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Gators UPDATE is Something That Can CHANGE EVERYTHING for UF! · A Peek Inside Gators Football: A Show About the Florida Gators

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to A Peak Inside Florida Gator Football. Allie
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  Speaker 1: Peak here. I hope you guys had a relaxing weekend
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  Speaker 1: with Florida on the buy. This video is brought to
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  Speaker 1: So Florida's getting ready to face one of the best
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  Speaker 1: teams in college football this weekend, the third-ranked Georgia Bulldogs,
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  Speaker 1: a team that is 6-1, averaging 43 points per game.
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  Speaker 2: And allowing fewer than 16.
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  Speaker 1: And if Florida wants to pull off another upset like
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  Speaker 1: it did against Texas, the Gators are going to have
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  Speaker 1: to play some of their best football this season. But
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  Speaker 1: there is one area where Florida has been consistently hurting itself, penalties.
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  Speaker 2: And when I say consistently, I am not just talking
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  Speaker 2: about this season.
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  Speaker 1: I am talking about a pattern that stretches back roughly
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  Speaker 1: two decades. I came across a graphic from Gators Analytics
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  Speaker 1: on X that really got my attention. And when you
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  Speaker 1: look at where Florida falls compared to the rest of
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  Speaker 1: the SEC, particularly Georgia, there are some pretty eye-opening numbers.
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  Speaker 1: And it raises a question that I have heard Florida
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  Speaker 1: fans ask for years. Is Florida really this undisciplined? Or
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  Speaker 1: is there a chance the Gators are actually officiated differently
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  Speaker 1: because they're Florida? Now, regardless of which answer you believe,
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  Speaker 1: one thing is certain. If Florida brings its current penalty
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  Speaker 1: tendencies into this Georgia game, the Gators could find themselves
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  Speaker 1: fighting an uphill battle before we even consider what Georgia
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  Speaker 1: does on the football field. So let's start with the
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  Speaker 1: first graphic. Let me see if I can get this
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  Speaker 1: pulled up over here so you guys can check it out.
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  Speaker 1: This tracked accepted penalties above or below the FBS average
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  Speaker 1: from 2006 through October 17th of 2026. As you can see,
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  Speaker 1: Florida is in a category of its own. Over that period,
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  Speaker 1: the Gators accumulated 270 penalties above the national average. The
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  Speaker 1: next closest team is Texas at 122. The next closest,
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  Speaker 1: and these are all SEC teams that I'm comparing it to.
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  Speaker 1: The next closest SEC program is Texas A & M
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  Speaker 1: at 114 and then LSU at 84. Now let's look
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  Speaker 1: at Georgia. The Bulldogs are actually 53 penalties below the
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  Speaker 1: FBS average. That's a difference of 323 penalties relative to
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  Speaker 1: the national average between Florida and Georgia. 323. And I
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  Speaker 1: definitely understand, obviously, that these numbers are cumulative and teams
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  Speaker 1: haven't all played exactly the same number of games.
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  Speaker 2: It's still a massive contrast.
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  Speaker 1: Florida is sitting way above at the top of this graphic,
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  Speaker 1: while Georgia is below the national average. Alabama is even
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  Speaker 1: further below, negative 132. What I find particularly interesting is
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  Speaker 1: that Georgia and Florida have played in the same conference,
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  Speaker 1: they've recruited many of the same players, they face similar
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  Speaker 1: levels of competition, and this is through entirely different eras
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  Speaker 1: of college football, yet the penalty profiles are dramatically different.
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  Speaker 1: And let's look at Florida's line. It's not just one
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  Speaker 1: season dragging the average up. It's a long-term trend that
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  Speaker 1: has continued through different coaching staffs and different generations of
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  Speaker 1: football players. Now, I understand that Georgia has been one
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  Speaker 1: of the most successful programs in college under Kirby Smart.
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  Speaker 1: But does being a successful program automatically mean that you're
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  Speaker 1: committing fewer penalties?
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  Speaker 2: Or could there be another factor involved? We're going to
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  Speaker 2: get into that.
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  Speaker 1: Because when you look and talk about whether Florida's getting
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  Speaker 1: a different whistle, let's look at what these two teams.
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  Speaker 2: Are doing right now. Okay, so through.
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  Speaker 1: Seven games this season, Florida has accumulated 55 penalties for
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  Speaker 1: 522 yards. That's an average of 7.9 penalties and almost
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  Speaker 1: 75 yards per game. Georgia, just 37 penalties for 370 yards.
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  Speaker 1: That's 5.3 penalties and roughly 53 yards per game. So
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  Speaker 1: Florida's averaging about two and a half more penalties and
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  Speaker 1: nearly 22 additional penalty.
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  Speaker 2: Yards every Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: Georgia's tied for the second fewest penalties per game in
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  Speaker 1: the SEC. Florida's the third worst in the conference in
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  Speaker 1: penalties per game and dead last in penalty yards per game.
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  Speaker 1: And keep in mind, Both teams have played seven games.
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  Speaker 1: Georgia's been flagged 18 fewer times than Florida and has
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  Speaker 1: lost fewer than 152 yards to penalties. Now, here's another
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  Speaker 1: interesting comparison. Georgia's opponents have been flagged 46 times this
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  Speaker 1: season compared to 37 against Georgia. Florida's opponents have been
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  Speaker 1: flagged 41 times compared to 55 flags thrown against Florida.
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  Speaker 1: So Georgia has benefited from a positive response penalty count
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  Speaker 1: differential of nine, while Florida is sitting at negative 14. Now,
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  Speaker 1: this doesn't prove that officials are favoring Georgia. Teams earn penalties.
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  Speaker 1: And I can totally get that Georgia is so well
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  Speaker 1: coached and disciplined that they may get less. And different
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  Speaker 1: matchups produce different situations. But this does certainly reinforce how
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  Speaker 1: differently these two programs' games have played out. And here's
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  Speaker 1: why I think this is such an important conversation to
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  Speaker 1: have heading into Saturday. Florida has spent a significant portion
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  Speaker 1: of this season giving opponents penalties, giving opponents help.
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  Speaker 2: Georgia doesn't need your help to beat you.
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  Speaker 1: So, you know, let's talk about what the Bulldogs bring
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  Speaker 1: to this matchup. So I already told you how Georgia
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  Speaker 1: is averaging more than 43 points per game. 43. They're
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  Speaker 1: producing almost 470 yards of offense every Saturday. And on
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  Speaker 1: the defensive side, they're allowing just 15.9 points per game
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  Speaker 1: and about 276 yards of offense. That includes only 91
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  Speaker 1: rushing yards per game. So Florida's already going to have
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  Speaker 1: its hands full moving the football against this defense. Now
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  Speaker 1: imagine the Gators are facing second and four. That's a
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  Speaker 1: manageable down. You can run Jaden Baugh. You can play action.
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  Speaker 2: You have options. But somebody jumps early. Now it's second
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  Speaker 2: and nine. Or imagine.
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  Speaker 1: Philo or Jones makes a beautiful throw on third down.
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  Speaker 1: Florida picks up 20 yards, and then there's a holding
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  Speaker 1: penalty that wipes out the play. Now you're in third
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  Speaker 1: and long against one of the best defenses in college football.
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  Speaker 1: That's exactly how you turn a potential scoring drive into
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  Speaker 1: a punt. And remember, Georgia's allowing just over 90 rushing
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  Speaker 1: yards per game. Florida wants to run the football. That's
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  Speaker 1: part of the identity that it has under Summerall. But
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  Speaker 1: when you're consistently putting your offensive line in situations where
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  Speaker 1: it has to protect on obvious passing downs, you are
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  Speaker 1: making Georgia's job easier. And defensively, the stakes are just
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  Speaker 1: as high. Georgia's converting nearly 54% of its third down
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  Speaker 1: opportunities this season. That's an extraordinarily efficient offense. Now imagine
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  Speaker 1: Florida finally gets Georgia into third and eight. The defense
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  Speaker 1: makes the stop. But somebody gets called for a late
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  Speaker 1: hit or a face mask or an unnecessary roughness penalty.
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  Speaker 1: And then all of a sudden, the Bulldogs have another
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  Speaker 1: set of downs. And instead of getting off the field,
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  Speaker 1: Florida is asking its defense to survive another series against
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  Speaker 1: an offense that averages, again.
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  Speaker 2: 43 points per game.
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  Speaker 1: That's where penalties become more than lost yardage. They become
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  Speaker 1: additional possessions, additional snaps, more fatigue, and more potential points.
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  Speaker 1: Against Georgia, you can't just win the play. You have
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  Speaker 1: to finish the play without giving it back. And I
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  Speaker 1: think that's one of the biggest challenges facing Florida this
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  Speaker 1: upcoming week. Now, here is a second graphic that I
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  Speaker 1: want to show you guys that I think is incredibly
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  Speaker 1: interesting here. And the question is really, is Florida actually
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  Speaker 1: being officiated differently? And again, that's where this graphic is
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  Speaker 1: incredibly fascinating. Gator Analytics compared the penalty rates of six
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  Speaker 1: Florida head coaches during their time at Florida versus their
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  Speaker 1: other head coaching stops. And every single one of them
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  Speaker 1: has a higher penalty rate at Florida. Urban Meyer, Will Muschamp,
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  Speaker 1: Jim McElwain, Dan Mullen, Billy Napier, and John Summerall, all six.
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  Speaker 2: Let's look at a couple examples.
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  Speaker 1: Will Muschamp averaged 1.62 penalties above the national average per
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  Speaker 1: game while coaching at Florida. At his other head coaching stops,
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  Speaker 1: his teams were actually below the average, 0.56 penalties below average.
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  Speaker 1: That is a swing of more than two penalties per game.
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  Speaker 1: Urban Meyer's Florida teams were 1.66 penalties above average per game.
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  Speaker 1: At his other stops, he was 0.37 above. Dan Mullen's
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  Speaker 1: teams were below average in penalties elsewhere, but above average
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  Speaker 1: at Florida average.
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  Speaker 2: And then there's Coach Summerall.
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  Speaker 1: At his previous head coaching stop, Summerall's teams were essentially
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  Speaker 1: right at the national average. At Florida this season, they're
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  Speaker 1: averaging 1.35 penalties per game above the average.
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  Speaker 2: So here's my question.
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  Speaker 1: Did every single one of these coaches suddenly become less
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  Speaker 1: disciplined when they took the Florida job? And here's why
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  Speaker 1: I think the Georgia comparison is so interesting. We're talking
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  Speaker 1: about two of the most recognizable brands in the SEC.
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  Speaker 1: Georgia has established itself as one of the premier programs nationally.
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  Speaker 1: Florida has been through multiple coaching changes. And the Gators
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  Speaker 1: have been trying to get back to that national level
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  Speaker 1: that George was on. Could reputation play a role in
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  Speaker 1: how teams are officiated? Could officials be more likely to
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  Speaker 1: give the benefit of the doubt to a team known
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  Speaker 1: for discipline and success? And could a program with a
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  Speaker 1: reputation for penalties.
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  Speaker 2: Be watched more closely?
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  Speaker 1: I'm not saying that's happening, but I do think it's
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  Speaker 1: worth investigating because referees are human beings and some penalties, holding,
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  Speaker 1: pass interference, unnecessary roughness.
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  Speaker 2: Those require judgment.
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  Speaker 1: The key is whether those judgment calls are being applied consistently.
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  Speaker 1: And these graphs don't tell us that.
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  Speaker 2: We would need to.
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  Speaker 1: Compare penalty types, actual game films, similar play by both teams,
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  Speaker 1: and the actual officiating teams making those calls. But I
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  Speaker 1: do think there's enough here to justify asking the question,
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  Speaker 1: especially when the same trend follows six different coaches through Gainesville.
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  Speaker 2: I just think it's.
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  Speaker 1: So fascinating, and we're going to continue on, but I
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  Speaker 2: Okay, so here's the other side of this.
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  Speaker 1: Florida can't use a potential officiating issue as an excuse
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  Speaker 1: for sloppy football.
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  Speaker 2: Look at Auburn earlier this season.
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  Speaker 1: Florida committed 16 penalties for 138 yards. 16. That included
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  Speaker 1: three false starts, four holding penalties, and four personal fouls.
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  Speaker 2: There is simply no excuse for that. And then remember
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  Speaker 2: what happened against Texas.
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  Speaker 1: Florida won that game 27-24, but they were still flagged
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  Speaker 1: seven times for 55 yards. Texas was only penalized once
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  Speaker 1: for 15. Florida even committed a false start on a
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  Speaker 1: fourth and one situation near midfield, taking away an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to pick up a crucial first down.
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  Speaker 2: You can't do that against Georgia.
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  Speaker 1: So if I'm John Summerall, there are three things that
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  Speaker 1: I'm emphasizing this week. First, eliminate the pre-snap penalties. No
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  Speaker 1: false starts, no unnecessary motion, no confusion getting lined up.
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  Speaker 1: Second is offensive line discipline. Georgia's defense is too good
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  Speaker 1: to have big plays wiped away by holds or to
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  Speaker 1: continually put the offense behind the chains. And third, No
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  Speaker 1: unnecessary personal fouls. I love that Summerall wants his players
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  Speaker 1: to be physical. I want Florida to be the more
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  Speaker 1: physical football team on Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: Every Saturday, truly.
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  Speaker 1: But there is a difference between being physical and being reckless.
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  Speaker 1: You can play angry. You can play with an edge.
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  Speaker 1: But you cannot let your emotions put your team in
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  Speaker 1: a hole. And if the Gators believe they might be
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  Speaker 1: getting a tighter whistle than Georgia, that makes discipline even
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  Speaker 1: more important. You have to adjust to how the game
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  Speaker 1: is being called, whether you agree with how it's being
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  Speaker 1: called or not. And here's what I think it comes
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  Speaker 1: down to. I believe Florida's penalty problem is real. The
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  Speaker 1: coaches have to own it. The players have to own it.
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  Speaker 1: And if John Summerall is going to build this program
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  Speaker 1: into a championship contender, discipline.
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  Speaker 2: Has to be a part of that foundation.
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  Speaker 1: But I also don't think we can look at these
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  Speaker 1: historical numbers and simply dismiss them. Florida is 270 penalties
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  Speaker 1: above the FBS average.
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  Speaker 2: Georgia's 53 below.
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  Speaker 1: It's a 323 penalty difference relative to the national benchmark.
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  Speaker 1: And every one of those six Florida coaches examined has
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  Speaker 1: experienced more penalties at Florida than they have anywhere else
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  Speaker 1: in their career. That does deserve a closer look. But
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  Speaker 1: here's what's most important on Saturday. Florida just proved against
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  Speaker 1: Texas that it's capable of beating one of the best
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  Speaker 1: teams in the country. And the Gators have the talent
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  Speaker 1: to compete. They have shown resilience, and they have shown
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  Speaker 1: that they can go on the road and win a
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  Speaker 1: game they're not supposed to win. But if Georgia is
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  Speaker 1: another opportunity, then this team has to prove that it's
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  Speaker 1: growing up. And I think one of the clearest signs
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  Speaker 1: of growth would be seeing Florida play a clean football game.
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  Speaker 1: When you're facing the number three team in the country,
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  Speaker 1: you don't have the luxury of giving away 75 yards
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  Speaker 1: and penalties. You can't afford to have touchdowns called back.
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  Speaker 1: You can't afford to turn a third and short into
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  Speaker 1: third and long. And you certainly can't afford to give
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  Speaker 1: Georgia any additional help. Again, this is an offense averaging
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  Speaker 1: 43 points per game. Florida has to make Georgia earn everything,
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  Speaker 1: every first down, every touchdown, every yard, and that's why
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  Speaker 1: I'm watching the penalties so closely in this game. If
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  Speaker 1: Georgia beats Florida because the Bulldogs are simply better, I
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  Speaker 1: think that's one thing.
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  Speaker 2: But if Florida plays well enough.
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  Speaker 1: To win and loses because it keeps making preventable mistakes,
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  Speaker 1: that would be so much harder to accept. And if
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  Speaker 1: Florida plays a relatively clean game but ends up on
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  Speaker 1: the wrong side of a series of questionable judgment calls,
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  Speaker 1: we're going to be having.
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  Speaker 2: A very different conversation next week. So, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: want to keep that all in mind. And I want
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  Speaker 2: to know what you guys think.
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  Speaker 1: Are the Gators genuinely less disciplined than Georgia? That much
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  Speaker 1: less disciplined than Georgia? Or is there something about Florida's
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  Speaker 1: reputation that could be influencing the way that this program
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  Speaker 1: is officiated? And most importantly, can Florida clean this up
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  Speaker 1: in time to knock off the Bulldogs? Let me know
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