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My FINAL THOUGHTS on Gators Football vs Missouri Tigers Before UF's HUGE SEC Game... · A Peek Inside Gators Football: A Show About the Florida Gators

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  Speaker 1: It is time for me to go over the five
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  Speaker 1: things that I need to see in this game. Number
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  Speaker 1: one is that, I think this is my number one
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  Speaker 1: by like a mile. Don't have an Ole Miss hangover.
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  Speaker 1: Ole Miss was an emotional game. The Swamp was insane.
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  Speaker 1: Florida jumped into the top 10. Now you're going to
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  Speaker 1: get a less glamorous environment. against a team that just lost.
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  Speaker 1: Championship-level teams don't need a big-game atmosphere to bring big-game intensity.
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  Speaker 1: Missouri has had issues starting slowly themselves. They fell behind
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  Speaker 1: Mississippi State 14-0 in the first quarter last week. Florida
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  Speaker 1: should make them doubt themselves immediately. So I need a
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  Speaker 1: fast start. No sleepwalking, no 10-0 Missouri lead while Florida
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  Speaker 1: figures out where it is or what it wants to do.
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  Speaker 1: Start with your foot on the gas. Number two is
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  Speaker 1: keep feeding Jaden Baugh, but also don't become one-dimensional. Baugh
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  Speaker 1: has 600 rushing yards this season, five consecutive 100-yard games
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  Speaker 1: dating back to 2025, 142 yards and three touchdowns against
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  Speaker 1: Ole Miss. He's averaging 173.2 rushing yards during that five-game streak.
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  Speaker 1: And they should absolutely want to test Missouri's front. But
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  Speaker 1: here's the next evolution. If Missouri starts selling out against Baugh,
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  Speaker 1: make them pay immediately with Philo. You don't want eight-
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  Speaker 1: and nine-man boxes becoming a reason the offense gets bogged down.
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  Speaker 1: Let's see. Hey, Allie, I can't wait until we get
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  Speaker 1: 10 games so the other podcast fans you're on can
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  Speaker 1: eat crow. Guys, I literally cannot wait until Florida wins
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  Speaker 1: this game and I can go on State of the
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  Speaker 1: State and rub it into Miami fans' faces. It's going
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  Speaker 1: to be glorious. All right, my number three, limit the
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  Speaker 1: explosive passing plays. I think this is Missouri's cleanest route
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  Speaker 1: to making this game uncomfortable. Austin Simmons has thrown 11
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  Speaker 1: touchdown passes, and he has no interceptions. He should have
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  Speaker 1: had some last week. Caden Lee last week, 11 catches,
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  Speaker 1: 156 yards, and two touchdowns. Mississippi State won, but Missouri
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  Speaker 1: still threw for almost 300 yards. Florida's defense has created
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  Speaker 1: some havoc, but the pass coverage hasn't been as dominant
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  Speaker 1: as the front seven. So I need our defense to
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  Speaker 1: make Missouri earn 10 and 12 play drives. Don't give
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  Speaker 1: Simmons easy 40-yard chunks, Make it hard. Number four, this
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  Speaker 1: is a big one. Win third down. Both on offense
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  Speaker 1: and defense, but especially defensively. Florida has had moments this
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  Speaker 1: season where third down has kept opposing offenses alive. Missouri
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  Speaker 1: cannot be allowed to string together long drives. Keep ball
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  Speaker 1: on the sideline and turn this into a possession game.
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  Speaker 1: And then offensively, third and two needs to feel automatic
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  Speaker 1: with this offensive line and this running back room. Stay
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  Speaker 1: out of third and long. Stay ahead of the sticks.
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  Speaker 1: And then number five, clean up the penalties. This is
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  Speaker 1: something that I have been watching really closely. Florida is
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  Speaker 1: averaging roughly 89 yards per game in penalties. That is
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  Speaker 1: among the highest totals nationally through four games. You can
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  Speaker 1: survive against FAU and Campbell. You even survived it against
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  Speaker 1: Ole Miss and Auburn. But on the road, a holding
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  Speaker 1: penalty that turns second and four into second and 14
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  Speaker 1: is can completely change a drive. So I need no
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  Speaker 1: pre-snap nonsense, no unnecessary personal fouls, no giving Missouri free
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  Speaker 1: possessions or free field position. Clean up the penalties. We're
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  Speaker 1: going to get into the keys in the game in
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  Speaker 1: a minute, but I just want to look at some
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  Speaker 1: of the interesting things about this game. You know, first
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  Speaker 1: of all, Jaden Baugh, Heisman Ross here, we've mentioned that
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  Speaker 1: 600 yards rushing through four games. He is only the
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  Speaker 1: third player ever, along with Emmitt Smith and Fred Taylor,
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  Speaker 1: to rush for 100-plus yards in five consecutive games. That
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  Speaker 1: is such a cool stat, such awesome company that he's in.
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  Speaker 1: Looking to see him add to that total for sure.
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  Speaker 1: Missouri leads this series all-time 7-6 since they joined the
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  Speaker 1: SEC in 2012. Actually, I take that back. They lead
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  Speaker 1: all-time 7-6 since joining the SEC. They're actually 6-6, but
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  Speaker 1: they have the lead in Columbia. They have won four times.
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  Speaker 1: Florida has won twice on the road there. And the
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  Speaker 1: last trip, Missouri won 33-31. It's that field goal at
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  Speaker 1: the end that we talked about earlier in the show.
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  Speaker 1: So Florida has lost its last two games in Columbia combined.
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  Speaker 1: by three points. The first meeting in this series was 1966.
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  Speaker 1: It was in the Sugar Bowl following the 1965 season.
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  Speaker 1: Missouri went up 20 to nothing before Steve Spurrier, yes,
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  Speaker 1: that Steve Spurrier, nearly engineered a massive comeback. Florida ultimately
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  Speaker 1: lost 20 to 18, but Spurrier was 16 of 23
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  Speaker 1: for 198 yards in the fourth quarter alone. So apparently Florida,
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  Speaker 1: Missouri has been weird since day one. Right now, this
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  Speaker 1: line is somewhere between 4.5 and 5.5 points, depending on
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  Speaker 1: what your favorite Vegas site is to check. The over-under
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  Speaker 1: is 56.5. Okay, so let's see my three keys to
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  Speaker 1: the game. Number one, run the damn ball. It's not complicated.
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  Speaker 1: Florida's averaging 260 rushing yards per game, 5.9 yards per carry.
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  Speaker 1: And against SEC competition, 272.5 rushing yards through two conference games.
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  Speaker 1: Missouri knows it's coming. Run it anyway. Jaden Baugh, Clark,
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  Speaker 1: Philo if it's appropriate. Make Missouri prove for four quarters
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  Speaker 1: that it can handle Florida physically. Number two, make Austin
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  Speaker 1: Simmons uncomfortable. You can't allow him to stand in a
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  Speaker 1: clean pocket. So far, 11 touchdowns, zero interceptions. We need
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  Speaker 1: some sacks. We need some pressures. Florida doesn't necessarily need
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  Speaker 1: five sacks, but they do need hits and tip balls
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  Speaker 1: and forced rollouts, hurried throws, negative plays, and most importantly,
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  Speaker 1: make him put the football in danger. The longer his
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  Speaker 1: zero interception streak continues Saturday, the better Missouri's chances get. Now,
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  Speaker 1: key number three, this is the last key, win the
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  Speaker 1: first and last five minutes of each half. We talk about,
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  Speaker 1: we call it the middle eight on this show, but
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  Speaker 1: you could look at the first you know, the five
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  Speaker 1: minutes going into halftime, the five minutes coming out of halftime.
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  Speaker 1: This is a road game formula that I love though.
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  Speaker 1: Missouri trailed Mississippi state 14, nothing after the first quarter.
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  Speaker 1: And then they were outscored 14, nothing in the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 1: Don't let Missouri hang around. Florida has enough offensive firepower
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  Speaker 1: right now that a 10 or 14 point run can
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  Speaker 1: completely change the personality of this game. Start fast, finish halves,
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  Speaker 1: step on them when you have the chance. That is
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  Speaker 1: my biggest regret about the Auburn game is I felt
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  Speaker 1: like Florida kind of took their foot off the gas
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  Speaker 1: a tiny bit and it let them back in. That
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  Speaker 1: game was never in peril. If you watch the entire thing,
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  Speaker 1: I feel like the box score feels very different than
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  Speaker 1: it felt when we watched the game. But never take
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  Speaker 1: your foot off the gas. Let me check your guys' comments.
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  Speaker 1: Punch them in the mouth early. I hope Florida wins
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  Speaker 1: the coin toss and defers. Yeah, because then they can
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  Speaker 1: have that ball coming out of halftime. Get Duke Clark
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  Speaker 1: more carries. Special teams. I think special teams is really
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  Speaker 1: worth mentioning. I think special teams was such a crucial
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  Speaker 1: part of that Ole Miss game. When they instrumented a
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  Speaker 1: 13-play drive that took more than five minutes to bring
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  Speaker 1: it within three, and then Florida has a kickoff return
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  Speaker 1: for 74 yards eight seconds later, scores three plays after that,
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  Speaker 1: incredibly demoralizing. Florida's special teams have started to become a weapon,
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  Speaker 1: not a liability, and it's a good day over here
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  Speaker 1: for me. Brian says, kick return, touchdown incoming. Got to
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  Speaker 1: throw it to their secondary is not good. Pass defense
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  Speaker 1: is awful. And Florida is going to turn it in
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  Speaker 1: the seventh gear against them. We're going to see. All right, guys,
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  Speaker 1: drum roll, please. I actually am predicting a low-scoring game.
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  Speaker 1: I have Florida winning 24-20, and maybe this is just
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  Speaker 1: me being incredibly hopeful. I want Florida to have to
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  Speaker 1: win an uncomfortable battle now when they are playing a
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  Speaker 1: team that I do think they are stronger than and
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  Speaker 1: they can overcome. I want some adversity for Aaron Filo.
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  Speaker 1: I want this team to maybe have to win differently
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  Speaker 1: than with Jaden Baugh. I think it's a little bit closer.
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  Speaker 1: I think the weather may play a part in it
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  Speaker 1: as well. And so that's something to watch. Most of
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  Speaker 1: the Southeast is going to be very wet on Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: So whether or not that plays a role remains to
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  Speaker 1: be seen, but it's definitely a possibility. Before we get
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  Speaker 1: We win by two or three scores. Brian says Missouri
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  Speaker 1: is in the Midwest. They are technically in the Midwest.
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  Speaker 1: But when I looked at the weather, it looked like
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  Speaker 1: it was going to go all the way through the
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  Speaker 1: southeast up into the Midwest. So we shall see. We
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  Speaker 1: win by two or three scores. It's a defense-driven victory.
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  Speaker 1: I think that it will be, and I am excited
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  Speaker 1: to see that. Going to see a block punt for
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  Speaker 1: Gator Nation. You know that that's my favorite. They could
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  Speaker 1: never hold us to 24, not that defense. Well, we
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  Speaker 1: shall see. We shall see for sure. But I appreciate
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