GatorCountry brings you a new podcast as we continue to preview the Florida Gators vs. Miami game on Saturday in Orlando.
Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre are joined by David Furones of the South Florida Sun Sentinel to get his take on how the Canes match-up with the Gators on Saturday.
Andrew and Nick also update what Dan Mullen had to say on Monday at his press conference about the Gators heading into the Miami game.
TRANSCRIPT:
Andrew:​What’s up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey, here with Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, three days and counting and we’ll be living from Camping World Stadium watching the Gators and ‘Canes.
Nick:​Hey, we don’t often say this, but thank you, NCAA. You shortened our off season by seven days, and I’m ready for some football now.
Andrew:​I’ll say this, Nick. At first, I was like I don’t know about this, moving it up, having a bye week right afterwards. But the more I get to think about it, and the more as we get closer to time, I’m pretty cool with it. You get a week here. Then next week we kind of get to watch some games. Then you get to go back out the cupcakes.
Nick:​Yeah. Shoot. I’ve been so wrapped up in Miami I haven’t even seen. It’s not like a fan experience for us. We don’t really get to watch a ton of games, especially when Florida plays at 3:30.
Andrew:​Right.
Nick:​I maybe get to watch the first half of those noon games before I’m at the stadium, and I’m working. Then I’m writing pretty much all the way through until Hawaii kicks off at midnight. It’ll be interesting to see, get to watch everyone in those first week games. I’ll be a fan, drinking some beer and watching ESPN and CBS like the rest of you guys. I’m looking forward to being a fan for Week 1, after working Week 0.
Andrew:​Get to watch that Auburn-Oregon game. That should be a good one.
Nick:​Yeah. That’ll be a fun one. I’m interested to see Auburn, because I don’t know what the heck they got at quarterback, but I want to see that defensive line.
Andrew:​You want to see Gus go and get that one loss closer to being …
Nick:​I’m not discrediting you, but yeah, I mean, you know what you’re talking about over there in the state of Alabama, and you don’t think Gus makes it through the year.
Andrew:​No, I just don’t. Who’s playing quarterback? You know what I’m saying? He fired his OC to be the guy to call the offense. Let’s face it. His offense probably isn’t going to be good this year. He’s not going to beat Alabama. I mean, if he starts off bad, they’re going to fire him. They wanted to fire him last year. I’m not sold on it. That’s all I’m saying. I just don’t think that he makes it very far. I mean, you look at this, Nick. Oregon. If they lose to Oregon, and then they lose to Mississippi State and Texas A&M, they could very well have three loses before they get to Gainesville.
Nick:​Yeah. I mean, that would get it. I anticipate Florida being undefeated, not to ruin my Friday pick. I anticipate Florida being undefeated going into that Homecoming game against Auburn. I mean, if you’ve got three loses heading into Gainesville, and then lose to Florida, I see what you’re saying.
Andrew:​I mean, the schedule for them is not easy, and there’s so many question marks. Yes, you’re right, the defensive line is sick. It’s nasty, but you and I experienced the Will Muschamp era. The defense only does so much. You better score points. Oregon and Texas A&M are going to score points, and lots of them.
​Nick, you got a guest from Miami that’s going to join us here in a second. We’re going to talk about that, get more into this rivalry game. It does need to be noted, we’re taping this on Tuesday. You’re listening to this on Wednesday. On Tuesday it was officially announced that the Home-and-Home series will be taking place in 2024 and 2025. Gators get the first home game against Miami at home,