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Gators SMASH Campbell & Do Something I Have Been WAITING FOR! | UF Football · A Peek Inside Gators Football: A Show About the Florida Gators

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to A Peak Inside Gator Football. Allie Peak here.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to bring you guys on a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of a bumpy ride in the car, but I wanted
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  Speaker 2: to get this recap out to you. This video is,
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  Speaker 2: Florida Gators beat the Campbell Camels 52-3 last night. The
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  Speaker 2: Gators are 2-0, and through two games of the John
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  Speaker 2: Summerall era, Florida has scored 118 points. So there is
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  Speaker 2: a ton to like right now. But I do think
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  Speaker 2: this game gave us a pretty good look at where
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  Speaker 2: this team is after two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Special teams? Guys, you know I was excited.
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  Speaker 2: I'm wearing my Make Special Teams Great Again shirt, and
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  Speaker 2: John Galante has done just that. The offense is really
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  Speaker 2: efficient too, but we are going to talk a little
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  Speaker 2: bit about the defense. I think they got better as
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  Speaker 2: the game went along, and I still think that's the
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  Speaker 2: biggest question mark heading into conference play. And based on
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  Speaker 2: what Coach Summerall said after the game, I don't really
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  Speaker 2: think this coaching staff would disagree with that. So let's
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  Speaker 2: start with the biggest story of the night. And that
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  Speaker 2: would be what Vernell Brown did. Special teams, he was ridiculous.
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  Speaker 2: Two punt return touchdowns back-to-back. First one went 64 yards.
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  Speaker 2: The second one went 70. Florida hasn't returned a punt
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  Speaker 2: for a touchdown since Kadarius Toney did it against Kentucky
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  Speaker 2: in 2020.
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  Speaker 1: Feels like a lifetime ago.
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  Speaker 2: Then BB3 does it twice in about three and a
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  Speaker 2: half minutes. The last time a Florida player returned two
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  Speaker 2: punts for touchdowns in the same game was Jack West
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  Speaker 2: Green in 1996. It's pretty good company. But here's what
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  Speaker 2: I think is important about this. That wasn't just BB3
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  Speaker 2: catching two punts and being faster than everybody else. Florida
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  Speaker 2: has clearly put a major emphasis on special teams under
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  Speaker 2: coach Summerall. Summerall talked about it after the game. He
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  Speaker 2: said they spend a ton of time on it. He
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  Speaker 2: is personally involved in it. And both of those touchdown
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  Speaker 2: returns actually came when Florida had punt black looks called. Basically,
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  Speaker 2: Florida was trying to keep Campbell's protection tied up a
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  Speaker 2: little bit longer, which gives Brown more room before the
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  Speaker 2: coverage gets downfield. Then you give the ball to a
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  Speaker 2: guy like BB3 and you just let him go make
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  Speaker 2: somebody miss. That's what happens when coaching and talent come together.
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  Speaker 2: After the last few years, I think Gator fans can
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  Speaker 2: appreciate the difference that we're seeing on special teams.
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  Speaker 1: I saw you guys on social media.
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  Speaker 2: I know everybody was very excited about it. We've spent
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  Speaker 2: a lot of time talking about Florida special teams because
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  Speaker 2: it's been bad. Too many guys on the field, the
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  Speaker 2: wrong guys on the field, substitution issues, bad field position,
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  Speaker 2: just mistakes. But now we're going to spend a lot
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  Speaker 2: of time talking about special teams because Florida completely changed
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  Speaker 2: the game with it.
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  Speaker 1: It was 10-3.
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  Speaker 2: Campbell was hanging around. Guys, I was a little bit
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  Speaker 2: scared in that opening series. Florida wasn't playing badly, but
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  Speaker 2: it wasn't exactly running him out of the stadium either.
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  Speaker 2: Then VB3 takes one back and then Campbell has to
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  Speaker 2: punt again just a couple minutes later. And for whatever reason,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what their special teams coach was thinking,
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  Speaker 2: or maybe they were like us in the past and
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  Speaker 2: they didn't have a special teams coach, but they.
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  Speaker 1: Kick it to him again. touchdown again.
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  Speaker 2: Now it's 24-3, and I think the game just felt
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  Speaker 2: totally different from that point on. And Summerall talked about
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  Speaker 2: that in the postgame, too. When you score on special teams,
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  Speaker 2: your chances of winning go way up. If you're a
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  Speaker 2: Gator fan, a longtime Gator fan, you know that Urban
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  Speaker 2: Meyer used to say, block a punt, win the game.
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  Speaker 1: You block a kick, you've.
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  Speaker 2: Got a 90% chance of winning the football game. Special
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  Speaker 2: teams' explosive plays matter. When you score twice, he basically
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  Speaker 2: said you've then got to screw up the game to
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  Speaker 2: lose it. Now, obviously, Ronell Brown is not going to
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  Speaker 2: return two punts for touchdowns every week, and that's not
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  Speaker 2: what the expectation is here. But can Florida consistently win
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  Speaker 2: field position? Can they create returns? Can they pressure punters?
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  Speaker 2: can they steal a possession or an explosive play in
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  Speaker 2: the kicking game? Because if they can, that is going
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  Speaker 2: to matter a lot more in big games like we've
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  Speaker 2: got coming up next week at Auburn, much more than
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  Speaker 2: it did against Campbell. The second thing that stands out
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  Speaker 2: to me is just how efficient this offense has been.
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  Speaker 2: Florida had another 500-yard game, 514 yards of offense to
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  Speaker 2: be exact. But I'm almost more impressed with how they're
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  Speaker 2: getting those yards than actually what that total yardage is.
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Filo went 16 of 21 for 242 yards, two
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  Speaker 2: touchdown passes, a rushing touchdown, no turnovers. And I do
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  Speaker 2: think efficient is probably the best word for him right now.
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  Speaker 1: And Semrel keeps using it, and I agree.
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  Speaker 2: Philo isn't out there trying to make some ridiculous play
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  Speaker 2: every snap, but he does look comfortable and he gets
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  Speaker 2: the ball where it needs to go. And probably most importantly,
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  Speaker 2: he's taking care of it. And when something does break down,
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  Speaker 2: he's shown he can make something happen. I think that
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  Speaker 2: Dallas Wilson touchdown was a great example of that. Philo
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  Speaker 2: doesn't love what he sees there initially. So he gets
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  Speaker 2: outside the pocket. He buys himself some time. He keeps
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  Speaker 2: looking downfield. And then he finally finds Wilson for 40 yards.
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  Speaker 2: And Dallas Wilson had a really good night. Five catches,
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  Speaker 2: 104 yards, a touchdown. And guys, keep in mind, this
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  Speaker 2: is week two where Eric Singleton didn't play. So you've
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  Speaker 2: got BB3 making plays. You've got Dallas Wilson making plays. Eventually,
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  Speaker 2: you will get Singleton back. It's a pretty good group
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  Speaker 2: of weapons around your quarterback. And then, of course, you've
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  Speaker 2: got Jaden Baugh, another 100-yard game, 14 carries for 136 yards,
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  Speaker 2: two touchdowns, and that 75-yard run in the third quarter
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  Speaker 2: where once he got through the line, there.
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  Speaker 1: Was just absolutely nobody catching him.
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  Speaker 2: Now that's three straight 100-yard games going back to last season.
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  Speaker 2: What I really like is we're starting to see the
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  Speaker 2: explosive runs from him. He had a 61 yarder against FAU.
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  Speaker 2: He's got a 75 yarder against Campbell. Last year, his
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  Speaker 2: longest run was 23 yards. So I think that's a
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  Speaker 2: pretty significant difference. And you put all of this together,
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  Speaker 2: and Florida isn't having to grind out these long drives
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  Speaker 2: every single time. Now, they can do that. This offense
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  Speaker 2: is built to do that. But they can also hit
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  Speaker 2: you over the top. Faw can break one. BB3 can
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  Speaker 2: make somebody miss. Dallas can play downfield. And through the
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  Speaker 2: first three halves of the season, Florida scored on 18
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  Speaker 2: of 19 offensive possessions.
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  Speaker 1: Think about that. 18 of 19. I think that's pretty nuts. Now, again...
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  Speaker 1: It's FAU and Campbell.
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  Speaker 2: And I am not pretending that Florida just did this
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  Speaker 2: against Georgia and Texas. We're going to find out a
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  Speaker 2: whole lot more beginning next week. But these are the
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  Speaker 2: games that you want to see the offense look like this.
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  Speaker 2: You don't want to be struggling to figure out who
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  Speaker 2: you are against Campbell. Florida has to look organized. They
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  Speaker 2: have to finish drives. And they've done that. They've gotten
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  Speaker 2: the ball to their playmakers. And Bilo looks like he's
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  Speaker 2: in control of this offense. And I do think that's
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  Speaker 2: exactly what we were hoping to see through two weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Now let's talk about the defense. This is where the
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  Speaker 2: real concern is, I think. But before we get to that,
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  Speaker 1: Okay. Defense is where.
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  Speaker 2: My biggest concern is, and this is not, you know,
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  Speaker 2: me panicking or, you know, freaking out over here, but
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  Speaker 2: I think we could improve. Campbell gets the opening kickoff,
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  Speaker 2: and they almost immediately hit Florida with a big play.
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  Speaker 2: They go 63 yards on seven plays and get all
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  Speaker 2: the way down near the goal line before Florida holds
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  Speaker 2: them to a field goal. Now, I did think that
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  Speaker 2: that was good that they were able to hold them
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  Speaker 2: to that, but... I didn't love it. And I do
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  Speaker 2: think the defense got better after that. Campbell had 97
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  Speaker 2: yards in the first quarter. They had 113 the rest
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  Speaker 2: of the night. And I do think that's a huge difference.
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  Speaker 2: Camden's sixth killer had thrown for more than 330 yards
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  Speaker 2: in each of Campbell's first two games going into this.
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  Speaker 2: Florida held them to 127. So I'm not sitting here
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  Speaker 2: saying that the defense played horribly or poorly or anything
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  Speaker 2: like that.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't.
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  Speaker 2: The defensive line did look more physical than it did
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  Speaker 2: against FAU. The secondary settled down a little bit. They
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  Speaker 2: did force two turnovers. There were a lot of positive things.
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  Speaker 2: The issue, I think, for me was the slow start,
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  Speaker 2: and we've seen that now two weeks in a row.
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  Speaker 2: Summerall said after the game that Florida really needs to
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  Speaker 2: start faster defensively. They haven't gotten a three and out
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  Speaker 2: on the opponent's first drive yet. Cameron James basically said
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  Speaker 2: the same thing, that slow defensive starts have been an
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  Speaker 2: issue around here, and it's something that we have to
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  Speaker 2: clean up. And this is where I think who you're
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  Speaker 2: playing matters. You can give up 63 yards to Campbell
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  Speaker 2: on the first drive and then settle down and adjust
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  Speaker 2: and then completely shut them down. But can you do
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  Speaker 2: that at Auburn? Maybe the first drive ends in seven
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  Speaker 2: instead of three. Maybe that missed assignment turns into a
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  Speaker 2: 60-yard touchdown. And maybe you get behind seven-nothing with Jordan
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  Speaker 2: Hare going crazy. And suddenly Aaron Filo is starting his
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  Speaker 2: first SEC road game playing from behind. And I think
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  Speaker 2: that's a totally different situation. And somehow pointed something else
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  Speaker 2: out that I thought was important as well. There were
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  Speaker 2: plays when Brad White had the right defensive call and
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  Speaker 2: Florida didn't execute it. They didn't contain the edge correctly.
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  Speaker 2: That's not a scheme problem. That's an execution problem. And
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  Speaker 2: when you get into SEC play, you don't get nearly
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  Speaker 2: as many chances to make those mistakes and then be
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  Speaker 2: able to recover from them. And that's why I think
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  Speaker 2: the defense is going to be the biggest thing that
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  Speaker 2: I'm watching next week. Can they start fast? Can they
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  Speaker 2: eliminate the early explosive plays? Can they get off the
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  Speaker 2: field on third down? And can they make the play
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  Speaker 2: when Brad White puts them in position to make the play? And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I don't feel like Summerall was happy with
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  Speaker 2: that win. And, guys, that is probably my favorite part
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  Speaker 2: of the whole night. Florida wins 52-3. And John Summerall
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  Speaker 2: walks into his press conference sounding like Florida barely survived.
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  Speaker 2: He wasn't happy with the second half.
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  Speaker 1: I kind of love that.
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  Speaker 2: Florida led 45-3 at halftime. Then you go into the
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  Speaker 2: second half and things got sloppy. Eight penalties for 95
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  Speaker 2: yards for the game. Two turnovers, a muffed punt, a
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  Speaker 2: failed fake punt, personal fouls, holding calls. Termell Jones threw
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  Speaker 2: an interception. Florida scored seven points after halftime. And Summerall's
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  Speaker 2: point was pretty simple. You do that in conference play
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  Speaker 2: and you're going to get beat. I actually think he
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  Speaker 2: said it a little bit more aggressively than that.
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  Speaker 1: I think he said.
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  Speaker 2: Florida is going to get embarrassed if they play like that.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that tells you what his standard is.
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  Speaker 2: He's not grading this team on whether or not they
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  Speaker 2: can beat Campbell because.
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  Speaker 1: Florida should beat Campbell.
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  Speaker 2: He's looking at everything through the lens of what it's
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  Speaker 2: going to look like against SEC teams.
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  Speaker 1: And he's right.
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  Speaker 2: You get first and 25 against Campbell, you can probably
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  Speaker 2: overcome that. You get first and 25 on the road
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  Speaker 2: at Auburn. Summerall said you might as well start getting
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  Speaker 2: the punt team ready. That is the difference. the margin
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  Speaker 2: of error gets so much smaller once you get to
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  Speaker 2: conference play. And I also thought it was interesting that
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  Speaker 2: he called out some of the backups without actually naming anybody.
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  Speaker 2: He basically said some guys got an opportunity in the
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  Speaker 2: second half and they showed the coaches exactly why they
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  Speaker 2: aren't playing more.
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  Speaker 1: It was actually, it was kind of an amusing statement.
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  Speaker 1: And I do think those are the tales of the
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  Speaker 1: two halves.
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  Speaker 2: We were playing a lot of backup guys in the
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  Speaker 2: second half, but it tells you, There's kind of a
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  Speaker 2: drop-off between those first straight guys and the second and
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  Speaker 2: third straight guys. And I think it tells you that
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  Speaker 2: Coach Summerall wasn't just frustrated about the penalties. He was
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  Speaker 2: frustrated with the standard dropping once the game was out
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  Speaker 2: of hand. And his point was that if you're wearing
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  Speaker 2: a Florida uniform and you get in the game, the
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  Speaker 2: standard doesn't change just because you're a second team or
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  Speaker 2: third straight guy.
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  Speaker 1: And I like that. So.
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  Speaker 2: What do we know after two games? I think that
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  Speaker 2: there is a lot to feel really good about. Special
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  Speaker 2: teams look dramatically better. Shout out Jonathan Galante. And not
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  Speaker 2: just because BB3 happened to break two returns, but.
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  Speaker 1: You can see the emphasis. You can see the coaching.
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  Speaker 2: And Florida looks like it has a chance to actually
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  Speaker 2: win games in that phase. And you know I love
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  Speaker 2: to see it. The offense has been about as efficient
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  Speaker 2: as you could ask for. Aaron Filo looks comfortable. Chase
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  Speaker 2: Ball looks like a star. Dallas Wilson is actually healthy.
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  Speaker 2: BB3 is becoming a major weapon. And they haven't even
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  Speaker 2: had Eric Singleton available this entire time. Then there's the defense,
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  Speaker 2: and they had good stretches. Maybe call them really good stretches.
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  Speaker 2: They only gave up three points on Saturday, so I'm
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  Speaker 2: not sitting here sounding the alarm. But the coaches are
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  Speaker 2: telling us that they need to get better, and I
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  Speaker 2: do think they're right. You cannot take a quarter to
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  Speaker 2: settle in next week. You can't give up explosives early
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  Speaker 2: and assume you're going to have time to fix it later.
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  Speaker 2: Florida is now going to Auburn on the planes at night.
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  Speaker 2: SEC opener, and that is where we're really going to
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  Speaker 2: start to learn about this team. Florida did exactly what
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  Speaker 2: it needed to do in the first two weeks. They're 2-0.
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  Speaker 2: They scored 118 points. They showed us the playmakers. They
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  Speaker 2: showed us an efficient offense. And for the first time
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  Speaker 2: in a long time, special teams could be a strength.
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  Speaker 1: It's crazy.
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  Speaker 2: Now we need to see the defense take that step
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  Speaker 2: because the warm-up games are over. SEC play starts now.
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  Speaker 2: I want to know guys who stood out to you
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  Speaker 2: in this game. Tell me on defense who stood out
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  Speaker 2: to you. I think that's the part I'm struggling with.
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  Speaker 2: There's nobody that when I'm watching this game live, I'm like, oh,
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  Speaker 2: they're so-and-so. This guy's a total stud. There's nobody that's
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  Speaker 2: really separating themselves for me. And I think maybe that's
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  Speaker 2: part of my struggle with this defense. But let me
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  Speaker 2: know who is standing out to you down in the comments.
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