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Gators Football SHOCKS Texas With HUGE UPSET of Longhorns! | UF Football · A Peek Inside Gators Football: A Show About the Florida Gators

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  Speaker 1: Happy Sunday and welcome to a peek inside Florida Gator
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  Speaker 1: Last Saturday, we were sitting here trying to figure out
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  Speaker 1: what in the world was wrong with this Florida football team.
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  Speaker 1: A team that started 4-0, climbed all the way to
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  Speaker 1: the number eight spot in the country, and looked like
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  Speaker 1: it might be ahead of schedule under Coach Summerall. And
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  Speaker 1: then suddenly they lost two games. And not just lost,
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  Speaker 1: got absolutely embarrassed. The defense couldn't stop anybody. The offensive
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  Speaker 1: line couldn't lock anybody. Florida wasn't playing physical football. They
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  Speaker 1: weren't executing. And quite frankly, they didn't look like a
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  Speaker 1: team that had a whole lot of fight left in them.
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  Speaker 1: And then you got to go on the road to
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  Speaker 1: face number seven, Texas, in front of more than 100,000
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  Speaker 1: fans without your starting quarterback, Aaron Filo, and without one
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  Speaker 1: of your most explosive weapons, Invernell Brown III.
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  Speaker 2: So what happens?
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  Speaker 1: Florida falls behind 17-3. And at that moment, I'm sure
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  Speaker 1: a lot of Gator fans are thinking, ding, here we
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  Speaker 1: go again. But this time, something was different. Florida didn't fold.
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  Speaker 1: Florida didn't quit. Florida didn't let one bad quarter turn
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  Speaker 1: into another embarrassing afternoon. Instead, the Gators scored 24 unanswered points.
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  Speaker 1: They dominated the middle eight of the football game, and
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  Speaker 1: they walked out of Austin with a 27-24 victory over
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  Speaker 1: the seventh-ranked team in the country. And I think what's
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  Speaker 1: most encouraging about this win isn't necessarily that Florida beat Texas.
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  Speaker 1: It's how Florida beat Texas. This was a team that
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  Speaker 1: looked completely different from the one that we watched against
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  Speaker 1: Missouri and South Carolina. So now we're going to do
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  Speaker 1: what we do every Sunday, and that's go over the good,
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  Speaker 1: the bad, and the ugly. And guys, there is a
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  Speaker 1: lot more good than we've had the last couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 1: I want to start with what I think is the
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  Speaker 1: most important part of the football game. If you are
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  Speaker 1: not new to this channel, you've heard me talk about
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  Speaker 1: this a lot.
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  Speaker 2: The middle eight.
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  Speaker 1: Those final four minutes of the first half and then
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  Speaker 1: the opening four minutes of the second half. And when
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  Speaker 1: you look at the way this game unfolded, I don't
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  Speaker 1: think you can overstate how important that stretch was. Florida
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  Speaker 1: was trailing 17-3. Texas had scored on its first two
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  Speaker 1: offensive possessions. Then to add insult to injury, they added
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  Speaker 1: a 64-yard punt return touchdown. The Gators had struggled to
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  Speaker 1: move the football. They hadn't converted a third down. And
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  Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but I was sitting there
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  Speaker 1: wondering whether this was about to become a third consecutive blowout.
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  Speaker 1: But then Florida's defense makes a play. Texas decides to
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  Speaker 1: go for it on fourth and one near midfield. And
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  Speaker 1: Ty Jackson shoots through the line of scrimmage to blow
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  Speaker 1: up the running back for a loss.
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  Speaker 2: It was a huge play.
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  Speaker 1: I want to tip my hat to Ty Jackson because, man,
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  Speaker 1: when given the moment, he stepped up.
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  Speaker 2: Now, let's talk about why that was a huge play.
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  Speaker 1: Not just because Florida got the football back, but because
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  Speaker 1: somebody finally stepped up and changed the momentum. And then
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  Speaker 1: you get to one of my favorite coaching decisions of
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  Speaker 1: the entire game. Florida is facing fourth and 12 at
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  Speaker 1: the Texas 36-yard line.
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  Speaker 2: So let's think about this situation.
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  Speaker 1: You are down 14 points. You are on the road.
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  Speaker 1: You are playing a quarterback making his first start, and
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  Speaker 1: it's fourth and 12. John Sumrall could have played it conservatively,
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  Speaker 1: and I don't think anybody would have blamed him.
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  Speaker 2: But instead, he put the football in Tramell Jones Jr.
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  Speaker 1: 's hands, and Jones delivers an absolutely beautiful throw to
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  Speaker 1: Dallas Wilson along the sideline for 17 yards. Wilson makes
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  Speaker 1: the catch, gets his feet down, and suddenly Florida has life.
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  Speaker 1: A few plays later, Jones finds Lakata Dupree for a
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  Speaker 1: seven-yard touchdown, and Just like that, what looked like a
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  Speaker 1: potential disaster becomes a seven-point game at halftime.
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  Speaker 2: But here's where it gets even better.
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  Speaker 1: Florida gets the football to start the second half.
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  Speaker 2: And what do the Gators do?
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  Speaker 1: They put together a 15-play, 69-yard touchdown drive that takes
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  Speaker 1: more than eight minutes off the clock.
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  Speaker 2: Eight minutes.
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  Speaker 1: With a backup quarterback making his first career start against
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  Speaker 1: the number seven ranked team in the country on the road.
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  Speaker 1: And on that one possession, Florida converted five third downs.
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  Speaker 2: Let that sink in.
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  Speaker 1: Florida had gone the entire first half without converting a
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  Speaker 1: third down. Then Tramell Jones comes out of the locker room,
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  Speaker 1: leads that offense, converts five third downs on one drive.
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  Speaker 2: That is unbelievable.
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  Speaker 1: And the drive ends with another touchdown pass to Lakota Dupree.
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  Speaker 2: Suddenly it's 17-17. Now, Technically, the.
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  Speaker 1: Middle eight concludes before the opening second half drive is
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  Speaker 1: finished because, again, it's usually that it's the four minutes
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  Speaker 1: going into halftime, the four minutes going out of halftime.
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  Speaker 2: But I'm going to give it.
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  Speaker 1: To Florida because it was that same possession that eats
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  Speaker 1: eight minutes.
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  Speaker 2: And you know what? I'd rather you eat eight than four.
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  Speaker 1: Florida's domination of that entire stretch around halftime is what
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  Speaker 1: completely changed this football game. The Gators took a game
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  Speaker 1: that appeared to be getting away from them and turned
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  Speaker 1: it into a game being played on their terms.
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  Speaker 2: Now, this is really.
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  Speaker 1: Interesting because Coach talked to us last week about going
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  Speaker 1: into the locker room at halftime when Florida was down
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  Speaker 1: seven at home and everybody looking like their dog had
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  Speaker 1: just died and how they weren't emotionally strong. and mentally
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  Speaker 1: capable of rallying from that. So if you aren't emotionally
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  Speaker 1: capable of rallying down seven at home, how is it
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  Speaker 1: that you are able to do it down seven on
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  Speaker 1: the road with a guy starting at quarterback who hasn't
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  Speaker 1: started before? I think there is so much praise due
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  Speaker 1: to this coaching staff over that. The ability to mentally
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  Speaker 1: toughen this team from that South Carolina game to this
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  Speaker 1: game cannot be underscored. I really think, you know, that
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  Speaker 1: momentum after that they scored coming out at halftime, it
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  Speaker 1: never really shifted back to Texas until those final few minutes.
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  Speaker 1: And Coach Summerall acknowledged after the game that Florida absolutely
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  Speaker 1: needed that momentum because of how poorly it had played early.
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  Speaker 1: He said the Gators hadn't finished the first half well
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  Speaker 1: and started, if they hadn't, and they hadn't started the
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  Speaker 1: second half well, well, they weren't going to win. And yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's true. This was the game. How you went into
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  Speaker 1: halftime and how you came out of halftime. Not the
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  Speaker 1: final fumble. Not the touchdown that gave Florida a 10-point lead.
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  Speaker 1: It was the decision to not fold. down 17-3, and
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  Speaker 1: then the execution that followed. We've watched Florida teams over
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  Speaker 1: the years get into those situations and completely unravel.
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  Speaker 2: Shoot, we watched it last week.
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  Speaker 1: This team could have done the same thing. Instead, it
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  Speaker 1: fought back, and that led directly to my next good,
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  Speaker 1: the fight, the mentality, and the response. One thing Coach
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  Speaker 1: Summerall kept coming back to in his post-game press conference
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  Speaker 1: was the way his team fought. After the South Carolina game,
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  Speaker 1: we weren't just questioning execution. We were questioning effort and
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  Speaker 1: physicality and whether this team had the mentality needed to
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  Speaker 1: compete in the SEC. And Coach Summerall wasn't hiding from
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  Speaker 1: any of that. He admitted that the previous two weeks
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  Speaker 1: hadn't looked good and it hadn't looked like the kind
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  Speaker 1: of fight that he expects from his football team. But
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  Speaker 1: against Texas, we saw it. Florida could have let that
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  Speaker 1: 17-3 deficit define the afternoon. Instead, the Gators outscored Texas
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  Speaker 1: 24-0 before the Longhorns finally scored again with just over
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  Speaker 1: four minutes remaining.
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  Speaker 2: And let's remember, that.
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  Speaker 1: Wasn't against some overmatched opponent. This was against a Texas
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  Speaker 1: team that had been ranked number one in the country
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  Speaker 1: just a week earlier. This was Florida's first true road
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  Speaker 1: win over a top 10 opponent since 2012. And it
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  Speaker 1: was the first time the Gators had beaten two top
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  Speaker 1: 10 opponents in the same season since 2012 as well.
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  Speaker 1: Those are significant accomplishments for a first-year head coach. But
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  Speaker 1: what I found interesting was that Samara really didn't want
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  Speaker 1: to celebrate what this means historically. He basically said, the
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  Speaker 1: win doesn't guarantee anything moving forward. And he made a
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  Speaker 1: comment that I thought was both Funny and revealing. He
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  Speaker 1: said Florida still isn't a complete team. They're not suddenly
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  Speaker 1: great because they beat Texas. They just have to keep
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  Speaker 1: getting better. And he basically was like, we have to
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  Speaker 1: figure out how to suck less next week and continue
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  Speaker 1: to suck less.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, but he's right.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that it's such, it was funny when
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  Speaker 1: he said it, but it's so true. And I actually
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  Speaker 1: love that mentality. We saw what happened after the Ole
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  Speaker 1: Miss game. Everybody was telling Florida how good it was.
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  Speaker 1: The Gators climbed in the rankings and then suddenly they
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  Speaker 1: got punched in the mouth two consecutive weeks. and they
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  Speaker 1: didn't respond in those games. And Summerall clearly does not
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  Speaker 1: want that happening again. So celebrate the win, absolutely. But
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  Speaker 1: understand what made it possible. The effort, the physicality, the
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  Speaker 1: discipline in the second half, and the willingness to keep
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  Speaker 1: competing when things aren't going your way.
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  Speaker 2: That is what Florida has to build on from here.
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  Speaker 2: Another good Tramell Jones Jr., what a start. How about that?
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  Speaker 1: I don't think anybody could have reasonably expected him to
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  Speaker 1: walk into Austin and do what he did. No, he
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  Speaker 1: didn't throw for 300 yards. He didn't put together some
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  Speaker 1: spectacular high right reel of deep passes. But he did
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  Speaker 1: exactly what Florida needed him to do. He finished 22
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  Speaker 1: of 35 for 155 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions.
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  Speaker 1: He also rushed 10 times for 41 yards. And those
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  Speaker 1: rushing yards were really important. One of the things Florida
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  Speaker 1: has been missing offensively is that additional threat from the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback position. Jones made Texas account for his legs. He
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  Speaker 1: extended drives and he picked up difficult yards. And I
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  Speaker 1: think perhaps most importantly, He didn't make the kind of
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  Speaker 1: catastrophic mistake that can completely change.
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  Speaker 2: A football game.
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  Speaker 1: I also want to point something else out about his performance.
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  Speaker 1: He wasn't particularly sharp early. He missed some open receivers.
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  Speaker 1: There were throws he absolutely has to make going forward.
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  Speaker 1: But what impressed me was that he didn't let those
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  Speaker 1: mistakes snowball. Think about the position that he was put in.
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  Speaker 1: First start ever on the road against Texas. You can't
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  Speaker 1: dial up a more intense situation for him. Add in
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  Speaker 1: that you're coming off of two losses.
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  Speaker 2: Your fan base is upset about that.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I cannot underscore how monumental an ask that
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  Speaker 1: was of Tramell Jones. And listen, like I said, he
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  Speaker 1: made some early mistakes, but he never let them go.
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  Speaker 1: snowball into each other. He missed a throw. He came
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  Speaker 1: back and made the next one. That is exactly what
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  Speaker 1: Summerall praised after the game. He also told a great
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  Speaker 1: story about Jones' development. Apparently, after spring football, Summerall challenged
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  Speaker 1: him because he didn't feel like he was spending enough
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  Speaker 1: time learning the offense, putting in the extra work. And
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  Speaker 1: Jones responded. He started putting in more time, preparing differently,
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  Speaker 1: and taking ownership of his own development. Then he didn't
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  Speaker 1: win the starting job in training camp. but he went
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  Speaker 1: back to the drawing board and kept working. And when
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  Speaker 1: his opportunity finally came, he was ready. That is a
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  Speaker 1: great lesson for any young player. Now, does this mean
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  Speaker 1: Jones should be Florida's starting quarterback against Georgia? We're going
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  Speaker 1: to get to that in a minute, but there is
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  Speaker 1: no question that he earned himself some serious consideration. And
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  Speaker 1: what I really liked was his final meaningful play. Texas
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  Speaker 1: had just turned the ball over. Florida needed a first
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  Speaker 1: down to put the game away. And on third and seven,
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  Speaker 1: he called his own number. He kept the football. He
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  Speaker 1: picked up nine yards.
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  Speaker 2: Ball game.
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  Speaker 1: That is a quarterback understanding the situation and making the
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  Speaker 1: play his team needs. On the road against Texas. It's
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  Speaker 1: incredibly impressive.
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  Speaker 2: Got to add the defense to my list of good, too.
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  Speaker 1: Guys, we are 13 minutes into this, and we are
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  Speaker 1: still talking about the good. I really think this was
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  Speaker 1: my biggest surprise of the entire game. Coming into this matchup,
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  Speaker 1: the Gators were allowing nearly 393 yards per game. They
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  Speaker 1: were ranked 131st nationally in pass defense. And over the
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  Speaker 1: past two games, they had allowed 619 passing yards and
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  Speaker 1: seven passing touchdowns.
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  Speaker 2: Those are awful. numbers.
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  Speaker 1: So naturally you're concerned about what Arch Manning and Texas
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  Speaker 1: might do. And early on, it looked like those concerns
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  Speaker 1: were justified. But after the first two Texas possessions, The
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  Speaker 1: Gators completely changed the way this football game was being played.
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  Speaker 1: The Longhorns finished just 272 total yards of offense. They
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  Speaker 1: only had 13 first downs. They only converted two of
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  Speaker 1: 10 third downs. How many times have I sat on
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  Speaker 1: this channel and talked to you about the fact that
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  Speaker 1: Florida would be decent to good in first and second
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  Speaker 1: down and then give up long third down plays that
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  Speaker 1: our third down defense had been atrocious?
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  Speaker 2: Not yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: And then add in that Florida recorded five sacks and
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  Speaker 1: 11 tackles for loss. Think about that, 11 tackles for loss.
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  Speaker 1: That's the kind of disruptive defense we expected to see
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  Speaker 1: from this front seven.
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  Speaker 2: Miles Graham was outstanding. Seven tackles and, of course, that
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  Speaker 2: strip sack that.
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  Speaker 1: Ultimately sealed the game. How about LJ McCray? One and
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  Speaker 1: a half sacks. And he had two and a half
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  Speaker 1: tackles for a loss. Ty Jackson, we talked about in
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  Speaker 1: the beginning of this video, another player that really stood out.
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  Speaker 1: And I want to spend some more time talking about
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  Speaker 1: Jackson because Summerall told an interesting story about him after
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  Speaker 1: the game too. He said Jackson was the team's internal
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  Speaker 1: special teams player of the week following that South Carolina loss.
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  Speaker 1: And the only play Summerall showed the team from that
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  Speaker 1: game was Jackson continuing to play hard and forcing a
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  Speaker 1: punt block, even when Florida was getting blown out. Why?
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  Speaker 2: Because Summerall wanted everyone.
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  Speaker 1: To see what competing until the final whistle looks like.
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  Speaker 1: And then against Texas, Jackson gets more opportunities, and he
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  Speaker 1: made one of the biggest plays of the game on
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  Speaker 1: that fourth down stop. That is exactly the kind of
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  Speaker 1: thing you want to see from a young guy. And
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  Speaker 1: it also tells me Summerall and his staff are willing
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  Speaker 1: to reward guys who practice hard and play hard.
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  Speaker 2: Now here's something else I found really interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Sarmal said Florida didn't install a bunch of complicated new
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  Speaker 1: defensive schemes. He said the biggest difference between this game
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  Speaker 1: and the previous two was execution and mentality. He said
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  Speaker 1: the players operated with more urgency, more physicality, and more aggression.
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  Speaker 1: He also acknowledged telling defensive coordinator Brad White during the
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  Speaker 1: game that they needed to stop sitting back in coverage
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  Speaker 1: and start attacking Manning. And that is exactly what they did.
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  Speaker 1: Instead of allowing Manning to get comfortable, they put pressure
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  Speaker 1: on him. They made him uncomfortable. And that pressure ultimately
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  Speaker 1: created the turnover that sealed the victory.
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  Speaker 2: Another good. How about the offensive line?
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  Speaker 1: I feel like I can't talk about the defensive front
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  Speaker 1: without also giving some credit to Florida's O-line. This was
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  Speaker 1: a completely different performance than what we saw against Missouri
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  Speaker 1: and South Carolina. Now, was it perfect? Absolutely not. We'll
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  Speaker 1: get to those penalties in the bad. But this group
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  Speaker 1: played with significantly more physicality. They gave Jones time to
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  Speaker 1: make decisions. They weren't constantly putting the offense behind the chains.
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  Speaker 1: And in the second half, they helped Florida sustain drives
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  Speaker 1: that completely wore down the Texas defense.
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  Speaker 2: One of the best defenses in the entire country.
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  Speaker 1: Remember, Florida possessed the football for 38 minutes and 11 seconds.
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  Speaker 1: That is 16 minutes longer than Texas. Texas only ran
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  Speaker 1: 50 offensive plays, its fewest under Steve Sarkeesian ever.
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  Speaker 2: That is incredible.
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  Speaker 1: And part of that was Florida's ability to stay on
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  Speaker 1: the field offensively. The Gators finished with 21 first downs
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  Speaker 1: and converted eight third downs in the second half. That
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  Speaker 1: is a major turnaround. And it starts up front. Summerall
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  Speaker 1: said this offensive line showed better urgency, better finish, and
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  Speaker 1: better physicality.
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  Speaker 2: And while Jaden Baugh didn't have one of those.
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  Speaker 1: Explosive 150 or 200-yard performances, his 25 carries for 91
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  Speaker 1: yards were incredibly important, especially late in the game when
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  Speaker 1: Florida needed to control the clock. His touchdown run to
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  Speaker 1: make it 27-17 was the difference. All right, guys, I'm
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  Speaker 1: really exciting before we get into the bad, and that
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  Speaker 1: get into the bad. And as much as I love
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  Speaker 1: the way Florida responded, I think the start was about
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  Speaker 1: as bad as it could get.
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  Speaker 2: The Gators were terrible early.
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  Speaker 1: Texas scored on its first two possessions. Florida's offense opened
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  Speaker 1: with consecutive three and outs. The offensive line committed false
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  Speaker 1: start penalties. The defense gave up a 32-yard touchdown run.
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  Speaker 1: And before Florida could establish any sort of rhythm, it
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  Speaker 1: was trailing 17-3. You can't consistently win football games in
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  Speaker 1: the SEC starting like that. And while I give Florida
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  Speaker 1: tremendous credit for coming back, I also recognize that teams
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: like Georgia aren't necessarily going to let you back into
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: the game. You fall behind to Georgia by 14 points,
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: you are asking for trouble. The Gators have to figure
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: out how to start games with the same urgency and
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: physicality that they showed in the second half because relying
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: on dramatic comebacks is not a sustainable formula. Number two
• 19:13
  Speaker 1: is the penalties and mental mistakes. Florida had six penalties
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: for 50 yards in the first half, and seven were
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: completely avoidable. The offensive line had three false starts. There
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: was a defensive pass interference penalty that helped Texas score
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: on its opening possession. Jaden Woods had a face mask
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: penalty that contributed to another scoring opportunity. And those mistakes
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: were especially frustrating because Florida was already struggling to find
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: its footing.
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: You can't help good teams move the football. You just can't.
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: Now, the positive is that those mistakes largely disappeared in
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: the second half, and I think that's also something worth recognizing.
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: But the fact that Florida needed nearly an entire half
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: to clean things up is still concerning. Number three, the
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: secondary is still a concern. The final defensive numbers were outstanding.
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: But I am not ready to say Florida's secondary is
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: suddenly fixed. And that fourth quarter completion to Emmitt Mosley,
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: that's exactly why. Texas was facing fourth down. Florida had
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: a chance to get off the field and essentially put
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: the game away. And somehow Manning escapes pressure and finds
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: Mosley for a 62-yard gain. That can't happen, especially with
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: the game on the line. A few plays later, Texas scored.
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: And what should have been a comfortable finish becomes a
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: three-point game. Now, I understand Manning made a tremendous play
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: escaping the pocket, but the coverage breakdown is still unacceptable.
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: And while the pass rush covered up a lot of
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: the secondary's weaknesses on Saturday, Georgia and other upcoming opponents
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: are going to continue to test those DBs. Florida needs
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: more consistency back there. Let's talk about the ugly. Special
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: teams almost changed the entire game. That punt return touchdown
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: was brutal. Ryan Niblett takes a Florida punt back 64
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: yards for a touchdown, and suddenly Texas leads 17-3. Kanye
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: Clark has an opportunity to make the tackle. His hands
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: are on the returner, but he misses. And it wasn't
• 21:11
  Speaker 1: his only special team's mistake. Earlier, Alec Clark delivered a
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: beautiful 74-yard punt that appeared to be headed for the
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: Texas one-yard line. But Kanye Clark touches the football while
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: in the end zone, turning what should have been an
• 21:27
  Speaker 1: outstanding field position for Florida into a touchback.
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: Now, listen, when you net a.
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: 54 yards anyway, it's still an incredible punt. But that
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: was right there. That was a self-reliance. Those are the
• 21:44
  Speaker 1: kind of mistakes that get you beat. And against a
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: team as talented as Texas, that's especially costly. Now, I
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: do want to give Kanye Clark credit for responding.
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: He had some redemption.
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: He finished with six tackles, and he is the person
• 22:00
  Speaker 1: that recovered the fumble that sealed the victory. And I
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: do think that's another example of the mentality we saw
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: from Florida on Saturday. A player makes costly mistakes early.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: but he doesn't let those mistakes define the rest of
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: the game. But still, those two special teams errors, they
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: cannot continue. And I want to be fair here because
• 22:22
  Speaker 1: Florida's kicking game was otherwise excellent. Alec Clark averaged 51.8
• 22:29
  Speaker 1: yards per punt. Patrick Durkin made both of his field goals,
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: including a 28-yarder that gave Florida its first lead. So
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: this was absolutely not an across-the-board special teams disaster.
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: There were two critical mistakes.
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: That created some unnecessary adversity. Florida has incredible special teams
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: right now. I want to see that continue. These mistakes,
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: got to fix them. Number two, Florida still has to
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: learn how to finish, and that's my other ugly. Even
• 23:01
  Speaker 1: after everything Florida did to take control of this game,
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: the Gators still gave Texas an opportunity to steal it.
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: You are leading 27-17 with just over six minutes remaining.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: You've completely dominated the second half, and you have a
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: chance to put the game away. Instead, Texas converts that
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: fourth down bomb, scores a touchdown, and cuts the lead
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: to three. Then Florida gets the football back and goes
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: three and out. A three and out that loses four yards.
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: Suddenly, Texas has the.
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: Ball near midfield with two minutes and 32 seconds remaining
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: and an opportunity to tie or win. That is not
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: how you want to finish a game that you have
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: controlled for nearly three quarters. Fortunately, the defense made the
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: play when it needed to make a play.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: I mean, come on.
• 23:45
  Speaker 1: We got to give it up for Miles Graham. He
• 23:48
  Speaker 1: forces that fumble on that strip sack. Kanye Clark recovers,
• 23:53
  Speaker 1: and Tramell Jones picks up the first down with his feet.
• 23:56
  Speaker 1: You can't always count on your defense to bail you out.
• 23:59
  Speaker 1: Florida needs to be able to close games offensively, and
• 24:02
  Speaker 1: that's something Summerall and his staff absolutely need.
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: To work on during the bye week. So now the
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: big question. Who starts at quarterback against Georgia? We got
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: to talk about it.
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: I think that is going to be one of the
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: biggest conversations surrounding Florida over the next two weeks. Is
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: it Aaron Philo or Tramell Jones? I don't think the
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: answer is quite as simple as look at Saturday's result.
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: Philo played really well during Florida's 4-0 start. He helped
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: lead an offense that was putting up incredibly impressive numbers.
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: And I think it's unfair to put Missouri and South Carolina,
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: those losses, on him. The offensive line was struggling, the
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: running game wasn't working, and Florida was missing key offensive weapons.
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: The defense wasn't helping at all. Sarmal made a point
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: to say that Philo didn't cost Florida those two games,
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: and I do agree there. But here's where the conversation
• 24:51
  Speaker 1: gets interesting. Jones brings something different to this offense. His
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: mobility changes what defenses have to account for. He's capable
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: of extending plays and picking up first downs with his legs.
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: And against Texas, that was extremely valuable.
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: His ability to run gave Florida another way to move
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: the chains, especially when traditional running lanes just weren't opening. Now,
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: I am not suggesting Jones was flawless.
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: He wasn't. There were misthrows.
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: The passing game wasn't particularly explosive. And he still has
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: plenty of development ahead of him. But he showed poise
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: and confidence and a willingness to make plays in big moments.
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: And I think he's earned the opportunity to compete for
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: that job. The other factor is Philo's health. Semrel said
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: the shoulder injury isn't expected to be season-ending, but Florida
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: needs to make sure Philo can throw effectively and move
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: without limitations before they put him back on the field.
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: He called this a couple-week injury. So I think the
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: coaching staff has an interesting decision. Do you go back
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: to the quarterback who helped you start 4-0, or do
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: you stick with the quarterback who just helped engineer one
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: of Florida's biggest road wins in more than a decade?
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: Either way, it is a much.
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: better conversation than we were having just a week ago.
• 26:08
  Speaker 1: And this is one that will continue. And I do
• 26:10
  Speaker 1: think the answer, at least in part, depends on Philo's health.
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: So what does this really mean, this win? Here's where
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: I come down to. I don't think Florida suddenly became
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: a great football team on Saturday. There are still problems.
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: The secondary remains vulnerable. The offense still has limitations. The
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: penalties and the mental mistakes are frustrating. And the Gators
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: clearly have work to do before facing Georgia. As Coach
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: Summerall said, you gotta try and suck less. But I
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: also don't think we should minimize what happened in Austin.
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: Florida went on the road against the number seven ranked
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: team in the country. It was missing its starting quarterback.
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: It was missing one of its best playmakers, not just on.
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: Offense, but on special teams too.
• 26:52
  Speaker 1: It had just been embarrassed in consecutive games and they
• 26:55
  Speaker 1: fell behind 17-3.
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: They had every excuse in the world to fold, but
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: they didn't.
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: Instead, the Gators dominated the middle eight, they scored 24
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: unanswered points, they controlled the line of scrimmage, and they
• 27:06
  Speaker 1: made the plays necessary to beat a top 10 opponent.
• 27:10
  Speaker 1: And most importantly, they showed the fight and physicality that
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: had been missing.
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: To me, that's the biggest takeaway.
• 27:16
  Speaker 1: This game wasn't won with a bunch of spectacular offensive plays.
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: It wasn't won because Florida suddenly discovered some unstoppable scheme.
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: It was won because the Gators started doing the things
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: that successful football teams have to do. They executed. They
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: controlled possession. They converted third downs. They won at the
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. And when things got difficult, they didn't quit.
• 27:40
  Speaker 1: Now Florida heads into the bye week at 5-2, with
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: two victories over top 10 opponents and a huge rivalry
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: game against Georgia coming up on Halloween in Atlanta. And
• 27:50
  Speaker 1: Georgia is coming off a surprising loss of its own
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: to Auburn. Suddenly that matchup looks a whole lot more
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: interesting than it did just a week ago. Does this
• 28:00
  Speaker 1: mean Florida is going to beat Georgia?
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: Of course not.
• 28:03
  Speaker 1: But it does mean that there is reason to believe
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: this football team is capable of much more than what
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: we saw against Missouri and South Carolina. And that is
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: something I have wanted to see.
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: A response. Some toughness. Some fight.
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: A football team that wasn't willing to let its season
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: spiral out of control. Florida didn't win this game because
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: everything went right. Florida won this game because when everything
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: went wrong, the Gators refused to quit.
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: And to me, that is the biggest good of all.
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: That's my good, bad, and ugly from Florida's 27-24 victory
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: over Texas.
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: Now I want to hear from you.
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: What impressed you the most about this Florida team? Was
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: it Tramell Jones? Was it the defense? Was it the
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: coaching adjustments? And what do you think about how they
• 28:48
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• 28:53
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