1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: The Florida Football Insiders podcast is brought to you by 2 00:00:02,839 --> 00:00:08,560 Titan Home Lending Ticket Smarter, Ghost Sleeves and Drew Fellios 3 00:00:08,599 --> 00:00:11,439 are Florida realtor. Enjoy the podcast. 4 00:00:15,439 --> 00:00:20,079 Speaker 2: A look at college football news, analysis and insight from 5 00:00:20,079 --> 00:00:24,359 around the Sunshine Stage. This is Florida Football Insiders, a 6 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,359 part of the College Gridiron Coast to. 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:27,679 Speaker 1: Coast podcast network. 8 00:00:27,719 --> 00:00:31,399 Speaker 2: And here's your host, Jason Cowers. 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,799 Speaker 1: All Right, Welcome into the week eight edition of the 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,640 Florida Football Insider's podcast, part of the College Gridiron Coast 11 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:43,840 to Coast podcast network. I'm your host, Jason down in 12 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:48,439 a recovering state of Florida down here in Tampa. First, 13 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:50,159 we want to give a shout out to all everybody 14 00:00:50,200 --> 00:00:54,280 that's going through all the troubles and difficulties following post 15 00:00:54,679 --> 00:00:58,280 Hurricane Milton that ravaged the state of Florida this time 16 00:00:58,439 --> 00:01:02,399 last week Wednesday night into Thursday. Just know we're all 17 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:05,280 thinking about you. I'm here in the Tampa Bay area. 18 00:01:05,799 --> 00:01:11,400 A lot of damage, trees, power, flooding in certain areas, 19 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,319 flooding in areas that weren't expected to get flooded, and 20 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:18,159 all that stuff. Obviously, it doesn't sound like it was 21 00:01:18,200 --> 00:01:20,680 as devastating as it could have been, but trust me, 22 00:01:20,719 --> 00:01:24,640 it was plenty devastating enough throughout the state of Florida, 23 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:26,799 all the way from the east coast to the west coast. 24 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:29,400 The storm went all the way through central Florida all 25 00:01:29,439 --> 00:01:32,640 the way down. I think it obviously hit land somewhere 26 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,760 around in the Venice area. So again, just thinking about 27 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:37,840 everybody in the state of Florida, anybody that's been effected. 28 00:01:37,879 --> 00:01:41,400 It's been a rough, rough last two weeks or so 29 00:01:41,879 --> 00:01:45,760 in the state of Florida, with two massive hurricanes hitting 30 00:01:45,799 --> 00:01:49,879 all parts of the state, water surges, flooding, all kind 31 00:01:49,959 --> 00:01:52,319 of massive problems throughout the state of Florida. So just know, 32 00:01:52,599 --> 00:01:54,439 if you're listening in the state of Florida, we're thinking 33 00:01:54,439 --> 00:01:56,920 about you. We're obviously still thinking about the people in 34 00:01:56,959 --> 00:01:59,159 Georgia and North Carolina as well that went through all 35 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:01,200 the struggle in Tennessee. 36 00:02:01,959 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 3: Everybody. 37 00:02:02,519 --> 00:02:04,599 Speaker 1: There's a lot of people around the southeast that are 38 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,719 struggling through a lot of life, major life events here 39 00:02:07,719 --> 00:02:09,840 in the last couple of weeks. I just know we're 40 00:02:09,879 --> 00:02:12,319 thinking about you, and hopefully we'll try to give. 41 00:02:12,159 --> 00:02:13,919 Speaker 3: You a little levity. 42 00:02:13,599 --> 00:02:17,120 Speaker 1: Here with our Florida Football Insiders Podcast, or We're gonna 43 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,240 talk about all things football in the state of Florida, 44 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,520 all the college teams as well as the NFL teams 45 00:02:22,159 --> 00:02:24,479 this week. Hard to believe we're already in Week eight 46 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,039 of the college football season. We had some tremendous games 47 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:32,400 last week in the around the country Oregon, Ohio State, Alabama, 48 00:02:32,439 --> 00:02:37,080 South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, which we'll get to, you know. 49 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:39,360 So we've had a lot of tremendous games. LSU and 50 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:43,560 Old Miss was fantastic. So we are starting to get 51 00:02:43,599 --> 00:02:46,159 towards the home stretch of the college football season where 52 00:02:46,159 --> 00:02:49,400 the big dogs are starting to separate themselves and such. 53 00:02:49,479 --> 00:02:52,520 So we will see how this all unfolds around the country. 54 00:02:52,719 --> 00:02:54,439 A lot of drama here in the state of Florida 55 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:59,599 still involving teams, coaching situations and the rest, so we 56 00:02:59,599 --> 00:03:02,319 will get into those things as well. Here. Our guest 57 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:06,000 this week is gonna be Kevin Brockway with the Gainesville 58 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,520 Son He's gonna talk all things Florida Gators. He was 59 00:03:09,599 --> 00:03:12,319 up in Knoxville last week for the overtime game with 60 00:03:12,439 --> 00:03:15,400 the Balls. Florida loses twenty three to seventeen. We'll get 61 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:17,800 into that game in depth when we get with Kevin 62 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:20,840 here in just a few minutes. A lot of controversy, 63 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:23,479 not a controversy, but a lot of coaching questions about 64 00:03:23,479 --> 00:03:26,680 coach Napier, should he even should should he? Or shouldn't 65 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:28,759 he and all that stuff. So we'll get into that 66 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,680 in depth with Kevin Brockway Gainesville Sun here in just 67 00:03:31,719 --> 00:03:33,560 a few minutes. So all right, let's go around the 68 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,439 state to a little recap of last week, and then 69 00:03:35,479 --> 00:03:39,000 we will get you to Kevin Brockway here to preview 70 00:03:39,439 --> 00:03:43,680 or to recap Florida and Tennessee, and then we'll preview 71 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:46,520 Florida and Kentucky in a big game here in the 72 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,120 state of Florida this week. All right, let's start with 73 00:03:48,159 --> 00:03:51,120 the Florida State Seminoles. They were off last week. They 74 00:03:51,159 --> 00:03:54,759 are playing Friday night this Friday at Duke. The Knowles 75 00:03:54,879 --> 00:03:57,719 come in one in five. Duke comes in a surprising 76 00:03:57,759 --> 00:04:00,439 five and one in year one under Manny Diaz, who 77 00:04:00,479 --> 00:04:02,520 we know from his days at the University of Miami. 78 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,039 You know, it's been twenty since nineteen ninety two, the 79 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:10,120 Knoles have played Duke twenty two times twenty two meetings 80 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:11,680 since nineteen ninety two. By the way, I was a 81 00:04:11,719 --> 00:04:15,719 part of that Duke game in nineteen ninety two in Tallahassee. 82 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:18,439 The Knowles are twenty two and zero against Duke since 83 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:21,439 nineteen ninety two, since they entered the ACC. I was 84 00:04:21,439 --> 00:04:24,839 there on the sidelines nineteen ninety two Dope Campbell Stadium, 85 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,720 playing for the Florida State Seminoles. So I remember I 86 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:29,959 was there for a year one of that. So but 87 00:04:30,079 --> 00:04:32,120 twenty two in a row for the Knowles. As a 88 00:04:32,199 --> 00:04:35,160 head up to Durham, this is a game where Duke 89 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:39,480 has a great opportunity here to again continue their great 90 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:42,439 run in year one under Manny Diaz. Remember Malik Cunningham, 91 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:46,319 I'm sorry, Malik Murphy. The Texas transfer quarterbacks their quarterback. 92 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:48,759 They've been involved in some wild games so far in 93 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,040 the year, and obviously FSU comes in off of by 94 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,959 one and five. What I want to Brock Glenn is 95 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:57,600 making his first road start for the Knowles, and again 96 00:04:57,639 --> 00:04:59,519 for me, I want to see kin Florida State coming 97 00:04:59,519 --> 00:05:01,720 off of bye week, play with some energy, play with 98 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:04,560 some emotion, play with some togetherness. That has been a 99 00:05:04,639 --> 00:05:06,920 massive flaw of this team. This year is the effort 100 00:05:07,199 --> 00:05:10,319 and the constant effort and the togetherness. I just haven't 101 00:05:10,319 --> 00:05:13,519 seen a lot of chemistry amongst this roster, both offensively 102 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,399 or defensively. Doesn't seem a lot of guys are playing 103 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:18,839 for the jersey, are playing for the logo on the 104 00:05:18,839 --> 00:05:21,560 front of their jersey as opposed to the name on 105 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,040 the back. So I want to see that the Seminoles 106 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:27,040 can play with some urgency, play with some emotion, play 107 00:05:27,079 --> 00:05:29,079 with some chemistry as they go up to Duke on 108 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:33,480 Friday night. So that's again, if they lose here, they're 109 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:35,920 one and six, they're most likely they're not going to 110 00:05:35,920 --> 00:05:38,079 a bowl. They lose here, they got Miami next week, 111 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,399 which would be a huge rivalry game. We'll get into 112 00:05:40,439 --> 00:05:43,000 that next week. But again, this is an opportunity here 113 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 though for Florida State. Again, if you looked at their 114 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:46,920 talent level at the beginning of the year, you would 115 00:05:46,959 --> 00:05:52,000 say Florida State major advantage. Not so much anymore based 116 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,839 on the performance on the field, So be interesting game here. 117 00:05:54,959 --> 00:05:56,360 I think Duke's only about a three to three and 118 00:05:56,399 --> 00:05:58,480 a half point favorite, which makes you wonder a little bit. 119 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:00,759 But I do expect Florida State to play with with 120 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,879 some energy and some emotion. They better or it'll be 121 00:06:03,959 --> 00:06:06,000 a full dumpster fire the rest of the year in 122 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,680 Tallahassee in my view. So there's your Florida state update. 123 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,720 The Canes are heading up to Louisville on Saturday for 124 00:06:13,759 --> 00:06:17,639 a twelve o'clocker at Louisville Papa John Stadium. Miami six 125 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:19,600 and oh three and oh in the Conference against Foreign 126 00:06:19,639 --> 00:06:22,480 two Louisville. This is a tricky game for the for 127 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,240 the Canes coming off off of bye week. Remember they 128 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,279 won the dramatic game at Cal two weeks ago, unbelievable finish, 129 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:32,160 Down thirty five to ten, they come back and win 130 00:06:32,199 --> 00:06:35,680 thirty nine to thirty eight. Cam Ward was sensational. I 131 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:38,000 want to see this defense for Miami stiffing up a 132 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,360 little bit, giving up too many points to Cal. You 133 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,360 gave up too many points to Virginia Tech at the 134 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:46,040 miracle win there on the reversal on replay. If Miami 135 00:06:46,079 --> 00:06:48,680 is championship caliber, their defense has gotta play better. I 136 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,079 want to see this defense coming off of bye week 137 00:06:51,319 --> 00:06:53,920 play better. They're gonna give up some points to Louisville. 138 00:06:53,959 --> 00:06:56,480 Brahm's a good coach up there. They got good players 139 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,759 at Louisville. Tough environment, but I want to see that 140 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,319 defense play a little bit better. I think cam Ward's 141 00:07:01,319 --> 00:07:04,160 gonna play good. Still. They got really good weapons or strepo. 142 00:07:04,519 --> 00:07:07,279 The running backs are good, but can the Miami defense. 143 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,439 If they're gonna be national championship good, that defense needs 144 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,680 to play a lot better here. These last six games 145 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:15,120 of the year, got a pretty good schedule outside of 146 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:18,720 this Louisville game, very favorable schedule. You're probably gonna see 147 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,839 Clemson in the title game, would be my guests. But 148 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:24,240 this is a big road test here for the Canes. 149 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:29,079 Early start, early kick on the road in Louisville. Keep 150 00:07:29,079 --> 00:07:32,000 it look out here if you're Miami. As Miami heads 151 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,000 to Louisville trying to go to seven to zero USF Bulls, 152 00:07:36,279 --> 00:07:39,720 they fall to Memphis twenty one to three. Remember this 153 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,839 game was moved from Friday night to Saturday and also 154 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,639 moved from Tampa to Orlando due to Hurricane Milton. I 155 00:07:46,839 --> 00:07:49,720 was there in the booth with my guys Drew Fellios 156 00:07:49,759 --> 00:07:54,600 and lij Duzibla Duza Blah doing the game for ESPN Plus. 157 00:07:54,959 --> 00:07:57,199 I was up in the booth. Not a great effort 158 00:07:57,199 --> 00:07:59,800 by the USF. It was a tough week for the Bulls, 159 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:03,800 the travel, the uncertainty because of the hurricane, and then 160 00:08:03,879 --> 00:08:08,519 pregame Byron Brown, their starting quarterback is ruled out of 161 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,639 the game on crutches on the sidelines. So that makes 162 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:14,240 me nervous about this week. You know, whether they were 163 00:08:14,279 --> 00:08:17,120 playing Choy or not all week long about his status, 164 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,560 we don't know, but they was talk that he was 165 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,800 going to play. Was on crutches during the pregame, so 166 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,720 obviously that wasn't gonna play. Bryce. Archiet played okay, not great. 167 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:30,120 Turnovers penalties were an issue too much, you know, just 168 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,799 too much inconsistency of USF. They're two and four, oh 169 00:08:32,919 --> 00:08:35,279 and two in the conference, playing a good Memphis team. 170 00:08:35,519 --> 00:08:38,559 Seth Hennigan played well, but there were opportunities in this game. 171 00:08:38,879 --> 00:08:42,720 And if I'm Alex Golish and you have a backup quarterback, 172 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,039 we got to play a little slower. We cannot expose 173 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,759 our defense. They were getting crushed through three quarters in 174 00:08:49,799 --> 00:08:52,960 time of possession last week. It was like twenty four 175 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,600 to four, twenty four to five of time of possession 176 00:08:55,759 --> 00:08:58,279 in the first half in Memphis favor. Just way too 177 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,480 many plays for that Memphis offense. If you're Alex Golish 178 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,200 and if Archie's gonna play, you've got to slow the 179 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,039 pace down in the game and try to shorten the game. 180 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,600 You're not going again. You're playing UA B at home 181 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,759 this week, who's not very good. Trent Dilfer having massive 182 00:09:11,759 --> 00:09:14,559 struggles up at UAB up in Birmingham, another school that 183 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,279 I played for, by the way, my other school, my Blazers. 184 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:22,840 But Alex Golis, you can't play it at rapid speed 185 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,440 when you don't have your starting quarterback. I know that's 186 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:27,480 your style of play, but you got to show me 187 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:29,559 as a coach you can adjust a little bit again 188 00:09:29,639 --> 00:09:32,960 some time. Some game management issues last week for coach 189 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,360 going forward on a couple times he shouldn't have. I 190 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,039 thought they were down fourteen to three early third quarter. 191 00:09:38,159 --> 00:09:40,320 Nice drive could have kicked him out a forty two 192 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:42,759 yard field goal, end up going for it, not making it. 193 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,159 I didn't like that to get within fourteen to six. 194 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:50,159 Kudos to Tanico Grammatica made another long fifty plus yard 195 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,320 field goal, is third fifty plus er of the year, 196 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:55,200 so that's a great job by the freshman son of 197 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:58,639 Martine gramatica. But again we don't know the status of 198 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,399 Byron Brown. I would expect maybe not to play again. 199 00:10:01,759 --> 00:10:04,080 We will see if another week of rest helps him. 200 00:10:04,399 --> 00:10:07,080 But if he plays, they should beat UAB easily. If 201 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:10,000 he doesn't play, they probably should still beat UAB, maybe 202 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:12,480 not as convincingly, but you better not lose this game. 203 00:10:12,519 --> 00:10:17,639 If you're USF three point thirty kick at Raymond James early, 204 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,840 I mean, sorry, Saturday kick at Raymond James. Then I 205 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:24,360 don't anticipate there being a big crowd. But again, important 206 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:25,759 for this run here at the end of the year 207 00:10:25,799 --> 00:10:28,840 to play better football. Even if bright Byron Brown doesn't play, 208 00:10:28,879 --> 00:10:31,240 you gotta play better football. You gotta catch balls, you 209 00:10:31,279 --> 00:10:34,399 can't fumble, you gotta line up correctly and all that stuff. 210 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:37,320 So important game in my view for Alex Golish. If 211 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,120 the USF bulls all right, you see, if three and 212 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:42,000 three on the year, one and two in the conference 213 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,559 after their loss at home to Cincinnati last Saturday, they 214 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:49,879 lose nineteen thirteen. Big story here is kJ Jefferson gets 215 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,360 benched following this game. Freshman E. J. Colson. We'll start 216 00:10:53,399 --> 00:10:57,320 this week at Iowa State. Iowa State's undefeated led by 217 00:10:57,399 --> 00:11:02,039 Tampa product rock O beckt of Anthony Beck. Roco went 218 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:06,440 into West Virginia last week beat West Virginia in Morgantown 219 00:11:06,519 --> 00:11:08,360 on the night that his dad gets inducted into the 220 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:10,679 Hall of Fame up in West Virginia. Is a great 221 00:11:10,759 --> 00:11:14,759 job by Roco the Tampa kid again. Iowa State really 222 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,960 really good team. This is probably my favorite in the 223 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:22,639 Big Twelve right now. Undefeated Matt Campbell, really good coach. 224 00:11:22,759 --> 00:11:25,279 Roco becked again, this is just a well rounded team. 225 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:27,360 And if you're UCF, you've got to figure out a 226 00:11:27,399 --> 00:11:29,960 way to get back to the running game. kJ Jefferson's 227 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:32,320 not played well. He's been benched. You won't see him again. 228 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:35,440 I think they're moving on from him. Just did not 229 00:11:35,559 --> 00:11:38,159 work out again, another portal guy that didn't work out, 230 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:41,840 similar to what DJU did at FSU. A lot of 231 00:11:41,879 --> 00:11:45,440 expectations just did not work out. RJ. Harvey still running 232 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:47,120 the ball well, but you got to run the ball well. 233 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:49,759 And you know they held Cincinnati to nineteen points, but 234 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,320 you can't score thirteen points. That's gonna be a tough 235 00:11:52,799 --> 00:11:55,240 It's gonna be probably cold up at Iowa State this weekend. 236 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:57,720 The weather's coming in I look for Iowa State. I 237 00:11:57,720 --> 00:12:00,120 think Iowa State it's about a two touchdown favorite. Think 238 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,159 it's gonna be another challenge freshman quarterback on the road 239 00:12:03,240 --> 00:12:06,240 first start. It's gonna be a challenge up up in Ames, 240 00:12:06,240 --> 00:12:08,039 Iowa with Rock Obeck and company. 241 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:08,759 Speaker 2: All right. 242 00:12:08,879 --> 00:12:14,559 Speaker 1: FIU two and four lose last week at a midweek 243 00:12:14,639 --> 00:12:18,519 game Liberty overtime thirty one twenty four. Great effort at Liberty, 244 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:21,399 but they fall in overtime, one in one in the conference. 245 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:25,080 Keon Jenkins nineteen to twenty nine, two forty five, Eric 246 00:12:25,159 --> 00:12:28,320 Rivers five catches for ninety five yards. They are playing 247 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:31,399 Wednesday night. I'm actually recording this while they're playing. They're 248 00:12:31,440 --> 00:12:37,240 playing at you. They're playing UTEP tonight, so obviously we 249 00:12:37,279 --> 00:12:39,200 won't have a score for you for the Panthers. But again, 250 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:42,720 another midweek game, Mike McIntyre and company, two and four, 251 00:12:42,799 --> 00:12:44,960 one in one on the year, FAU will wrap it 252 00:12:45,039 --> 00:12:48,120 up with FAU. On the college side, FAU goes to 253 00:12:48,159 --> 00:12:50,000 two and four. They lose a tough one at home 254 00:12:50,279 --> 00:12:53,320 forty one thirty seven in North Texas Tech. North Texas 255 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,200 moves to five to one, one of the favorites in 256 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:58,360 Conference USA, but a great, great effort there by Tom 257 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,799 Herman and company, Cam Francher twenty two to thirty three 258 00:13:01,960 --> 00:13:05,600 fifty one and three touchdowns Omari Hayes five for eighty 259 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:09,159 nine and a touchdown for the for the Owl. So 260 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:12,840 nice job there. They will go to Utsa on Saturday 261 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,720 to try to get off the snide there of the 262 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:20,399 losing streak. So there is your Florida recap. We're gonna 263 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:22,799 talk Gators with Kevin Brockway here in just a minute. 264 00:13:22,919 --> 00:13:24,279 Before we get to that, I want just want to 265 00:13:24,279 --> 00:13:26,919 give you a quick hit. Remember Florida Football Insider's podcast, 266 00:13:27,279 --> 00:13:31,639 subscribe rating, review, Twitter feed at JPO Sports. You want 267 00:13:31,639 --> 00:13:33,679 to check out the video of Kevin and myself talking 268 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,759 in our interview, go to my YouTube channel, Jason Power 269 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:41,440 Sports channel. You can catch my chat with Kevin Brockway 270 00:13:41,440 --> 00:13:43,399 if you want to see the video portion of that. 271 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:47,759 Let's get to the NFL. The Florida teams in the NFL. 272 00:13:47,799 --> 00:13:50,360 How about those Tampa Bay Buccaneers. What a job four 273 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:53,159 and two after they win in New Orleans. Remember the 274 00:13:53,159 --> 00:13:56,960 Bucks evacuated prior to Milton hinting last Tuesday. They went 275 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:59,799 to New Orleans for the entire week again, all the 276 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,480 dress in drama about not knowing what the situation was 277 00:14:02,519 --> 00:14:05,200 in Tampa. They're in New Orleans all week. They jump 278 00:14:05,279 --> 00:14:08,279 out seventeen to nothing, The Saints come roaring back, take 279 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:10,720 a twenty seven to twenty four lead at the half. 280 00:14:10,879 --> 00:14:12,759 Basically give up. The Bucks give up twenty seven in 281 00:14:12,759 --> 00:14:16,039 the second quarter, but they dominate the game in the 282 00:14:16,039 --> 00:14:18,120 third and fourth quarter. What a job by Mayfield and 283 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,639 the Bucks. The running game. Only the fifth team in 284 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:26,279 NFL history to throw for three hundred plus and run 285 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,039 for two seventy five plus in the same game. Great 286 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:32,279 job by the Bucks running backs Bucky Irving, Sean Tucker, 287 00:14:32,679 --> 00:14:36,039 no Rashad White, Mike Evans was compromised though we played 288 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:38,840 most fair amount of the game was compromised with some 289 00:14:38,879 --> 00:14:43,320 sort of potential hamstring injury. The defense played well, a 290 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:46,639 couple turnovers. Remember Spencer Ratler, the rookie started the game 291 00:14:46,679 --> 00:14:49,320 for the Saints. Good job in the second half shutting 292 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:51,440 him down. But the Bucks with a big win on 293 00:14:51,480 --> 00:14:54,919 the road in Division four and two. Huge Monday nighter. 294 00:14:55,279 --> 00:14:59,200 This Monday night, Baltimore comes to Raymond James Stadium, ESPN 295 00:14:59,320 --> 00:15:02,120 Buckman Buck excuse me, an Akman? Or in the house. 296 00:15:02,159 --> 00:15:04,360 Give a shout out to my guy David Moulton, who 297 00:15:04,399 --> 00:15:06,480 will be in the booth working with those guys as 298 00:15:06,519 --> 00:15:09,960 part of the broadcast. You've heard him on this podcast 299 00:15:10,039 --> 00:15:12,799 as well as my Powers on Sports podcast, and we 300 00:15:12,799 --> 00:15:14,679 will have him on later in the year as well. 301 00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:18,759 So shout out to my guy David Moulton. But the 302 00:15:18,759 --> 00:15:21,159 Bucks got a great opportunity here in the NFC. You 303 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,399 beat Baltimore, you make a statement to the NFL. Mayfield 304 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:28,639 another four touchdowns, though we did throw three picks, four touchdowns, 305 00:15:28,679 --> 00:15:31,840 three picks over three hundred yards. Again, Chris Godwin was 306 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,519 great over one hundred yards receiving. You had Elijah Cantsey back. 307 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,320 Winfield picks up a fumble and runs for a touchdown. 308 00:15:38,559 --> 00:15:41,320 If this Bucks defense can stay healthy, this Bucks team 309 00:15:41,360 --> 00:15:43,080 is going to be a major thread in the NFC. 310 00:15:43,559 --> 00:15:46,240 Jaguars moved to one in five. They lose, They get 311 00:15:46,399 --> 00:15:49,200 routed by the Bears in London in their first of 312 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,840 two straight games in London. They're going to place the 313 00:15:51,840 --> 00:15:54,440 New England Patriots. Nothing else to talk about. This game 314 00:15:54,519 --> 00:15:57,799 is gonna be a garbage game. Jaguars Patriots, Sunday Morning, 315 00:15:58,159 --> 00:16:01,039 NFL Network nine thirty start. I can't talk a lot 316 00:16:01,039 --> 00:16:04,720 about this game, but I will say this, if the 317 00:16:04,759 --> 00:16:08,000 Patriots loose, if the Patriots beat the Jaguars, would not 318 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:10,759 shock me if Doug Peterson's fired Monday morning when they 319 00:16:10,799 --> 00:16:13,759 get back to Jacksonville from London. I just think that's 320 00:16:13,799 --> 00:16:16,600 just the gist of it. You saw Robert Salad get 321 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:19,519 fired with the Jets. Would not shock me if they lose, 322 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,559 which I don't expect them to lose, but if the 323 00:16:21,639 --> 00:16:24,600 Jaguars go down, would not be stunned if Doug Peterson 324 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:28,840 gets fired Monday morning in Jacksonville. So just Trevor Lawrence 325 00:16:28,879 --> 00:16:32,039 continues to not play well, They can get no consistency 326 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:34,759 on defense. One of the defensive players basically said they 327 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:37,960 quit last week against the Bears. Caleb Williams torched them 328 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,279 for four touchdown passes. Just a complete mess in Jacksonville, 329 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,600 one in five. The Jags are all right, Dolphins, last thing, 330 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,960 they're coming off a bye. They play at Indianapolis on Sunday. 331 00:16:49,279 --> 00:16:51,840 Don't expect to see Tua. You're probably gonna see Tyler 332 00:16:51,919 --> 00:16:54,840 Huntley again. But you are gonna see you know, obviously, 333 00:16:55,039 --> 00:16:57,399 you have another two weeks to getting Huntly ready up 334 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,159 to speed a little bit. I expect them to play 335 00:16:59,159 --> 00:17:00,879 a little bit better. Remember they one at New England 336 00:17:01,039 --> 00:17:03,200 before the bye. I would expect them to play a 337 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:06,599 little bit better. More more, you know plays that Huntley 338 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:10,400 is good at. Some rollouts, some throwbacks, misdirection kind of stuff. 339 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:12,880 You're gonna have waddle back, You're gonna have a chain back, 340 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,279 You're gonna have hill. The defense has still been decimated. 341 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,519 Flacco has been playing really well for the Colts. I 342 00:17:19,559 --> 00:17:21,119 expect this game to did a pretty good game here, 343 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,000 Miami at Indianapolis on Sunday two and three. The Dolphins 344 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,480 still in the mix in the NFC, or they excuse me, 345 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,319 the AFC East. They can just figure out to hang around. 346 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:34,599 We don't know what Tuas status is. There's rumblings that 347 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,400 he's gonna play again this year. Does that mean two 348 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:38,079 weeks from now, a month from now. 349 00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 4: We don't know. 350 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,880 Speaker 1: But I would expect to see Tua play again for 351 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,880 the Dolphins. But they go two and three, go to Indianapolis. Uh, 352 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:50,279 And there's your roundup of the National Football League. Two 353 00:17:50,279 --> 00:17:52,960 big trades in the NFL. Amari Cooper goes to Buffalo 354 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:55,319 in the NFC, East and then you have Davonte Adams 355 00:17:55,319 --> 00:17:58,359 get shipped back to the Jets with his with his 356 00:17:58,359 --> 00:18:01,119 connection with Rogers. So see if those two teams have 357 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,480 solidified their wide receiver situation and the Jets are obviously 358 00:18:04,519 --> 00:18:07,960 going all in with the Devonte Adams firing. Robert sawlall 359 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,640 lose a tough game Monday night to Buffalo. So there's 360 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,400 your wrap up Florida Football Insiders podcast. Check out the 361 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:17,599 other podcasts on the network, pile the Get Off My 362 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:20,519 Pilot with my guy Matt Zemich, the Stars and Stripes, 363 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,920 which recaps the service academies and what a job they're doing. 364 00:18:25,519 --> 00:18:28,079 Steve Carney is the host of that. Check that out 365 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:30,640 as well. Both of them are undefeated. 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First off, anything okay with you 445 00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:52,440 and the hurricane up in the Gainsville area. 446 00:22:53,279 --> 00:22:56,559 Speaker 5: Uh, yeah, we made it through, okay. As a matter 447 00:22:56,599 --> 00:22:59,920 of fact, Helene was probably a little worse than Melton 448 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:04,359 in terms of the damage caused here, but it was 449 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,920 it was more tropical storm conditions here for Milton. But 450 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,440 certainly you guys down in the camp area. Feeling bad 451 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,359 for you guys. And what are they gonna do about 452 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:16,640 the rays? I guess obviously the roof being torn apart 453 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,400 there at the Trump That's really. 454 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's all that's been all the talk the last 455 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:22,920 several days in the sports world here is you know, 456 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,440 what are they gonna Are they gonna move the part 457 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,440 of the game home game somewhere else next year? They're 458 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,160 gonna put the because because obviously the ballpark has been 459 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,200 approved and I don't know if the city wants to 460 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,480 spend all those dollars to redo the roof and then 461 00:23:34,519 --> 00:23:36,359 obviously not to be there in a couple of years. 462 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,759 Speaker 3: So yeah, lots of questions to be answered in the 463 00:23:38,799 --> 00:23:39,680 next couple of months. 464 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:40,039 Speaker 1: For sure. 465 00:23:40,079 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 3: I would think, yeah, you. 466 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,319 Speaker 5: Can make an open air stadium, I guess really for 467 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:46,079 the last few years, but you probably have a lot 468 00:23:46,079 --> 00:23:47,000 of rain outs there, you. 469 00:23:46,920 --> 00:23:49,279 Speaker 3: Know exactly, Yeah, a lot of afternoon rains. 470 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,759 Speaker 1: So yeah, that's that was part of the the issue 471 00:23:51,759 --> 00:23:53,680 with the new stadium and all that the debate. So yeah, 472 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,319 we'll see what they end up deciding to do. But 473 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:59,440 uh yeah, tough situation for sure with the rays and 474 00:23:59,559 --> 00:24:02,640 because people don't realize that the stadium was being used 475 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:06,319 as a humongous staging area for all the first responders, 476 00:24:06,319 --> 00:24:08,720 and there was people in there and there were things 477 00:24:08,759 --> 00:24:10,440 and all kind of stuff, so that kind of ruined 478 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,519 that whole that whole thing. So that was multiple issues 479 00:24:13,559 --> 00:24:16,359 in one. So all right, let's get to the football 480 00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:20,960 field first. You were up in Knoxville, correct. 481 00:24:20,599 --> 00:24:21,799 Speaker 4: Yes, I was there for the game. 482 00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 5: It was quite a game and a lot of twists 483 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:28,079 and turns and obviously a lot of mistakes in the 484 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,240 red zone in the first half that really came back 485 00:24:30,279 --> 00:24:31,680 to bite Florida in the second half. 486 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the atmosphere for those that don't know, 487 00:24:34,559 --> 00:24:36,599 just give me a sense of the atmosphere up in Knoxville. 488 00:24:36,599 --> 00:24:40,160 When Tennessee's Tennessee's got a good team, it's a rivalry 489 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,799 game with Florida, another team they've you know, they've had issues. 490 00:24:42,839 --> 00:24:44,400 You know, they've had a big rivalry at the last 491 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,160 thirty years or so. Just talk about the atmosphere in Knoxville. 492 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,799 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, Knoxville's one of my favorite cities, you know, 493 00:24:49,839 --> 00:24:52,839 because the longa Tennessee River, you know, you walk along. 494 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:54,279 I did that a little bit before they gave me 495 00:24:54,319 --> 00:24:57,440 of the ball Navy out there. Everyone is hyped up 496 00:24:57,519 --> 00:25:00,920 and as you probably maybe saw on TV, they do 497 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:05,039 a neat thing at Kneeland with the seats where they 498 00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:08,279 have different sections where white and orange, and they create 499 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:12,759 this kind of checkerboard effect throughout the stadium. That's that's 500 00:25:12,799 --> 00:25:15,119 really cool. So, yeah, the fans were hype, they were 501 00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:18,799 into it. It was certainly uh, you know, loud. It 502 00:25:18,839 --> 00:25:22,480 was a night game, obviously night kickoff, so so fans 503 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:26,839 are pretty riled up, and certainly for that Josh Hypel offense. 504 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,039 But you know, there were actually a few boo birds 505 00:25:29,079 --> 00:25:31,319 here and there because you know, they've been strug offensively 506 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:35,200 in the last few weeks and that continued a little 507 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,720 bit against Florida. You can credit Florida's defense as well, 508 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,799 but ultimately they left the stadium happy with that overtime win. 509 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, talk, let's talk about Florida a little bit. 510 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,920 Speaker 1: Florida's defense is played better in the last couple weeks, 511 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,960 played really good against Central Florida shut them down, and 512 00:25:50,079 --> 00:25:52,480 again a very good effort in Knoxville. 513 00:25:53,359 --> 00:25:55,200 Speaker 3: Obviously, you get to the end of the game. 514 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,720 Speaker 1: Tennessee, Florida's winning into the middle of the third quarter 515 00:25:58,720 --> 00:26:01,519 of Tennessee scores a couple of touchdown, the game gets tied, 516 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:05,319 Florida has an opportunity they tie the game, or uh yeah, 517 00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:07,480 they know they they're down seven, they score to go 518 00:26:07,519 --> 00:26:11,039 down one. What was the sentiment in the press box late? 519 00:26:11,119 --> 00:26:12,960 Speaker 3: Do you go for two? Was that the sentiment in 520 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:13,720 the press box? 521 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: Or do you think that, you know, Billy made the 522 00:26:16,039 --> 00:26:17,759 right call, because remember there was about a minute and 523 00:26:17,759 --> 00:26:19,519 a half left in the game when all that happened, 524 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:23,039 you think it was the right call to to ultimately 525 00:26:23,039 --> 00:26:25,039 go kick the extra point, not go for too because 526 00:26:25,079 --> 00:26:27,440 remember they called they run, they line up in a 527 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,720 swing gate formation, and I believe Tennessee, did Tennessee or 528 00:26:30,759 --> 00:26:32,200 was it Florida they called the time out? 529 00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 4: No, Tennessee called the time out there. 530 00:26:34,799 --> 00:26:37,359 Speaker 5: And it's interesting because Chris Lowe, you know, National right 531 00:26:37,359 --> 00:26:40,000 for ESPN, He's sitting next to me. He was adamant 532 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,200 that Florida should go for two in that situation. I 533 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,240 was a little more you know, I could see both 534 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:48,400 sides of it, because I do think Florida's defense was 535 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:53,119 playing really well. But that being said, I think the 536 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,160 way it worked out was, you know, they showed the play, 537 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:58,240 Tennessee called time out, and I guess they didn't feel 538 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:00,680 confident enough that they had another play that was a 539 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:04,119 short thing. So they decided to kick the extra point 540 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,680 and go for overtime. Listen, you know, damned if you do, 541 00:27:06,759 --> 00:27:09,759 damned if you don't. I did write a column though 542 00:27:09,839 --> 00:27:13,880 that you know, Billy not going for it kind of 543 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:18,160 continued this risk averse trend. Yeah, hasn't been very endearing 544 00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,559 to Florida fans. I think they view him as that 545 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:22,799 They've always read him as a very conservative guy. And 546 00:27:22,839 --> 00:27:24,519 this was a guy that came and remember, scared money, 547 00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:27,039 don't make money. But you know, this is a guy 548 00:27:27,079 --> 00:27:29,039 that also picked what five field goals in the red 549 00:27:29,079 --> 00:27:32,240 zone against Charlotte last year. This is the guy who 550 00:27:33,039 --> 00:27:37,000 you know, runs basically an offense that's more reliant on 551 00:27:37,079 --> 00:27:41,599 horizontal passes than vertical passes. So it was just another, 552 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:45,039 you know, one of those decisions that you make that 553 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,440 you know, maybe not as bold as it, but but 554 00:27:47,519 --> 00:27:49,240 I think that tells you a little bit about you 555 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:51,960 know where Billy Napiers is a coach in Louisiana. Four 556 00:27:52,039 --> 00:27:54,799 years ago, he had it rolling, He had that bravado 557 00:27:54,839 --> 00:27:56,759 that he knew that he could, you know, get that 558 00:27:56,799 --> 00:28:00,599 one yard run in that situation. And now he's you know, 559 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,680 coaching Scarret and for obvious reasons, obviously, with you know, 560 00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,279 the results being what they are fourteen and seventeen. So 561 00:28:09,160 --> 00:28:12,640 just another example of you know, kind of the Charlie 562 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,480 Brown tenure of Billy Napier. 563 00:28:14,519 --> 00:28:16,079 Speaker 4: You know, if anything can go wrong, it will. 564 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,039 Speaker 1: I was shocked only because there wouldn't have been a 565 00:28:19,039 --> 00:28:21,079 person in the Florida fan base that would have said 566 00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:22,599 a word. If he'd have gone for two and didn't 567 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,000 make it and they lose by one, they would have probably, 568 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,039 like you said, they would have admired him for doing that, 569 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:31,039 for being aggressive. Again, there's differently being an aggressive and reckless, 570 00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,599 but in this situation, with all the pressure on, I 571 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,240 was shocked he didn't go for two there, because again, 572 00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,160 you beat Tennessee and you maybe win another one of 573 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:41,599 these two games down the road, maybe you save your 574 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,680 job a boy just being and plus if the odds 575 00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,680 were that Tennessee was going to probably move the ball 576 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:49,680 a little bit, they didn't end up getting a field 577 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,480 goal range, But boy, I was I was very surprised 578 00:28:52,519 --> 00:28:53,680 that he didn't go for two there. 579 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, I could see, you know, and I 580 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,200 guess the book says on the road you go for two, right, 581 00:28:59,319 --> 00:29:02,960 But I think you know, he kind of explained it 582 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,000 was if it was a forty seven to forty seven game, 583 00:29:05,079 --> 00:29:06,400 the way the game was going. 584 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,079 Speaker 4: He probably would have definitely gone for two. 585 00:29:08,559 --> 00:29:11,559 Speaker 5: But the fact that both defenses, let's not forget to 586 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:15,559 the two defense has been playing really well. He certainly 587 00:29:15,599 --> 00:29:18,400 carried the day in overtime. And I think the Volves 588 00:29:18,759 --> 00:29:20,599 with an interesting stat in the press spots, this is 589 00:29:20,599 --> 00:29:23,240 the first time since nineteen sixty nine that they've held 590 00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:27,160 their first six opponents under twenty points. So that's that's 591 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:30,319 a pretty good defense over there. They showed it over 592 00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:34,119 the course of the game, you know, certainly, But I 593 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,200 think Florida fans are you know, certainly more frustrated with 594 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,839 Billy Napier obviously with some of the red zone calls 595 00:29:40,839 --> 00:29:42,839 the fourth and inches when you know the line up 596 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:46,160 in the shotgun and tried to sweep, and then also 597 00:29:46,319 --> 00:29:48,119 you know the field goal, you know, centuries at the 598 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,960 end of the half again indefensible. Can't have twelve guys 599 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:55,880 out there, had those problems last year, So those things 600 00:29:56,079 --> 00:29:58,599 are very frustrating. The fact that you know, Florida only 601 00:29:59,079 --> 00:30:01,599 was up three nothing halftime and easily could have been 602 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:02,519 up thirteen to sixty. 603 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:03,359 Speaker 4: Nothing in that game. 604 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:05,960 Speaker 1: And the last thing I'll say we'll move on is 605 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:08,519 is if Florida is in contention for the SEC title, 606 00:30:08,559 --> 00:30:11,519 you play for overtime, no problem. But Florida's they're not 607 00:30:11,519 --> 00:30:14,480 gonna be in the SEC conversation. This was the kind 608 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,440 of game where you can again re establish Maybe you're 609 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:21,160 not re establish the program, but boy make a stamp nationally. Hey, 610 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,759 we went into Knoxville, won the game. We were aggressive, 611 00:30:23,799 --> 00:30:25,799 we went for it and we and we won the game. 612 00:30:25,839 --> 00:30:27,680 So I was just I was just disappointed in Napier, 613 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,039 given his tenuous job circumstance as it is, that he 614 00:30:31,119 --> 00:30:33,680 wasn't more aggressive. So all right, let's get to the 615 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,839 injury on the field. Graham Mertz obviously but hurts his 616 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:39,880 ACL done for the year. It's now DJ Lagway's job. 617 00:30:40,279 --> 00:30:42,400 What are the couple things that you're gonna see you 618 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,279 think moving forward that you that you really think DJ 619 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,400 does well, and maybe some things that they're gonna maybe 620 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:48,359 stay away from. 621 00:30:48,720 --> 00:30:48,839 Speaker 4: Well. 622 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:50,559 Speaker 5: DJ has got an electric arm, and he throws a 623 00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:56,119 deep ball very well. He's got, obviously, you know, some 624 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,599 dual threat ability, although we haven't seen him run as 625 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:02,720 much as maybe I thought we would, and but at 626 00:31:02,759 --> 00:31:05,039 the same time, you know, I think this opens up. 627 00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:07,799 But you know, I think they've moved him along really 628 00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:10,039 nicely here, you know the way they've done it in 629 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:11,960 terms of, you know, having him come in for certain 630 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:15,119 series during some SEC games. Obviously he started the Stanford 631 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:16,920 game and had a huge game, but that was Stanford. 632 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,640 But you know, the one thing you look at his 633 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,799 ledger five touchdowns to four interceptions. We had heard, you know, 634 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:27,240 throughout fall camp that one of the things that was 635 00:31:27,319 --> 00:31:29,000 holding him back a little bit was some of his 636 00:31:29,079 --> 00:31:33,480 decision making. So obviously, and in the SEC, turnovers can 637 00:31:33,599 --> 00:31:35,480 be so you know, critical and crucial. 638 00:31:36,319 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 4: I think that's. 639 00:31:36,799 --> 00:31:38,519 Speaker 5: Gonna be the big thing is like, you know, can 640 00:31:38,559 --> 00:31:40,880 you take care of the football? Obviously, you know that 641 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:43,039 first play he comes in in the third quarter, gets 642 00:31:43,079 --> 00:31:44,960 kind of see when Merch goes out, he throws an interception. 643 00:31:45,119 --> 00:31:46,599 Speaker 4: So things like. 644 00:31:46,559 --> 00:31:50,039 Speaker 5: That, you know, when you play every down in the SEC, 645 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,200 and these coaches and Mark Stoups is a very good 646 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:55,119 defensive coach. A lot of different wrinkles at the kid. 647 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,960 You know, he's gonna have to take care of the football. 648 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:00,720 I think that's gonna be one of the keys for 649 00:32:00,839 --> 00:32:03,759 him going forward. But he's got all the tools. He can, 650 00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:06,839 you know, make the throws. He can make the deep throws. 651 00:32:07,519 --> 00:32:09,359 You've got a good You've got a nice stable of 652 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:14,000 receivers that have some speed too, Premiere d k and 653 00:32:14,119 --> 00:32:17,640 Elijah Badger and now Trey Wilson back. So you're gonna 654 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,359 have an opportunity to take some deep shots. And I 655 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,279 think if if you know, Flora's smart and this coaching 656 00:32:23,319 --> 00:32:26,400 staff is smart, uh, they will try to take advantage 657 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,960 of those opportunities and maybe stretch the field a little vertically. 658 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,960 Speaker 4: With a kid that that's the strength. 659 00:32:32,319 --> 00:32:33,319 Speaker 3: No doubt, no doubt. 660 00:32:33,559 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: Is he Is he a well white guy in the 661 00:32:35,039 --> 00:32:36,960 locker room as far as is everyone Obviously he's only 662 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:39,000 a freshman, we get it pretty young. But is he 663 00:32:39,039 --> 00:32:41,119 a guy that everybody's gonna galvanize around you think? 664 00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:43,039 Speaker 4: Yeah, very humble kid. 665 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:46,880 Speaker 5: Uh, someone that uh you know when we talked to 666 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:50,599 him after the Sandford game, Uh, somebody. I think he's 667 00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,799 got a really good head on his shoulders, a really 668 00:32:53,000 --> 00:32:56,680 you know, good level of humility, which I think is uh, 669 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,119 you know, important in how we handled the situation when 670 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:02,720 Graham Mertz and how he was very respectful of Mertz 671 00:33:02,759 --> 00:33:07,119 and talked about learning from him. I think he's got 672 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,440 that ability. But again, true freshmen in the f SEC 673 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:14,799 is tough, flooding. I mean, we saw the Rensert freshman 674 00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,839 quarterback from Tennessee, Nico IAmA baila, right or you know 675 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,400 if I butchered his name, you know, I was trying, 676 00:33:21,519 --> 00:33:24,240 you know, last two weeks. But Nico, I mean, he's 677 00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:27,400 struggling right now in the SEC two. So for young quarterbacks, 678 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:30,720 this isn't the easiest league. And I think he's gonna 679 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,720 have some growing teams, but he's also got the ability 680 00:33:33,759 --> 00:33:36,079 to kind of rise and make big thrones as well. 681 00:33:36,119 --> 00:33:38,920 Certainly he did on that DK touchdown to tie the 682 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,240 game and send it in an overtime. 683 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,759 Speaker 1: All right, And as we're gonna get I'm gonna get 684 00:33:43,759 --> 00:33:45,440 to the schedule here, because the schedule gets the brutal 685 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:48,640 here for the Gators. After he got Kentucky this week, Georgia, Tennessee, 686 00:33:49,079 --> 00:33:53,240 lsu O miss the next five weeks and this is 687 00:33:53,279 --> 00:33:55,359 a huge six weeks for five to six weeks for 688 00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:58,279 DJ because say what you want, if there's a coaching 689 00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:01,119 change and he plays well these last five or six weeks, 690 00:34:01,359 --> 00:34:03,799 he may be the most coveted free agent in NIL 691 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,000 in the NIL market come this off season. 692 00:34:06,079 --> 00:34:08,599 Speaker 3: If he decides that's something he wants to explore. 693 00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:12,119 Speaker 1: Who knows or who knows the dig But this could 694 00:34:12,119 --> 00:34:15,119 be a very lucrative five or six weeks for DJ Lagway. 695 00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:15,960 Speaker 4: No question. 696 00:34:16,079 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 5: And I think, you know, Billy Napier's future is tied 697 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:21,199 to DJ Lagway, right Like I think if DJ Lagway 698 00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:26,119 goes out and he shows promise and maybe they win 699 00:34:26,159 --> 00:34:28,960 a couple of games, maybe they you know, beat Kentucky 700 00:34:29,119 --> 00:34:32,679 and beat fsu and and steal a win against Ole 701 00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,280 miss Rare else you in the swamp and become Bowl 702 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:38,239 eligible at six and six, and Lagway shows a lot 703 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:42,000 of promise, I think there's a chance that Florida could 704 00:34:42,079 --> 00:34:44,480 keep Billy Napier at six and six because the fact 705 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,119 that you don't want to lose this kid. 706 00:34:46,159 --> 00:34:48,000 Speaker 4: You don't want to lose DJ Lagway, and he's tied 707 00:34:48,039 --> 00:34:48,760 to Billy Napier. 708 00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,440 Speaker 5: So I think this is I think this injury is 709 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:57,280 interesting because even if Florida had you know, struggled, uh, 710 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,639 you know, and lost to Tennessee, you could have made 711 00:34:59,639 --> 00:35:03,119 the ru you men seven bench Graham Mertz and played 712 00:35:03,159 --> 00:35:05,519 DJ Lagway the rest of the year. I just see 713 00:35:05,519 --> 00:35:07,920 what you've got for the following season. So the injury 714 00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:11,360 kind of necessitated it and made it h and made 715 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,239 it so and and now here's a chance for DJ 716 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,159 Lagway to show what he can do and for uh 717 00:35:15,519 --> 00:35:17,360 the fuck you know, and and and if he does 718 00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,480 and they you decide to move on from Billy Napier, 719 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:22,920 then yes, I mean he's gonna be a guy that 720 00:35:23,679 --> 00:35:25,840 is going to command a lot on the open market 721 00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:27,480 if he decides to go in that direction. 722 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:30,880 Speaker 3: Yep, all right, So schedule again. This is to me, 723 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,000 this is must win for Billy against Kentucky. 724 00:35:33,039 --> 00:35:36,519 Speaker 1: I mean, you're not gonna probably beat Georgia, probably not 725 00:35:36,519 --> 00:35:39,519 gonna beat Kentucky. I mean Texas, you know, could you 726 00:35:39,559 --> 00:35:41,920 beat LSU or Old Miss one of those two maybe, 727 00:35:42,039 --> 00:35:43,920 but you're probably looking at it best in the next 728 00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:45,559 five games if you if you don't be if you 729 00:35:45,599 --> 00:35:49,639 beat Kentucky, maybe two and three. If you don't beat Kentucky, 730 00:35:49,679 --> 00:35:52,000 you're potentially looking at zero five. I mean, just talk 731 00:35:52,039 --> 00:35:54,719 about how important this game of Kentucky is again from 732 00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:57,559 the from the fan basis perspective, and for probably from 733 00:35:57,559 --> 00:36:00,039 the confidence of the pro internally with the confidence of the. 734 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,159 Speaker 5: Yeah, you know what I wrote today, It's amazing how 735 00:36:03,159 --> 00:36:06,480 the script is flipped right from eighty six to twenty seventeen, 736 00:36:07,159 --> 00:36:10,599 thirty one straight against Kentucky, and now they've lost three 737 00:36:10,599 --> 00:36:12,719 in a row against the Wildcats. They're two and four 738 00:36:13,639 --> 00:36:17,440 in their last six against Kentucky, which is pretty amazing 739 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:20,519 to think about. You know, I guess the good news 740 00:36:21,039 --> 00:36:23,519 for Billy Napier is, you know, he's not gonna have 741 00:36:23,559 --> 00:36:25,840 Ray Davis in his nightmares anymore. Already ran for two 742 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,880 hundred and eighty and also had a big day for 743 00:36:29,039 --> 00:36:30,639 Vanderbilt the year before. 744 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,119 Speaker 4: So and Liam Cohen. 745 00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,280 Speaker 5: Who was the offensive fouriera last year of Kentucky, now 746 00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,599 he is down with the Tampa Bay Bucks. So it's 747 00:36:38,639 --> 00:36:42,119 a different Kentucky team. But Mark Stoops is still a 748 00:36:42,159 --> 00:36:44,480 grinded defensive coach. They're gonna be a physical team. They're 749 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,880 gonna come down here, play with a lot of physicality, 750 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,000 playing with a lot of toughness. They're kind of desperate 751 00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,679 coming up with twenty and thirteen lots against Vanderbilt. So 752 00:36:52,119 --> 00:36:54,400 I expected to be a close game, but I think 753 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,719 Florida is gonna find a way to pull this one out. 754 00:36:57,719 --> 00:37:02,719 It's homecoming, it's a swamp. Obviously, DJ Lagway is gonna 755 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:04,480 have to limit the mistakes. I think that's gonna be 756 00:37:04,519 --> 00:37:06,639 Creek key because I think back to two years ago 757 00:37:06,639 --> 00:37:09,199 when Anthony Richardson throw that pick six in the Kentucky game, 758 00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,639 and that was crucial. So for this game, if DJ 759 00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:16,159 Lagway can kind of you know, play well, limit the 760 00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,880 mistakes and the defense can continue the upper couple of weeks, 761 00:37:20,079 --> 00:37:22,719 I could see Florida pulling this out at the swamp 762 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:26,679 and getting back to four and three and maybe creating 763 00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,880 some good vibes for that brutal stretch that will be 764 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:31,280 coming after their second open week. 765 00:37:32,119 --> 00:37:32,760 Speaker 3: So yeah, you're in. 766 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:33,400 Speaker 4: You're right again. 767 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:35,280 Speaker 1: Kentucky's not going to go on and score thirty five 768 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,800 unless Florida gives them a bunch of, you know, a 769 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,679 couple of those points. So it should be a defensive 770 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:43,119 ori ended game. You shouldn't have to score probably more 771 00:37:43,159 --> 00:37:45,679 than twenty four probably to win. So that's something that's 772 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:47,079 probably manageable there, all. 773 00:37:47,039 --> 00:37:50,800 Speaker 5: Right to Jason, At one more point that you know, 774 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:54,159 in addition to losing Graham Murtin, they also lost Montreal Johnson, 775 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,199 who I guess we're hearing this week to week. We're 776 00:37:57,199 --> 00:37:58,880 gonna find out more today. But that's another blow of 777 00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,519 the running game too. You know, at one point in 778 00:38:01,519 --> 00:38:03,960 the fourth quarter in that game, you're a true freshman 779 00:38:04,039 --> 00:38:08,159 quarterback in DJ Lagway handing up your true fresh running 780 00:38:08,159 --> 00:38:11,079 back in shadeen Baugh. That kind of tells you they 781 00:38:11,119 --> 00:38:14,000 are right now from an experience and banged up. So 782 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,119 it's certainly not going to be easy, especially if Montreal 783 00:38:16,199 --> 00:38:17,440 Johnson's out for that game as well. 784 00:38:17,679 --> 00:38:18,599 Speaker 3: Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. 785 00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:18,800 Speaker 2: Right. 786 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:22,440 Speaker 1: Last question I'll get you out here is obviously Napier's future. Obviously, 787 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:25,280 have you gotten any indications that there potentially could be 788 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:27,960 a move in season or do you think this is 789 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,239 going to run out to the end of the year 790 00:38:29,239 --> 00:38:29,920 before they make. 791 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:33,440 Speaker 5: A move if they make a move, obviously, Yeah, I 792 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:36,639 think they want to give Billy Napier every chance to 793 00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,599 finish the season. That's the latest that we're hearing is 794 00:38:39,599 --> 00:38:41,679 that they want to give them the benefit of doubt. 795 00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:43,400 Speaker 4: They want to see if you can make a bowl game. 796 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:47,360 Speaker 5: Certainly if they lose against Kentucky at home and homecoming 797 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,320 the Swamp and that's going to create a lot of 798 00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:55,519 noise in the system. But I do think their feeling is, 799 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,199 you know, as long as the players are playing hard 800 00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:01,000 for him and there's not a lot of they're going 801 00:39:01,079 --> 00:39:02,480 to try to roll with it until the end of 802 00:39:02,519 --> 00:39:06,960 the season or until it becomes so toxic that maybe 803 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,239 they have to make a move. But you worry about that, 804 00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:13,199 You worry about the opt outs, the Rensturch situation as well. 805 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,039 Speaker 4: You know, you don't want it to go that south. 806 00:39:16,159 --> 00:39:17,239 So so we'll see. 807 00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:18,920 Speaker 5: I think it's a week to week thing with Billy, 808 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,039 But I think certainly this is, uh, you know, another 809 00:39:21,079 --> 00:39:22,239 crucial game for his tenure. 810 00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,119 Speaker 4: I mean, I think he's got to find a way 811 00:39:24,199 --> 00:39:24,960 to win this one. 812 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:27,480 Speaker 1: A couple of names again that you know, obviously you're 813 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:29,760 gonna hear names, and a couple of names. I think 814 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:31,840 if you're a Florida fan and you're interested in this guy, 815 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,480 Helps is a guy like Lane Kiffin's already lost two 816 00:39:34,559 --> 00:39:37,079 games at Ole Miss, So the odds of them going 817 00:39:37,079 --> 00:39:40,000 to the playoffs are getting slimmer and slimmer by the week. 818 00:39:41,119 --> 00:39:43,199 Speaker 3: You know, you've heard that, You've heard the name John Gruden, 819 00:39:43,559 --> 00:39:45,280 You've heard some other people is. 820 00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,559 Speaker 1: You know, it's just gonna be interesting to see how 821 00:39:48,559 --> 00:39:50,559 this plays out, not just in Gainesville, but in other 822 00:39:50,599 --> 00:39:54,039 places around the country. If teams start to lose those names, 823 00:39:54,079 --> 00:39:57,280 potentially could be you know, become candidates if if, if, 824 00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:59,679 if the Florida situation becomes untenable. 825 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:03,079 Speaker 3: So all right, Kevin Brockway, great work, man, appreciate the time. 826 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,280 Speaker 1: You can find Kevin Brockway's great work at the Gainesville Sun. 827 00:40:06,679 --> 00:40:10,480 You can find Kevin on Twitter at Kevin Brockway g one. 828 00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:14,239 Definitely follow him there for all your Florida football action. 829 00:40:14,519 --> 00:40:17,400 Any updates with basketball, I know they're getting started here 830 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:18,360 pretty soon, right. 831 00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:19,800 Speaker 4: Yeah, SEC media days. 832 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:23,800 Speaker 5: You know they open against ucfusus F excuse me, camp 833 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:28,400 a team in Jacksonville in early November, So it should 834 00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:32,159 be should be pretty interesting for Todd Golden's team. Number eight, 835 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,800 number twenty one preseason top twenty five, first time they've 836 00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:38,159 been ranked preseason top twenty five since twenty nineteen, and 837 00:40:38,400 --> 00:40:40,639 pick to finish six in the SEC and the media 838 00:40:40,679 --> 00:40:43,400 polls so out an eighteen team. So Todd Golden has 839 00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,280 done a nice job with that program entering year three. 840 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,679 Speaker 3: Cool well, great work, Kevin, keep it up. 841 00:40:48,679 --> 00:40:50,719 Speaker 1: You got a gauntlet you're gonna you gotta cover here, 842 00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,800 but start Saturday in the swamp when the Wildcats come 843 00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:55,519 to town for homecoming. 844 00:40:55,599 --> 00:40:58,079 Speaker 3: So have a great have a great weekend, and we'll 845 00:40:58,079 --> 00:40:58,480 talk soon. 846 00:40:58,559 --> 00:41:00,000 Speaker 4: Okay, all right, thank you. 847 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:02,639 Speaker 1: I know many of you are going through some very 848 00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:06,960 challenging times following the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton 849 00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:09,480 throughout the state of Florida. 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