the past two seasons getting wins by scores of - and - He s a good quarterback Florida defensive lineman George Gumbs Jr declared I feel like going into every meeting with a good quarterback our goal is to affect the quarterback The quarterback is usually going to be the squad So once we affect the quarterback we slow the offense down Miami s three opponents so far this season Notre Dame Bethune-Cookman and South Florida have had similar mindsets going into their games against the Hurricanes None were productive Among quarterbacks with more than pass attempts so far this season Beck leads the country with a completion percentage He s of through three games for yards with seven touchdowns and two interceptions both of those picks coming against USF last week and neither exactly being his fault And nobody in the last years has gotten off to such an accurate start in three games with at least two of those contests coming against AP-ranked opponents Plus there s this Beck completely knows the Gators It s a plus for Miami this week You prepare for everything historically what teams have done and whatnot Miami coach Mario Cristobal revealed But without question experience at that position and understanding conceptually what we do versus what opponents show us is unfailingly a tremendous bonus And certainly he takes a lot of pride in studying his opponents So any insight from him is welcome and respected Beck is from Jacksonville not too far from Gainesville and around his freshman year of high school decided that he would attend Florida to play both football and baseball Plans changed obviously but he clearly has more than just a basic understanding of the rivalry And he knows Florida s defense is better than the Gators - record Florida s defense has yielded only two touchdowns this season so far and has given up just seven in its last seven games going back to last year It s a really good defense and they ve shown that this year in the three games that they ve played Beck declared So again it s going to be a challenge for us But you know we re excited to accept that challenge