Gator Country brings you a new podcast as James Bewers of The Advocate joins us to help us continue to preview the Florida Gators vs. LSU game on Saturday.

Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre ask Bewers the tough questions about this game, plus get his thoughts on the atmosphere surrounding this game.

Andrew and Nick also continue to preview the game and update everyone on the latest injuries surrounding this game on Saturday.

TRANSCRIPT:

Andrew:What up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey, here. Nicholas de la Torre, Nicholas, Wednesday of LSU week, and this week is full of smack talk.
Nick:LSU not making, not trying to hide their feelings this week.
Andrew:No. It’s opposite, usually Florida’s the team smack talking everyone. Not this week. It’s the opposite, and that is a lot of talk from over on corndog country.
Nick:Corndog country. Arden Key had some stuff to say. Derrius Guice had some stuff to say. I mean, Arden Key saying, “I know they’re scared to come up here.” Talking about because of the injuries, and that LSU feels comfortable. Derrius Guice said, or it was Jamal Adams or Derrius Guice, said, “They can’t run the ball anymore.” Talking about Florida.
Andrew:Guice.
Nick:Guice said it.
Andrew:Yeah.
Nick:Lot of smack talk. Bring it on. I like it. Let the boys talk.
Andrew:Arden Key said something along the lines of they think they’re DBU, we think we’re DBU; we’ll see what it is. We’ll see.
Nick:LSU won that battle last year.
Andrew:Yeah. I mean, they did, but also they didn’t either. They did let Treon score.
Nick:Yeah, but Florida got torched.
Andrew:Yeah. I don’t know. Give us a quick update real quick from Mac’s press conference on injury front.
Nick:Yeah. Not good. Not good. Florida’s going to be out seven starters. Luke Del Rio still out, shoulder, knee. Marcus Maye, Alex Anzalone, broken arm, out. Cam Dillard, knee, out. Jarrad Davis, I’m not ever going to say Jarrad Davis isn’t playing until I see him in street clothes on the sideline, but Mac said probably still out. Bryan Cox, out, that was an ankle injury after already playing with a broken hand. David Sharpe, he said probably out. Mark Herndon still out. CJ Worton still out. Hope to get Cece Jefferson back, and they’re seeing where Tyler Jordan is.
Andrew:Carl.
Nick:Carl, yeah.
Andrew:Carl. Something Mac said though, and you and I talked about this on Monday night, is Mac challenged some guys and said, “We’ll see who’s tough to go.” I think that challenge was to a few people in general. Correct me if I’m wrong, but to me it was sent to Sharpe, Jordan, and probably Carl. Those are the three guys with the lesser of the injuries. They may just be hurt, instead of injured. So you’re not going to question Jarrad Davis, because if you question him he’s probably going to go out there and prove you wrong, whether it hurts him or not.
Nick:Jarrad Davis will cut that leg off and try to figure out how to play on one. You never question his toughness. That kid’s a warrior.
Andrew:Right. Exactly. I just think that he was challenging a couple guys. I mean, you and I have heard that David Sharpe has a bruise, a contusion, which is a bruise. So you start to wonder why that’s keeping him out of the game. Tyler Jordan came back dressed in the second half, so you wonder if that keeps him out. I’m trying to think. Carl, he had the foot. Now he was in a boot, so I guess his injury’s a little bit more serious there. Here’s the thing for me, and here it is, Nick, and I think that you always worry about the injuries, and that’s not to say Florida’s going to do better without the guys, but I’m saying I think that Reese and Kylan did a good job of stepping in.
They’re never going to fill Anzalone and Davis’ shoes, by any means, but they did a good job there. Martez did a good job at left tackle, earned SEC lineman of the week. I actually feel better about Martez playing left tackle than I do homeboy S