This GatorCountry podcast is a big one as we are joined by Ryan Brauninger of TexasAgs to preview the Florida Gators vs. Texas A&M baseball series as the top two teams in the country meet in Gainesville on Friday.

Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre talk pitching match-ups with Brauninger and they follow that up by previewing the Florida Gators softball series this weekend against Alabama.

Andrew and Nick also talk spring football as the Gators inch closer to the spring game, plus they talk some recruiting as Florida has hosted a lot of prospects this spring.

TRANSCRIPT:

ANDREW:              What’s up, Gator Country? Your man right here, Andrew Spivey, with my man, Nicholas de la Torre, Nicholas, what’s up, buddy?

NICK:                       What is going on? I’m excited to have Ryan, who we met out at the Under Armour game, on with us today talking baseball, talking Friday Night Lights, talking Texas forever. It’s going to be a good time.

ANDREW:              As he said, Ryan Brauninger from Tex Ags. Check him out. Good work over there. Good friend of ours, and he’s going to come on, and we’re going to talk #1 Florida Gator baseball—

NICK:                         #2.

ANDREW:              #2 Florida Gator baseball versus #1, Texas A&M, this weekend. That’s at McKethan Stadium, and it all starts Friday night at 7:00, correct?

NICK:                        Friday at 7, Saturday at 7:30, and then 2:00 on Sunday.

ANDREW:              We’ll have him here in just a second. He’ll be talking baseball. We’ll rib him a little bit about a couple other things, and we’ll also talk some football and talk some recruiting. It’s a big week. One week until spring ball, spring game.

NICK:                         Looking forward to the spring game, the culmination of everything here. Really though, looking forward to having an actual game. It’ll be the first time since I’ve been here, maybe it was my fault. I’d like to blame the guy that was here before me.

ANDREW:              It was Willy Muschamp.

NICK:                         That’s who I was trying to blame.

ANDREW:              The other guy is always the problem.

NICK:                        For me, it’s kind of just like, that’s cool. That’s pretty cool.

ANDREW:              That’s pretty cool. It is cool. I think it’s good for these guys to get it. It’s good for the fans, because the fans get a little glimpse of the team, and it can create some excitement. We always talk about good publicity, and free publicity. That’s what this spring game is all about, and I think it’s going to be fun. I really do. Glad to see it, and very excited to see the quarterbacks, the running backs, and see those freshmen at receiver. Should be fun.

Nick, let’s go to our good friend, Ryan. I’m sure he’s probably in a honky tonk bar screaming. What’s his dance? I forgot. The line dance and something else he’s doing. He’s probably doing that, and probably screaming Texas forever.

NICK:                         He’s screaming something. He’s doing some Aggie yells over there.

ANDREW:              Some Aggie yells with the twelfth man, the crazy student section over there. Let’s go to Ryan real quick. We’ll talk baseball, follow that by some softball, and then we’ll end on some football and recruiting. Stay tuned real quick as we head to our good friend, Ryan.

Welcome back, Gator Country. Nick and I are joined by my man, Ryan Brauninger, from Tex Ags. What’s up, Ryan? How’s Texas?

RYAN:                               Howdy, man. Texas, as always, the Republic of Texas is doing well, and it’s good to talk to you guys. It’s been a while