GatorCountry brings you a new podcast as we recap the Florida Gators 34-3 win over Tennessee on Saturday in the Swamp.
Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre recap how quarterback Kyle Trask played in his first start against Tennessee on Saturday.
Andrew and Nick also talk about the guys who had big games on Saturday, plus we recap our picks from Friday’s prediction podcast.
TRANSCRIPT:
Andrew:​What’s up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey, here with Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, Gators roll 34-3. You and I thought it might be a little closer than that, but they come out and roll 34-3 and dominated the game from start to finish pretty much. Took a 17-0 lead into halftime and just went into cruise control.
Nick:​I mean, even when Tennessee had the ball at Florida’s 3, and it was a 7-0 game, they ended up throwing an interception. Trey Dean comes up with that. At no point Saturday did I feel like Tennessee will take control of this game and Florida will be out of it. Florida was in the driver’s seat the whole afternoon.
Andrew:​Yeah. It was like you said. It was one of those where Florida never looked like they were in trouble at all. Tennessee never found a rhythm at all, even went to the backup quarterback, the local kid from Ocala, and then they bounced back to Jarrett. It was very weird kind of how they did the bounce back.
​Kyle Trask, 293 yards. Had one of the better performances of a quarterback under Dan Mullen in his career. For the most part, Kyle Trask looked like he was in control. He had the two interceptions, and in those situations it looked like he was trying to do a little too much, but for the most part of the game Kyle Trask just came in and really did was Kyle Trask does and that’s find the open receiver, throw the ball really well. Played well. I did think he threw the one deep ball to Tyrie Cleveland was a little underthrown, or, excuse me, to Trevon Grimes, but that’s Kyle Trask. His struggle is going to be throwing the deep ball. Overall, I thought Kyle Trask did what we expected Kyle Trask to do, and that was be in control of the game.
Nick:​Really first extended playing time. I mean, he played in garbage time last year against Missouri, played one quarter against Kentucky, but first extended playing time. I mean, very first drive, that’s the drive that’s drawn up on Thursday or Wednesday. That’s scripted. They couldn’t have shipped that any better. Now, if his pass is better on the first play, or on his very first throw, second play of the game, that might be a touchdown to Trevon Grimes.
Andrew:​Right.
Nick:​It’s a little bit underthrown, 43-yard gain still. Then the second pass, like we’ve said, if you put it in Kyle Pitts’ vicinity, he’s going to get it.
Andrew:​I thought that was something that we had been waiting to see for a long time was to see Kyle Pitts get involved. For the first time, it was Kyle Pitts doing what we thought Kyle Pitts was going to do. Four catches, 62 yards. For the most part of that he was wide open and was a mismatch. That’s exactly what we had heard and thought he was going to do all year, and he finally comes out and does that and looked well doing that.
​Still not impressed with the offensive line, Nick. Still a struggle. Had a little bit better game. 128 yards, most of those in the second half. Still, the offensive line is still a struggle bus.
Nick:​I liked, they brought in Richard Gouraige, and there was a play …
Andrew:​First play he comes in he gets beat.
Nick:​No. There was a drive where they ran the ball, finally ran the ball effectively, and they ran it right behind him. I think you’re going to see more Richard Gouraige, because, yes, the offensive line is still not getting the push in the run game, but I think they’re going to start moving those pieces around. I thought Richard Gouraige had a good game overall.
Andrew:​Yeah. I mean,