Gator Country brings you a new podcast as we recap the Florida Gators loss to Arkansas on Saturday, plus break down what can be done on offense.

Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre discuss the quarterback position at length and discuss what the other options are.

Andrew and Nick also break down what happened on defense, plus look ahead to the Gators big recruiting weekend against South Carolina.

TRANSCRIPT:

Andrew:                 Welcome back, Gator Country. Your man, Andrew Spivey, here with Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, I feel like I was ran over by a truck, and that team looks like it was ran over by a truck.

Nick:                         Boy, I think the biggest thing is, everyone feels bad for a loss, but I think the biggest thing is that really at no point did you ever feel like Florida was going to win that game.

Andrew:                 No. Zero.

Nick:                         Even at 14-7.

Andrew:                 No. When it got 14-0 it seemed like it was over with. Do you agree?

Nick:                         Yeah. I mean, even after Florida scores, and makes it a one touchdown game, you’re sitting there thinking, “I don’t think they score twice. Can they win 17-14? I don’t even know.”

Andrew:                 The thing that bothered me, Nick, and I feel like I’ve said this till we’re blue in the face, the team lacks energy. Before the game, they lacked energy. After halftime they lacked energy. It’s body language that is showing. I said this to someone yesterday, and that is that you had a chance, and we can laugh all we want, but you were in the playoff picture. Laugh all you want, you were. You were in position to lock up the East on your Senior Day at home, and you dropped a load of shit in Arkansas. That’s what you did. You got ran over all day long, and it wasn’t one of those Vanderbilt games where it was just a nasty game. This was a nasty game because you got clobbered.

Nick:                         Yeah. Florida’s really struggled in the 3rd quarter, but you come out of halftime, so Jim McElwain says, “They did some stuff that took away our inside guys.” Talking about Caleb Brantley and Joey Ivie, some new blocking schemes. Where is the adjustment? You come out of half, 3 and out, 6 yards, 1:21 used. Next drive, 3 and out, 5 yards, 1:32 used. Next drive, 5 plays, 27 yards, 1:43. Done. You’re done. You come out, there’s no energy. 3-3, or back to back 3 and outs to start. Where are the adjustments? What are you doing in the locker room at halftime?

Andrew:                 Here’s my thing, and I’m about to go full Butch Jones. I’m about to go in my Butch Jones rant. What message did Mac, Mac is this, and I am the biggest Mac supporter out there. Do you agree with that, Nick? Before I say that, that I am a big Mac supporter?

Nick:                         Yeah. You’re on Team Mac.

Andrew:                 I’m always that way. I’m always taking his side on things. What message did you send to Mark Thompson and to Jordan Cronkrite? Two guys that failed your football team. Mark Thompson, who failed your football team by smoking weed, or whatever he did, got caught with weed. Probably smoking it. That was an accusation that I shouldn’t have made on that. I apologize, Mark. If you weren’t smoking it, my bad. You had it with you. The smell was there.

Nick:                         I don’t know why you’re carrying it around if you’re not smoking it, but he wasn’t smoking it when he got caught.

Andrew:                 Right. Jordan Cronkrite quit your football team, quit your football team. That is what bothers me. You benched your two guys, Scarlett and Perine, two guys that have been your workhorse the