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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to a peek inside Gator football alley peek here. Well,
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  Speaker 1: just when you thought things couldn't get any more complicated
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  Speaker 1: for the Florida Gators, We've got some pretty significant news
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  Speaker 1: coming out of Gainesville. According to CBS Sports, Matt Zenitz,
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  Speaker 1: Florida starting quarterback Aaron Filo is dealing with an undisclosed
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  Speaker 1: injury that has limited him in practice this week and
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  Speaker 1: his availability for Saturday's matchup against 7th grade Texas is
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  Speaker 1: now in question. We're going to get into it in
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  Speaker 1: this is obviously not the news Florida fans wanted to hear.
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  Speaker 1: The Gators have dropped two straight games. They're coming off
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  Speaker 1: a pretty disappointing performance against South Carolina. And now they're
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  Speaker 1: preparing to go on the road to face a top
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  Speaker 1: 10 Texas team who is going to be pissed about
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  Speaker 1: losing to Oklahoma on a last second field goal. And
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  Speaker 1: now they're potentially doing it without their starting quarterback. But
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  Speaker 1: I think this story is going to continue to be
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  Speaker 1: interesting here. If Aaron Filo can't go, Florida isn't turning
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  Speaker 1: to some untested quarterback who nobody expected to see at
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  Speaker 1: all this season.
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  Speaker 2: They're spending their.
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  Speaker 1: Attention now to the guy who spent much of the
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  Speaker 1: offseason competing to be the starter. And honestly, a guy who,
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  Speaker 1: quite frankly, may have something to prove.
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  Speaker 2: So, you know, let's talk about what we know. According
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  Speaker 2: to Zenitz, Phil Philo has been limited in practice this
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  Speaker 2: week because of an undisclosed injury. We don't know the
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  Speaker 2: nature of the injury. We don't know exactly when it happened.
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  Speaker 1: And we don't know whether it's something that will ultimately
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  Speaker 1: keep him out of Saturday's game or if they're just
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  Speaker 1: being cautious at the beginning of the week. Those are
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  Speaker 1: obviously pretty important distinctions. Florida is scheduled to release its
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  Speaker 1: first SEC mandated availability report tonight. at 810 Eastern, and
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  Speaker 1: that should give us a little more clarity on where
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  Speaker 1: things stand. I will be live at that time during
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  Speaker 1: my Florida, Texas preview.
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  Speaker 2: So guys, make sure you are tuned in.
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  Speaker 1: That way you can get the most up-to-date information that
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  Speaker 1: we have as we have it. But I do want
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  Speaker 1: to emphasize something. Limited in practice does not automatically mean
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  Speaker 1: a player isn't going to play. And a player's status
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  Speaker 1: being in question on Wednesday doesn't mean he definitely is
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  Speaker 1: going to be unavailable on Saturday. So I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to get ahead of ourselves here. However, this is obviously
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  Speaker 1: something worth paying attention to, especially considering where Florida is
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  Speaker 1: right now. The Gators are 4-2 after starting the season 4-0,
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  Speaker 1: and the last two weeks have been a pretty significant
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  Speaker 1: reality check for this football team. After putting up 52
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  Speaker 1: points against Ole Miss, Florida managed just 17 against Missouri
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  Speaker 1: and 19 against South Carolina. That's 18 points per game
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  Speaker 1: over the last two weeks. And while Philo certainly hasn't
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  Speaker 1: been perfect, I don't think that you can put all
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  Speaker 1: of Florida's offensive struggles aside.
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  Speaker 2: On the quarterback, not even close. Against Missouri, Florida couldn't
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  Speaker 2: run the ball.
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  Speaker 1: Against South Carolina, the Gators moved the ball decently well, actually,
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  Speaker 1: between the 20s, but turnovers and missed opportunities in the
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  Speaker 1: red zone and just the inability to consistently finish drives
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  Speaker 1: kept them from putting points on the board. And now
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  Speaker 1: there's a possibility that the guy who started every game
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  Speaker 1: this season might not be available against one of the
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  Speaker 1: best teams Florida has left on their schedule. That's a
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  Speaker 1: really big deal. Let's look at Philo's numbers for a second.
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  Speaker 1: Through six games, he has completed 105 of 149 passes.
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  Speaker 1: That's a completion percentage of 70.5. He's thrown for 1,341 yards,
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  Speaker 1: nine touchdowns, and three interceptions. And for me, I would
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  Speaker 1: argue that all three of those interceptions should have been
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  Speaker 1: caught and that the turnover is on the receiver. He's
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  Speaker 1: also added three rushing touchdowns. Those are solid numbers for
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  Speaker 1: a quarterback in his first season starting at Florida. He's
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  Speaker 1: playing in a new conference under a first-year head coach.
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  Speaker 2: And remember, Philo's familiarity.
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  Speaker 1: With Buster Faulkner's offense was one of the biggest reasons
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  Speaker 1: he won the starting job in the first place. He
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  Speaker 1: followed Faulkner from Georgia Tech. He understood the terminology, the checks,
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  Speaker 1: the reads, and what the coaching staff wanted to accomplish offensively.
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  Speaker 1: And early in the season, the first four games, That
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  Speaker 1: familiarity was really apparent. Florida's offense was productive. The Gators
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  Speaker 1: were running football incredibly well. The offense as a whole
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  Speaker 1: was just so effective. They were creating explosive plays. And
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  Speaker 1: Philo was doing a great job distributing the ball. And
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  Speaker 1: that obviously has changed over the last couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't think that that's entirely because of anything
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  Speaker 1: Philo has or hasn't done. When you can't establish the
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  Speaker 1: running game and when your offensive line is struggling to
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  Speaker 1: create movement, And when you're putting your quarterback in obvious
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  Speaker 1: passing situations, you are making life significantly more difficult.
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  Speaker 2: We saw that at Missouri. We saw that again against
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  Speaker 2: South Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: Philo was 21 of 28 for 227 against the Gamecocks.
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  Speaker 1: He also had an interception and a fumble, and obviously
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  Speaker 1: those turnovers factor in here. Florida has reached a point
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  Speaker 1: in the season where the margin for error has just
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  Speaker 1: become incredibly small. But it's also important to recognize that
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  Speaker 1: Philo has been one of the more efficient quarterbacks in
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  Speaker 1: the SEC this year. So while I understand the frustration
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  Speaker 1: with the offense, I am frustrated too. I don't necessarily
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  Speaker 1: subscribe to the idea that changing quarterbacks automatically fixes the
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  Speaker 1: problems we've seen. If Florida can't block people and if
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  Speaker 1: they can't run the football and if they can't protect
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  Speaker 1: the football, it doesn't really matter who's taking the snaps.
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  Speaker 1: All of those issues are going to have to be
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  Speaker 1: addressed regardless. But now let's talk about if Philo can't play.
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  Speaker 2: Then what? And then it's Trammell Jones Jr.
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  Speaker 1: 's opportunity. And let's remember something. This was a legitimate
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  Speaker 1: quarterback competition during the offseason. It wasn't just Aaron Filo
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  Speaker 1: walking into Gainesville and being handed the starting job because
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  Speaker 1: he followed Buster Faulkner from Georgia Tech. John spent repeated
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  Speaker 1: time making it clear that both quarterbacks were competing. And
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  Speaker 1: when Filo was ultimately named the starter, somehow went out
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  Speaker 1: of his way to emphasize that Jones wasn't being forgotten.
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  Speaker 1: In fact, Summerall talked about how much Jones had improved
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  Speaker 1: from spring through fall camp, and he made it clear that.
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  Speaker 2: He believes in him. He did that again at the
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  Speaker 2: press conference on Monday.
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  Speaker 1: He talked about how much he believes in Tramell Jones
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  Speaker 1: and that he wants to be in a foxhole with him.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that that is really important here because
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  Speaker 1: Jones is not a guy the coaching staff just, you know,
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  Speaker 1: has to dust off and figure out if they can
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  Speaker 1: send him out there and just, you know, stress about
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  Speaker 1: this and figure out like how they can dumb down
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  Speaker 1: the offense or what they can do to make it
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  Speaker 1: work for some backup that they weren't expecting to see
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  Speaker 1: the field.
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  Speaker 2: That's not what we have. They've evaluated him extensively.
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  Speaker 1: They've seen him run this offense and they've seen him
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  Speaker 1: compete with the guy who ultimately won the starting job.
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  Speaker 1: Now Jones hasn't been asked to carry this offense in
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  Speaker 1: a meaningful sec game this season. And that's a completely
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  Speaker 1: different challenge than coming into games when Florida already has
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  Speaker 1: a comfortable lead or even like last week, when Florida
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  Speaker 1: was behind too far to come back. But he isn't
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  Speaker 1: without experience. Through the first five appearances this season, he's
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  Speaker 1: completed 23 of 29 passes for 252 yards, two touchdowns,
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  Speaker 1: and two interceptions. That's a 79.3% completion percentage. Now, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: we are dealing with an incredibly small sample size there,
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  Speaker 1: and those numbers have come in situations that aren't comparable
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  Speaker 1: to starting on the road against Texas. We're gonna take
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  Speaker 1: We appreciate Alumni Hall for all their support. But there
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  Speaker 1: is something to be said for a quarterback who has
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  Speaker 1: been in the system, who has competed for the starting job,
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  Speaker 1: and who has had opportunities on the field. Jones was
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  Speaker 1: a highly regarded recruit coming out of Mandarin High School
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  Speaker 1: in Jacksonville. He was an Elite 11 finalist, and he
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  Speaker 1: came into Florida with plenty of expectations. This is a
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  Speaker 1: player who held offers from big programs like Miami and
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  Speaker 1: Florida State.
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  Speaker 2: And Louisville and lots of others.
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  Speaker 1: And while he lost the starting competition, that doesn't mean
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  Speaker 1: he isn't capable of being a productive SEC quarterback. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: the difference between winning and losing a quarterback battle isn't
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  Speaker 1: that one guy is significantly better than the other. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: it's experience and sometimes it's familiarity with the system. Sometimes
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  Speaker 1: it's simply that one guy is a little further along
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  Speaker 1: at that particular moment and All of that seemed to
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  Speaker 1: be significant factors in Philo winning the job. So if
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  Speaker 1: Jones gets his opportunity on Saturday, I think it will
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  Speaker 1: be fascinating to see what he does with it. Now
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  Speaker 1: let's get to the question I'm sure plenty of Florida
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  Speaker 1: fans are asking. Could Tramell Jones actually give.
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  Speaker 2: This offense a spark? And my simple answer, I guess,
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  Speaker 2: is maybe.
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  Speaker 1: I think we need to be careful about what we're
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  Speaker 1: really talking about here because we've seen this happen countless
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  Speaker 1: times in college football. A team struggles offensively, the fans
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  Speaker 1: get frustrated with the starting quarterback, and then suddenly the
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  Speaker 1: backup becomes the most popular guy on the roster.
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  Speaker 2: Happens all the time. It's almost inevitable.
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  Speaker 1: But I don't think that's necessarily fair to either quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Filo has done some really good things this season.
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  Speaker 1: And Tramell Jones has not yet had the opportunity to
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  Speaker 1: prove what he could do as a starter against an
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  Speaker 1: SEC opponent.
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  Speaker 2: Both of those things can be true.
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  Speaker 1: But I am interested in whether Jones might bring a
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  Speaker 1: slightly different approach to the offense. Could we see something
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  Speaker 1: different there? in the passing game? Could we see different decisions?
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  Speaker 1: Could he help Florida generate more explosive plays? Could Buster
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  Speaker 1: Faulkner adjust the game plan to emphasize Jones' his strengths
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  Speaker 1: and things that he does well? Those are all legitimate questions,
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  Speaker 1: but here's the bigger issue. Florida's offensive problems over the
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  Speaker 1: last two weeks have extended well beyond the quarterback position.
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  Speaker 1: Against Missouri, the Gators were held to 42 rushing yards.
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  Speaker 1: Against South Carolina, they improved to 120, but the rushing
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  Speaker 1: attack still wasn't nearly as effective as it had been
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  Speaker 1: earlier in the season. And Jaden Baugh, who has been
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  Speaker 1: one of the most productive running backs in the country
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  Speaker 1: through the first month of the season, hasn't been able
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  Speaker 1: to consistently find room to operate.
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  Speaker 2: All of that is a problem.
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  Speaker 1: This offense is at its best when Florida can establish
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  Speaker 1: the run and put the quarterback in manageable situations. I
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  Speaker 1: don't care whether that quarterback is Philo or Jones. Neither
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  Speaker 1: quarterback should be asked to win this game throwing the
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  Speaker 1: ball 40 times. just because Florida can't move anybody at
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  Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. And if Jones does end up starting,
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  Speaker 1: I would expect the coaching staff to be particularly mindful
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  Speaker 1: of that. You want him to get confidence early, get
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  Speaker 1: him some easy completions, get the running game established. Don't
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  Speaker 1: put him in third and long situations over and over again.
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  Speaker 1: And perhaps most importantly, don't ask him to be something
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  Speaker 1: that he's not. Let him play within the offense. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, then of course there's the opponent. It's not
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  Speaker 1: like Florida's.
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  Speaker 2: Preparing to play an overmatched team at home.
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  Speaker 1: The Gators are heading into Austin to take on the
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  Speaker 1: seventh-ranked Texas Longhorns, and they are coming off that loss
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  Speaker 1: to Oklahoma, which means I think they're going to be
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  Speaker 1: a pissed-off Texas Longhorns team, and they are a very
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  Speaker 1: talented football team.
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  Speaker 2: It's a difficult environment. It's an SEC road game.
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  Speaker 1: It's an opponent that is going to be looking to
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  Speaker 1: bounce back from a disappointing performance of its own. So
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  Speaker 1: regardless of who starts at quarterback, Florida has its work
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  Speaker 1: cut out for it. But if it's Jones, I think
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  Speaker 1: the challenge becomes even greater. He's going to manage the environment.
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  Speaker 2: He's going to have to. He's going to have to
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  Speaker 2: make sure Florida gets lined up correctly.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to have to recognize defensive looks and understand
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  Speaker 1: where the pressure is coming from. And he's going to
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  Speaker 1: have to do it all against a defense that knows
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  Speaker 1: it may be facing a quarterback making his first college start.
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  Speaker 1: You better believe Texas would try to make him uncomfortable.
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  Speaker 1: And that is where this coaching staff becomes so important.
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  Speaker 1: Buster Faulkner has to have a plan. The offensive line
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  Speaker 1: has to play better. And Florida has to avoid putting
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  Speaker 1: itself behind the chains. If the Gators go into this
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  Speaker 1: game and consistently find themselves facing second and 12 or
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  Speaker 1: third and nine, they are going to have a hard
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  Speaker 1: time moving the football. And again, that's going to be
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  Speaker 1: true whether Philo starts or Jones starts. I also think
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  Speaker 1: this is an interesting development for John Summerall. When he
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  Speaker 1: arrived at Florida, one of the biggest questions was how
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  Speaker 1: quickly could he build a program capable of competing at
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  Speaker 1: a high level in the SEC? And for the first
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  Speaker 1: four weeks of the season, things looked really promising. Florida
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  Speaker 1: was 4-0.
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  Speaker 2: They had beaten Ole Miss.
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  Speaker 1: The offense was putting up points. And there was a
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  Speaker 1: lot of excitement around the direction of the program. Now,
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  Speaker 1: after two straight losses, we are seeing some of the
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  Speaker 1: challenges that come with trying to rebuild a roster and
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  Speaker 1: establish a new program. And potentially losing your starting quarterback
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  Speaker 1: before facing a top 10 team, well, that certainly doesn't
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  Speaker 1: make anything any easier.
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  Speaker 2: But here's something else.
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  Speaker 1: This is why you recruit multiple quarterbacks. This is why
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  Speaker 1: you have a genuine competition. And this is why you
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  Speaker 1: continue developing the guy who doesn't win the starting job.
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  Speaker 1: Because at some point, that guy may be asked to
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  Speaker 1: play meaningful football. And when that happens, you need him ready.
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  Speaker 1: Sarmal was very complimentary of Jones during fall camp. He
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  Speaker 1: talked about how he had been improving and earning the
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  Speaker 1: trust of the coaching staff. Well, if Philo can't go,
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  Speaker 1: that confidence is about to get tested. And I think
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  Speaker 1: it'll be an opportunity for us to learn something about
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  Speaker 1: where Florida really stands in terms of quarterback depth. We
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  Speaker 1: spent a lot of time talking about the roster limitations.
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  Speaker 1: Sarmal has acknowledged all of these limitations over the last
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  Speaker 1: couple of weeks. He's been pretty candid about the fact
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  Speaker 1: that this team still has work to do from a
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  Speaker 1: personnel standpoint. And quarterback depth is obviously part of building
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  Speaker 1: a sustainable program. You need more than one guy who
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  Speaker 1: can go out there and function in your offense. So
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  Speaker 1: while nobody wants to see a starting quarterback injured, this
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  Speaker 1: is going to provide an opportunity to find out just
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  Speaker 1: how developed Tramell Jones actually is. And, you know, let's
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  Speaker 1: talk big picture. I want to come back to something here.
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  Speaker 1: I think there is a temptation to make this entire
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  Speaker 1: story about the quarterback position. And certainly that's the headline.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Filo's status is in question. Tramell Jones might start.
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  Speaker 1: All of that is significant news. But I think the
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  Speaker 1: bigger story is that Florida has a lot of issues
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  Speaker 1: it needs to address, regardless of who is under center.
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  Speaker 1: The defense has allowed 83 points over the last two games.
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  Speaker 1: The running game has struggled. The offensive line has had problems.
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  Speaker 1: And the Gators have made far too many mistakes in
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  Speaker 1: critical situations. A quarterback doesn't automatically solve any of those things.
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  Speaker 1: And if Jones does start, I don't think it's fair
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  Speaker 1: to expect him to walk into Austin and suddenly make
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  Speaker 1: all of Florida's problems disappear. I don't think that's realistic.
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  Speaker 1: What I do think is realistic is expecting the coaching
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  Speaker 1: staff to put whatever quarterback is playing in the best
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  Speaker 1: position to succeed. And that means having a smart game
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  Speaker 1: plan and making adjustments and understanding your personnel. And it
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  Speaker 1: means not continuing to do things that clearly haven't worked
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  Speaker 1: over the last couple of weeks. One thing we do
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  Speaker 1: know about the SEC is that nobody is going to
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  Speaker 1: feel sorry for you because you're dealing with injuries. Texas
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  Speaker 1: isn't going to care whether Aaron Filo is available. They're
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  Speaker 1: going to expect to win this football game. And Florida
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  Speaker 1: needs to be prepared to compete regardless of who takes
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  Speaker 1: the first snap.
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  Speaker 2: So here's where we stand.
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  Speaker 1: Aaron Filo's availability for Saturday's game against Texas is reportedly
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  Speaker 1: in question because of an undisclosed injury that has limited
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  Speaker 1: him in practice. We're expecting to hear more information through
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  Speaker 1: the SEC availability reporting process tonight. And if Philo can't play,
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  Speaker 1: Tramell Jones Jr. would be in line to make the start.
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  Speaker 1: This is one of those situations where two things can
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  Speaker 1: be true. You can recognize that losing your starting quarterback
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  Speaker 1: before facing a top 10 team is a significant concern.
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  Speaker 1: And you can also be interested in seeing what a
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  Speaker 1: talented young quarterback like Tramell Jones might be able to
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  Speaker 1: do with an opportunity. I am certainly not rooting for
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  Speaker 1: Philo to be unavailable. He earned the starting job. He
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  Speaker 1: put up some good numbers this season, and I think
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  Speaker 1: he's capable of being a very productive quarterback at Florida.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm also not going to.
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: Automatically assume Florida's offense is doomed if Jones has to play.
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: That's why you have a backup quarterback.
• 16:11
  Speaker 1: And considering how competitive that position battle was during the offseason,
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: I think there's a reason to believe that this coaching
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: staff really does have confidence in both guys. The biggest
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: question for me isn't necessarily whether Tramell Jones can play.
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: It's whether the rest of the Florida offense can give
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: him a chance to be successful if his number is called.
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: If Florida continues to struggle running the football, continues to
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: turn it over, and continues putting itself in difficult situations,
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: it is going to be a long afternoon in Austin,
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: regardless of who is playing quarterback. But if the Gators
• 16:42
  Speaker 1: can get back to running the ball effectively, protect their quarterback,
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: and avoid the mistakes that have plagued them the last two.
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: Weeks, then maybe they can make this game a little
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: more interesting than people expect. So I want to hear
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: from you.
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: If Aaron Filo can't play Saturday, how confident are you
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: in Tramell Jones Jr.? And maybe bigger question, do you
• 16:59
  Speaker 1: think Jones could actually provide a spark for this offense?
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: Or do you think Florida's problems run deeper than the
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: quarterback position? Let me know down in the comments. And
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: of course, we are going to continue to follow Aaron
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: Filo's status as we get closer to kickoff. I appreciate
• 17:13
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• 17:32
  Speaker 2: Thank you for tuning in. And as always, go Gators.