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Florida Gators recruiting podcast previewing Friday Night Lights

July 21, 2016

GatorCountry brings you a new Florida Gators recruiting podcast as we preview Friday Night Lights and the Gators quarterback camp that starts on Thursday and runs through Saturday.

Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre break down the big name players that will be in attendance at Friday Night Lights, plus the quarterbacks that are in town as well.

Andrew and Nick also recap Jalen Tabor's trip to New York that took place on Tuesday, plus how Jim McElwain did in Bristol at the ESPN car wash on Tuesday.

TRANSCRIPT:

Andrew:                 What’s up, Gator County? Once again, your man, Andrew Spivey, here. My man, Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, from Birmingham in the AC to this week, football camp in the heat. Two different mindsets, I guess, is what I would say. Now you’re in my territory.

Nick:                         Yeah, I guess. I guess I’m in your territory. I’m really kind of just hoping that we don’t get rained on. Last year Friday Night Lights I remember it raining. Not like torrential downpour, just that rain that’s just enough to piss you off. It’s cold. It’s like a nagging, annoying rain. Fingers crossed that we’ll get better weather this year.

Andrew:                 Here’s the thing.

Nick:                         Then how am I supposed to fire off tweets. It’s raining. I can’t bring my phone out.

Andrew:                 Here’s this new little thing. They got this little thing over there in the indoor practice facility. It’s got this thing called a roof.

Nick:                         You’ve been in the indoor. You can’t fit all the people that were at Friday Night Lights and media inside the indoor. You know that.

Andrew:                 We’ll see.

Nick:                         The indoor’s not holding 400 people.

Andrew:                 I don’t need it to fit all the media. I just need it to fit myself.

Nick:                         It may not. Just the campers and coaches.

Andrew:                 Maybe split it off. If you’re good, come on. If you suck, camp’s over. Sorry, go home.

Nick:                         Sounds like an NCAA violation waiting to happen.

Andrew:                 Sounds like it. Who knows? Who cares? Yes, we do care. Let me not joke there. No, it’s a good week. Three day week this week. Three day camp this weekend, that Thursday, Friday, and then seven on seven/camp on Saturday. There’s even another thing with the big quarterback camp coming this year, the first under Jim McElwain. I think it’s really cool event. You’re going to have Mac and Nussmeier there, of course. George Whitfield, who is on ESPN with the Game Day on Saturday, but is also a big quarterback guru there. Quincy Avery is another big quarterback guru, does the Elite 11, that kind of stuff, out of Atlanta. A guy named David Morris, runs this camp called Quarterback Country, a big thing going on now. Lavelle Durant’s another coach. He was Jacob Eason’s personal quarterback coach. Don’t take it out on the poor guy. Eric Kresser, Jake Allen’s quarterback coach is there. Then, of course, Charlie Fry, who is a former NFL quarterback, also an Assistant Director to the Elite 11.

Kind of some big names right there. If you’re a quarterback, got to be itching to work with those guys. Not only the Florida staff, but the guys that are there. I mean, when you’re talking about guys that are coaching the Elite 11 they’ve coached some big name quarterbacks in the past. I don’t know about you, Nick, but I’m personally excited for that quarterback camp. I love watching quarterbacks go, but also I think I can probably even learn something from the teaching going on.

Nick: