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Gators Get REMINDED of GOOD NEWS Before Auburn Game! · A Peek Inside Gators Football: A Show About the Florida Gators

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to A Peak Inside Gator Football.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, through two games, there is one thing Florida has
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  Speaker 2: been able to count on offensively. The Gators can run
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  Speaker 2: the damn ball. Jaden Baugh has rushed for 296 yards
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  Speaker 2: through two games. He went for 160 against FAU. He
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  Speaker 2: went for another 136 against Campbell. And if you go
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  Speaker 2: back to the Florida State game at the end of
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  Speaker 2: last season, Baugh has now rushed for more than 100
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  Speaker 2: yards in three straight games. So yeah, Florida's got a
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  Speaker 2: running back.
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  Speaker 1: We knew that.
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  Speaker 2: But what we're about to find out Saturday night is
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  Speaker 2: whether Florida has a running game that can travel. Because
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  Speaker 2: going into Jordan-Hare and running the football against Auburn is
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  Speaker 2: an entirely different assignment from what Florida has faced through
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  Speaker 2: the first two weeks. I think this might be one
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  Speaker 2: of the biggest questions of the entire game. If Florida
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  Speaker 2: can run the football Saturday night, I do really like
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  Speaker 2: its chances. And if the Gators can't, that puts a
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  Speaker 2: whole lot of pressure on Aaron Filo in his first
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  Speaker 2: SEC road start. And I don't think that that's the
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  Speaker 2: way Florida wants to play this game. So let's talk
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  Speaker 2: about Jaden Baugh, this offensive line, what Auburn does defensively,
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  Speaker 2: and why Florida's ability to run the football may tell
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  Speaker 2: us more about this offense than anything we've seen so far.
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  Speaker 2: All right, we're going to start with Jaden Baugh. What
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  Speaker 2: he's doing right now is not exactly new. Florida's first 1,000-yard
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  Speaker 2: running back since Calvin Taylor did it back in 2015.
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  Speaker 2: He rushed for 1,170 yards last season. And then he
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  Speaker 2: finished that season with a ridiculous 266-yard performance against Florida State.
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  Speaker 2: he carried that right into the 2026 season. Against FAU,
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  Speaker 2: 14 carries, 160 yards, three touchdowns. That's more than 11
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  Speaker 2: yards a carry. And then against Campbell, 14 more carries,
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  Speaker 2: 136 yards, two more touchdowns. And obviously that included that
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  Speaker 2: 75-yard touchdown run. So through two games, Baugh has 296
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  Speaker 2: yards and only 28 carries. It's better than 10.5 yards
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  Speaker 2: per carry. Now, Is that sustainable against SEC defenses?
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  Speaker 1: Probably not.
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  Speaker 2: Nobody is expecting Jaden Baugh to average 10 yards a
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  Speaker 2: carry for an entire season.
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  Speaker 1: But what I do think is.
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  Speaker 2: Sustainable is the physicality, the vision, the ability to create
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  Speaker 2: yards after contact, and the explosive playability. Against FAU alone,
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  Speaker 2: Baugh forced nine missed tackles and had 120 yards after contact.
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  Speaker 2: That's not just an offensive line creating gigantic holes and
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  Speaker 2: a running back just kind of, you know, jogging through them.
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  Speaker 2: He is creating a lot of that production himself. But
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  Speaker 2: Auburn is exactly the kind of defense that can test
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  Speaker 2: whether this thing is real. And John Summerall didn't hide
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  Speaker 2: how much respect he has for Auburn defensively. He called
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  Speaker 2: DJ Durkin one of the best defensive coordinators in college football.
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  Speaker 2: He talked about the defensive line and how well they
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  Speaker 2: reset the line of scrimmage. He raved about Auburn's linebackers.
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  Speaker 2: He talked about their safeties fitting the run. And His
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  Speaker 2: basic message was, listen, these guys are hard to run against.
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  Speaker 2: And that's not exactly a new development. Under Durkin last season,
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  Speaker 2: Auburn finished 12th nationally in rushing defense. They allowed just 99.3
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  Speaker 2: rushing yards per game and 2.86 yards per carry. Again, 2.86
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  Speaker 2: yards per carry. That was Auburn's best yards per carry
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  Speaker 2: number since 2003. So when Florida walks into Jordan-Hare, this
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  Speaker 2: isn't just Bob versus Auburn. I'm going to take a
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: So again, this is not just Jadenbaugh versus Auburn. This
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  Speaker 2: is going to be a really important test for Florida's
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  Speaker 2: offensive line. Because I do think we still have some
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  Speaker 2: questions there. There were definitely things Summerall liked coming out
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  Speaker 2: of Campbell. The snaps were better. He thought Bryce Lovett
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  Speaker 2: played really well at left tackle. There were definitely signs
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  Speaker 2: of progress. But then there were those penalties. Five penalties
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  Speaker 2: on the offensive line. Three of them were holding. Two
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  Speaker 2: unnecessary roughness penalties. And all five came in the second half.
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  Speaker 2: That can't happen Saturday. Running the football effectively isn't just
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  Speaker 2: whether Jaden Baugh gets four or five yards.
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  Speaker 1: It's whether those four or five yards count.
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  Speaker 2: You cannot finally create a nice run on first down
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  Speaker 2: and then see a flag flying on the ground behind it.
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  Speaker 2: You cannot get Auburn into a situation where the defensive
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  Speaker 2: front is starting to get worn down and then suddenly
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  Speaker 2: you commit a holding penalty and put yourself behind the chains.
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  Speaker 2: That defeats the entire purpose of what Florida's trying to do,
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  Speaker 2: especially on the road. And I keep coming back to
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  Speaker 2: the phrase, stay ahead of the chains. Saturday night, that
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  Speaker 2: might be everything. Aaron Filo is making his first start
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  Speaker 2: in an environment like Jordan Herr.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be loud. Auburn knows that. Florida knows that.
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  Speaker 2: And there is an enormous difference between asking Philo to
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  Speaker 2: operate in second and five and asking him to operate
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  Speaker 2: in second and 13. There's an enormous difference between third
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  Speaker 2: and two and third and nine. When Florida stays ahead
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  Speaker 2: of the chains, Buster Faulkner has his entire playbook.
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  Speaker 1: You can run ball.
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  Speaker 2: You can use play action. You can get Philo on
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  Speaker 2: the move. You can throw to the tight ends. You
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  Speaker 2: can get Vernell Brown involved. You can use tempo. You
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  Speaker 2: can keep Auburn guessing. But if you can't run, you
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  Speaker 2: become predictable. And predictable is exactly what you do not
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  Speaker 2: want against this defense in that stadium. Third and long,
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  Speaker 2: now Auburn can bring pressure. Now the crowd's involved. Now
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  Speaker 2: communication becomes harder. Now Philo has to sit in the
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  Speaker 2: pocket and make a throw with everybody in the building
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  Speaker 2: knowing what's coming. That's why I don't necessarily think Ball
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  Speaker 2: has to rush for 150 yards Saturday for Florida to win.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it's about chasing a specific number. I
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  Speaker 2: think it's about being effective enough that Auburn has to
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  Speaker 2: respect the run for the entire game, all four quarters.
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  Speaker 1: Give me four yards. Give me five yards. Give me
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  Speaker 1: the occasional explosive run. Avoid negative plays. Move the chains.
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  Speaker 2: Make Auburn continue committing bodies to stop Baugh. And because
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  Speaker 2: once that happens, now everything else starts to open up.
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  Speaker 2: And that's where Florida can become really dangerous offensively. We've
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  Speaker 2: already seen Aaron Filo be capable of pushing the ball
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  Speaker 2: down the field. We've seen Dallas Wilson make plays. We
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  Speaker 2: know what VB3 can do with that football. But all
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  Speaker 2: those things become easier if Auburn's defense is worried about
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  Speaker 2: number 13 standing next to Philo. And I think that's
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  Speaker 2: where Buster Faulkner deserves some credit through two games.
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  Speaker 1: Alex Golish actually talked about this this week.
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  Speaker 2: He said that one of the things Faulkner does really
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  Speaker 2: well is find creative ways to run the football and
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  Speaker 2: run it at a high level. Not just line up
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  Speaker 2: and slam bond the A-gap over and over again. Different formations,
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  Speaker 2: different looks, different ways to stress a defense. Make Auburn
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  Speaker 2: defend the entire field. And I think that is important
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  Speaker 2: because Auburn knows exactly what Florida wants to do.
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  Speaker 1: It's not a secret. If I'm Auburn, I'm walking into this.
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  Speaker 2: Game saying we are not letting Jaden Baugh beat us.
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  Speaker 2: Let Aaron Philo prove he can win his first SEC
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  Speaker 2: road start. Load the box when you can. Be physical
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  Speaker 2: up front. Win first down. Get Florida into obvious passing situations.
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  Speaker 2: That would be my game plan. Which means Faulkner has
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  Speaker 2: to find ways to punish Auburn for doing just that.
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  Speaker 2: That could be in play action. Maybe it's getting Baugh
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  Speaker 2: involved as a receiver. Maybe Philo keeps one in the
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  Speaker 2: running game.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know. Maybe Florida uses motion to change the numbers.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe it's getting the tight ends more involved. But Florida
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  Speaker 2: has to make Auburn pay if it becomes overly aggressive
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  Speaker 2: trying to stop Baugh. And that's another part of Florida's
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  Speaker 2: running game that I think maybe is getting a little
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  Speaker 2: bit overlooked. The blocking on the perimeter has been really good.
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  Speaker 2: Sarmal went out of his way Monday to talk about it.
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  Speaker 2: Bailey Stockton, Amir Jackson, the tight ends, the receivers. He's
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  Speaker 2: been really, really pleased with how those guys are playing
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  Speaker 2: without the football. And that is going to count against Auburn.
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  Speaker 2: When people hear running game, they immediately think offensive line.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, obviously the offensive line is the biggest piece.
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  Speaker 2: But if you want explosive runs against a good SEC defense,
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  Speaker 2: your receivers have to block and your tight ends have
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  Speaker 2: to too. Because maybe the line gets ball the first
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  Speaker 2: four yards, but that receiver blocking the safety, that's what
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  Speaker 2: turns four into 15. Sermon said true character of a
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  Speaker 2: skill player is how often He blocks well. How he
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  Speaker 2: plays when he doesn't have the ball. Saturday night, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to find out a lot about that too.
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  Speaker 1: And I think we do need to talk a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about patience. This may not look like FAU. It
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  Speaker 1: won't look like FAU.
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  Speaker 2: Ball might not break off a 21-yard run or a
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  Speaker 2: 61-yard run early. He might not be averaging 10 yards
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  Speaker 2: a carry in the first quarter. Maybe his first five
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  Speaker 2: carries go for, I don't know, 18 yards. That doesn't
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  Speaker 2: necessarily mean Florida should abandon the run. You have to
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  Speaker 2: understand what you're playing. Good defenses are going to win
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  Speaker 2: some snaps. Sometimes the point of running the football isn't
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  Speaker 2: just what happens on that one individual carry, that play.
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  Speaker 2: It's about making a defensive line play another snap and
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  Speaker 2: another and another. It's making linebackers continue taking on blocks.
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  Speaker 2: It's making safeties keep coming downhill. And then maybe in
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  Speaker 2: the third quarter, that three yard run becomes six or
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  Speaker 2: that six yard run becomes 15.
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  Speaker 1: And eventually ball pops one. We know he can do that.
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  Speaker 2: That 75 yarder against Campbell is the obvious example. He
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  Speaker 2: had that 61 yarder against FAU. And obviously what we
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  Speaker 2: saw against Florida state last year, you can give this
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  Speaker 2: guy opportunities and eventually he's going to make you pay.
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  Speaker 2: But there's another side of this that I think is
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  Speaker 2: worth bringing up. Last season when Florida went on the
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  Speaker 2: road against some really good defenses, Baugh didn't always have
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  Speaker 2: the same success. At LSU, he only had 46 yards rushing.
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  Speaker 2: At Miami, Texas A & M, not great games. Now,
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  Speaker 2: completely different coaching staff, different offense, different offensive line configuration.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm not saying that last year tells you what's
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  Speaker 2: going to happen Saturday because it doesn't. But I do
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  Speaker 2: think it illustrates the larger point. Running the football in
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  Speaker 2: Gainesville and running the football against an SEC caliber front
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  Speaker 2: on the road are two very different animals. And that
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  Speaker 2: is why Saturday is such an important measuring stick. We
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  Speaker 2: already know Jaden Ball is a good running back. We
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  Speaker 2: already know he can put up huge numbers. What we
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  Speaker 2: want to know is this. Can this offensive line create
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  Speaker 2: movement against Auburn? Can Florida avoid negative plays? Can they
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  Speaker 2: run the football when Auburn knows they want to run it?
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  Speaker 2: Can they pick up a third and one in.
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  Speaker 1: The fourth quarter?
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  Speaker 2: Can Ba get four yards when there isn't a hole?
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  Speaker 2: Can Florida protect a lead late if Auburn knows that
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  Speaker 2: run is coming? That is when you find out whether
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  Speaker 2: you really have a physical running game. And I think
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  Speaker 2: this is bigger than just this one game against Auburn.
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  Speaker 2: Look at the schedule Florida's about to play. This is
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  Speaker 2: SEC football now. You're going to see good defensive fronts
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  Speaker 2: almost every week. You're going to see NFL bodies. You're
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  Speaker 2: going to see defensive coordinators who are going to have
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  Speaker 2: answers for what you do well. And if running the
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  Speaker 2: football is going to be a foundational part of John
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  Speaker 2: Summerall and Buster Faulkner's offense at Florida, it has to
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  Speaker 2: work against these teams. Maybe not at 10 yards per carry.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's unrealistic. But it does have to be reliable.
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  Speaker 2: A reliable running game travels. It takes pressure off your quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: It travels when it's loud. It travels when the weather's bad.
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  Speaker 2: It travels when the passing game isn't clicking. And most importantly,
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  Speaker 2: it travels in the fourth quarter when everybody in the
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  Speaker 2: stadium knows you need three yards.
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  Speaker 1: And you get four.
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  Speaker 2: That's what I'm looking for Saturday night. Not whether Jaden
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  Speaker 2: ball wins the rushing title in week three, not whether
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  Speaker 2: he gets another 150 yards. I want to know if
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  Speaker 2: Florida can walk into Jordan hair lineup against a physical
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  Speaker 2: Auburn defense and still be the team dictating the terms.
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  Speaker 2: If Florida can run the football Saturday night, then suddenly
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Philo's first road start becomes a whole lot easier.
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  Speaker 2: The play action opens up. The crowd becomes less of
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  Speaker 2: a factor. Auburn just can't attack the quarterback and Florida
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  Speaker 2: can control the pace of the game. If Auburn shuts
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  Speaker 2: it down and forces Philo to carry the offense, then
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  Speaker 2: it becomes an entirely different football game. So yeah, Aaron
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  Speaker 2: Philo is going to get plenty of attention this week
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  Speaker 2: and rightfully so. But I think one of the biggest
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  Speaker 2: questions Saturday night happens right next to him in the backfield.
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  Speaker 1: We know Jaden Baugh is good.
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  Speaker 2: Now we find out whether Florida's running game is good
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  Speaker 2: enough to travel. And if the answer is yes, then
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  Speaker 2: I think this Florida offense may be a whole lot
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  Speaker 2: further along than we thought. Guys, thank you so much
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