October 1, 2025 • 14 mins
Florida Gators play-by-play voice Sean Kelley joins the program and offers some insight into the journey and status of former Willis quarterback DJ Lagway.
They also discuss the Gators' stout defensive front, a strong start for running back Jadan Baugh, and whether Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (AKA 'The Swamp') is the Fenway Park of the SEC.
They also discuss the Gators' stout defensive front, a strong start for running back Jadan Baugh, and whether Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (AKA 'The Swamp') is the Fenway Park of the SEC.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good friend.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
Sean Kelly, played by play voice of the Florida Gators,
joins us on the hotline.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
I appreciate the time. How are you, my friend.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
I'm doing great, Thanks for calling and looking forward to
seeing you this weekend. I don't know why it's taking
eighty five years for you all to come this way, but.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Okay, I put that in the broadcast though, but it's
the first time in eighty five years. I said, Texas
will play in the swamp, and I thought, you know,
eighty five years ago there probably was quite a bit
of a swamp around there, you know, and less of that,
but at least on campus there was a place to
play for the Gators to play football.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Nineteen forty. It's been that long.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
And it seemed almost a little bit weird last year
when he came to Austin. But you and I were
both saying at the same time, it was really good.
It was good for Texas, good for Oklahoma, and I
think good for the SEC for Texas and Oklahoma to
be in the SEC.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
I believe that the case too. And you know, it's
interesting if you look at the history of these two programs,
as you mentioned, blue Bloods, it's interesting in the fact
that when Texas has been up, Florida has not quite
been there to meet them some other place.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
And vice versa.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Right, you think you'd think that those paths would have crossed,
even in postseason play a little more often than they
have over the years.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
But the last that's where we are.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
And now with a conversation we had earlier about the
way that the SEC schedule is going to play out,
this will become a little bit more of a regular thing,
which I think is great for both institutions.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, I think you're exactly right. In the one time
there were kind of ships passing in the night, was
there in eight Well, there were two times, one when
I guess when Florida was upset by Tennessee, and then
Texas could have gotten into the National Championship game simply
quote unquote by beating Colorado in the Big Twelve Championship
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game in Texas Stadium that didn't happen.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
And then in.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
There was the the Michael Crabtree catch at Texas Tech. Otherwise,
of the long Worns finished out running the table and
win a rematch with Missouri in the Big Twelve Championship,
they would have played the tim tebow led Gators for
the national title that year instead of Oklahoma, you know,
getting into that thing.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
So yeah, well said, well said, yes.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
The ship's passing the night. Well, now it's kind of long.
Even though the long words are three and one and
the Gators are one in three, we know how the
three wins are for Texas against overmatched competition. We know
the Gators played two top five ranked teams. That's two
of the three losses there. And we also know both
teams are, as I mentioned, still looking to try to
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find their footing offensively. Give us a little bit of
an overview on how it's gone on these four on
this four week journey where the defense has really been
very good, but the offense obviously has had some struggles.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Yeah, I'm really hoping that you and I are not
calling a ten to seven final score on Saturday, because that's.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Kind of how you know.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
If the pass is a predictor. That's kind of how
this has gone for the Gators in the fact that, yes,
the defense has been very good and is a carryover
from last season, the way that Gators finished winning four
in a row and beating two ranked teams at home
last year. Down the stretch and then and then their
bowl game, so that seemed.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
To carry over.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
What we all thought also was going to carry.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Over was the continued evolution of a certain quarterback from
Willis and an offense that seemingly did not have a
weakness in any of the position groups. But we found
that to be quite different. So dj Laghlasman his entire
offseason battling a variety of different injuries, missed all of springball,
most of training camp, kind of got it all together
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fired up clear before the LU game. But much like
Texas's game last week, that is not a fair barometer
of what the Gators are in their battle against the
Sharks of Long Island. So in that sense, the Gators
offense is not carried over in the same way that
the defense did from a year ago. So therein lies
the mystery. And yes, this schedule hasn't helped either. There
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has not been a get right opportunity. South Florida better
than everybody thought they were going to be, probably, but again,
no excuse for Florida to lose that game at home
and then at LSU and at Miami. So where is
the breather right? Where's the get right situation? For the Gators,
I guess it has to be the bye week that
they're coming off of, because beyond Texas, it's a very
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good A and M team. Beyond that and marching down
the stretch of the SEC schedule into Florida State. So
that's kind of the state of the union, if you will,
in Gator Country.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
I give everybody a little bit of a I saw
Dj Lagway play a lot for the as a Willis Wildcat,
including in a playoff game against Desota that had a
couple of current log Worns on that Desota team that
ended up winning a state championship. But Dj was looked
at as just a monster, a beast in high school
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and you know, and Sark said, hey, we tried to
recruit him as well. And then and then, of course
he had some really uplifting moments, but I guess that
was counter balanced by the injuries he had to deal
with as well. And I know he's trying to recover
his old self, so to speak. What's been your take
on watching him trying to get through all this.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Yeah, you know, it's the thing where like he made
his name with that deep ball last year and the
ability to make plays outside of the pocket, and.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
This year, especially early on, teams have just decided you're
not going to beat us.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Over the top, but too high, single high, with a
with a with a spy, all those things to take
away the big play effect from Lagway. He struggles on
his intermediate throwing game a little bit.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
And you know, I think the more I've thought about it,
in the last week. Last year, DJ Lagway.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Had Graham Merch in his ear every day, even after
our mercy season was done with the ACL.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
He stayed here and mentored.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
DJ and got him through game week prep all season long.
Graham's moved on. He's in the state of Texas with
the Texans. Lagway now is on his own in that sense,
and so there's been some struggles on top of the
physical problems with regardless progressions or reads or different things
that he now does not have Graham to counsel him
on in preparation each week. So I think if you
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combine that with the fact that Lagway just hasn't been
healthy until now, literally in the last two weeks, that's
where DJ Lagway is frustrated.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
He's never had to deal with this.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
As you mentioned, he was a beast at Willis It's
always interesting to watch a player, especially one who's nineteen
years old, go through adversity for the first time. Right,
they've beaten the brains out of everybody they've ever played.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Everything has come easy. Well now it's not so easy,
and so watching him go through the process is intriguing
to me and frustrating for a fan base.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Talking about Florida Gator's football with the voice of the
Gator Sean Kelly here on sports Radio AM thirteen under
the Zone, Sean, tell everybody about Jaden ball a bit.
You said, this is one one tough cookie there at
the running back spot.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Yeah, this is This is a running back by trade
that has a background as a wildcat quarterback.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
As a receiver.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
You know, six' two six, three a lot of yards after.
Contact but he's proved himself now that they've started to
throw him the ball a little bit that he is
a weapon no matter where The gators put, him AND
i think they need to lean into, that maybe even.
MORE a lot of times we'll, hear, oh this ball
carrier needs to carry it twenty two times or WHATEVER
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i think we've gotten With Jayden. Ball he just needs
to touch it twenty five. Times a, game whether it's.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
Running the football in a traditional sense.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Or via you, know as a, receiver whether you line
him out wide or you send him out of the
backfield on a. Route he's a dynamic kid.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
WHO i don't necessarily think he seeks, contact but so
much of his production is after.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Contact he always seems to find a way to get
a little bit. More he likes to get to that
second level and he's going to get punished on his
way there at. Times but at the same, time.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
He's also shown some flashes.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Trag of making a, move make a guy, miss take
his foot in the, ground and spin off of a.
Guy and, therefore last year is in his first, campaign
he was averaging over six and.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
A half yards of.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Carry here, now even with the struggles last week Against,
miami he's still five point nine yards per. Carry if
that were to, HOLD i think that everybody In orange
And blue would be happy with that and he'd be
on his way to a great.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Season so we'll see how it plays.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Out but right, now if you're looking at The gators,
offense he is problem number one For.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Texas flipping it to the defensive side that it's that
old thing about the central nervous, system being that the
interior defensive line followed by the linebackers up through the.
Secondary is that a good place to start when talking
about This gator?
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Defense it.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Is they're banged. Up Caleb banks return from. Injury now he's.
Done they suffered.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
A few more injuries last, week but they.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Have depth There craig so they've had different guys step.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
In and the funny thing is when you look at
the numbers for The gators, defense.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
They're not where they want to be sack. Wise they'd
like to have more, takeaways something that fueled them in
the second half of last. Season they've been at ben
don't break if you.
Speaker 4 (09:14):
Will they're effective.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
When they need to be effective in that they've had
very good numbers on first, down especially their opponents are
only scoring touchdowns forty percent of the time when they
enter the red. Zone and also they've had to deal
with some short. Fields but yet their scoring defense points
per game has also been held in. Check so you
take that and combine it with the fact that The
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Florida gators offense will be haven't been able to. Score
i'm sure there's some frustration between one side of the
ball and the other but they've got, young dynamic linebackers
that seemingly have stepped into the role better THAN i.
Thought they're stout enough up, front and they do have
a secondary that has a ton of, experience although LOSING. D.
D johnson's injury last week is a blow. There But
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carmani McClain has been a great stor or a young
guy out Of, lakeland which is Real gator country Between
orlando And, tampa starts his career At, colorado doesn't work,
out gets back home as a preferred walk, on and
turned his life and his playing career around in this last.
Offseason so he is now living up to some of
the five star reputation that he had coming out of high.
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School he'll be at the one quarter cornerback instead Of,
johnson and on the back End Jordan castel.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Crazy to think.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
THIS i think he'll make his twenty ninth career start
consecutively here Against texas this.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Weekend wow.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Sewn does this need to be a low scoring game
in order for The gators to win or can they
win a?
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Shootout?
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Yeah, well at the, MOMENT i, think based on just.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
The body of work right, now it has to be
a low scoring. Game but at the same, time If
florida is to turn their season back around and do
so at, HOME i think maybe they do have to
get into a shootout a little bit and put up some.
NUMBERS i just don't see it Against texas's. DEFENSE i
think The longhorns defense is really, good very. Legit their
coordinator is so, smart and they've got, experience.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
Right and so all those things play into. It with
some key portal, GUYS i.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
JUST i envision a low scoring game only because of those,
things and so THEREFORE i don't want to lean into
The if it gets to be a track, meet that's
okay For.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Florida, okay final thing here, now like we, said first
time in eighty five years Of texas has Played florida
in football In, gainesville.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
The logorn fans who were able to get.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Tickets who will be coming, down, what tell them exactly
what the atmosphere the.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Swamp will, Be, Like, craig you're, There, yeah there we,
go there we. Go might might have lost fair.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
First dropped out for a second, area.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
All, Right so tell tell, everybody the Log worn fans
who are making the trip down To, gainesville what the
atmosphere and the swamp will.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
Be like loud number, one not very. Comfortable they'll wedge
ninety thousand bodies into. There it's you, know it's an
old park that wasn't built for today's creature. COMFORTS a
lot of it is bleacher, seating and the bleacher designated,
spots Probably craig were outlined for a smaller generation of.
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Fans so it's, tight it's. Uncomfortable there's a chance of,
rain but it shouldn't. Be it shouldn't be first of
the season type. Hot but what they'll, FIND i think
is a very knowledgeable. Crowd and this is this IS sec, country, obviously.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
AND i Know texas fans.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Have been longing for and excited about seeing THESE sec.
Venues this is one of the more legendary. Ones and
what they do with won't back down at the end
of the third quarter is pretty. SPECIAL i put it
up there with a lot of the different great traditions
in college.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
Football so that's kind of what they're.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Into so you're telling me That texas fans are going
to be encountering The Fenway park of college, football then.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
In some, ways, yes you, know AND i think That
fenway has updated be yet kept their old.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
CHARM i was just there this past. Weekend The gators
are kind of in a similar. Situation they want to.
Renovate they just really need to renovate the, swamp but
yet it still has to be the, swamp, right and
so that challenge is. Upcoming but, YEAH i think. So
like it's kind of like when you go To fenway Or,
wrigley like.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
When you go into the.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Bathroom not to be, crassier but it's not going to
be a modern, seal believe it.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
That, Okay, HEY i appreciate the.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Time look forward to seeing you this, weekend and thanks
for taking a few minutes with us this.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Afternoon sehn, great can't wait to see you.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
Guys all, right thank.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
You that Is that Is Sean, kelly play by play
voice of The Florida. Gators My fenway reference mainly met
who was going to seat? With you, know because of
those what they say eighteen in seats or. Whatever you,
know it's a really tight scene word same thing by
the way at The Big house Ann. Arbor it's Pretty
that's how they get one hundred and ten thousand in.
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There it's pretty tightly managed in terms of your seat size.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
There all, right it.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Has gone Final cleveland with the wins six to, one
The guardians even the wild card series with The tigers
at a game. Apiece they'll play one final game tomorrow
to decide that, one and The cubs trying to threaten
right now on the bottom of the Fourth they have
Chased Dylan sees from the, ballgame but The padres still
lead at one to nothing With chicago batting with two
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outs in the bottom of the fourth inning At Wrigley.
Field we'll keep you updated on. That we're gonna hear
more baseball talk From Jim, schlostangle the long wards head,
coach when we continue on Thirteen under The zone
Good friend.
Speaker 2 (00:00):
Sean Kelly, played by play voice of the Florida Gators,
joins us on the hotline.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
I appreciate the time. How are you, my friend.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
I'm doing great, Thanks for calling and looking forward to
seeing you this weekend. I don't know why it's taking
eighty five years for you all to come this way, but.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Okay, I put that in the broadcast though, but it's
the first time in eighty five years. I said, Texas
will play in the swamp, and I thought, you know,
eighty five years ago there probably was quite a bit
of a swamp around there, you know, and less of that,
but at least on campus there was a place to
play for the Gators to play football.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
Nineteen forty. It's been that long.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
And it seemed almost a little bit weird last year
when he came to Austin. But you and I were
both saying at the same time, it was really good.
It was good for Texas, good for Oklahoma, and I
think good for the SEC for Texas and Oklahoma to
be in the SEC.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
I believe that the case too. And you know, it's
interesting if you look at the history of these two programs,
as you mentioned, blue Bloods, it's interesting in the fact
that when Texas has been up, Florida has not quite
been there to meet them some other place.
Speaker 4 (01:06):
And vice versa.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
Right, you think you'd think that those paths would have crossed,
even in postseason play a little more often than they
have over the years.
Speaker 4 (01:13):
But the last that's where we are.
Speaker 3 (01:15):
And now with a conversation we had earlier about the
way that the SEC schedule is going to play out,
this will become a little bit more of a regular thing,
which I think is great for both institutions.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Yeah, I think you're exactly right. In the one time
there were kind of ships passing in the night, was
there in eight Well, there were two times, one when
I guess when Florida was upset by Tennessee, and then
Texas could have gotten into the National Championship game simply
quote unquote by beating Colorado in the Big Twelve Championship
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game in Texas Stadium that didn't happen.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
And then in.
Speaker 2 (01:54):
There was the the Michael Crabtree catch at Texas Tech. Otherwise,
of the long Worns finished out running the table and
win a rematch with Missouri in the Big Twelve Championship,
they would have played the tim tebow led Gators for
the national title that year instead of Oklahoma, you know,
getting into that thing.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
So yeah, well said, well said, yes.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
The ship's passing the night. Well, now it's kind of long.
Even though the long words are three and one and
the Gators are one in three, we know how the
three wins are for Texas against overmatched competition. We know
the Gators played two top five ranked teams. That's two
of the three losses there. And we also know both
teams are, as I mentioned, still looking to try to
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find their footing offensively. Give us a little bit of
an overview on how it's gone on these four on
this four week journey where the defense has really been
very good, but the offense obviously has had some struggles.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Yeah, I'm really hoping that you and I are not
calling a ten to seven final score on Saturday, because that's.
Speaker 4 (02:52):
Kind of how you know.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
If the pass is a predictor. That's kind of how
this has gone for the Gators in the fact that, yes,
the defense has been very good and is a carryover
from last season, the way that Gators finished winning four
in a row and beating two ranked teams at home
last year. Down the stretch and then and then their
bowl game, so that seemed.
Speaker 1 (03:13):
To carry over.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
What we all thought also was going to carry.
Speaker 3 (03:16):
Over was the continued evolution of a certain quarterback from
Willis and an offense that seemingly did not have a
weakness in any of the position groups. But we found
that to be quite different. So dj Laghlasman his entire
offseason battling a variety of different injuries, missed all of springball,
most of training camp, kind of got it all together
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fired up clear before the LU game. But much like
Texas's game last week, that is not a fair barometer
of what the Gators are in their battle against the
Sharks of Long Island. So in that sense, the Gators
offense is not carried over in the same way that
the defense did from a year ago. So therein lies
the mystery. And yes, this schedule hasn't helped either. There
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has not been a get right opportunity. South Florida better
than everybody thought they were going to be, probably, but again,
no excuse for Florida to lose that game at home
and then at LSU and at Miami. So where is
the breather right? Where's the get right situation? For the Gators,
I guess it has to be the bye week that
they're coming off of, because beyond Texas, it's a very
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good A and M team. Beyond that and marching down
the stretch of the SEC schedule into Florida State. So
that's kind of the state of the union, if you will,
in Gator Country.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
I give everybody a little bit of a I saw
Dj Lagway play a lot for the as a Willis Wildcat,
including in a playoff game against Desota that had a
couple of current log Worns on that Desota team that
ended up winning a state championship. But Dj was looked
at as just a monster, a beast in high school
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and you know, and Sark said, hey, we tried to
recruit him as well. And then and then, of course
he had some really uplifting moments, but I guess that
was counter balanced by the injuries he had to deal
with as well. And I know he's trying to recover
his old self, so to speak. What's been your take
on watching him trying to get through all this.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
Yeah, you know, it's the thing where like he made
his name with that deep ball last year and the
ability to make plays outside of the pocket, and.
Speaker 4 (05:24):
This year, especially early on, teams have just decided you're
not going to beat us.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
Over the top, but too high, single high, with a
with a with a spy, all those things to take
away the big play effect from Lagway. He struggles on
his intermediate throwing game a little bit.
Speaker 4 (05:41):
And you know, I think the more I've thought about it,
in the last week. Last year, DJ Lagway.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
Had Graham Merch in his ear every day, even after
our mercy season was done with the ACL.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
He stayed here and mentored.
Speaker 3 (05:55):
DJ and got him through game week prep all season long.
Graham's moved on. He's in the state of Texas with
the Texans. Lagway now is on his own in that sense,
and so there's been some struggles on top of the
physical problems with regardless progressions or reads or different things
that he now does not have Graham to counsel him
on in preparation each week. So I think if you
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combine that with the fact that Lagway just hasn't been
healthy until now, literally in the last two weeks, that's
where DJ Lagway is frustrated.
Speaker 4 (06:29):
He's never had to deal with this.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
As you mentioned, he was a beast at Willis It's
always interesting to watch a player, especially one who's nineteen
years old, go through adversity for the first time. Right,
they've beaten the brains out of everybody they've ever played.
Speaker 4 (06:42):
Everything has come easy. Well now it's not so easy,
and so watching him go through the process is intriguing
to me and frustrating for a fan base.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Talking about Florida Gator's football with the voice of the
Gator Sean Kelly here on sports Radio AM thirteen under
the Zone, Sean, tell everybody about Jaden ball a bit.
You said, this is one one tough cookie there at
the running back spot.
Speaker 3 (07:04):
Yeah, this is This is a running back by trade
that has a background as a wildcat quarterback.
Speaker 4 (07:10):
As a receiver.
Speaker 3 (07:12):
You know, six' two six, three a lot of yards after.
Contact but he's proved himself now that they've started to
throw him the ball a little bit that he is
a weapon no matter where The gators put, him AND
i think they need to lean into, that maybe even.
MORE a lot of times we'll, hear, oh this ball
carrier needs to carry it twenty two times or WHATEVER
(07:32):
i think we've gotten With Jayden. Ball he just needs
to touch it twenty five. Times a, game whether it's.
Speaker 4 (07:37):
Running the football in a traditional sense.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Or via you, know as a, receiver whether you line
him out wide or you send him out of the
backfield on a. Route he's a dynamic kid.
Speaker 4 (07:48):
WHO i don't necessarily think he seeks, contact but so
much of his production is after.
Speaker 3 (07:53):
Contact he always seems to find a way to get
a little bit. More he likes to get to that
second level and he's going to get punished on his
way there at. Times but at the same, time.
Speaker 4 (08:03):
He's also shown some flashes.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Trag of making a, move make a guy, miss take
his foot in the, ground and spin off of a.
Guy and, therefore last year is in his first, campaign
he was averaging over six and.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
A half yards of.
Speaker 3 (08:16):
Carry here, now even with the struggles last week Against,
miami he's still five point nine yards per. Carry if
that were to, HOLD i think that everybody In orange
And blue would be happy with that and he'd be
on his way to a great.
Speaker 4 (08:28):
Season so we'll see how it plays.
Speaker 3 (08:30):
Out but right, now if you're looking at The gators,
offense he is problem number one For.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
Texas flipping it to the defensive side that it's that
old thing about the central nervous, system being that the
interior defensive line followed by the linebackers up through the.
Secondary is that a good place to start when talking
about This gator?
Speaker 1 (08:49):
Defense it.
Speaker 3 (08:51):
Is they're banged. Up Caleb banks return from. Injury now he's.
Done they suffered.
Speaker 4 (08:57):
A few more injuries last, week but they.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Have depth There craig so they've had different guys step.
Speaker 4 (09:01):
In and the funny thing is when you look at
the numbers for The gators, defense.
Speaker 3 (09:05):
They're not where they want to be sack. Wise they'd
like to have more, takeaways something that fueled them in
the second half of last. Season they've been at ben
don't break if you.
Speaker 4 (09:14):
Will they're effective.
Speaker 3 (09:15):
When they need to be effective in that they've had
very good numbers on first, down especially their opponents are
only scoring touchdowns forty percent of the time when they
enter the red. Zone and also they've had to deal
with some short. Fields but yet their scoring defense points
per game has also been held in. Check so you
take that and combine it with the fact that The
(09:36):
Florida gators offense will be haven't been able to. Score
i'm sure there's some frustration between one side of the
ball and the other but they've got, young dynamic linebackers
that seemingly have stepped into the role better THAN i.
Thought they're stout enough up, front and they do have
a secondary that has a ton of, experience although LOSING. D.
D johnson's injury last week is a blow. There But
(09:57):
carmani McClain has been a great stor or a young
guy out Of, lakeland which is Real gator country Between
orlando And, tampa starts his career At, colorado doesn't work,
out gets back home as a preferred walk, on and
turned his life and his playing career around in this last.
Offseason so he is now living up to some of
the five star reputation that he had coming out of high.
(10:19):
School he'll be at the one quarter cornerback instead Of,
johnson and on the back End Jordan castel.
Speaker 4 (10:24):
Crazy to think.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
THIS i think he'll make his twenty ninth career start
consecutively here Against texas this.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
Weekend wow.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Sewn does this need to be a low scoring game
in order for The gators to win or can they
win a?
Speaker 1 (10:35):
Shootout?
Speaker 4 (10:36):
Yeah, well at the, MOMENT i, think based on just.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
The body of work right, now it has to be
a low scoring. Game but at the same, time If
florida is to turn their season back around and do
so at, HOME i think maybe they do have to
get into a shootout a little bit and put up some.
NUMBERS i just don't see it Against texas's. DEFENSE i
think The longhorns defense is really, good very. Legit their
coordinator is so, smart and they've got, experience.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
Right and so all those things play into. It with
some key portal, GUYS i.
Speaker 3 (11:05):
JUST i envision a low scoring game only because of those,
things and so THEREFORE i don't want to lean into
The if it gets to be a track, meet that's
okay For.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
Florida, okay final thing here, now like we, said first
time in eighty five years Of texas has Played florida
in football In, gainesville.
Speaker 1 (11:24):
The logorn fans who were able to get.
Speaker 2 (11:26):
Tickets who will be coming, down, what tell them exactly
what the atmosphere the.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Swamp will, Be, Like, craig you're, There, yeah there we,
go there we. Go might might have lost fair.
Speaker 4 (11:40):
First dropped out for a second, area.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
All, Right so tell tell, everybody the Log worn fans
who are making the trip down To, gainesville what the
atmosphere and the swamp will.
Speaker 3 (11:50):
Be like loud number, one not very. Comfortable they'll wedge
ninety thousand bodies into. There it's you, know it's an
old park that wasn't built for today's creature. COMFORTS a
lot of it is bleacher, seating and the bleacher designated,
spots Probably craig were outlined for a smaller generation of.
(12:12):
Fans so it's, tight it's. Uncomfortable there's a chance of,
rain but it shouldn't. Be it shouldn't be first of
the season type. Hot but what they'll, FIND i think
is a very knowledgeable. Crowd and this is this IS sec, country, obviously.
Speaker 4 (12:29):
AND i Know texas fans.
Speaker 3 (12:30):
Have been longing for and excited about seeing THESE sec.
Venues this is one of the more legendary. Ones and
what they do with won't back down at the end
of the third quarter is pretty. SPECIAL i put it
up there with a lot of the different great traditions
in college.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
Football so that's kind of what they're.
Speaker 2 (12:46):
Into so you're telling me That texas fans are going
to be encountering The Fenway park of college, football then.
Speaker 4 (12:55):
In some, ways, yes you, know AND i think That
fenway has updated be yet kept their old.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
CHARM i was just there this past. Weekend The gators
are kind of in a similar. Situation they want to.
Renovate they just really need to renovate the, swamp but
yet it still has to be the, swamp, right and
so that challenge is. Upcoming but, YEAH i think. So
like it's kind of like when you go To fenway Or,
wrigley like.
Speaker 1 (13:17):
When you go into the.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
Bathroom not to be, crassier but it's not going to
be a modern, seal believe it.
Speaker 1 (13:26):
That, Okay, HEY i appreciate the.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Time look forward to seeing you this, weekend and thanks
for taking a few minutes with us this.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Afternoon sehn, great can't wait to see you.
Speaker 4 (13:36):
Guys all, right thank.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
You that Is that Is Sean, kelly play by play
voice of The Florida. Gators My fenway reference mainly met
who was going to seat? With you, know because of
those what they say eighteen in seats or. Whatever you,
know it's a really tight scene word same thing by
the way at The Big house Ann. Arbor it's Pretty
that's how they get one hundred and ten thousand in.
(13:59):
There it's pretty tightly managed in terms of your seat size.
Speaker 1 (14:03):
There all, right it.
Speaker 2 (14:05):
Has gone Final cleveland with the wins six to, one
The guardians even the wild card series with The tigers
at a game. Apiece they'll play one final game tomorrow
to decide that, one and The cubs trying to threaten
right now on the bottom of the Fourth they have
Chased Dylan sees from the, ballgame but The padres still
lead at one to nothing With chicago batting with two
(14:26):
outs in the bottom of the fourth inning At Wrigley.
Field we'll keep you updated on. That we're gonna hear
more baseball talk From Jim, schlostangle the long wards head,
coach when we continue on Thirteen under The zone
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