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We'd love to appreciate you finding us and again we are talking all things
state of Florida college football. Hard to believe that we are already in week
twelve of the college football season, only two more weeks left of the regular
season, which will wrap up Thanksgiving weekends. You have the coaching carousel in
full full force around the country, coaches getting fired left and right, speculation
about other people, and there's even speculation about a couple of coaches here in
the state of Florida. So you know, you had the Jimbo Fisher firing,
you had the coach at Boise State with let go, Mississippi State's head
coach was let go. A lot of speculation that Chip Kelly at UCLA might
be next on the chopping block, and you have some obviously there's some speculation
chatter about is Billy Napier gonna make it at Florida after they fell again to
LSU, And they've got two more tough games with Missouri and Florida State to
finish out the regular season. So all of our State of Florida teams are
still Bowl eligible, obviously, Florida State Miami. You have already got to
six wins Florida State ten and O, Miami six and four. The remaining
teams Florida UCF, USF, fau FIU all are are in range of a
bowl game either at four or five wins, so all seven Division One teams
in the state have an opportunity to get bowl eligible. To be interesting to
see how that goes here in the next couple of weeks. So as we
get into week twelve again, Florida State has clinched a berth in the ACC
title game. That will be the only team in the state that will be
playing in a championship game setting. The Sevenoles remain at number four in the
new college football rankings that came out on Tuesday night. The one change Georgia
goes from two to one. They jump Ohio State, Michigan remains at three,
five is Washington, and six is Oregon. So the only change is
Georgia goes from two to one, which is probably worthy after their impressive wins
the last two weeks against Missouri and their blowout of Old miss and the Buckeyes
will have their opportunity here in a couple of weeks. If they can get
through this week, they'll see Michigan next week. Obviously, Michigan remains three,
and then Florida State, who we will start off with, remains at
number four. Florida State Gon moves to ten and oh after a twenty seven
to twenty win at home against Miami. Apologize, I have a little bit
of a sore throat and head cold this week, So if I'm a little
choppy with the voice, I apologize. But that's part of playing through a
little injury and getting it done for you guys. So but Florida State ten
and oh again a very challenging game with Miami on Saturday in Tallahassee. They
get it done, hang out, not hang on, but they get through
the game twenty seven to twenty. He was a back and forth game throughout.
Florida State had control of the game, allowed Miami to get back in
the game. Trey Benson rushed his sixteen times eighty yards and two touchdowns.
Jordan Travis nineteen to thirty one for two sixty five in a touchdown. The
Miami quarterback Emery Williams played okay and then he got unfortunately, was injured pretty
severely. It looks like he broke his arm left arm on a scramble play
late in the game with about two minutes to go. He was there was
a significant delay in the game. If he didn't see the game live.
There was a delay with about two minutes ago. He converted a fourth down
run to keep the game alive. This was a run heavy game for the
Hurricanes. Jacobe George led the Canes with five catches for one fifty three and
two touchdowns and the couple controversial one controversial player. There was a there was
a sack in the end zone of Jordan Travis. To me watching the game
live, I thought it was a safety. The officials ruled them down on
the half yard excuse me, half yard vine. They went to replay and
upheld the call. I don't know how they upheld the call. If you
looked at the replay, clearly Jordan Travis is the one that went back into
the end zone. It looked like he was contacted with the ball on the
goal line. The ball did not get out of the end zone and my
view should have been a safety from Miami. Luckily, the two points did
not come back to rooste against Miami because that would have been a brutal way
for that for that to be the exciding factor. Miami was held late in
the game on fourth down. Tyler Van Dyke comes in the game following the
Williams injury and through a interception on fourth down in the waning moments there in
the last thirty seconds or so to thwart the Miami drive. But the Seminoles
moved to tenzer again. In my view, have to win the rest of
their games. They got North Alabama and go to Florida and the ACC title
game. They're not gonna be in a position to be able to afford a
loss. If you look at Florida State's schedule, all the good teams they've
beaten, LSU, Clemson, Duke, Miami have three or four losses,
so that's not gonna be a good for their resume. Their strength to schedule
is not great. And in the games they were kind of favored heavily to
win Boston College, you know, they won by two points. Obviously,
they struggled a little bit with Miami. They were only up by three points
four points against Duke going to the fourth quarter prior to the Riley Leonard injury.
They ended up winning the game by eighteen, but if Leonard stays in
that game, that game is probably a one score game. So Florida State
has no room for margin of ra They've got to win the rest of their
games. I think if they win the rest, they're in. But if
they lose to Florida and or the ACC title game, I think they're out.
I don't think they're making the college football playoffs. There's too many other
good teams. There'll be too many other good teams with one loss and a
better resume than Florida State, so imperative for the Knoles not to slip up
here. Obviously, you have North Alabama who you should beat. Don't take
the foot off the pedals as the team you gotta go throttle. And then
you obviously have to go to Gainesville Thanksgiving weekend, and then the ACC title
game, which is looking more and more like it looks like it's gonna be
a Louisville team who is really really surprising. They're nine to one. Uh,
They've got some big wins on the year. They've beat U, they've
beaten Clemson, they've beaten Notre Dame, beat Duke really bad. So they
are playing a really good footballer, Jeff Brobb, in year one, so
that will be definitely a challenge. But again Florida State's gotta just keep going
one week at a time and keep working through it. And again that Florida
game could have a ton of motion and drama depending on what happens with the
Gators this week against Missouri. Could Billy Napier be coaching for his job.
We'll get into that here in a little bit we talk about the Gators.
But again, a wins, a wins, a win for Florida State.
You beat your rivals for three straight years. Good job, Mike Norvell,
and again win your games. You gotta win. But again, no margin
for air for the Knowles as we get to the final three weeks for the
Knowles of the regular season and the in the championship game. So Florida State,
we'll see North North Alabama next week on the c W. I think
that's a late late afternoon, early evening game up in Tallahassee. So ten
to oh Florida State will face the North, will face North Alabama. Let's
go to Miami. Obviously, Miami loses twenty seven to twenty FSU six and
four record. Jacolby George five catches, one fifty three to two touchdowns,
played really well. Emery Williams, the freshman quarterback, started the game for
Tyler Vandyke. He played okay. They ran the ball a bunch he was.
He was not very efficient, but he but he played smart, didn't
turn the ball over. Give Miami credit. They played a very, very
competitively and obviously a huge rivalry game. But again every Williams leaves the game
late fourth quarter with a broken arm. Again, hopefully the kid's gonna be
able to be back in three or four months. But it was a you
know, it was obviously it was a it was a bad injury. Immediately
as soon as he went to the ground, they came and put him in
an arm, an air cast and took him out. But again, uh,
be Miami quarterbacking situation has been been there, bugaboo this year. On
offense, they both had high expectations for Tyler van Dijk, just has not
performed very well, consistently performed very well. Uh they played Emery Williams.
So it's gonna be interesting to see what Miami does in the off season at
the quarterback spot. Again, you got to get that spot fixed if you're
Miami. Uh as well as the you need some more skill, dynamic skill
guys on offense. They just don't have a lot of dynamic skill on offense.
Jacoba George doing a good job, but in any that dynamic wide receiver
at dynamic tight end to get Miami back. And again we talked about the
no call on the safety. Did not end up being the final factor in
the game, but boy could have been had they scored a touchdown there at
the end. Miami twenty seven to twenty six. I'm almost sure Crystal Ball
would have gone for two in the win, but didn't. Didn't get to
that point, but I would be shocked that he would not have gone for
two in the win. So again, a good effort by the Canes,
but they fall to six and four. Excuse me, I apologize, cough,
just will not go away. They host Louisville next week. They can
be spoilers here again to be a tricky game for Louisville traveling to Miami.
Hopefully the Canes will come out with a good effort and play Louisville because again
Louisville's in line to go to the a CC title game. It's still up
in the air, So Miami could be spoilers here a little bit if you're
Louisville. Pretty much a dead even game from a point spread perspective as they
head to Miami on Saturday will be a very interesting game there in Miami with
Louisville coming to town. So again six and four, Miami, you gotta
win one of the next two. You can't go six and six if you're
Miami. Figure out a way to in one of the next two games,
and you'll go seven and five at worst. Obviously might be at six and
six, would still go to a bowl game. But you don't want to
go six and six, especially after that four and oh start and then the
calamity that you had in the Georgia Tech game with the clock and all that
stuff. So all right, let's go to Florida. Florida falls to LSU
fifty two to thirty fives, drop to five and five. Graham merch twenty
six and thirty eight three eleven in a touchdown. Travian Trevor ETN eighteen carries
ninety nine yards three touchdowns. Great game there. He's obviously taken over the
mantle as being the lead running back. Piersall seven catches one oh three,
but the Florida defense just could not stop Jayde and Daniels. What a performance
by Jayden and Alzheimer seventeen to twenty six, three fifty two or three touchdowns
passing twelve carries two thirty four and two touchdowns on the ground. Hard to
believe that a guy runs for two thirty four on only twelve carries as a
quarterback, but that's what happened. Uh. The Florida defense gives up seven
hundred and one yards of offense on only sixty one plays. That is nearly
twelve yards of play, which is an abysmal number. Seven hundred yards on
sixty plays. It's hard to believe. Again, fifty two to thirty five
is the final. Florida will go to Missouri next week and then at home
to Florida State. Missouri is the biggest riser in the College Football playoff rankings.
They moved up to number nine this week, beating Tennessee very convincingly in
Columbia last week. So it would be a very tough, tough, tough
outing for Florida on the road in Missouri, who's playing super really really well
with Eli drinkwitzen company, and that program has really really turned it around this
year. This is a danger time for Billy Napier. If you lose to
Missouri and you lose to Florida State, you better not get blown out in
both games, because if you get blown out in both of these games,
there will be some serious questions and some and some discussion, I believe in
Gainesville about the future of Billy Napier. You don't have to win these games,
but you better not get man handled and beat ultra convincingly in both these
games. Losing five in a row again. I know lots of people are
talking about BILLI Napier, the recruiting class coming in and all that good stuff,
and that's that's great, But boy, that Florida fan base if you
lose five in a row and getting just destroyed again. They got beat soundly
by Georgia, they got thumped here by LSU again. If and they lost
to Arkansas for the first time ever at Florida, If they lose at Missouri
convincingly and then get beat soundly by Florida State, that is not gonna be
a great holiday weekend for Billy Napier and that coaching staff in Gainesville. So
again, merch has done a good job at quarterback again, just not the
defensive efforts not been great. Not enough skill guys on offense as far as
dynamic skill guys again, will they give Billy Napier a third year? I
think so, But I think if they get blown out into these next two,
there will be some serious discussions about potentially make gonna move. So stay
tuned to that. But again, if you're Florida, if you can figure
out a way to win one of the next two year Bowl eligible, which
will be important, just if anything, just to give yourself some more practice
time to more practice with these younger guys. But you know, you know,
I know the Florida fan base is not happy with giving up fifty two,
getting manhandled by Georgia, giving up a ton of points to Arkansas.
But we'll see obviously next year if they do retain BILLI Napier, next year
will be a very much a make or break at year I think for Billy.
But we'll see. But again, do not get blown out Billy Napier
in these next two where there could be some serious problems for you and the
coaching staff in Gainesville. Because we know that Florida, Florida is not afraid
to pull the trigger. There's there's an argument to be made about patience.
But again, if you lose five in a row and you're getting blown out
in four of those five games. That's gonna be hard to defend to that
Florida fan base. Uh, coming to Thanksgiving weekend. So all right,
Central Florida with a big, big win at home against Oklahoma State thumps Oklahoma
State forty five to three in the rain. A great job by Gus Malzon
to getting five and five plumbly eight eleven of eighteen two ninety nine and three
touchdowns. RJ. Harvey had a tremendous game twenty four carries, two oh
six and three touchdowns, five hundred and ninety two yards of total offense.
Just the kind of game you're looking for if you're Gus Malzon beating a very
good Oklahoma State team who had just beaten Oklahoma. They brought him into your
house, in the bounce house. They got, took care of business rainy
conditions, which again that that doesn't help anybody but Florida UCF before the rains
came was man handling Oklahoma State from the get go. They dominated the game
and great job winning forty five to three at home. They go to Texas
Tech will beat which will be a tricky game this week. Texas Tech beat
Kansas on the road last week. So again it'll be a tricky road trip
for my guy, Matt Herschelle from the Atlanto Sentinel you've heard on this podcast
as he heads out to Leuwock to cover the UCF Texas Tech game. But
again, good job by UCF. Gotta win one of the next two to
get Bowl eligible. Again, it will be a good, good, good
job by Malzon if you can get Bowl eligible. A little bit of chatter,
will Sam Pittman and Arkansas be relieved of his duties and could potentially Gus
Malzon be a candidate for that job? Obviously Malzon has some major Arkansas high
school roots. He's been in discussion or he's been a name to be mentioned
in the previous Arkansas coaching hire. She'll be interesting to see if Arkansas's job
opens, would Gus Malzon be a candidate and if so, would he be
a serious candidate to take the job. If he was off for the job,
We'll wait and see how that. But again, UCF goes to five
and five, heads to Texas Tech on Saturday. All right, USF.
They moved to five and five with a twenty seven to twenty three win over
Temple. Byron Brown eighteen of twenty six three eighteen Shawn Atkins nine catches for
one sixty nine, all time leading pass catcher in USF history, So great
accomplishment for Sewn, who is a former walk on. USF will go to
UTSA on Friday, San Antonio, San Antonio six and oho in the conference,
so a tough test for the Bulls against the road runners again the USS
five and five. They have Charlotte next week, which is a very winnable
game to get the ball eligible. Will be a tough game this week on
Friday night National TV at UTSA, So we'll see if the Bulls can,
especially defensively, if they can handle the UTSA offense, who again has been
six and oh in the conference. Buying for a conference title. Will be
a tough game for the Bulls on the road in San Antonio. So all
right, FAU drops to four and six, lose to East Carolina twenty two
to seven. It's a bad loss for FAU. East Carolina came into the
game one to eight. They lost the game at home twenty two to seven.
Not a great job on all offense, one hundred and seventy two total
yards, four of seventeen on third down, just that. That's a bad
loss for Tom Herman in the in the in the Owls, it's a game
you gotta win. You could have you would have been five and five.
Now FAU has to win the last two to get Bowl eligible. They have
two Lane at home this week. Who's six and oh in the conference,
So doesn't look look great. The two lanes has been a little vulnerable in
the last couple of weeks. If you watch two lane play, they've been
a lot of close games. So maybe Tom Herman, the Giant Killer remember
back in his days at Houston, could pull off a stunner here at home
in down in Boca. But again, bad loss for the Panther for the
Owls. Drop to four and six. We'll have to win the last two
to get Bowl eligible. Last, but not least, FIU drops to four
and six. They lose to Middle Tennessee forty to six. Middle Tennessee came
in at two and seven, So again that's not a great loss. Not
that you lose the game, but that she gets manhandled the way you do
it. Forty to six rivers the receiver five catches for fifty eight yards.
Keon Jenkins twenty two or thirty five for two twenty six, so not at
not a great showing. There. Breaking news on Tuesday, their center,
the FIU Center, has was announced that he's being suspended for a year because
he failed a drug test took an illegal supplement. So again college. The
suspension is one year, so a blow to the FIU offensive line, to
their starting center. He's gonna be suspended for one calendar year due to his
failed drug test. So again, FIU will have to win the last two
to get beeligible. Probably not gonna happen, but we will see. Uh
So, there's your recap and preview of the Florida Football State of Florida teams.
Again, big news is Florida State still number four in the rankings.
Again half to me, they have to win the rest of their games.
They don't have any room for air. One lost, Florida State's not gonna
be in the playoff, but if they run the table, I'm pretty sure
that they're gonna make it. So there you go. Appreciate you, findus,
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