This GatorCountry podcast recaps the Florida Gators first spring football scrimmage as we update who did well and who didn't perform well at practice on Saturday.

Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre talk about who has done well so far this spring, plus we recap how the Florida Gators recruiting weekend went this past Saturday as the Gators hosted a lot of prospects.

Andrew and Nick also recap how the Florida Gators softball and baseball teams did this past weekend in key SEC series' at home.

TRANSCRIPT:

Andrew:​What’s up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey, here with Nicholas de la Torre. What’s up, Nicholas?

Nick:​What’s going on? It is busy week again. Lot of stuff going on for the Florida Gators. Football, baseball, softball, LAX, lots going on.

Andrew:​You know what today is, Nick? Well, you know what Sunday was, Nicholas?

Nick:​What was that?

Andrew:​Sweep Sunday.

Nick:​It was.

Andrew:​It was Sweep Sunday. It was sweeps all around. Gator softball, Gator baseball both took care of business. Baseball pretty much handles Missouri all weekend, and then Gator softball just shut down Tennessee. A combined two runs scored all weekend for Tennessee. Gator bats were a little cold this weekend, but Tennessee does always usually pitch Florida really well, but at the end of the day, Gator softball is 30-1, and baseball is what? 27-1, 26-1?

Nick:​No. Baseball is 22-1.

Andrew:​22-1. Okay. Not too bad.

Nick:​I know both teams, Florida’s been a unanimous #1 all year in baseball. Softball hasn’t been unanimous. I don’t know how, but it hasn’t been unanimous, but they’ve been the #1 team consensus wise. I know with that comes expectations, and you should beat so-and-so. You should beat this team. What I think a lot of people maybe miss is that both softball and baseball have really long seasons, and it’s a sport, baseball specifically, that is, baseball’s just a game of failure and how you deal with failure. To me, the way that both teams have started is extraordinary, and I don’t understand how you can complain really about either team. Florida lost one game down at Miami. Auburn was the #3 team in the country?

Andrew:​Yeah. 3 team in the country, at Auburn.

Nick:​Auburn was the #3 team in the country and at home. So Florida, both softball and baseball are undefeated at home. They’ve each dropped on game to a top ten opponent.

Andrew:​On the road.

Nick:​Just, as a fan, I don’t understand getting angry when your
team is doing, when the team you follow is doing this well. You’re not the coach. You don’t have to make calls and plays. There’s no pressure on you. When your team is doing so well, why complain? We left four runners on base today. They suck. Why not just say, damn, they’ve taken me on a really cool ride this first month of the season, this is really enjoyable?

Andrew:​It’s not even so much that it’s the complaining about the teams. A bad call, whatever, it is what it is. For instance, I had someone on Saturday tell me Kelsey Stewart’s awful in the field this year. Really? She has four errors in 31 games. Really? At a new position, four errors in 31 games. Last time I checked that’s like, I believe it was a .960 fielding percentage is what she has. Last time I checked that wins a gold glove in baseball. Then Sunday have a guy in softball, he says, “This team just doesn’t hit well, not very good. The talent is what’s making this team good.” Sure the talent’s what’s making this team good, but when a #16 team in the country, Tennessee, comes into your place, scores two runs off of one hit on Saturday, two runs over a three game series, you’re the better team that series, whether you score 50 runs, 10 runs, five runs, whatever it may be. At the end of the day, you’re 30-1. Get over it.

Nick:​I think both teams have really defended and proved that ranking, the accolades and the expectations through this point of the season.