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00:00Texas off week last week after the narrow win in Nashville against Vanderbilt.
00:08They're back at home in Austin hosting a Florida team that has been good covering numbers as
00:14of late.
00:15Four consecutive covers for the Gators all as an underdog.
00:19And last week, Joe, in the cocktail party in Jacksonville against Georgia, had DJ Lagway
00:24remained healthy the entirety of the game, it might not have just been a cover, but potentially
00:29an outright upset of UGA.
00:32We'll never know.
00:33Late in the opening half, Lagway courted off with what looked to be a severe hamstring
00:37injury.
00:38They are listing him as a true game time decision.
00:41Again, a great program.
00:43The number three touchdowns in favor of Texas.
00:47Joe, every time, anytime you're courted off the field with a hamstring injury, you have
00:51to worry even if you do play about your mobility, certainly for the true freshman quarterback
00:56in Lagway.
00:57How competitive is the game between Florida and Texas in Austin today?
01:01Even if Lagway plays, I'm still concerned that Florida might be a worn down football
01:06team.
01:07They've played well against some of the better teams in the SEC.
01:09That was a rivalry game from a defensive perspective.
01:12They shut down Carson Beck for much of the game, three interceptions, played very well
01:16and lost in overtime against Tennessee.
01:18I think there's a different animal, especially with a well rested Texas group.
01:23Again, I don't expect Lagway to play.
01:25Kobe Warner, the backup redshirt freshman that came on, played well, 96 yards, no touchdowns,
01:32one interception.
01:33If it's his first start, this is a dominant performance by Texas.
01:37You know why?
01:38Because it has to be.
01:39They played down, I believe, to the level of competition on the road a few weeks ago
01:43in Vandy.
01:44They almost lost that game.
01:45You have to step on the pedal now and prove that you're deserving of a top 10 battle.
01:51I just think from the schedule, it might have caught up to Florida.
01:54I think Texas has the speed advantage.
01:56They should roll in this matchup and cover.
01:58So this is an interesting spot for me where I saw this number and then was like, hold
02:04on a minute.
02:05Is the cocktail party like pure home field advantage for Florida?
02:09I don't think it is.
02:10I don't know.
02:11Maybe I'm still the outsider in the college football world to this group because that
02:14was 14 and a half.
02:16So we tacked on eight in a game, the Gators hung the whole way.
02:19And you might tell me, well, that's the gap from Lagway to the buddy who's going to check
02:23in today.
02:24But but here's the thing about here's the thing about buddy.
02:27He's got a whole nother week of preparation.
02:29OK, that's one to the selling point on Florida.
02:34This year's kind of been the defense.
02:36And Texas is only covering SEC plays against Oklahoma.
02:39I'm sorry.
02:40That just does not count.
02:41It doesn't.
02:42Twenty two for the.
02:44No way.
02:45I listen.
02:46This is a trap.
02:47And I'm already at the bottom of the pit asking for somebody to come pick me up.
02:51I'm all over Florida here.
02:53The Aiden Warner, the transfer, if it is not D.J.
02:56Lag, come on, the start last week, seven of twenty two sixty six yards and I.N.T. did
03:02lead to scoring possessions.
03:04One a late opening half field goal, the other a touchdown drive to tie the game against
03:09Georgia in the fourth quarter.
03:10I was on the under of that game, felt great early on.
03:14Georgia scored two late touchdowns to win by 14.
03:17But Kev, to your point, that's the only over that Florida has played in its covers outside
03:22of the Kentucky game in its last four as an underdog.
03:26Also, just outside of that, we did get some word this week out of the Gators, Billy Napier
03:31on a very warm seat all year long in Gainesville, expected to return for twenty twenty five.
03:37And Joe, to your point about Texas, second best scoring defense in the country, best
03:41total defense in the country.
03:43They only allowed thirty eight total points in their first six games of the year, but
03:47twenty four or more in their last two.
03:50A loss to Georgia and a close noncover against Vandy and Kev, to your point, against first
03:55time SEC foes.
03:56So not Oklahoma in the Red River rivalry, Texas, just oh and three against the number.