Gator Country brings you a new podcast as Chris Clark of Gamecock Central joins us to help us continue to preview the Florida Gators vs. South Carolina game on Saturday.
Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre ask Clark about the feeling around Will Muschamp returning to Florida, plus the key match-ups.

Andrew and Nick also talk about the offense and the ways they can improve, plus what the quarterback situation will look like on Saturday afternoon.

TRANSCRIPT:
Andrew:What’s up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey, here with Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, somber week in Gainesville, my friend.
Nick:Somber week? Is that what you said?
Andrew:Yeah.
Nick:I don’t know. I’m holding out hope. I’m going to make a little drive through fraternity row, probably around Thursday, maybe Thursday, Friday. I’m expecting the fraternities to, they always hang those sheets for game day, I’m expecting there to be some good stuff directed toward the opposing head coach this week.
Andrew:Yeah. Well, We’ll see. I’ll say this, Nick, and that is I think there’s just…
Nick:Hey, Tim Tebow’s going to be in town.
Andrew:He is. But he’s been at Florida’s games the last three weeks, so it kind of seems like that’s just another thing. I don’t know. Here’s my thing, Nick, and this is this. There’s so much uncertainty around this team, and just so much there. I really think this. I hate to have to do this stuff, but I think this football team, this coaching staff, they need the Gator Nation behind them right now. This is a turning point for this football team this week. Laugh and say all you want to it’s the South Carolina game, but you can say what you want. This is a turning point. This is a huge recruiting weekend.
It’s a noon game. It sucks to be a noon kickoff, but Florida needs their Gator fans, needs Gator Nation to come out and support the team. It needs to be loud in the Swamp. I’ve had people say, “Well, this team sucks.” Sure it does, but these players still chose to be a Gator. Come support them. It’s Senior Day. Don’t make these seniors go out in a crowd of 60,000 or 70,000. Don’t do that. Come out. Be loud. Get there early. Support your team. Let’s see what happens. That’s basically what I’m saying is, let’s see what happens, but this recruiting weekend is big.
Nick:Don’t be a fair weather fan is what you’re saying.
Andrew:Yeah. I know there’s going to be somebody, and that’s going to be that’s going to come out, and they’re going to say, “Well, he’s just this or that, whatever.” I’m serious, and that is that they really need the fans to be out there supporting them and getting out and just helping the team.
Nick:What, recruiting is the life blood. Recruiting right now is the life blood of any college football team. That is, this is Florida’s biggest, biggest recruiting weekend. Having a 60,000 crowd, dead atmosphere, that would be terrible for recruiting.
Andrew:Terrible.
Nick:Terrible for recruiting, and then that gets into what you’re looking at next year as far as what this coaching staff has to work with next year.
Andrew:Yeah. It’s a situation where is it the coaching staff’s fault? Is it the fan’s fault that this situation was dealt the way it was dealt with the whole two games being cancelled, home games being cancelled, this being the biggest weekend? No. It’s nobody’s fault. Is it the team’s fault they sucked against Arkansas? Yes. It’s the team and coaching staff’s fault. That is. At the end of the day, it’s just a loss, and you still got a chance to get to Atlanta. I continue to hear, and I believe this, and that is that Gator Nation is the best fan base in the country. You go everywhere. Coach Mac says Gators take care of Gators. I, for one, am calling to see that this weekend. Jim McElwain is a fine football coach, a damn good football coach, going through a struggle. This offense needs a spark. It needs a spark big time, and it nee