GatorCountry brings you a new podcast as we recap the Florida Gators 24-13 win over Auburn on Saturday.
Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre breakdown how the Gators won the game despite having four turnovers and losing Kyle Trask for two series in the game.
Andrew and Nick also breakdown how the Gators defense played and start to look ahead to the LSU game next Saturday night in Baton Rouge.
TRANSCRIPT:
Andrew:                 What’s up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey, here with Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, Gators win. You and pick it. I’ll say this. Had you told me Florida was going to have four turnovers, Kyle Trask was going to miss time in the game, and the pass rush for Auburn was going to be as good as we thought it was going to be, I would have told you you were stupid and everything else that goes along with it, if you’ve had told me Florida would have won a football game on Saturday.
Nick:                         Yeah. There are not many games where you turn the ball over four times that you win.
Andrew:                 I look stupid now for saying the three keys are win special teams, win the turnover battle, and run the ball. I mean, I guess they ran the ball better, but I kind of look stupid on the other two.
Nick:                         I mean, yesterday was a bad day for both punters. It was really windy. I think you don’t really see that when the punters are kicking. Some of the LSU, LSU. Already moving on. Some of the Auburn punters balls just got a bunch of hang time, but then the wind caught it, and it just like kind of hung up. You could really tell how windy it was when the returners started having trouble. Freddie Swain is so good back there. When he’s falling to the ground catching a ball, you can tell it’s a knuckle ball out there. Yeah. Special teams weren’t great. It’s kind of just what keeps happing. Florida just finds ways to win games. We keep saying it, at some point you’re not going to be able to do it, but this defense, man. Find me a better one in the country. Maybe there’s some that are as good as them, but there’s not many, if any, better defenses in the entire country than the way Florida’s playing right now.
Andrew:                 Florida’s front seven is really, really good. Auburn’s front seven’s really, really good.
Nick:                         Really good.
Andrew:                 You will be hard pressed to find a defensive line that Florida will play this year that is better than that Auburn. I mean, listen, Florida won 24-13, and the game wasn’t even really that close, in my opinion, but Auburn’s a good football team defensively. When Bo Nix figures it out offensively, man, they’re going to be a good team. That defense of Auburn is so good. Derek Brown is a monster. He should be playing on NFL Sundays already.
Nick:                         Yeah. He’s really good. I mean, it’s the SEC. You’re going to play good defensive lines every game. You’re going to play a good defensive line next week at LSU. You’re going to play a good defensive line in three weeks when you play Georgia. Like I just said about Florida’s defensive line, maybe you can find some that are close, but that’s the best D line you’re going to face, and they were really impressive. My dude, Brown, thank God that there was a sniper up on top of the stadium somewhere that made him trip on his way back, because that could have changed the course of the game if he returns that. My man was rumbling.
Andrew:                 Poor guy thought he was gone, and then trips on air.
Nick:                         Dude might run like a 4:80 at 300 and whatever pounds.
Andrew:                 With a messed up lung. So, yeah. Unbelievable game. It was exactly what you and I had said it was going to be. I’m not trying to toot our own horn or anything like that, but we said it was going to be an old-fashioned slug fest,