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good morning everybody this is another episode of Denmark and Marsh the final episode before we can finally talk about this Florida and Miami game welcome everybody I am Dylan Denmark that is Graham Marsh uh Graham the offseason is pretty much finally over I know we had some college football Saturday uh we got a game at 3:30 in the swamp it's going to be a white out it's GNA be a soldout crowd the tickets are insane I don't if you've seen the ticket prices on StubHub or Ticket Master or wherever uh they're going north of like $250 people want these tickets people are going to be at the game and really Miami is a two and a half Point favorite some books have it at three there is no way I lean one way or the other I'm still 5050 on this I I think the Florida crowd plays a factor I see a lot of similarities to Florida Utah and this Florida Miami game Utah was a big favorite go or not big but they were a favorite coming into Florida and somehow that crowd played a factor the whole game and that game came down to a late turnover I think of Florida what really comes down for me is if Florida can get a turnover in this second half somewhere late in the third quarter in the fourth quarter I think that'll be the determining Factor um in this game but I think it's a 50-50 ball game I think it's a really close game yeah I think it comes down to it too I don't see a world where one team is going to be able to really pull away like that because Florida I don't know if they're talented enough to be honest with you at least I haven't seen yet that they're talented enough to pull away from Miami and really get like a double digit you know Big Time lead on them and really jump on them like that and with Miami I just don't know if the swamp is gonna allow them to pull away like that um and I think Florida's good enough to to stay in it like that too and at least not get blown out even if they do end up losing so I tend to agree with you I I think it's going to be the start of the fourth quarter you and I are going to be looking each at each other and still have no clue who's going to win this football game um so yeah I think who who's G to make that that fatal mistake I think is what it's going to really come down to at the end I think Florida wants to run the ball to start I don't think they're going to throw the ball you know all over the place I think Montell Johnson like we asked Shane Matthews Monday I think he's full go I don't think there's any setbacks with him on Saturday I think you're still going to get your try on web he'll get in you might have a ball might might get a couple carries but it'll mostly be Montell Johnson and you know the big question on the offense is the explosive plays how many are we going to see how many shots are they going to take um you didn't see a many from gr Merz a year ago you know similarly to what we saw from Florida State last Saturday they didn't take deep shots at all in the first half they took two deep shots in the second half uh dju threw one short and threw one out of bounds that was potentially two touchdowns that for Florida is uh Trey Wilson Eugene Wilson and you know it's G to be what's going to happen I think what Miami is going to do I think they'll play conservative to start the game they'll go you know they'll they'll do probably do a two high safety look with with a 4D lineman and then after a couple drives then we'll then we'll we you know some something's going to happen happen um with Trey Wilson whether it's going to be a big play or not yeah um we talked about this with Shane Matthews on on Monday and we talked about it a little bit a couple weeks ago I think when when MZ had mentioned on on Paul fine bomb but a biggest a huge thing they're working on is uh is adjustments so or sorry not adjust uh deep shots um I agree and I also wonder is there somebody else that can execute some type of explosive play not named Trey Wilson and the reason I say that is because I think Miami knows that the the guy Florida wants to get into space the guy Florida wants to get potentially behind them the guy Florida wants to get a screen pass a Jet Sweep a slant or get him down the field is Trey Wilson I think they're going to be prepared for that so is there an Aiden misel that can be on the other side and make that play is there an Elijah Badger maybe that can make that type of play is there a shimray dek that can make that kind of play um because I think those guys the opportunity is going to be a little bit easier than what Miami presents Trey Wilson they understand he's the most explosive guy on this offense and I think they're going to be prepared for that they've had an entire offseason to prepare for that um I think he's going to be bracketed he's going to be watched out for the entire game there's going to be eyes on him every single play which I think opens up the door for some of these other guys can some can somebody else capitalize at some point in the game to make that game-changing play on offense maybe it's a running back that busts a big that bust a big carry maybe it's shimray DK slipping past the defense and merch launches it and he's by himself 50 yards down the field who who knows how that might turn out but I tend to think that Florida's going to need at some point it might only be one or two they don't need a bunch that they're more of a ball control offense for the most part but tend to think to win this game they're going to need at least one or two really big explosive plays at some point that either they either score on that play or sets them up to score and I think there's a nonzero chance it needs to come by it needs to come from somebody other than number three all right who wins the game Saturday Florida um I'm picking the Gators I I just believe you know I go back you already mentioned I go back to that 2022 Utah game um that was a top 10 opponent that opponent was favored coming in and they had a quarterback that had played a lot of football for them in cam Rising um and the swamp kind of won that game I don't want to say the swamp won the game by itself it was a combination of the swamp and Anthony Richardson but um I just think the swamp is going to be a different level that I still question a first year QB with Cam ward has never played has never played with these guys in a real live setting before um Shane go back to something Shane said on Monday which is absolutely true cam has never played in an environment this loud in his life and he never will after Saturday which is the truth um again that doesn't guarantee the Gators are going to win that doesn't mean that Miami is not going to have a great season that doesn't mean cam war is not going to be very good for them I just see a world where again like Shane said think he's going to throw it to us once or twice and I think if Florida keeps it close then that once or twice will be the difference in the game I think the gator win um it's tight it's really tight it's a coin flip uh Gator win 3128 okay so you're a little high score than me I think Florida I think Florida wins because they're the home team if it's not at home I don't think Florida wins if it's neutral side Miami if it's at Miami Miami another fact kind of add to your point is FL has been told how bad they are all off season they've been told that you they've been heard all this Miami hype going into the year I think that also plays another factor in this and I think it comes down to a field goal late around 27 24 and then so this was something that I heard um jeez you're G to make me pull this up I heard this on on a podcast so the Florida State game did you you know that there's a new clock the the snap clock it was always 25 in college football and then this year moving to 40 how it's supposed to work is the the 40 starts right after a play ends well the Florida State game apparently they let like sometimes it was six seconds sometimes it was eight seconds so there was a lot of time that ran off before they started that 42nd clock Graham in the second half of the Florida state Georgia Tech game both teams teams only had three possessions in the second half and in the first half they had four so instead of having your usual six possessions per half I was looking at like the Florida LSU game a year ago Florida Kentucky Florida um what was it Tennessee when Florida scored a lot so I kind of looked at you know when Florida didn't do good when Florida scored a lot and Florida wasn't a close game there was like six possessions each each uh half and you know it my might be something that just happened with Florida State but if there's a scenario where that's the case I don't think this is going to be a high scoring game and I still think it's going to be close but the mistakes that are made in this game at in the fourth quarter are going to be Monumental and another thing is Florida's defense last year why they struggled for many reasons but one of the main reasons was they couldn't get off the field on third down and they did not force turnovers if you can force a turnover in the second half that that's that's going to change this game yeah they got to make cam Ward throw it and they got to make him uncomfortable um if Miami is running the ball down their throats then they're not going to get that turnover because I I think Miami just gonna be able to play ball control offense most of the game that that's the one world where I see Miami not just winning but pulling away is if Miami really gets that running game going um and they're getting five six seven yards a carry and then busting one for 25 30 35 ever so often Florida is in a lot of trouble um if they can keep it in check and at least make Miami's running game manageable then I still agree with you I think cam ward has some type of costly turnover in the second half be it he's running around in the back field trying to escape and and maybe puts the ball on the ground or or throws it to the Gators in the air at some point um to the clock thing like you mentioned um it's a factor for sure I think Florida State and Georgia Tech had an abnormal they had abnormally long drives throughout the entire game I think so so I need a little bit bigger of a sample size I think with this week's with this weekend of college football which we're obviously going to get a huge sample size throughout a bunch of different games that we've got on top to kind of see what true effect that has I just think I agree with you that that that it definitely matters um but those two teams in particular have really long drives throughout the entire game yeah th those teams are both ball control there was no no no deep plays no big plays in the air um but I heard that in a podcast I forget what the name of it was I'll I'll remind I'll I'll figure it out over the weekend do you think that so much r on this game and we'll be leaving this the stadium Saturday and you know we'll probably we'll do a potty or Sunday or Monday whatever the day it is by the way Monday is Labor day uh I found that out the other day um and back you should know that it's always labor well David Gard was in Monday with us and I'm like oh yeah he won't be in here next Monday um we won't have a show I feel like so much rid on this game and I feel like if Florida wins will be Skyhigh and if Florida loses we're going to have all the oxygen taken out of us and we're going to think that it's not that the season's over but I just had the feeling that like boy we're in for a really long year what do you think the the fan reaction on this show is GNA be oh it's gonna be they're gonna be on cloud n or they're gonna think the season's over I think that's what I it's one or the other I don't think it's G even if it's a great game in Florida you know goes down and misses a field goal you know and they lose by two I still think they'll they're going to think you know that's the game we should have won and now we got a a long long road ahead of us um let me ask you a couple questions that I was kind of thinking about Dylan on my drive in here um before we started defensively who do you want to see stand out for the Gators P Howard um because I I think you and I have talked about in in the last couple weeks we've talked about or last few weeks we've talked about this defense holistically I don't know that we've talked about specific individuals and who we want to see kind of show so okay so okay I didn't mean to cut you off but pup how pup Howards W if the Miami receiving core is what people are saying it is Jason Marshall um for this game specifically I think Shamar James you know he's been probably the best player on the defense most Talent one of the most most talented guys so you know he'll he'll play um and somebody up front uh there was not anybody really that stood out for me last year Camron Jackson the transfer didn't really do much um I'm just trying to think of guys that on the D line you know Lions gets hurt that that really hurts in a game like this where where you want to rotate six seven eight possibly eight guys depending on your depth um but really I look at the linebacking core um because if you want to have you want to make Miami throw the ball you don't want Miami to have it to where Miami runs the ball on virtually every down and that happens when you're in third and Shore so if you're able to get Miami into third and six third and seven or more um that means you know your front Seven's doing your their jobs the linebackers are filling the gaps I think I I'm really interested to see what what pup power can because he was a really talented guy played well at South Carolina a year ago and it's we're expecting him to do you know really good things for us this year so in other words you want Florida's linebackers to not play like Florida State's linebackers on Saturday essentially man that was I I don't know linebacker play like that like I'm not able to sit down sit here and watch the tape and break down down the ex's nose of linebacker film and tell you what everybody's doing right and wrong but even I could tell that they were having a really really really tough game I mean dude they were they were like I I I mentioned this to the guy I was watching the game with Florida State's linebackers were like engaging in blocks that they didn't have to did you notice that at all a little bitor te running the ball with either hannes king or their backs and Pat pton and I don't know the name of the other linebacker would come engage when Haynes king or the back were already there and they engage with with the guard or the tackle and it's like the tackle there to be made why are you engaging with a block it was it was weird it was a weird situation that that's why I don't know if you kept noticing that Georgia Tech kept they kept crashing up the middle on like a draw and then they would just kind of outside they kept getting 10 15 yard gains and Haynes King did a good job of he he'd always slipped like the first tackle I know we're not breaking down the floor State game but just kind of made me think about it when you mentioned the linebackers to me I got one guy that are really really really want to see on defense okay do you think you know who who my one guy is not safety is it no all right I don't know who it is LJ McCrae okay I like that listen elj MCC is going to play a lot I think we all understand that and it's been rare in the last couple years it's not been rare that Florida's had true freshman play but it's been rare that there's a true freshman that's been in the game where I think expectations for them to be a contributor right away have been Fair LJ McCrae is that guy man that he is in terms of recruits he is like the Florida of old defensive wise Personnel wise um he's a guy that if everything goes according to plan is going to be played on Sundays in in a pretty short couple of years there is such a big difference to be made in this game if LJ McCrae comes straight into the game and starts having a Harold Perkins freshman year LSU type of impact and he he was one of the most highly coveted defensive linemen in the country like like I believe he's got that type of ceiling I'm not guaranteeing he's going to do that but I'm saying I'm really intrigued to see we're GNA know I think pretty quickly in this Miami game if early on in this season first half of the Season LJ McCrae needs to get his feet underneath him play a little bit of college football to figure it out or if we're GNA see right away that this guy's a man among boys and if he is that changes everything on their defensive line in my opinion uh yeah I agree with youj McCrae has got to be one of those dudes I think football special is you know for many reasons and you know we're GNA have so many good games this weekend and next weekend with all the alignment but there's just so much unknown like nobody really in the media and it's one thing to be good in practice it's one thing to be good in training camp it's a completely different ball game whenever the lights on you got 990,000 people on top of you and you're playing somebody else and and that's where you have your your the elj McCrae like you were talking about you don't know you don't know if he's going to go out there and and you know pee on his leg or you don't know if he's GNA show up and and and perform to what you know we all expect him to be and you know that could be you know for a lot of guys um but yeah I mean like we saw Florida state Georgia Tech the game's going to be in the trenches I know it's it's closeing coaching cliche and you know people always want to talk about people on the outside this is a o line dline game and whoever wins the trenches in that in that department usually wins the ball game well Miami has the edge there I think on both trenches right now um on paper Miami's got a better offensive line and defensive line than the Gators agree or disagree agreed agreed I I think Florida's offensive line is a little better than what some people people expect um and I think the offense is better than what some people expect nationally but yeah I'd give it the edge to Miami okay so uh I don't think you've picked yet did you pick yeah I said Florida close I think the home crowd plays plays a factor um but I mean I've all offseason I thought Miami and I think it's just because we get closer to the game I just think that the crowd is going to play a factor uh but I mean either either way won't surprise me if if Miami wins um and then I think the sky falling floorida loses according to the fan base what um you said a couple of guys um I said pup Howard are there any DBS that you're you're really watching out for on defense I'm just saying I'm sticking to defens of like Personnel wise I think we've talked a lot Personnel wise about offense I don't think we've talked as much about specific guys on defense so far no I want to see Jason Marshall get back to what he was a couple years ago um he he really didn't have a good year last year I know a lot of had to do with Cory Raymond you know that's what people are gonna buy it on have a new DB coach um the safeties uh you have a new you have a new safety back there transfer six-year um Turner and then you have got you have Castle who led the team in tackles I don't want to see Castle making tackles again I don't want to see him Le the team in tackles again if if Cass was leading the team in tackles we're in for a long night um that's kind of why I picked the linebacker play and uh in pup and Shamar James there's nobody really in particular um that I'll be keying in on really I guess if it's once Jason Marshall and and see what the dline can do because Miami is expected to have the top running transfer running back come into the program um you know so so it goes a front and if he has his way it it don't matter what the DBS do um but Jason Marshall I think he'll get back to what he did two years ago when he was early in Florida um you know get back to his ways he's got to be more physical man that was the main thing that stuck out of me last year he he wasn't a very physical player I and it's not to say he's going to come and be a a head hunting type of guy as he's more of a a cv1 lock you up follow the best receiver type of player but I just I got the sense that he got blocked a lot downfield um on running plays when when he had an opportunity to maybe shed a block and come up and and stop some plays offensively uh earlier than maybe they should have maybe they were stopped um I'm curious about the other Corner Spot um is it is it Bridges that's GNA be the first starter right away is it dejon Johnson is it jaem Jackson um I I think we all kind of know Sharie Denson's going to be the the nickel but I'm a little bit curious that outside corner who's going to end up kind of taking over that spot because I think they're going to give a couple of guys a shot and they're going to rotate in and that Jason Marshall will probably be in the game for the most part um and I think the other side is going to rotate more often and hopefully in a perfect world by you know maybe not the Miami game but by like game three game four game five someone has sort of separated himself from the pack and gets the line share of the starting Corner reps opposite Jason Marshall and I'm a little bit curious who that is because they've recruited Corner very well the last couple years they obviously got Bridges uh triques I believe is the correct me to pronounce his name in the portal from Oregon I believe Bridges will probably start the game because he's the most experienced guy has play the most college football but I'd be shocked if jaem Jackson and djn Johnson don't see some action in this game and I'm just curious to see how they how they play yeah I I Marshall might travel with the best receiver potentially and they're going to rotate the other side so I think that's what's going to happen um I'm excited Graham I gotta roll um I think Florida wi's the close one I think it's close the whole way we'll be there uh I'll plan to get there about 11 o'clock pound a couple seltzers or whatever I don't know what I'm drinking man I don't I don't we haven't even planned a tail game I texted you the I'm like what are we doing are we are we getting out the early game time uh I'm an early person vavaka no Sprite yeah vakka vaka no Sprite if you know me if you know you know so you know I'm excited man season's here yes sir yeah it is all right that'll do it for us enjoy the game and uh hopefully we'll see y'all down there

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