GatorCountry brings you a new podcast as we bring you our Friday prediction podcast for the Florida Gators big game against FSU on Saturday.
Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre breakdown the keys for the Gators on Saturday in order to knock off Florida State at home.
Andrew and Nick also predict several games around the country, plus give you three players to watch for the Gators.
TRANSCRIPT:
Andrew:​What’s up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey, here with Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, we’re ready. Friday before the Noles. Last Friday prediction podcast of the year before bowl game actually. Yeah. It’s a big one. Excited to see the atmosphere in the Swamp. Excited to see the students arrive early for the seniors. There’s no blackout, so I’m good with that.
Nick:​It’s been the rumor.
Andrew:​Yeah. It was the rumor. You and I have heard that the administration isn’t close to approving that rumor. So, we’ll see. I think it’s definitely that will happen eventually. You and I were talking about it. Kind of all the other sports have already started to do it, so why not? I’m cool with all blue.
Nick:​Yeah. I think all blue or maybe an orange. Blue, orange. I know some people like that little mix of colors. To me, I think they’ll figure it out, maybe, and do it eventually. Dan Mullen’s fine behind it. So, it’s weird. He likes doing all, or says he likes doing all smoke or the smoke coming out of the field, music, make it all like a carnival, state fair kind of experience. He’s fine with different kind of jerseys, but he also likes just wearing the traditional orange, blue, white.
Andrew:​Right. Yeah. Does look like there’s going to be a little bit different endzones though. What do you think?
Nick:​Yeah. I think they probably just go back to, they weren’t blue before. They were just green, right? Weren’t they?
Andrew:​Yeah. So, it looks like they’re going to go all blue, at least in one of them. We’re taping this on Wednesday before the Thanksgiving holiday, so I’m sure it’s out there exactly what it is. It does look like that. I’m cool with that. I’m cool with the different things on the field. I think that’s better than messing with the tradition of the uniforms and all that. But what do I know?
Nick:​For me, I really did enjoy the orange though this year.
Andrew:​Yeah.
Nick:​When did that start? Right before FSU last year? Was it before that?
Andrew:​Yeah. So, that was the game before FSU, because FSU was on the road. Yeah.
Nick:​Okay. So, it was for the last game of the year.
Andrew:​Yeah. Was that UAB? No. I don’t know. Whoever last year was. It’s too long ago.
Nick:​Can’t remember.
Andrew:​Yeah. So, I’m cool with that. As we get more, there’s not a ton to talk about in the breakdown of this game, but Nick Buchanan had something to say on Tuesday that I thought was interesting. I’ll ask you this same question. I think that, while Florida should win and should win easily, I do think that Dan Mullen’s pushing the right buttons when he’s telling these guys, be prepared, because they have nothing to lose. There is zero to lose for them. They know they’re going to the weed eaterbowl or whatever rinky dink bowl they can. They’re going to it. I think he’s doing a good job of saying, listen, you can’t go in here taking this game for granted, like you and I have talked about. You have to go into this game prepared that it’s going to be a war.
Nick:​Yeah. It was Nick Buchanan, I think, that said it. This is their Super Bowl.
Andrew:​Yeah.
Nick:​This is a game where it doesn’t matter what’s happened. It doesn’t matter what’s happened at any point of this year. If Florida State beats Florida, they’ll take it. That would only the seventh win for them, but it makes you forget about a lot of bad things that happened before that.
Andrew:​Exactly. These guys for Florida State are the same way as Florida is,