GatorCountry brings you a new podcast as we’re joined by James Moran of Tiger Rag to preview the Florida Gators vs. LSU game on Saturday night.
Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre ask Moran about how the LSU offense has improved and we get his keys for the game on Saturday night in Baton Rouge.
Andrew and Nick also talk about the latest injury news for the Gators and how Kyle Trask is feeling, plus we talk about our keys for the game.
TRANSCRIPT:
Andrew:                 What’s up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey, here with Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, it’s LSU week. It’s Wednesday. That means we’re going to bring on a good friend of the show, James Moran. We’ll talk to him in a few minutes about this game, get his thoughts on this game and how he thinks it’s going to turn out. We’ll continue to preview this. I think Florida’s ready.
Nick:                         Yeah. I think Florida’s ready. It’s going to be a great atmosphere. Dan Mullen talked about last week, if you watch the stuff they put out. First off, Florida’s video department has been putting out incredible stuff all year. He’s talking to the team in the locker room after the game, and he said, they’re going to say that this was like the Swamp of old. He says, no, this is the Swamp, and this is what we want it to be. Now, LSU’s pretty good, and Death Valley’s sold out, 102,000 people. You’re going to get a taste of that medicine that Florida gave to Auburn last week. You’re going to get a taste of that medicine. To me, this will be my fourth trip to that stadium, I love it. The students, it’s really unique. The students don’t have block seating. It’s first come, first serve, so when they open the gates two and a half hours before the game, the students are there. So, all throughout Florida’s warmups, the students are letting them have it.
Andrew:                 Chanting their stupid ass little chants, because they’re annoying.
Nick:                         They’re chanting. They’re yelling. I remember watching Dante Fowler just giving it right back to them, and he was loving it. It’s a great atmosphere. I don’t know, I’ve had a lot of people tell me that it’s a terrible atmosphere if you’re wearing orange and blue in the stands. My dumb ass wore a purple shirt one time, because I forgot to pack until like an hour before I needed to leave for my flight, and everyone was real nice to me when I was walking into the press box. They were like, how are you? What’s going on? I’m like, why is everyone so friendly? Southern hospitality. I get up in the press box, and someone goes, nice purple shirt. I looked down, and I’m like, you idiot.
Andrew:                 I remember that. I remember that one. Yeah. It’s an exciting environment to go to. I love it. I think it’s awesome. LSU fans during the game are wild and crazy. Before the game they’re nice. Every time you walk by, they’re offering you tailgates, probably way too much alcohol, if you wanted it, anything else. If you’ve never been to Tiger Stadium at night, put it on your bucket list.
Nick:                         I mean, we’ve had like 3:00 or 2:30. When it’s a 3:30 game, it’s 2:30 local. I think we had one 3:00 start local. So, it gets to night, but I’ve never had 7:00. It’s a 7:00 p.m. local time kickoff. I’ve never had that, so I’m really looking forward to that.
Andrew:                 Yeah. I mean, we’ve had that, and it’s been wild there, but to get it at 7:00 LSU time, 8:00 here, it’s going to be fascinating to watch. I think it’s going to be a good game to see. Dan Mullen said on Monday everyone seems to be healthy. You got Kyle Trask with the knee, and he’s going to play. It’ll just be how much he can manage the pain, and I think he’ll be fine. You’re not taking Kyle Trask out of the game. Jabari supposedly should play. Apparently, he was cleared to play against Auburn, but Mullen didn’t feel like he was good enough to go,