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My FINAL THOUGHTS on Gators Football vs South Carolina Gamecocks Before UF's Big SEC Game... · A Peek Inside Gators Football: A Show About the Florida Gators

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  Speaker 1: All right, guys, we're going to get into the numbers
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  Speaker 1: of this one and then the five things I need
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  Speaker 1: to see. Okay, so listen, not a good week last
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  Speaker 1: week against Missouri. It is time for a bounce back.
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  Speaker 1: Florida obviously sitting at 4-1, South Carolina at 2-3, but
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  Speaker 1: they are 0-3 in conference play. They did lose last
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  Speaker 1: week 35-34 in overtime to Kentucky. Kentucky had to score
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  Speaker 1: that two-point conversion at the end to win. You know, this...
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  Speaker 1: This Missouri game, it doesn't concern me that Florida lost.
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  Speaker 1: It concerns me how thoroughly Missouri dominated both lines of scrimmage.
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  Speaker 1: That can't happen against South Carolina. And that is what
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking to see if Florida can rebound from. In
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  Speaker 1: the series, Florida holds a 31-10 advantage. Um, there have
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  Speaker 1: been three ties all time in this one. And obviously
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  Speaker 1: the most famous one, we were supposed to have them
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  Speaker 1: on this morning. We're hoping it'll happen again tomorrow. It'll
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  Speaker 1: happen tomorrow morning. Jarvis Moss, the most famous one when
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  Speaker 1: Florida blocked that, uh, he actually blocked multiple kicks in
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  Speaker 1: that game, but the last one to send Florida to
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  Speaker 1: the SEC championship, they beat South Carolina, 17, 16. It
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  Speaker 1: was Steve Spurrier's return to the swamp as South Carolina's
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  Speaker 1: head coach. That was a 48-yard field goal with eight
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  Speaker 1: seconds left that Jarvis blocked. He did have two blocked
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  Speaker 1: in that game, and obviously Florida would go on to
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  Speaker 1: win the national title. I feel like we can't talk
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  Speaker 1: about Florida-South Carolina without at least mentioning that I think sometimes,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a season, if you had to describe it
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  Speaker 1: in one play, you would describe that play. And if you're,
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  Speaker 1: if you're watching this, I saw somebody comment, they were
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  Speaker 1: at that game. I was too. I'll tell you something
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  Speaker 1: absolutely absurd. Jarvis Moss was my husband, Eric Wilber's roommate
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  Speaker 1: that year, and he was suspended the week before that game.
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  Speaker 1: And he was pretty upset about it. And the day
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  Speaker 1: before the game, he told me, I am going to
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  Speaker 1: win that game. I, you watch Allie, I will win
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  Speaker 1: that game. And so then, you know, He did. He
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  Speaker 1: won that game. He actually had a broken finger on
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  Speaker 1: that hand too, so the way that it was wrapped up,
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  Speaker 1: it all played out perfectly. All right, guys, we're going
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  Speaker 1: to get into the five things I need to see,
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  Speaker 1: Filo is at 221.5 passing yards. It's going to be wet.
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  Speaker 1: I think I'm going to go less on that one.
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  Speaker 1: Dallas Wilson at 44.5 receiving yards. I'm going to go
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  Speaker 1: more there. Now, this one burned me last week, but
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  Speaker 1: I'm a glutton for punishment. I'm coming back around. It's
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  Speaker 1: Jaden Baugh 0.5 anytime touchdowns. I'm going to go the
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  Speaker 1: more on that. I'm also going to go the more
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  Speaker 1: on Jaden Baugh 119.5 rushing yards. I do think this
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  Speaker 1: is a get right game for him. Lenora Sellers at 0.5
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  Speaker 1: passing touchdowns. I also like the more on that. And
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  Speaker 1: then Sellers is at 221.5 passing yards. I like the
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  Speaker 1: less on that. I do think this is going to
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  Speaker 1: be really wet. I think that both teams are going
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  Speaker 1: to want to run the ball a lot. So I
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  Speaker 1: don't foresee. a ton of passing yards. But all you
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  Speaker 1: this is one of my favorite subjects we do every week.
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  Speaker 1: Five things that I need to see. Number one, a
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  Speaker 1: completely different offensive line. Um, this is number one and
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  Speaker 1: it's not particularly close. Florida surrendered three sacks and 11
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  Speaker 1: tackles for a loss against Missouri. The Gators only had
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  Speaker 1: 42 rushing yards. Ball was never able to get anything
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  Speaker 1: going at all. This offense can't function if the offensive
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  Speaker 1: line consistently loses at the point of attack. This was,
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  Speaker 1: I think the worst case scenario of what we were
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  Speaker 1: expecting this summer. We kept saying this, this team has
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  Speaker 1: so many talented skill players. If the offensive line can
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  Speaker 1: be serviceable, they're going to be able to score a
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  Speaker 1: lot of points. And then the first four games, I
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  Speaker 1: think the offensive line was better than we had maybe
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  Speaker 1: hoped it could be. It was worse last Saturday than
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  Speaker 1: we ever thought possible. And South Carolina will have watched
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  Speaker 1: every snap of Missouri's defensive performance. So I need to
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  Speaker 1: see better communication, more physicality, cleaner protection, and a rushing
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  Speaker 1: attack that doesn't constantly leave Florida behind the chains. I
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  Speaker 1: need to know, was Missouri just a terrible matchup, which
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  Speaker 1: is what I think it was, or is Florida's offensive
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  Speaker 1: line not nearly as good as we thought? Number two,
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  Speaker 1: I need Jaden Baugh to look like Jaden Baugh again,
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  Speaker 1: and that is obviously linked to number one. I want
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  Speaker 1: to see Florida reestablish its offensive identity. Again, against Ole Miss,
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  Speaker 1: 142 yards, three touchdowns on 29 carries. Then he has
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  Speaker 1: 13 yards on 12 carries against Missouri. Florida can't let
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  Speaker 1: opposing defenses dictate whether Jaden Baugh is involved in this
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  Speaker 1: offense or not. Buster must find ways to get Baugh
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  Speaker 1: into space if the interior run game isn't working. I
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  Speaker 1: need Baugh to get meaningful touches early, run with confidence,
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  Speaker 1: and force South Carolina to respect the ground game. I
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  Speaker 1: want to know if South Carolina stacks the box. Is
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  Speaker 1: Florida willing and able, that's probably the most important part,
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  Speaker 1: to punish them for it? Number three, I need to
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  Speaker 1: see a defense that can contain Lenora Sellers. I think
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  Speaker 1: this might be the most important individual matchup of the game.
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  Speaker 1: Sellers ran for 147 yards against Kentucky. His 74-yard run
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  Speaker 1: shows how quickly he can change a game. Florida struggled
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  Speaker 1: with tackling and gap integrity and explosive plays and, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I guess everything on Saturday. Did they fix it? Can
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  Speaker 1: they fix it? Because Lenora Sellers is incredibly dangerous. I
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  Speaker 1: need to see disciplined rushing lanes. I need to see
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  Speaker 1: linebackers filling their gaps and defenders tackling Sellers without allowing
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  Speaker 1: him to escape outside. After what Jamal Roberts did to
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  Speaker 1: this defense, how confident are we in Florida's ability to
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  Speaker 1: contain one of the most athletic quarterbacks in the SEC?
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  Speaker 1: My number four is better defensive adjustments. I think that
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  Speaker 1: was one of the biggest frustrations about Missouri. It didn't
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  Speaker 1: feel like Florida had the ability to change the direction
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  Speaker 1: of the game after halftime. Missouri scored on its opening
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  Speaker 1: possession of the third quarter. Florida's offense went scoreless in
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  Speaker 1: the third. Explosive plays continued well into the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 1: The defense looked increasingly overwhelmed. I need to see a
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  Speaker 1: defense that adjusts when something isn't working. Get off the
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  Speaker 1: field on third down. Don't allow a bad series to
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  Speaker 1: become a bad quarter. We talk about that a lot
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  Speaker 1: in this game. And on this show, one thing can't
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  Speaker 1: lead to another. One bad play can't turn into two
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  Speaker 1: and let things snowball. That's what Florida needs to be
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  Speaker 1: able to nip in the bud. We talk about player execution,
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  Speaker 1: but how much responsibility does the coaching staff bear when
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  Speaker 1: opponents keep exploiting the same weaknesses? And we listened to
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  Speaker 1: this coaching staff this weekend talk about like, if it
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  Speaker 1: was one thing, we would change that one thing. But
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  Speaker 1: there are multiple players involved in a lot of these
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  Speaker 1: broken plays. There are multiple schemes involved in these broken plays.
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  Speaker 1: So there is a lot to work on and it
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  Speaker 1: needed to happen quickly. And then number five is leadership discipline.
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  Speaker 1: And I need to see a response worthy of a
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  Speaker 1: ranked team. And, you know, this is where I want
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  Speaker 1: to focus on Summerall's culture. How does this football team
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  Speaker 1: respond after getting embarrassed? Who are the leaders when things
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  Speaker 1: get uncomfortable? Will Florida commit the same undisciplined penalties? Does
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  Speaker 1: this team play with urgency from the opening kickoff? I
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  Speaker 1: want to see energy. I want to see composure, accountability,
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  Speaker 1: players taking ownership of what happened against Missouri. John Summerall
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  Speaker 1: has repeatedly talked about the difference between good teams and
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  Speaker 1: great teams, and he always says that great teams are player-led.
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  Speaker 1: They need player leadership. Well, this is exactly when you
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  Speaker 1: find out what kind of leadership you have. All right, guys,
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  Speaker 1: so then the three keys to victory, and then we're
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  Speaker 1: going to give a prediction. I'll see if there's any
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  Speaker 1: questions on the side, and then we'll go ahead and
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  Speaker 1: get out of here. I really think Florida, number one,
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  Speaker 1: this is my number one key to victory. Establish Jaden
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  Speaker 1: Baugh and the running game. Win the line of scrimmage.
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  Speaker 1: If you win the line of scrimmage, that keeps Aaron
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  Speaker 1: Filo clean, that avoids negative plays and second-long situations. It
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  Speaker 1: gives the offense manageable third downs. You can do all
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  Speaker 1: of those things. And if you win the line of
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  Speaker 1: scrimmage defensively, you get pressure without losing containment. You control
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  Speaker 1: the interior running lanes. You make South Carolina earn its
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  Speaker 1: yards instead of surrendering explosives. Florida doesn't have to dominate
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  Speaker 1: every snap, but it absolutely cannot get pushed around the
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  Speaker 1: way it did against Missouri. Key number two to winning
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  Speaker 1: this game is to make Lenora Sellers beat you from
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  Speaker 1: the pocket. South Carolina has a quarterback capable of taking
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  Speaker 1: over a football game with his legs. Keep him contained.
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  Speaker 1: Make him work through his progressions. You just listened to
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  Speaker 1: Jamie talk about how he doesn't necessarily see the field well.
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  Speaker 1: Force third and long situations. Don't let broken plays become
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  Speaker 1: 30- or 40-yard games. And tackle in space. Sellers is
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  Speaker 1: dangerous enough throwing the football. The last thing Florida needs
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  Speaker 1: is to let him become the leading rusher for South
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  Speaker 1: Carolina as well. Key number three, start fast and make
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  Speaker 1: South Carolina uncomfortable. The Gamecocks are actually very good at
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  Speaker 1: starting fast. You just have to look back to last
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  Speaker 1: week to see that they started 17-0 against Kentucky. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: they lost that league and they lost the game, but
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  Speaker 1: they generally come out fast. They're coming off of an
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  Speaker 1: emotionally crushing defense. defeat. Florida needs to take advantage of that.
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  Speaker 1: Score on an early possession. Get the home crowd involved.
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  Speaker 1: Force South Carolina to play from behind. Avoid turnovers that
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  Speaker 1: provide short fields. Put together a complete four-quarter performance. South
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  Speaker 1: Carolina is a dangerous team. When you have nothing to lose,
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  Speaker 1: when you feel like your back is up against the wall,
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  Speaker 1: you are dangerous. It's a team searching for confidence, though.
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  Speaker 1: Florida cannot give them that confidence back.