Gator Country brings you a new podcast as we recap the Florida Gators football game against North Texas on Saturday night in the Swamp.

Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre break down the injury of quarterback Luke Del Rio and what it means going forward, plus we debate the play of Austin Appleby.

Andrew and Nick also talk about Jim McElwain's reaction to the injury, plus start to look ahead to the Tennessee game this weekend in Knoxville.

TRANSCRIPT:
Nick:What’s going on, Gator Country? Florida is 3-0. The defense is playing at a historic pace. All four running backs are toting the rock. All four of them scored. It’s Tennessee week. This is what we’ve been waiting for for months. Andrew, why are you not happy this morning?
Andrew:Man, this dark cloud that continues to just hang over this program. You feel really bad for everyone involved. It sucks. The Muschamp dark cloud is still in Gainesville. He didn’t take it to Carolina with him. You feel bad for everyone involved. No matter how good Appleby does, and we’ll see. We’ll talk about that in a few minutes. You feel bad for this team. You feel bad for this coaching staff. Two straight years of a team that looks like it’s improving, and then you lose your quarterback. It sucks. I feel bad for everyone involved.
Nick:On Twitter, #blameboom.
Andrew:That’s right. Here’s the thing, and I’m about to take it to another level. Gator fans, I’m not going to lie, for the first time probably since I’ve covered this team, I’ve been embarrassed by this fan base.
Nick:Attacking the fans.
Andrew:I’m not attacking all of the fans, but I’m attacking some. To come out and blame Mac, I see this on our message board. I posted a photo, and, Nick, you know I’m very different about the coaching staff. You have an opinion. I have an opinion, and we’re perfectly cool with both us having an opinion. What Jim McElwain did on Saturday should earn that man props forever, and we’ll talk more about that in a second. You see people on Twitter, on the message boards, saying he’s an idiot for even having Del Rio in there, because it was 19-0, and there was no way they were going to do that. Then you have fans tweeting.
Nick:The whole get Del Rio out of a 19-0, stop it. It’s 19-0, you should have been beating that team by 30 at that point. 19-0, you’re not taking anybody out of the game.
Andrew:It wasn’t Jimbo with Derwin.
Nick:No. 19-0, you’re not taking anybody out of the game.
Andrew:Then you just have fans tweeting different things about, the season’s over. No way anybody this. I don’t know. To me, it’s an embarrassment. It really is, and for the first time I am, I’m embarrassed by some of the fan base. Fan base was, I don’t know. I don’t even know how to say it. Just embarrassed.
Nick:I got flashbacks of last year. I got flashbacks of last year when people were saying, put Josh Grady in, instead of Treon Harris, and you tell them, I’ve seen both of them play in practice; there’s a drop off. There can’t be. It can’t be any worse. Okay, you would know. The coaching staff that every fan says I trust, love, believe in, why is Appleby in there? Or give me Appleby, I was getting both last night, and I tell you, there’s a drop off from Del Rio to Appleby, a significant drop off, in my opinion. That’s why Del Rio’s starting. That’s why Appleby’s not playing. That’s why when Appleby comes into the game you run the ball 10 straight times.
Andrew:Right. Here’s my thing with that. It’s even people direct the comments at us, well you don’t know. Okay, well then why are you asking me? If you don’t want my opinion, why are you asking me? If you know so much, why aren’t you coaching the team? Why aren’t you coaching the team?
Nick:Probably just haven’t gotten the opportunity yet, still waiting on the phone call.
Andrew:Yeah. There’s probably a reason they didn’t get the opportunity to. It’s just frustrating. It even goes to