Texas vs. Florida: Gators' Streak and Texas Home Edge

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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.

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