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Podcast: Recapping the Florida Gators win over UT-Martin

September 09, 2019

GatorCountry brings you a new podcast as we recap the Florida Gators 45-0 win over UT-Martin on Saturday night in the Swamp.
Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre break down how the Gators offense looked on Saturday and what they can improve on.
Andrew and Nick also talk about the injuries the Gators suffered on Saturday, plus we talk about all of the young guys who played on Saturday for Florida.
TRANSCRIPT:
Andrew:                 What’s up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey, here with Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, we knew we’d be talking about a win. 45-0. Shutout. Overall, I think the game was a good game for Florida. I thought there was some questions about the offensive line and all that. We’ll get into that a little bit more, but any time you can shut out a team and score 45 and go to 2-0 you’re good.
Nick:                         Yeah. Listen, the first quarter was kind of weird, because it’s 3-0. It went so quick. Almost looked up and was like, the first quarter’s over.
Andrew:                 It was boring.
Nick:                         The next three quarters took four and a half hours to finish, but the first quarter went quickly. You get out of the game with a 45-0 win. First shutout since 2017. That’s good. I think you continue to progress and continue to work. I guess the bad thing, and the thing we’ll need to address quickly are injuries, because you don’t get out of the game unscathed.
Andrew:                 Right.
Nick:                         That’s probably what will be on everyone’s mind. When you play games like this, you go in just hoping, get the win, stay healthy. Florida went one for two, with both Kadarius Toney and CJ Henderson coming down with injuries. Neither was able to come back into the game.
Andrew:                 It happened pretty close together.
Nick:                         Kind of like a bang, bang. It’s almost like you stubbed a toe, and then when you reach down to grab your toe you bang your funny bone on the table. It was almost like boom, boom, two things happen real quick.
Andrew:                 Yeah. We’re taping this on Sunday, so we’re still waiting on some updates. Seems like Kadarius doesn’t have a break, has a sprain, a bone bruise. Is going to be out for some time, no question about that. Dan Mullen kind of hinted on Saturday that CJ Henderson probably had an ankle sprain. I’ll say this, Nick. I mean, we’ll get into this more, but I think you can afford to rest both of those guys for a couple weeks anyway. You got Kentucky this week. You shouldn’t really need CJ Henderson, and then after that you got Tennessee, and they’re atrocious. Then you got Townsend. You should have some time to rest those guys, as long as it isn’t the dreaded high ankle sprain.
Nick:                         The dreaded high ankle sprain that takes anywhere from six weeks to six years to get better. Yeah. Obviously, when he comes out on crutches and in a walking boot, people start freaking out. Listen, no matter what you do to your foot or your ankle in a game, training staff’s going to put you in a boot and on crutches. Get all the weight off your foot or ankle, whatever it is. I think that’s something to just monitor. Don’t freak out about it. Just monitor.
Andrew:                 I think people freaked out because they said, he’s in a boot. I don’t really see that necessarily. A lot of these guys, they sprain their ankle or have a little ankle issue in general they immediately put it in there just to help them out and get that pressure off of it and hope not to worsen the injury.
Nick:                         Yeah. Then the question becomes is it pain management? Can you make it worse? Do you play against Kentucky? Do you not play against Kentucky, and then you can definitely take a week off against Townsend? You got Tennessee coming up. I guess, the question is,