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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to A Peak Inside Gator Football Alley. Peak here,
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  Speaker 1: joined today by John Miller of Locked On Missouri. Really
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  Speaker 1: excited to get into this Florida-Missouri matchup. This video is
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  Speaker 1: so Florida had that big emotional win over Ole Miss,
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  Speaker 1: and you guys had an I would say, an emotional.
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  Speaker 2: Very close loss to Mississippi State.
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  Speaker 1: After you watched that game, what do you think it
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  Speaker 1: exposed about your team that Florida may try to attack
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday?
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  Speaker 3: That's a good question. I think Florida is going to
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  Speaker 3: run the ball, obviously. I think that would have been
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  Speaker 3: obvious with Jaden Ball in tow, regardless of what Missouri
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  Speaker 3: is doing. But You know, Fluff Bothwell had a lot
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  Speaker 3: of success running the ball for Mississippi State. Some of
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  Speaker 3: that was by design. Missouri playing a lot of two
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  Speaker 3: safeties in certain situations and kind of daring light boxes,
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  Speaker 3: kind of daring Mississippi State to run the ball. And
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  Speaker 3: especially in crucial situations, not only with the run game,
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  Speaker 3: but dumping the ball off in the passing game to
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  Speaker 3: Bothwell as well was really critical in getting him some
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  Speaker 3: big third and fives. So if I'm the Gators, that's
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  Speaker 3: actually something I'm looking at. Let's just throw the ball
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  Speaker 3: to Baugh in certain situations as well. Let's see if
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  Speaker 3: Missouri can cover that. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: How much concern is there right now in Columbia about
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  Speaker 1: the secondary? And I think when you are already in
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  Speaker 1: a scenario where you may want to commit extra bodies
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  Speaker 1: to stopping the run because of Jaden Baugh, does that
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  Speaker 1: bring even more concern for you guys?
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  Speaker 3: For sure. I think so. I will say I haven't
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  Speaker 3: done my full Florida deep dive yet, but I will
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  Speaker 3: say Camario Taylor and Mississippi state, a lot of their offense.
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah. They're really good. And specifically they're really good
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  Speaker 3: at making at running the ball when the, when the,
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  Speaker 3: when it's favorable to them, but when you then commit
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  Speaker 3: to the run, they're not only going to pass it.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of times they're going to pass it right
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  Speaker 3: over the top of your head down the sidelines. So
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  Speaker 3: you knew there were going to be some one-on-one shots and, and,
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  Speaker 3: Give Taylor and Mississippi State credit for hitting them. I'm
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  Speaker 3: curious to hear if you think Aaron Filo in the
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  Speaker 3: Florida passing game is capable of doing that. But what's
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  Speaker 3: really important to me is not only the secondary. Missouri's
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  Speaker 3: got two of its three top edge rushers are questionable
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  Speaker 3: for the game. They need to practice on Saturday, or
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  Speaker 3: excuse me, on Thursday to play on Saturday. Those two
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  Speaker 3: guys being Darius Smith and Langdon Kitchen. The good news
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  Speaker 3: for Missouri, probably their biggest breakout player is another edge guy.
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  Speaker 3: Dayton Hopkins, who's been absolutely tremendous, I would say an
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  Speaker 3: all SEC type of player so far.
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  Speaker 1: So is Hopkins a player, you know, Florida fans are
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  Speaker 1: watching and there's going to be a name that jumps
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  Speaker 1: out to them that isn't a household name already for them.
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  Speaker 1: Is that who you think they should look for?
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. I think so. I really do. He's that good
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  Speaker 3: of a pass rusher and a guy who didn't play,
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  Speaker 3: played sparingly last year, I believe as a true freshman,
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  Speaker 3: has really emerged this year. A guy who was We
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  Speaker 3: heard a lot about his talent. He's turned it into
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  Speaker 3: production this season.
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  Speaker 1: Missouri went from down 14-0 to leading Mississippi State 24-17.
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  Speaker 2: Then they were kind of shut out in that fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 2: Do you think that was more about.
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  Speaker 1: Play calling, getting conservative, or execution, or Mississippi State just
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  Speaker 1: kind of figuring out what you guys were trying to do?
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  Speaker 3: I think it was a little bit of all of that.
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  Speaker 3: Mississippi State definitely out-executed Missouri, and I think at times...
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  Speaker 3: Austin Simmons, as good as he's played for the most part,
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  Speaker 3: I thought there were some times when he showed some inexperience.
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  Speaker 3: And that's okay, really. That's understandable. There were some situations
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  Speaker 3: he had never been in before. But also, there's no
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  Speaker 3: doubt that, like I was saying, hey, Mississippi State, a
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  Speaker 3: lot of runs, a lot of deep shots. Well, as
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  Speaker 3: the game went along there, into those two safety looks
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  Speaker 3: on first down, give Jeff Lebby credit. He figured out,
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  Speaker 3: how about a little play action, suck those linebackers in.
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  Speaker 3: And then let's throw it over the top of them
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  Speaker 3: a little bit more intermediate stuff for Mississippi State, too.
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  Speaker 3: So they adjusted to what Missouri was doing. But I
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  Speaker 3: think the biggest factor was, you know, I mentioned those
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  Speaker 3: two edge rushers. Well, Kitchen went out after the second series.
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  Speaker 3: You're playing a lot of guys, a lot of new
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  Speaker 3: guys to transfer guys who have not really played in
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  Speaker 3: this program before in heavy situations. I just thought the
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  Speaker 3: depth there kind of got to Missouri a little bit
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  Speaker 3: up front toward toward the end of the game. And again,
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  Speaker 3: I thought Fluff Bothwell was just out-physicaling us at the
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  Speaker 3: sticks and getting the line of scrimmage when he needed to.
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  Speaker 2: Possibly the best name in college football as well.
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  Speaker 3: It's a good one.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. It is pretty good.
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  Speaker 1: I want to talk a little bit about Austin Simmons.
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  Speaker 1: He threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns last week.
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  Speaker 1: Where do you think he's taken the biggest step forward
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  Speaker 1: this season? And where do you think he's still vulnerable
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  Speaker 1: against a defense like Florida's?
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  Speaker 3: Well, just in general, I actually think we should put
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  Speaker 3: more on Austin Simmons' plate and not less. That's my opinion.
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  Speaker 3: And even though Simmons is a relatively inexperienced guy, and
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  Speaker 3: that's why it's kind of hard for me to answer
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  Speaker 3: that question, like, where has he grown? Well, he hasn't
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  Speaker 3: played that much. He's going to grow kind of naturally.
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  Speaker 3: He's a guy who is a smart guy. I think
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  Speaker 3: he's a guy who's going to make mistakes, but he's
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  Speaker 3: also unlikely to make the same mistake twice. I think
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  Speaker 3: he's that type of player and as talented as he is.
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  Speaker 3: And to me, Missouri has been at its best and
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  Speaker 3: at its most explosive this season when the Tigers say, hey,
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  Speaker 3: we're going to let Austin look at the entire field
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  Speaker 3: and we're going to let him scan the field and
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  Speaker 3: make the decision. I think at times when Missouri's gotten
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  Speaker 3: in trouble is when The coaches have tried to win
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  Speaker 3: and predetermine where the football is going to go.
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  Speaker 2: That's interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Florida's in a similar situation with Aaron Filo in that
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  Speaker 1: he just isn't experienced at this point.
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  Speaker 2: They really like what they've seen so far, but there
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  Speaker 2: is a lot of unknown.
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  Speaker 1: Nick Saban called Simmons a little inconsistent. I feel like
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  Speaker 1: that's not really fair. at least based on what I
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  Speaker 1: have seen. But he is growing and he is inexperienced.
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  Speaker 1: Where do you think Florida can attack defensively to kind
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  Speaker 1: of make that inexperience show up?
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  Speaker 3: I would say number one, I mean, of course, pressure
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  Speaker 3: any quarterback. I mean, that's the obvious answer. But I
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  Speaker 3: think a more subtle answer, I think you want Simmons
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  Speaker 3: to leave the pocket. You know, there are a lot
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  Speaker 3: of players. Camario Taylor's very dangerous outside of the pocket.
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  Speaker 3: I think Simmons is more dangerous in the pocket. Now,
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  Speaker 3: when he runs straight ahead, like on a quarterback draw
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  Speaker 3: or just, you know, a scramble where he climbs up
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  Speaker 3: in the pocket. he runs fine. He's not Michael Vick
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  Speaker 3: in his prime or anything, but he runs it just fine.
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  Speaker 3: To me, when he's going outside of the pocket, he
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  Speaker 3: actually does almost look a little bit slow to me.
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  Speaker 3: So I just don't know that he's as comfortable on
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  Speaker 3: the move, even if it's to his strong left-handed side,
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  Speaker 3: by the way, his throwing side. That's something I'm looking at.
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  Speaker 3: It's something I would look at if I were a
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  Speaker 3: defensive coordinator is, can we get him to leave the pocket?
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  Speaker 3: And also, A guy who has so much arm talent,
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  Speaker 3: when he's in the pocket, he can throw it to
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  Speaker 3: literally anywhere he wants on the field. Naturally, when you
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  Speaker 3: roll out, you're kind of cutting half the field off
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  Speaker 3: most of the time.
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  Speaker 1: So we, you know, Austin Simmons is quickly becoming a
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  Speaker 1: name that SEC fans know, but who is the offensive
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  Speaker 1: player for Missouri that Florida fans aren't talking about enough,
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  Speaker 1: but could really become a major problem for the Gators
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday? Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Well, really, Missouri's got a really strong duo receiver as well.
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  Speaker 3: Caden Lee, who is also an Ole Miss transfer slot receiver,
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  Speaker 3: one of Austin's best friends in football. So they have
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  Speaker 3: great chemistry. And Lee's just a really good player as well.
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  Speaker 3: But also Donovan Alubaday, another Florida area player, as Austin
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  Speaker 3: is as well. He's a tremendous talent who seems to
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  Speaker 3: just be on the cusp of really becoming a superstar,
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  Speaker 3: in my opinion. I mean, he's just about there. He's
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  Speaker 3: He's really close. He's a Lou Bidet.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned Caden Lee, and he had two touchdowns against
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  Speaker 1: Mississippi State. What makes him so difficult to defend, and
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  Speaker 1: how important is he to what Missouri wants to do offensively?
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  Speaker 3: I think he's really important just because, especially against zone
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  Speaker 3: type of coverage, really any coverage, but Lee just seems
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  Speaker 3: like he knows where he needs to go, and also
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  Speaker 3: Simmons knows where he's going to go, too. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: there was one I remember one pass in particular in
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  Speaker 3: the Kansas game where live you might have thought, oh,
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  Speaker 3: that pass was behind Lee a little bit. I'm telling you,
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  Speaker 3: I think that's where Simmons knew the ball needed to be.
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  Speaker 3: to be based on where the defense was. And I
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  Speaker 3: think Lee kind of anticipated, like, oh, I'm going to
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  Speaker 3: have to slow down and get into this spot. So
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  Speaker 3: it's those type of moments that really high-level stuff, and
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  Speaker 3: you just see their chemistry. And you also see Simmons
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  Speaker 3: really anticipating– before a leave and comes out of his break,
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  Speaker 3: that type of deal, the ball's getting thrown with great anticipation.
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  Speaker 3: And when you have his arm strength plus anticipation, that's
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  Speaker 3: something really tough for defenses to contend with when it's
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  Speaker 3: all clicking for the Tigers.
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  Speaker 1: I want to talk a little bit about this Missouri defense. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, tackling issues have been something that have stood
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  Speaker 1: out for the Tigers. Florida ran for 302 yards and
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  Speaker 1: six rushing touchdowns against Ole Miss. How concerning is the
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  Speaker 1: matchup with Jaden Baugh, but not just Jaden Baugh, with
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  Speaker 1: the emergence of Duke Clark as well?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it really, obviously tackling is a concern.
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  Speaker 3: I gotta say, I don't know how many good tackling
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  Speaker 3: teams there are in college football so far in September.
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  Speaker 3: I was saying, hey, Oklahoma has got a great defense.
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  Speaker 3: That's not the problem. I think statistically that's true, but
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  Speaker 3: even the Sooners have missed a ton of tackles, for example,
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  Speaker 3: but as far as the running game goes, you know,
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  Speaker 3: Jaden ball is a problem. I think what you're going
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  Speaker 3: to see is Missouri. Missouri defends the running game really
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  Speaker 3: pretty fundamentally sound and well staying in its gaps and
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  Speaker 3: its responsibilities and all that good stuff when it has
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  Speaker 3: enough men in the box to defend the run. I
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  Speaker 3: think there'll be fine for the most part, but like
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  Speaker 3: you say, They're going to be there to make the play.
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  Speaker 3: Will they make the play? That's the question. And that's
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  Speaker 3: been the real problem, I think, with Missouri's rushing defense
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  Speaker 3: so far this season. And as I kind of alluded
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  Speaker 3: to before, there were moments where they had a chance
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  Speaker 3: to get to get fluff to the ground. And well,
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  Speaker 3: fluff is a lot stronger than that maybe name suggests.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I have been really excited for this matchup
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  Speaker 1: because I do think this is the biggest challenge Florida's
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  Speaker 1: running game has faced so far this season and, and
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  Speaker 1: probably one of the biggest challenges they face the, through
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  Speaker 1: the entire season.
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  Speaker 2: Do you think that they like the.
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  Speaker 1: Idea of loading the box or do you think that
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  Speaker 1: that creates a problem because Aaron Philo is going to
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  Speaker 1: try to hit explosive plays or is that if Florida
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  Speaker 1: is going to beat you, that's how you want them
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  Speaker 1: to force you. You want to force Aaron Philo to
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  Speaker 1: have to beat you as opposed to Jaden Baugh.
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  Speaker 3: Well, throughout the course of 60 minutes, I'm not sure
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  Speaker 3: how it's going to play out, but I think to
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  Speaker 3: start the game, that's what we'll see. Not necessarily, you know,
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  Speaker 3: eight men in the box, that type of thing, but
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  Speaker 3: you're not going to see a lot of too high
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  Speaker 3: safeties on first down would be my guess. I think
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  Speaker 3: you'll see much more, you know, cover one, cover three
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  Speaker 3: type looks for Missouri, where at least you'll have a
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  Speaker 3: safety roaming 10 yards away from the line of scrimmage
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  Speaker 3: who can help out in the running game a little more. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: that's going to be a trade-off, and if Philo and
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  Speaker 3: the Gators and Buster Faulkner can make them pay, then
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  Speaker 3: Missouri might have to adjust for sure. But I tend
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  Speaker 3: to think that at the very least, they're going to
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  Speaker 3: start the game at least being relatively aggressive against that
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  Speaker 3: run of shing attack.
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  Speaker 2: This summer.
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  Speaker 1: anybody that covers Florida spent a long time talking about
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  Speaker 1: their offensive line and.
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  Speaker 2: What it would look like. And it was one of
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  Speaker 2: the biggest concerns.
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  Speaker 1: And it's really kind of become a strength of this team,
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  Speaker 1: which has caught a lot of us by surprise, honestly.
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  Speaker 1: And it's a big part of the identity of this
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  Speaker 1: team right now, which is that they are just so physical.
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  Speaker 1: When you look at Missouri's front seven versus Florida's offensive line,
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  Speaker 1: is it Dayton Hopkins that you think that that battle
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  Speaker 1: is going to be decided, or is it somebody else?
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  Speaker 2: That is, to me, maybe the battle of the game.
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  Speaker 3: Hopkins is such a good, I think he's good in
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  Speaker 3: run support. He's such a good pass rusher, is really
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  Speaker 3: where you're going to see him show up mostly. I
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  Speaker 3: think Robert Woodyard Jr. is a guy that made It
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  Speaker 3: was actually played at Auburn last season, made like 14 tackles,
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  Speaker 3: 13 tackles or something like that, and a really good
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  Speaker 3: game in rushing defense. Again, if Missouri's going to make
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  Speaker 3: the tackles, it's going to be Woodyard a lot, and
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  Speaker 3: it's going to be up to the inside guys as well,
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  Speaker 3: like Marquise Graciel, Jason Dowell, Jalen Marshall, to sometimes take
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  Speaker 3: on a couple of blockers and leave those guys free.
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  Speaker 3: And if they can make tackles in crucial situations... And
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  Speaker 3: not just tackles, but force them backwards, like meet them
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  Speaker 3: and push them back. Not just, okay, I tackled the guy,
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  Speaker 3: but oh, he knocked me backward and I'm giving up
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  Speaker 3: the first down. That's what happened too much again against
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  Speaker 3: Mississippi State last week. So to me, I think maybe
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  Speaker 3: Robert Woodyard Jr. might be the key player here. And
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  Speaker 3: maybe to a similar extent, Nick Rodriguez as well.
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  Speaker 1: Florida's coming off this. enormous emotional win over Ole Miss.
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  Speaker 1: I think that from the Florida perspective, the Auburn win
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  Speaker 1: was like the litmus test for where we are against
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  Speaker 1: other first-year programs. And the Ole Miss game was kind
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  Speaker 1: of a litmus test for like, how close are we
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  Speaker 1: to national relevance? And I think we kind of maybe
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  Speaker 1: even surprised ourselves a little bit with the full outcome
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  Speaker 1: of that from Missouri's perspective, though. Do you think that
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  Speaker 1: there's a feeling that this is a good spot to
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  Speaker 1: catch Florida coming back to earth, especially you guys, it's
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  Speaker 1: your homecoming game. And I, you know, this says trap
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  Speaker 1: game to me.
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  Speaker 3: Really? See, I don't know if I agree with you.
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  Speaker 3: I think I understand that perspective for sure. But to me,
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  Speaker 3: This is kind of a similar spot for both teams,
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  Speaker 3: I think, because you're kind of coming off an emotional
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  Speaker 3: thing either way. It's a different emotional thing, of course.
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  Speaker 3: Missouri coming off an emotional loss. Florida coming off a
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  Speaker 3: huge victory. And yet, I don't know. I don't see
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  Speaker 3: that being that big of a factor. I could totally
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  Speaker 3: be wrong, of course. But that's just my feeling here.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like we're almost too early into the season
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  Speaker 3: to be saying, you know, I thought Troy before... between
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  Speaker 3: the Kansas game, which is Missouri's arch rival, and then
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  Speaker 3: between the road game at Mississippi State. Now, that was
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  Speaker 3: an obvious trap game. To me, Florida, Missouri, they've had
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  Speaker 3: enough history over the years, too, where Florida's hanging pictures
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  Speaker 3: that they didn't like. Luther Burden standing over one of
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  Speaker 3: their guys or something like that. Maybe Jamal Roberts may
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  Speaker 3: have been in that picture doing a mocking thing as well.
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  Speaker 3: Who knows? But the point is, I think there's enough
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  Speaker 3: juice in this series over the years that even though, Hey,
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  Speaker 3: you got a new coach, you got obviously a ton
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  Speaker 3: of new players on both sides every year in this era.
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  Speaker 3: I just don't really see either team sleepwalking through this game.
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  Speaker 3: I just think that whoever, whoever's the better team, the
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  Speaker 3: better side is gonna, is gonna deserve to win here. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I do think from a fan perspective, we're like, oh,
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: we have a losing record on the road against Missouri.
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: We have a losing record since Missouri joined the conference overall.
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: And it is so meaningful for us to go there
• 17:11
  Speaker 1: and have a good showing. It does concern me because
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: most of these kids weren't on the roster the last
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: time Florida lost to Missouri, which is why I think
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: you see those pictures hung up because most of them
• 17:20
  Speaker 1: didn't live it.
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: So they have to figure out a.
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: Way But I do feel like in the SEC, you
• 17:25
  Speaker 1: better be able to get up each and every week.
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: This team is young.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: The leaders on this Florida team, you will find, are
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: like second-year guys mostly. There's a guy or two that's
• 17:35
  Speaker 1: a third-year guy. And so I think this is almost
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: like a maturity test. Like if the have we arrived
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: test is Ole Miss, this is like are we mature?
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: Can we handle reading our own press clippings? I think
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: from a Florida perspective. But I do think that– home
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: field advantage is so huge now that there's more parody
• 17:55
  Speaker 1: in college football. I'm pretty sure all SEC home teams
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: were eight and one last week. Um, and I, so
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: I think it's mattering maybe more than it ever has.
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: What does Missouri need to do early to get the
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: crowd involved and make Florida uncomfortable on the road?
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: Well, yeah. I just simply put, just be in the game.
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: I think the longer it goes and it's a close game,
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: I do think that favors Missouri to some extent. At least, yeah,
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: like you say, the home field advantage. I mean, 2.30,
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: kind of a perfect kickoff time in my opinion. Just
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: for weather and everything else, I love seeing a little
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: sunshine for college football. I don't know about you. Night
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: games are fun and all, but give me the afternoon kickoff.
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: You kind of get the best of both worlds. But
• 18:38
  Speaker 3: to me, again, I think both teams really need this game.
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: That's the other thing of the sort of the spot
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: who's in the better spot. I don't know. Missouri definitely
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: does not want to start 0-2 in the SEC. I
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: can promise you that. And Florida now, I think you're
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: talking about the press clippings. I think they rightly should
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: be buying into the hype a little bit in terms of, hey,
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: we've got a real team here. It seems better than
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: I thought it was going to be in year one
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: under some role. So you know, if we're going to
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: get where we need to be, probably got to win
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: it for O'Field on Saturday. So I think this is
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: a huge team. This is a huge, a huge game,
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: excuse me, for both teams and their seasons.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: What's the biggest misconception that Florida fans might have about
• 19:21
  Speaker 1: this Missouri team based solely on that Mississippi State loss?
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: Well, maybe just that maybe they don't realize how good
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: Mississippi State is, I think. I think that's at least
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: statistically so far, and they certainly passed, the eye test,
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: especially offensively last week, this is clearly a top 15,
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: top 20 type of team. And I think that's probably
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: the thing you, don't want to completely dismiss Missouri. And
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: it's been kind of an argument and a meme of
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: people saying, well, why is Missouri always 25th? And people
• 19:55
  Speaker 3: were mad that Missouri was still 25th in the country
• 19:58
  Speaker 3: after losing to Mississippi State. To be brutally honest, I
• 20:02
  Speaker 3: don't think I would have voted Missouri 25th. I would
• 20:05
  Speaker 3: have probably had them outside of the top 25. I
• 20:08
  Speaker 3: just don't know that I can give you a great
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: reason right now to say that they're for sure in
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: the top 25, but I could say that about, about
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: most teams from 15 to 25. So I'm just not
• 20:19
  Speaker 3: sure who, who really is good outside of say maybe
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: five or 10 teams somewhere in that range.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: If Missouri beats Florida Saturday, what are we probably talking
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: about afterward as the reason that it happened?
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: And then give me the reverse on that too.
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: So if Mizzou wins, I think, yeah, I think the
• 20:39
  Speaker 3: Missouri defense and the run defense will have really shown up.
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: Because obviously if Jaden Ball runs wild, then you're committing
• 20:46
  Speaker 3: too many guys. You're probably then giving up explosive plays
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: in the play-action game and all that kind of stuff.
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: So I think the Missouri run defense really showed up.
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: And I think Austin Simmons, again, I think He's thrown for,
• 20:59
  Speaker 3: I think, 290-plus in the win against Kansas and the
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: win against Mississippi State, I do believe, or the loss
• 21:07
  Speaker 3: against Mississippi State, excuse me. So I think he gets
• 21:12
  Speaker 3: over 300 if Missouri wins, and I think people will
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: be talking about him in a different way if that happens.
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: All right, John. I appreciate it.
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: Tell everybody where they can check out your work and
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: argue with you on social media.
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: All the things.
• 21:26
  Speaker 3: Well, if you want to get blocked by me on
• 21:27
  Speaker 3: social media, definitely hit me up at LockedOnMizzou everywhere. And also, yeah,
• 21:33
  Speaker 3: short form videos as well. But yeah, if you like
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: me in long form, definitely YouTube, Spotify, wherever you get
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: your podcasts, LockedOnMizzou. All right.
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: Well, we appreciate you joining us. Good luck on Saturday,
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: and we'll talk to you real soon.
• 21:48
  Speaker 3: Thanks for having me.