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Speaker 1: All Right, Welcome in Florida Football Insiders podcast. Week three

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of the college football season is here. I'm your host,

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Speaker 2: Again.

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Speaker 1: We are here to talk all things college football and

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a little NFL in the state of Florida. Another wild

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in the state. Here with the new darlings of college

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football that now reside in one Tampa, Florida. With the

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USF Bulls as they go to Gainesville and pull off

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an eighteen sixteen big upset of the Gators in the

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Swamp last Saturday, Nico Grimatica with a game winning field

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goal on the last play of the game in Gainesville

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to take USF to two to zero and send Billy

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Napier to one in one and now the hot seat

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has just been turned up to five hundred degrees in

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your oven on Billy Napier after that loss, a very

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lethargic offensive effort. The defense for Florida was pretty good.

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Then you had the spitting incident with the defensive lineman

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spitting on the Gator on the USF player that perpetuated

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the last drive of the game for the winning field goal.

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Just a bad look all around for Napier, that Florida

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and that Florida program. And now Florida has to get

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ready to go to LSU in Miami in the next

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two weeks. So a critical, critical couple of weeks here

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for the Florida Gators as they get to the meat

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of their schedule before they get to a bye week,

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and so lots of speculation about Billy Napier, will how

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long potentially will he make it if they were to

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lose the next two at LSU and at Miami, will

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he make it through the bye week after the buye

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week he has Texas, Will Scott Strickling that administration give

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him time or will they pull the plug? All indications

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are the buyout is somewhere in the twenty million dollar range.

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And the other question you have to ask is two things.

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One is there a competent coach on that staff that

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could serve as an interim for a long period of time,

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some seven to eight games. And two, do you make

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the move now in order to get ahead of the

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nil potential potential new hire things like that, or do

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you wait towards a little later in the year to

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make move if you're gonna make a move. So lots

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of things stirring around in Gainesville following the Gators loss.

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DJ Lagwoo did not play very well on Saturday. Some

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of that is the USF defense, which is, to me,

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the biggest improvement I've seen in this USF program is

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that defense. They are buttoned up, they've got some depth,

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they've got some hitters on defense, and they're just much

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more disciplined and structured and organized on the defensive side.

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To hold Florida to sixteen points in their building terrific job.

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Basically two touchdowns, yeah, I mean, basically three field goals

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in a touchdown is a tremendous job. Alex Goldish continues

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to do a great job, and his name will be

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at the top of you know, As this season continues

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to go and USF continues to win games, his name

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will continue to rise on athletic directors hiring lists as

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we move through the months of October November. So tremendous

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win for USF. They have absolutely a path to the

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college Football playoff now by thoroughly beating Boise, dominating Boise

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in week one, going to the Swamp, and winning in

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week two, and if they were to win in Miami

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in week three, it would be game on. As far

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as you know, they would be for sure top ten

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in the country, if not top five in the country

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with a win at Miami. Again, my question for the

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USF program is how do they handle success? Can they

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handle with the expectations of them expecting to win, them

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being favored to win because when they go into the

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American Conference schedule, they do have a couple of tough

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road games at Memphis at Navy, but they are going

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to be favored and virtually every game they play the

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rest of the way. Now, due to their early season start,

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Byron Brown continues to play well. You know that offense

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is not great, it's good, very Byron Brown centric. But again,

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if they can keep Byron Brown healthy. I think they're

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gonna have a great opportunity to do some major damage

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in the American Conference even if they don't win this

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game at Miami this week. And we'll get to the

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Miami Miami side of things here just a bit. But again,

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USF two and zero Florida one and one. Florida's heading

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to LSU. They had better not lay an egg here

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in Baton Rouge on Saturday night, or it could be

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again the firing squad will be loading up on Billy

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Napier if they go get beat soundly in Baton Rouge.

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So we will see what this Florida program is made of.

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DJ Lagway on the road night game at Baton Rouge,

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which we all know is a very, very difficult place

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to play. LSU's got a really good team this year

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with nuss Meyer that defense. We saw what they did

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at Clemson a couple of weeks ago. So a very

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critical next fourteen days for Billy Napier in his future

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at the University of Florida. On a side note, University

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of South Florida just hired Rob Higgins as their new

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CEO slash athletics director, who replaced Michael Kelly, who left

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to go to the Naval Academy. Rob Higgins, who's a

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Tampa guy. He was the head of the Tampa Bay

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Sports Commission, is being hired as the CEO of the

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USF athletics program. He has a very deep background in

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fundraising and dollars.

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Speaker 2: Bit, you know, events.

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Speaker 1: He's a business guy, So I think he's gonna help

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the NIL program at USF the fundraising. Remember, USF has

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a new stadium that's gonna open in twenty twenty seven.

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applauding the hire of Rob Higgins as the new CEO

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and athletics director at the University of South Florida. So

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all right, let's go to Tallahassee. Florida State goes to

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tu Ando seventy seven to three win over East Texas

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A and M whichever, whatever the hell that is. But again,

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we're not gonna spend a lot of time here. But

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the impressive part here is there was no messing around

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by the Seminoles. They didn't they didn't mess around and

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struggle to score and make this a game. After halftime,

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they destroyed East Texas A and M took care of business. Early,

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got everybody in the game, got everybody out of the

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game they needed to get out.

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Speaker 2: Of the game, all that stuff.

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Speaker 1: So the Seminoles moved to two and oh Kent State

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this week at home. Then they go to a tricky

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on that on that Virginia game, that could be a

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sneaky good game. And then you got Miami potentially coming

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up early October. If both teams continue to win, could

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be a colossal showdown, kind of back to the glory

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days of Florida State and Miami. I didn't mention earlier.

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Our guest this week is gonna be JP Peterson, host

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of the JP Peterson Show in the Tampa Bay area.

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Speaker 4: Here.

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Speaker 1: JP's very dialed into the Florida State program. Been covering

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sports in college football in the area for thirty years,

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worked in Tallahassee for many many years, very dialed in

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with the USF program as well as the Florida program.

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So you're gonna hear JP and i's discussion about those

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programs and the action coming up this week here in

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just a couple of minutes. So JP Peterson of the

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JP Peterson Show is our guest this week and you'll

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you'll enjoy our chat there. Miami two and oh will

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preview the Miami USF game with JP. But again they

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played I believe Bethune Cookman last week.

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Speaker 1: Nothing really to talk about there. Carson Beck had a

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really good game. I think he tied that broke the

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record for most completions in a row in the game

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as well as a completion percentage of Vinnie Testaverdi. So

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Miami moves to two and oh and again USF coming

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up this week in Miami at hard Rock Saturday afternoon.

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UCF moves to one to one. Wins sixty eight seven

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over in North Carolina A and T. They have a

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bye this week, so again we'll save some of the

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UCF talk to next week when they have a game.

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So Scott Frost gets his first win two point zero

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sixty eight to.

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Speaker 2: Seven over North Carolina A and T. FIU.

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Speaker 1: They lost thirty four to nothing at Penn State. Actually

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that game was thirteen or fourteen to nothing late second

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quarter a halftime, so they actually played pretty well for

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our half but did end up falling thirty four nothing

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at Penn State. They have an intrastate rivalry game this

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week with FAU. They will play the Owls, who beat

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Florida A and M last week to move to one

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in one.

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Speaker 2: So again nice little.

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Speaker 1: Two in state matchups this week in the state of

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Florida fi U F a U and Miami USF. So

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there's kind of your recaps again. Florida Football Insiders podcast

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NFL recap again the Buccaneers beat. They go to Atlanta

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and beat the Falcons twenty three to twenty. NFC South

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Divisional game. Young Hok the coup up in Atlanta missed

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a game winner or game tire at the gun which

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would have sent the game to overtime. Mayfield hits a

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Mecca Buka for two touchdown passes in a beautiful you know,

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twenty seven to twenty eight yard post route in the

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last minute of that game too for the go Ahea

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touchdown to a Mecca Buca. But again Bucks win twenty

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three to twenty. They head to Houston on Monday Night

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Football this week to face the to one Houston Texans,

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who lost to the La Rams last week. An impressive

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start for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Liam Cohen. They handled

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the Carolina Panthers twenty three to ten, I believe was

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the final there. Again, very balanced attack, Trevor at ten

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or tr excuse me, Travis at ten. Very nice game

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running the ball, Trevor Lawrence touchdown pass.

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Speaker 1: There had a weather delay there, but again they did

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great start there. For Liam Cohen and the Jaguars, they

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moved to one to know. They head to Cincinnati see

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Joe Burrow this week. And the disaster of the week

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in the state of Florida had to be the Miami

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Dolphins as they got destroyed up in Indianapolis thirty three

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to eight. Just a catastrophe of a performance by McDaniel

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and the Dolphins. No rhythm on offense too. It was

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been not good. The defense was bad. It looked like

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they didn't give much effort. So it'd be very inst

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against the New England Patriots and Mike Vrabel. Mike McDaniel.

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go south, and they've got a fairly manageable schedule. The

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first five weeks of the year, so they better do

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some damage now. If this does not turn around, McDaniel

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could be the first coach to get dismissed here in

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the NFL season because it was not a good look

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for the Dolphins.

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Speaker 2: On Sunday up in Indianapolis.

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Speaker 1: So again, appreciate you finding us Florida Football Insiders podcast.

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my video interview with JP Peterson as well archived episodes.

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Last week we gave you the good stuff. Will have

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other good guests coming up as we moved through the

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college football season. But again, Florida football is up and coming.

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Florida football is back in the spotlight, back in the

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top twenty five of the rankings is I think they

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were seventeenth or eighteenth this week, Florida State rising Miami.

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And again, if the Florida Gators can get it together,

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it could be a colossal year in the state of

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Florida college football wise.

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Speaker 2: But again we'll.

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Speaker 1: Cover all that good stuff and more JP Peterson JP

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eight two nine nine three four. All right, Welcome back

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Florida Football Insiders podcast. All Right, we gave you the

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recaps of the games last week. But let's dive a

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little deeper to the big upset up in Gainesville. We're

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gonna talk to USF Florida. We're gonna talk a little

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Florida State Miami. USF coming up. No better person to

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talk all things state of Florida college football. Guy that's

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been dialed into the college football scene for going on

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thirty years in this era, A former player back in

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the day, back down in Hollywood, Florida, Little QB Action.

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Speaker 2: Host of the JP Peterson Show. JP Peterson, Welcome back, sir.

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Speaker 5: Now we're dialing it back to my old QB days

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with Danny McManus.

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Speaker 1: Danny McManus, now, were you now, were you a three

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wide pocket passer?

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Speaker 2: You could?

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Speaker 5: God, bro, I wish we had we had three pass plays,

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my dumb ass coach, miss mister outside veer. We literally

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had three pass plays. We had a bootleg to a

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tight end wangas wag o QB.

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Speaker 4: I mean I literally had to draw up plays in

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the dirt.

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Speaker 5: Uh when I if I came in and we were down,

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I'd be like, Okay, let's do this hitch and go

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thing and throw a touchdown pass and come to the

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sideline of my defensive minded running coach.

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Speaker 4: Would be like, oh was that. I'm like, it's called

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a passing play, coach.

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Speaker 2: It's got a touchdown.

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Speaker 4: This is what you get that.

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Speaker 5: This is the offense you got in nineteen eighty one

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South Proward High School.

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Speaker 4: So good luck.

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Speaker 5: I went to Florida State became an intermural legend quarterback.

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That's why I really learned the passing gay. Baby, I

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was coming up with things they had to outlaw. I

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was coming up behind under center and flipping the ball

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out and they're like, Uh, you.

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Speaker 4: Can't do that anymore?

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Speaker 2: What what do we call RPO? RPO?

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Speaker 4: Baby?

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Speaker 5: But this is not about my career. This is about

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the South Florida Bulls.

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Speaker 1: That's it, baby, all right, we got breaking when you're

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starting as we are doing starting this interview. Looks like

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Rob Higgins, a guy who's a central figure in the

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Tampa Bay Sports Committee with the Tampa Bay Sports Commission,

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looks like he's going to be named the new Chief

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Athletic Officer University of South Florida.

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Speaker 2: I know you know Rob a little bit.

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Speaker 1: A lot of the events he's brought to the to

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the air gave me little thought on Rob Higgins as

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the new set us CEO.

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Speaker 5: How about that it's not even athletic director anymore. Couldn't

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have a better choice. This is a guy that is

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so extremely well connected throughout college football and professional football.

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Obviously knows how to run a business, knows what entertainment

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is all about, knows about promoting events everything that University

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of South Florida needs. They need a business guy. They

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need a guy that knows about big events, who's you know,

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clued into the major players in.

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Speaker 4: College football through the National Championship.

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Speaker 5: As we go into this twenty thirty twenty twenty nine expansion,

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we you know, wherever it goes, USF is primed to

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move into a much bigger category, whatever it's going to be.

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And having somebody that knows the lay of the land

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like Rob Higgins, I think he's huge for them. So,

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I mean they've got you know, they're winning football games. Now,

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that's something that they had to have. They had to

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go into Gainesville and beat a top twenty five team,

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top fifteen team, and they beat a top twenty five

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team in Boise State, and now they go to Miami

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and lord if they get that one. I mean, already,

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even if they drop at Miami and win their conference,

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they're going to the playoff. Yes, they're going to the playoff.

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That win at Florida is huge now, you know, hopefully

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the Gators, and I think they'll be fine this year.

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I think that you know, they're not you know, they're

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not going and I don't think they're winning eight games.

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huge accomplishment for napier So. And I think a lot

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of people are dogging the Gators for losing the USF.

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This ain't the same old South Florida. This ain't the

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same old South Florida that went that loss. Is not

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going to look very bad if they go in and

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beat Miami and run the table in their conference, or

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even go competitive with Miami and run the table in

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their conference. This is a really good team. Bynran Brown

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is the real deal. He is the absolute real deal.

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He is impossible to tackle. He's Cam Newton. I mean,

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he is Cam freaking Newton. He's got a howitzer for

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an arm. You know, he's starting to be a little

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bit more consistent with his throat, but his running ability

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just can dominate a game and This USF defense is

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for real. They come up and knock your d in

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the dirt. They've got two inside linebackers, Jalen Schuler.

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Speaker 4: And Higgs the other guy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah up.

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Speaker 5: The two of them are just really good collegiate linebackers, smart, instinctive,

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great tacklers. They finally got some beef up front, which

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is something they've never had.

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Speaker 2: Defensively, and some depth up there too.

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Speaker 5: Depth, Yes, So yeah, I could not be more. I

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was at the Boise State game, I watched the Florida game.

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We'll talk a little bit about the Florida side here

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in a minute, but as far as USF goes, this

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is a really really good football team.

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Speaker 4: This is no Fluke. You know.

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Speaker 5: They beat the breaks off at Boise State, who I

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think is going to be a pretty decent team, and

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they went into Florida and one in a tight game.

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Speaker 4: So they're going to Miami to win. They're not afraid.

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Speaker 5: But this should be the year the goalish and USF

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finally wins their first conference championship. So they get that,

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and now they've got an athletic director or a CEO

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that knows how to maneuver them into whether it be

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the next iteration of the acc whether it be the

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Big ten, who knows, but win games, build stadiums, you know,

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and Rob Higgins will take the rest.

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Speaker 4: He'll figure it out in a really good spot.

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Speaker 1: Stadium's coming in two years. They're under construction, and that

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process has got going for me, I'm with you. The

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defense is where this meant massive improvement. The offense has

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always been good. We know when if Byra can stay healthy,

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he's going to be a good player. But that defense, man,

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they've not been able to stop people the last couple

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of years.

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Speaker 2: This defense is real and again to whole Florida.

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Speaker 1: The fifty sixteen points in the swamp, and I know

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DJ didn't play great, but a lot of that.

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Speaker 2: Was because of the USF defense.

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Speaker 4: DJ may need to get some of that ozempic.

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 4: I thought he was a defensive tackle playing quarterback. Other words,

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who's that guy? He's a biggin yeah, a big yeah.

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Speaker 5: But I mean obviously he's not. He hasn't been able

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to get into shape because of all the injuries. And

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I think he's super talented. And I just think this

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was more about us F than it was about Florida.

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Even though listen, you can't be spitting in people's faces

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at that point of the game. But you know, I

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don't know what was the worse that or the two

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passing play calls that were that pre that were previous

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to that. I just thought, I think Billy Napier does

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a lot of things right. He is not a great

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game coach. I think that's pretty evident. He's not a

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very good game manager. And listen, if you're going to

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be the head coach of Florida, you got to do

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everything right.

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Speaker 4: You got to win games.

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Speaker 5: This schedule has been absolutely ridiculous, as it was last year.

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But hey, you're in the SEC, you're at the University

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of Florida. You have all the advantages, you have all

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the money, you have access to the best talent in

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the nation. You don't have any excuses. A tough schedule

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is a is A is A it's a reason.

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Speaker 4: I get it. But he's recruited.

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Speaker 5: Well, you gotta put it, you gotta put it out there,

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you gotta put it out there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, let's get it. Let's get to Napier a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Obviously they got They go to l s U this week,

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go to Miami next week, and then a bye week.

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Is there a scenario if they don't play well the

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next two weeks and get beat soundly, Napier's out at

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the bye week.

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Speaker 5: I don't think they'll quick trigger that quickly because of

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last year when he hadn't made the run at the

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end of the year.

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Speaker 4: I think you got to give him time. You know. Again,

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it's a really tough How do they play in these games?

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You know?

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Speaker 5: Do they take them to the wire. That makes a difference.

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You know, do they get blown out? They get blown

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out both of these games. Okay, I think we could start,

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you know, looking for you know where, where to find

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John Gruden and don't say, Alex Golish, don't even because

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if you do, these USF people will will hunt you

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down and they will they will beat you to a pulp.

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I mean it's like, don't even mention, and you know what,

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it's degree. I'm with them on this, like, don't ruin

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my season by every time we win a game talking

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about where ox go lash is going next.

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Speaker 4: To right right, and I get that.

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Speaker 5: It's it's obvious he's gonna be a heavy candidate, So

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let's not talk about it.

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Speaker 4: It is what it is.

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Speaker 5: Let's just enjoy the season, and you know, to hear

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Golish talk, he loves Sims some USF now, he loves him,

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he loves what's going on there.

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Speaker 4: Maybe he'll stick it out.

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Speaker 5: I don't know, but we're not we're not supposed to

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talk about that, so it's off the tail.

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Speaker 4: I'm not talking about you're not.

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Speaker 1: Talking about how do you think USF will the last

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question on USF and then we'll move on, how do

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you think USF handles expectation?

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Speaker 2: Now everybody they're the.

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Speaker 1: Darlings now, even if they lose to Miami, everybody's gonna say,

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win your conference games and they're gonna be favorite, almost

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all of them. How do you handle how do you

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think they handle the pressure of being the favorite?

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Speaker 4: Now we'll see, we'll see.

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Speaker 5: I I don't think they've you know, just from last

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year when they had a little bit of success. They

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they they threw a couple out there like big time.

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But this is this ain't the same old South Florida.

477
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:07,680
This is a much different talented team. But I think

478
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,200
you're right on that's what it's all about. It's it's

479
00:24:10,559 --> 00:24:13,720
it's funny. It takes an incredible effort to get a

480
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,799
win like that, and it's a long time coming. It

481
00:24:15,839 --> 00:24:18,880
didn't happen overnight. It's a lot of building practicing, a

482
00:24:18,920 --> 00:24:22,440
lot of that' stuff, you know, good coaching. But when

483
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,799
you get there, what do you do? How do kids

484
00:24:24,799 --> 00:24:25,799
handle it?

485
00:24:25,799 --> 00:24:29,079
Speaker 4: It's tough. They're young kids. They start.

486
00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:31,319
Speaker 2: Everybody on campus says how great they are.

487
00:24:31,759 --> 00:24:34,480
Speaker 4: Oh, so that's a challenge. It's a challenge, you know.

488
00:24:34,799 --> 00:24:37,440
Speaker 5: It's you've been the you've been the hunters for so long,

489
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,240
and now you're the hunting when you're going into conference play.

490
00:24:40,319 --> 00:24:41,720
Speaker 4: We'll see, we'll see.

491
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,559
Speaker 1: How do you last question, how do you think USF

492
00:24:44,599 --> 00:24:47,440
handles the Coach Levitt situation? Those of you that don't

493
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,440
know Coach lev the rest a couple of weeks ago passed.

494
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:52,640
How do you he's supposed to go in the Hall

495
00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,599
of Fame here next month. How do you think USF

496
00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:56,599
handles this situation?

497
00:24:58,319 --> 00:24:59,680
Speaker 4: How do I think they handle it?

498
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,680
Speaker 5: Well, it's it's interesting because I had somebody tell me

499
00:25:03,799 --> 00:25:09,119
that in his settlement it specifically says that he is

500
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:14,160
to get his deserved honors and legacy, which means putting

501
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,920
it into the Hall of Fame. Right, So, now, obviously

502
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:18,559
this is an extenuating circumstances.

503
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,480
Speaker 4: And by the way, let's let this get adjudicated.

504
00:25:21,039 --> 00:25:23,599
Speaker 5: It's you know, it's said people say, oh, assault and

505
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,400
battery on a woman and theft, and okay, so what

506
00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:31,279
I've been told is he bought this. He bought the

507
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:34,079
worst probably he bought the purse. And by the way,

508
00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:39,960
I saw them at a party the week before. How

509
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,160
do I say this politely about this woman who was

510
00:25:42,559 --> 00:25:44,440
mean mugging my wife the whole time.

511
00:25:44,799 --> 00:25:47,119
Speaker 4: She didn't not seem like a very nice person. Let's

512
00:25:47,119 --> 00:25:49,559
just put it that way. I'm not making any excuses.

513
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,720
Speaker 5: I wasn't there, but let's let's buy let's let's get

514
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,960
away from the oh, assault and battery. He grabbed the

515
00:25:56,000 --> 00:26:01,960
purse and pushed the dude away, and let's let this

516
00:26:02,039 --> 00:26:06,279
get adjudicated before we start throwing Jim Levitt under the bus.

517
00:26:06,799 --> 00:26:10,279
You know again, it's probably very much like the Joel

518
00:26:10,279 --> 00:26:14,640
Miller situation. He didn't handle it the right way, but

519
00:26:14,680 --> 00:26:18,079
it never needed to get where it got in my opinion,

520
00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:19,319
for either one of the people.

521
00:26:19,599 --> 00:26:23,079
Speaker 4: And it's sad that it did. It's sad that the

522
00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,039
whole story is is awful.

523
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,039
Speaker 5: You know the fact that Joel Miller eventually took his life,

524
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,640
and you know, he had a lot of things going on,

525
00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:35,640
and it's just it's it's it's a tragic, awful story,

526
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,519
and I wanted it to just end with Jim Levitt

527
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:44,039
getting his just do what he did for that program,

528
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:47,599
you know one. You know, emotional mistake in a bad

529
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:52,000
moment should not define Jim Levitt's career, all right, So

530
00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:54,599
I don't know, it's it's a lot of messy. I'll

531
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:56,119
I know is Jim Levitt was a hell of a

532
00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:57,359
football coach at USF.

533
00:26:57,720 --> 00:26:58,559
Speaker 4: He did things there.

534
00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,880
Speaker 5: They still have not been able to rep kate, right.

535
00:27:01,519 --> 00:27:04,759
He you know, he's a good man, is he means well?

536
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,640
He gets a little emotional at times. But you know,

537
00:27:08,839 --> 00:27:10,240
I just wish we could just get him in the

538
00:27:10,279 --> 00:27:12,079
Hall of Fame. How will they handle it, I don't know.

539
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:13,839
Speaker 4: I think they'll probably delay it or something.

540
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:16,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm with you, pro I can see them delaying it,

541
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,839
and maybe not this year, maybe another year, maybe when.

542
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:22,400
Speaker 2: The stadium open. Yeah, yeah, stuff when stuff kind of

543
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:23,200
settles down a little.

544
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:25,000
Speaker 1: Because I've had him on this podcast a bunch of

545
00:27:25,079 --> 00:27:28,000
times and off the field and off camera, super nice guy.

546
00:27:28,559 --> 00:27:31,680
The emotional part of him as a competitive coach and

547
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,559
all that. It's sometimes it bleeds into your personal life

548
00:27:34,599 --> 00:27:37,759
and that ain't great. But but super nice guy. I hope,

549
00:27:37,799 --> 00:27:39,720
like I said, I hope everything works out for coach.

550
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:40,759
Speaker 2: And all that stuff.

551
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,039
Speaker 1: All right, let's go to Miami again. Two and zero

552
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:47,079
cupcake last week, great win against Notre Dame. USF coming

553
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,960
to town this week. I think USF winning last week

554
00:27:50,279 --> 00:27:52,039
is a good thing for Miami this week.

555
00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:53,079
Speaker 2: There's no more.

556
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 1: Oh, are they any good? They know they're good. Give

557
00:27:56,039 --> 00:27:57,400
me a thought or two about what you've seen out

558
00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:57,839
of Miami.

559
00:27:59,319 --> 00:28:01,960
Speaker 5: H I like they did against Notre Dame. That to me,

560
00:28:02,039 --> 00:28:03,799
I didn't think they would win that game. I think

561
00:28:03,839 --> 00:28:06,359
that was a you know, Notre Dame is a tough

562
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:06,960
football team.

563
00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 4: They're gonna play you physically.

564
00:28:08,839 --> 00:28:11,839
Speaker 5: And I thought Miami answered the bell, you know, they

565
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:16,160
they answered the bell and some serious and some pressure situation.

566
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,880
I mean Carson Beck obviously has been there, done that.

567
00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:22,079
I don't think he's a great talent, but I think

568
00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:25,039
he's a pretty damn good college quarterback, right and he can.

569
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 4: Get you know, he can get you. Now. He's not

570
00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:28,079
cam Ward good.

571
00:28:28,799 --> 00:28:31,640
Speaker 5: Cam Ward brought them back in a few games that

572
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,599
they probably should have lost. I don't think Beck is

573
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,480
that guy, so if they, but I think this overall

574
00:28:37,519 --> 00:28:41,319
team is better. You know, they're better upfront offensively, their

575
00:28:41,319 --> 00:28:45,960
offensive line is better. I think defensively they're better. So

576
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,559
I think it's just an overall better team. Accept the quarterback.

577
00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:49,920
Accept at the quarterback position.

578
00:28:50,279 --> 00:28:51,799
Speaker 4: Is he good enough to take him the nine to

579
00:28:51,839 --> 00:28:52,400
ten wins?

580
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:56,759
Speaker 5: Absolutely? Absolutely he is. But you're just like me, I'm sure.

581
00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:00,319
And the question mark is what it's Crystabaal? When's he

582
00:29:00,319 --> 00:29:03,160
gonna get out coached? When's he gonna do something stupid

583
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,839
in a close game. When's that gonna happen? When is

584
00:29:05,839 --> 00:29:06,960
Miami gonna lose the game?

585
00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:09,279
Speaker 4: They should win right or two?

586
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:13,319
Speaker 5: So until they can do that, Until they can do that,

587
00:29:13,519 --> 00:29:16,839
I'm not gonna be sitting here going, oh hey, Miami,

588
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:20,279
the ACC never want it, have never won it. And

589
00:29:20,400 --> 00:29:24,880
listen usf You know, last week, if you did not

590
00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:27,640
take the eighteen and a half at Florida, shame.

591
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 4: On you, Shame on you.

592
00:29:29,839 --> 00:29:33,799
Speaker 5: I told everybody the house, your friend's house, everybody's house.

593
00:29:33,839 --> 00:29:36,599
Bet it. It's eighteen and a half this week again

594
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,720
in Miami. Are you efing kidding me.

595
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:42,039
Speaker 4: Take it, Take it.

596
00:29:42,119 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 5: This USF team is a good football team. They are,

597
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:46,480
and from what I've heard, they did not get beat

598
00:29:46,559 --> 00:29:48,599
up last week at Florida. They didn't have a whole

599
00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:50,680
bunch of injuries, So I.

600
00:29:50,599 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 4: Think they got it.

601
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,319
Speaker 5: I think they got a shot to go into Miami

602
00:29:53,359 --> 00:29:55,039
and do something, do something.

603
00:29:55,119 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 4: If they win that game.

604
00:29:56,279 --> 00:29:59,319
Speaker 2: Holy Christ, nobody top ten of the country.

605
00:29:59,599 --> 00:30:01,039
Speaker 4: They should number one.

606
00:30:01,799 --> 00:30:04,119
Speaker 2: They do have the hardest three week schedule in America.

607
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:04,960
The first three weeks of the.

608
00:30:04,960 --> 00:30:08,119
Speaker 5: Year went at Florida, at Miami and Boz thirty four

609
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:08,519
to seven.

610
00:30:08,559 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 4: You should be number.

611
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:13,640
Speaker 2: One, all right, transitioning Miami.

612
00:30:13,799 --> 00:30:16,480
Speaker 1: If again, no Clemson, no Georgia Tech on the schedule

613
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:20,160
for Miami, but there is a looming showdown in about

614
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:26,759
a month, potentially in Tallahassee. How about that they are

615
00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:30,880
both undefeated going into that matchup in October obviously early October.

616
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 2: Back to the glory days of FSU Miami.

617
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:37,000
Speaker 5: I was there for the Alabama game. Brother, let me

618
00:30:37,039 --> 00:30:40,920
tell you what it was, nineteen ninety four all over again,

619
00:30:41,319 --> 00:30:44,759
nineteen ninety three of that place was jumping. It sounded

620
00:30:44,799 --> 00:30:48,079
louder with less people and God blessed the students for

621
00:30:48,119 --> 00:30:50,440
two weeks in a row. They have packed it and

622
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,519
not left. God blessed the students for kicking ass.

623
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,319
Speaker 4: Look. Week one was a beatdown of Alabama.

624
00:30:58,839 --> 00:31:02,759
Speaker 5: It was so impressive from a physical standpoint, from a

625
00:31:02,759 --> 00:31:05,680
mental standpoint, they did everything right.

626
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 4: And I was shocked, to be an.

627
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,799
Speaker 5: I thought they'd be competitive, but I didn't think they

628
00:31:09,799 --> 00:31:15,359
would bully Alabama. And they did. And I said, okay,

629
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,359
well that's you know. And it wasn't a fluke. It

630
00:31:17,359 --> 00:31:19,519
wasn't a bunch of turnovers, it wasn't a bunch of

631
00:31:19,839 --> 00:31:21,599
you know, bad penalties.

632
00:31:21,079 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 4: Or anything like that.

633
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 5: They man handled them up front in the run, in

634
00:31:25,039 --> 00:31:27,880
the run game and stopping the run. The defense has

635
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,039
been incredible. Tony White has done a great job, but

636
00:31:31,119 --> 00:31:34,960
these guys turned them from a bunch of woosies. I'd

637
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,839
normally used the P word on my show, but for

638
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:40,000
your show, I'll go with the W word from.

639
00:31:39,839 --> 00:31:40,759
Speaker 4: A bunch of woosies.

640
00:31:40,799 --> 00:31:43,359
Speaker 5: Two guys who can come up and popy you, I mean,

641
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:48,160
earlittle junior juice cryer Daryl Jackson is playing at a

642
00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:51,079
new level. I mean, it's it's fun to watch, and

643
00:31:51,119 --> 00:31:54,759
they are attacking and listen, even Tommy Costellanos with a

644
00:31:54,759 --> 00:31:58,599
couple of really good deep throws this past weekend. Deduce Robinson.

645
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:00,920
I mean, I know it's seventy seven against East Texas

646
00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:02,160
A and M Sisters of the Poor.

647
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 4: I get it.

648
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 5: You scored ten straight times. I mean, that's what you

649
00:32:06,039 --> 00:32:08,759
do when you're a dominant top five team. That's what

650
00:32:08,759 --> 00:32:11,839
we've seen them do before. So it means something to me.

651
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:12,240
Speaker 4: You do.

652
00:32:12,559 --> 00:32:15,519
Speaker 5: Look, SMU scored forty two on this team. They beat

653
00:32:15,559 --> 00:32:18,440
them forty two to thirteen. We beat them seventy seven

654
00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:23,200
to three, seventy seven to three. So it matters, It

655
00:32:23,279 --> 00:32:25,440
really matters. It's not just a you know, just a

656
00:32:26,319 --> 00:32:30,000
you know, a nothing game. So I love Florida State

657
00:32:30,039 --> 00:32:32,200
and I see this. I see they'll both be undefeated

658
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:34,200
in the pre maybe in the top five, maybe top

659
00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,000
definitely top ten, because I don't think either one of

660
00:32:37,039 --> 00:32:40,720
them is losing until they get to October fourth in Tallahassee.

661
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,039
Speaker 1: That will be that they make ye in prime time. Bro,

662
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,000
that'll be herb Street and foul that that might be

663
00:32:47,039 --> 00:32:48,119
game day in the building.

664
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 4: I don't know, you know.

665
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 5: How ESPN Reviles FSU. I don't think they're ever gonna.

666
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:55,880
If they don't do game day that week, then they'll

667
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,799
never do it. So I wouldn't. I wouldn't pencil that in.

668
00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:00,720
I might, but I'm not.

669
00:33:01,079 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 4: I'm not using a sharpie, that's too sure.

670
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,799
Speaker 1: Two things I've been super impressed with with FSU in

671
00:33:05,799 --> 00:33:07,960
the first two weeks. One seems like they're playing for

672
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:09,839
the name on the front of the jersey, not the back,

673
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:14,640
like it was the difference. And two the competitive spirit,

674
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:18,319
the effort, the physicality, as you mentioned, all those little

675
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,599
intangible things other than how many stars a certain player is.

676
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,079
That's the part that I've loved to see is how

677
00:33:24,279 --> 00:33:26,759
how again? When they went to Alabama and went down

678
00:33:26,799 --> 00:33:29,119
the field eight minutes first drive of the game, he said, oh,

679
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:33,279
here we go again. Nope, they turned it around, scored immediately,

680
00:33:33,279 --> 00:33:34,000
and dominated the.

681
00:33:34,039 --> 00:33:36,119
Speaker 2: Rest of the game. That's what I love to see

682
00:33:36,119 --> 00:33:38,319
out of that FSU team. This in week one.

683
00:33:38,599 --> 00:33:40,480
Speaker 4: Well, they've got some leaders now, you know.

684
00:33:40,559 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 5: On the field Castellanos, you know, and I ripped him

685
00:33:43,519 --> 00:33:46,039
for the stupid things he said, you know what. He

686
00:33:46,119 --> 00:33:48,640
backed him up, and the guys backed him up. You know,

687
00:33:48,960 --> 00:33:51,319
they got behind him. They didn't run from it, they

688
00:33:51,319 --> 00:33:52,920
didn't run from it and I loved on.

689
00:33:53,359 --> 00:33:54,839
Speaker 4: A game day this week.

690
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,480
Speaker 5: I think it was Pat McAfee who looked though when

691
00:33:57,519 --> 00:34:00,000
they were talking about FSU and he says an alibation

692
00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:02,039
him and they said yeah, and coach.

693
00:34:02,119 --> 00:34:06,039
Speaker 4: You ain't there to save them. I was like, nice,

694
00:34:06,759 --> 00:34:07,599
nicely done.

695
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 2: Give me a thought, last couple of things.

696
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,119
Speaker 1: Give me a thought about Scott Frost that you see

697
00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:13,320
if you think that's this is gonna obviously this year

698
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:14,400
probably won't be the year.

699
00:34:15,079 --> 00:34:16,119
Speaker 2: This is a rebuild part.

700
00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: But do you like him being back in Orlando with

701
00:34:18,559 --> 00:34:21,320
his connections and his see this, this seems like the

702
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,039
kind of job he can excel in.

703
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:26,000
Speaker 5: I'll be honest with you, I'm not I don't know

704
00:34:26,079 --> 00:34:28,199
much about the program. I don't follow them, to be

705
00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,079
quite honest, I got it. I got my hands full

706
00:34:30,159 --> 00:34:32,840
with with the other guys, so I don't really follow them.

707
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,079
Maybe my u c F people, uh Nick Gattis who

708
00:34:36,119 --> 00:34:38,400
works with me, who with you at you if he

709
00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:39,320
works for on three.

710
00:34:39,199 --> 00:34:42,079
Speaker 4: Sports now he's not a believer. Uh.

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Speaker 5: Most of my US F U c F people who

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know the program, they're kind of you know, they're kind

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00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,679
of cock eyed looking at it, Like I don't know.

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Speaker 4: So I will see. You know, could there could they

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have hired somebody better?

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Speaker 5: Probably not, you know, I think it could be a

717
00:34:57,559 --> 00:35:00,320
situation where it's just a really good fit, you know.

718
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But we'll see. But I'll be honest with you, I don't.

719
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,800
I don't know a whole lot about it. I'll pretend to.

720
00:35:05,159 --> 00:35:06,480
I could fake it if you want it.

721
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:07,719
Speaker 2: But I want no faking.

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Speaker 1: We'll no, no, no faking it here, no faking last

723
00:35:10,559 --> 00:35:11,719
thing we'll get you out of. Give me a thought

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00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,000
or two about the uh we talked a little NFL

725
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here too?

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Speaker 2: Is what Bucks? Jags? Dolphins?

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00:35:16,199 --> 00:35:19,639
Speaker 1: Your The Dolphins were a dumpster fire, Jags and Bucks

728
00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:22,000
very impressive over the weekend. Give me a thought. Let's

729
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,320
start in Miami. Is that is that just a house

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00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,119
of cards getting ready to crash and crumble?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, my Miami has always kind of been

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a front runner of town. And it's kind of the

733
00:35:31,639 --> 00:35:34,280
Dolphins are kind of that way. When when two is

734
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,000
going every you know, it's it's a vibe. But when

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00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,320
they struggle a little bit, they just melt down. They

736
00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:42,239
just melt down. They don't they have no resolve, They're

737
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,239
just they're like Miami, it's all it's all all sizzle,

738
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no steak. Baby, that's the city of Miami, now, you

739
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,480
know it's that, and that's the Dolphins over here in Tampa.

740
00:35:51,519 --> 00:35:53,920
It's a totally different thing. We got a little sizzle,

741
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,360
but there's lots of steak. There's lots of steak here.

742
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,559
This is a really good roster. Listen, they went out,

743
00:36:00,599 --> 00:36:05,199
Baker was rusty, didn't have his usual accuracy, wasn't checking

744
00:36:05,199 --> 00:36:07,960
it down early on like he normally does, and gave up.

745
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,559
You know, probably those two three and outs should not

746
00:36:10,639 --> 00:36:12,800
have been. He had some checkdowns, and he admitted to

747
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:16,440
all this. Baker played about his c game. Okay, you

748
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,960
had a completely revamped offensive line, three new starters in.

749
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:22,159
Speaker 2: Positions not nobody knew was coming.

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Speaker 5: Nobody knew was gonna They've worked on it for two weeks. Okay,

751
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,679
that's a hard thing to do. And I thought they

752
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:31,639
played really well. I mean, the run game did not produce.

753
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,960
You know, that had one hundred yards and had about

754
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,119
twenty five yards called back, so it could have looked

755
00:36:36,119 --> 00:36:38,519
a little better on the stat sheet, but the running

756
00:36:38,519 --> 00:36:41,119
game was was a little man. But they you know,

757
00:36:41,159 --> 00:36:43,480
they twittered sixty yards and no turnovers and still won

758
00:36:43,519 --> 00:36:46,840
the game. Like I think the chances of that happening

759
00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,280
in this league are about five percent. So they made

760
00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:52,719
the plays when they had to make them. Uh, you know,

761
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:54,199
the throw from Baker.

762
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,639
Speaker 4: Sick to Abuca was you know, from a tight pocket.

763
00:36:58,039 --> 00:37:01,519
Speaker 5: You know, the ball placement on that believable his first touchdown,

764
00:37:01,559 --> 00:37:05,000
the ball placement on that. And Abuka you know, we've

765
00:37:05,039 --> 00:37:06,840
talked about this, how good he has been from the

766
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:10,760
very beginning. But those two catches in traffic, you know,

767
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:16,079
those are veteran catches. Guy Brookies dropped those passes all

768
00:37:16,119 --> 00:37:18,599
the time. They just you know, but he doesn't. It

769
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:20,800
just the guy's has polished the receiver as I've seen.

770
00:37:21,199 --> 00:37:23,320
So I think the Bucks played about their C plus

771
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,320
game and got a division road on the win on

772
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:27,840
the road, I mean, that's you can't ask for much

773
00:37:27,880 --> 00:37:29,159
more than that. There was a lot to work on.

774
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:30,920
The defense wasn't as good as I thought it was

775
00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,800
gonna be, but they held them twenty points so and

776
00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:35,559
they kept them out of the end zone in the

777
00:37:35,639 --> 00:37:39,039
last drive. So lot lot of light to like about

778
00:37:39,039 --> 00:37:41,719
this team in terms of their resolve and their maturity

779
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,159
in the clutch and I think they you know, they

780
00:37:44,159 --> 00:37:46,320
won the game, could say they were lucky to win

781
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:47,159
in a couple of spots.

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Speaker 4: I get it, but it's a dub.

783
00:37:50,199 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 5: Jacksonville Lamb Cohen is a really really good offensive mind.

784
00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:56,039
Speaker 4: I agree.

785
00:37:56,639 --> 00:37:58,760
Speaker 5: I didn't see the whole game of just the highlights

786
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,960
that I saw, and with and the numbers that I saw.

787
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:03,639
He knows the run game. He knows the freaking run game.

788
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:07,199
He took us from from thirty two to four. So

789
00:38:07,599 --> 00:38:09,760
that's gonna be a huge improvement that it's gonna make

790
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:13,239
Trevor Lawrence better. And obviously their defense look pretty good.

791
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So I think Jacksonville's on the come. Question about it,

792
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:18,920
Miami's the dumpster fire and the Bucks are going to

793
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the NFC Championship.

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Speaker 2: I'm with you. I think, well, there you go. I

795
00:38:22,159 --> 00:38:23,159
love it. I love it.

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Speaker 1: JP Pearson host of the JP Peterson Show Fans Dream

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00:38:26,199 --> 00:38:29,920
Sports Monday through Fridays ten to twelve ten am to

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00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,320
twelve noon Eastern Live and on demand Telebion where they

799
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:34,679
can find John Line and all the good stuff.

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Speaker 2: You know.

801
00:38:35,119 --> 00:38:37,920
Speaker 5: It always as a podcast as well, so you can

802
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,920
listen back to today's show, which was amazing at Scott

803
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:42,760
Reynolds on for the Pewter Report and the great TJ.

804
00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,679
Reeves sideline reporter. I always have the best guests. You're

805
00:38:45,719 --> 00:38:48,360
into Tampa Bay sports at all. We covered all from

806
00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:51,639
the Rays that I work for, the Lightning Raised, Lightning Bucks,

807
00:38:51,679 --> 00:38:52,800
all the college football.

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Speaker 4: It's all here. We do two hours each and every day.

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00:38:56,559 --> 00:38:58,760
So come join us on the J. P. Peterson Show,

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00:38:58,760 --> 00:39:00,639
whether it's live or on the pod.

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Speaker 2: Lightnings. What about six weeks away from starting?

812
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Speaker 4: Oh hell no, bro, end of the month.

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Speaker 5: We got pregame pre season games, all right, Yeah, so,

814
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:10,960
uh no, the regular season opener is less than a

815
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month away.

816
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:13,800
Speaker 2: And it's not Emily Arena anymore.

817
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:17,480
Speaker 5: It's what benchmark International Arena.

818
00:39:18,119 --> 00:39:20,320
Speaker 4: Do not call it the bench. Do not call it

819
00:39:20,360 --> 00:39:20,800
the mark.

820
00:39:21,400 --> 00:39:24,840
Speaker 5: Do not call it b m I it's benchmark or

821
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:30,199
whatever I am. It's benchmark. That's what I got the

822
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:33,280
I got the news today from in the email from

823
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,360
my boss. Do not call it the bench. Do not

824
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,039
call it the mark. So there you go.

825
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,559
Speaker 1: JP does a great job between periods and the endgame, entertainment,

826
00:39:41,599 --> 00:39:43,599
all that great stuff. He's awesome doing what he's doing.

827
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:45,960
Got a couple of new guys, got Pat maroon joining

828
00:39:46,079 --> 00:39:48,880
the organizations, right, yeah, back with the organization.

829
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 2: And again then we got it's on free TV this year.

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00:39:51,519 --> 00:39:53,280
Speaker 4: You can watch it over the air. Go get you

831
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,840
some rabbitteer, some Hdu rabbiteers, if you need to.

832
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:59,119
Speaker 5: At any cable system you're on anything with local channels,

833
00:39:59,119 --> 00:39:59,840
you can watch it.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 5: It's called the Spot this year. So great, great move

836
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,280
by the lately. I think the Rays will follow suit

837
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:05,800
next year.

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Speaker 2: Last day on the Rage, what do you think is

839
00:40:07,920 --> 00:40:08,440
gonna happen?

840
00:40:09,079 --> 00:40:11,239
Speaker 1: Are they going back to Are they going back to

841
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:12,159
Saint Pete next year?

842
00:40:12,159 --> 00:40:13,719
Speaker 2: What's the well next year?

843
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,199
Speaker 5: Yeah, they're gonna They're gonna play in the Trap for

844
00:40:16,239 --> 00:40:17,800
at least two more seasons.

845
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,079
Speaker 4: Uh, hopefully that's it. Uh.

846
00:40:20,119 --> 00:40:21,880
Speaker 5: And then we have a new stadium in twenty nine,

847
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:25,039
maybe three more seasons, and a new stadium in twenty nine.

848
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:27,480
Speaker 4: Probably in the ebor Harbor era.

849
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,400
Speaker 5: But now we're talking about the HCC right across from

850
00:40:31,559 --> 00:40:34,360
Raymond James Stadium. So, and by the way, if you

851
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:36,840
saw the note on Sternberg getting ten percent, he has

852
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,400
nothing to do with any decision making. He's just a

853
00:40:39,599 --> 00:40:42,159
minority partner that has no saying anything.

854
00:40:42,199 --> 00:40:44,559
Speaker 4: So don't worry about that. It's the new group.

855
00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:48,960
Speaker 5: It's gonna be awesome, new stadium, new marketing, putting the

856
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:50,920
money back into the team instead of putting it in

857
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:51,480
his pocket.

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Speaker 4: It's gonna be fantastic and a whole new day.

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Speaker 1: Give JP full credit, but he was at the front

860
00:40:56,599 --> 00:40:59,199
end of his story with this new ownership group, so

861
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,199
we nailed it. You for being all over it and

862
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:03,599
were now all that happened here.

863
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,599
Speaker 5: Break stories too on the live stream and the podcast.

864
00:41:06,679 --> 00:41:08,199
We do all kinds of fun stuff.

865
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:10,440
Speaker 2: You got it, man, JP Pearson. Keep up the great

866
00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:11,559
work man. We'll be in touch.

867
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:14,599
Speaker 4: Do great job.

868
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:15,480
Speaker 2: Appreciate you.

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00:41:15,519 --> 00:41:18,719
Speaker 1: We'll see you next time of the Florida Football Insiders Podcast.

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00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:23,079
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Speaker 1: Video interviews as well on my YouTube channel, Jason Powers

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