Gator Country brings you a new podcast as we recap the Florida Gators big win over LSU on Saturday in Death Valley, plus talk about the Gators winning the SEC Eastern division championship.

Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre break down how the Gators stopped LSU over and over again in the red zone, plus recap how the Gators offense found their running game.

Andrew and Nick recap how their picks did on Saturday, plus start to look ahead to the Gators vs. Florida State game next Saturday night.

TRANSCRIPT :
Andrew:What’s up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey here, with Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, we are headed to Atlanta to cover another SEC Championship game, my friend.
Nick:No thanks to your prediction.
Andrew:No thanks to my prediction, and, Nick, just like I told you on Friday, I am here to eat crow, and I will gladly eat crow. My reverse jinx worked completely.
Nick:No. No. No. No. I said you can’t do this.
Andrew:You said I couldn’t do it, but…
Nick:No. You did not reverse jinx. What you did is you didn’t believe that Florida had a chance to beat LSU. There was no reverse jinx. There was a lack of belief.
Andrew:Okay.
Nick:You were down.
Andrew:I was down. I was.
Nick:You were in the dump for a week, and you let that affect your pick.
Andrew:What did I tell you last week? That was the most nervous I’ve been for a game, and it was by far the most exciting football game I’ve witnessed in a long, long time, probably since Death Valley when they played Arkansas, and it went to triple overtime. I mean, Nick, raw emotions were there. We were standing on the sidelines. We were in the back pylon on the goal line stand, and you one time told me, you said, “I’m going to need you to breathe here.”
Nick:Yeah.
Andrew:I don’t know.
Nick:I think Jim McElwain was talking to you in his post-game press conference.
Andrew:Oh, he was?
Nick:I think so.
Andrew:About not believing?
Nick:He said, “I just can’t tell you how proud I am of our players, our staff, and happy for the Gator fans. You know, don’t think we’re very good.” Said, “Happy for the Gator fans that you don’t think that we’re very good, but all we do is end up back in Atlanta, right? So that’s pretty cool.”
Andrew:I am one of the very few people that said that Florida was going to go back to Atlanta next season, and I think you would agree with me when I say that. I was one of the very few people. I will say this.
Nick:You backed off of it though. Here’s a funny story. So we’re in the, me, Ryan Young, and Zach Abolverdi, we flew out together from Jacksonville to New Orleans, and we’re sitting there, and these guys, the Gator fans who are flying on the same flight, ask us what we’re doing. We say, “We’re sportswriters. We cover Florida.” “What do you guys think is going to happen?” Ryan and Zach, kind of like everyone else, said, “Not a chance. Not happening.” Zach points over to me and goes, “He picked Florida to win.” I said, “I did. I picked them to win.” We ran into them today. They were on our return flight, and he goes, “Hey, Nick.” He goes, “Nice pick.” I said, “Thanks, buddy.”
Andrew:I will say this. I mean, I give you your props. Props is due. You took it.
Nick:It’s taken us three years of podcasting, but I’m getting my props.
Andrew:You have to admit, we were probably two of the few that actually thought there was a chance. I’ll say it. You won’t say this, but I’ll say this. So, people criticized Florida’s writers, their beat writers, for being negative people. I agree with you. We have, there’s one beat writer, who will go nameless, looks up and says, “I’m glad David Sharpe’s playing left tackle, so I don’t have to go to Atlanta.” Bro, you cover football. You cover football. You don’t want to go cover football? Not only is that lazy, that’s a jackass. That’s everything you want to say about persons, but that is why that gets there. People, it’s