February 9, 2024 ~ Shane, JC, and Scott Carter

Gator Nation it’s time to dive into the weekend with this LIVE Friday edition of PodUp with Matthews in the Morning! Stay Tuned for a full show hosted by Florida Gators Football Hall of Fame QB ~ Shane Matthews. We have our good friend JC. Second half we’ll be joined by Scott Carter from Floridagators.com

Hi there this is Steve spur you can join University of Florida Hall of Famer Shane Matthews and also the two-time SEC player of the year every weekday today as he brings you all you need to know about the Florida Gators including news analysis opinions and some of the

Biggest names in sports you can find him on Spotify Apple podcast Google podcast or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast or you can watch him live at 8:00 a.m. on Facebook YouTube or Twitter we can but I’d love to get that group back and go down there again damn I I

Didn’t care what it cost it’s just I love that course I I do I love that course don’t you like it yeah so uh maybe we should take a timeout yeah let’s take a timeout time out take a timeout Dylan are you there let your guy figure this out can y’all hear me

Now okay he says we’re good now all right so JC’s back JC’s back JC I got a couple things I want to bring up um so so first of all I had multiple people because you know this this text line goes into my cell phone uhuh or and so

People overnight and I don’t there was multiple people so I don’t know exactly who it was okay they said that I said and I don’t know if you were on this show or one of the other shows that uh I said Graham merch had the the best

Arm of any Gator quarterback ever did you ever hear me say that no I did not hear you say that okay so that’s the problem with pod podcast and radio people don’t listen and listen correctly so these people apparently called cardoo show and said that I said that Graham

Merz had a better arm than the three statues I did say that well that that is true but so what they don’t understand is because he I was talking about the Deep ball he throw he can throw the ball perfect I said he has a stronger arm

Than me worl sper TBO yes uh I mean we could put other ones in there so people need to get their facts and listen correctly to the program yeah no yeah that that is there’s two guys you and I both know that had a a strong actually

There’s three I could put Doug in there but um Doug had a strong arm Rex’s had a strong arm arm um but Graham has plenty of arm strength just anyway I I just had to get that out there because I got at least six text of people saying that somebody called into

Their show and said that I said that he had the strongest arm of of any Gator quarterback never said that you were misquoted you’re misquoted yes but it is a fact it is a fact that he has a stronger arm than myself or any of those

Three guys with the statues out there I even know you were misquoted I didn’t even hear but I I well I don’t I I wasn’t misquoted I didn’t I don’t I was not listening to Jeff and douly but the person said they listen to this show and

Called and told them that’s what I said and that’s that’s incorrect I will corroborate that is not the case yeah anybody anyway we got you would never here here’s another uh very cool story very cool story about the Gator golf team I don’t know if people heard this

So the Gator golf team the Five Five Guys that have qualified are getting to play Augusta National Golf Club today awesome and they are the guest obviously of uh Fred Ridley who’s the chairman of Augusta National Gator but but this is the cool part of the story Ian Gil

Gilligan a transfer from Long Beach State was diagnosed with lymphoma five years ago and as a makeawish kid he dreamed of playing the fame Course Augusta National well Matthew Crest who was part of the National Championship team last year yes who’s probably our probably our number one player right now

I would guess because most of the guys graduate he surprised Ian Gilligan Wednesday night at a team meeting by giving up his spot oh man and is letting him go play Augusta National well three cheers for well three cheers for Matt Crest I hope somebody had a camera so we

Could see the reaction to that I love these makea wish stories I can watch these all the time but that is a great gesture by Matthew Crest and karma’s gonna come around and be good to him at some point maybe he’ll make a winning putt for a back-to-back NCAA

Championship for the Gator who knows but that’s a great thing that he did congratulations that is uh Gator on YouTube says you’re still incorrect though merch can’t throw a debol g I’m not gonna sit here argue with you you’re obviously Clueless Okay uh he throws the

Deep ball fine the problem is you have to throw the ball deep to be able to Complete deep passes that’s been your that’s been your theme all week I’ve heard you say four times the Deep B the safest pass you can throw safest passing football there are three very good

Outcomes so yes there there are three there are three tolerable outcomes okay y so yeah the Pro Football Hall of Fame uh guys were announced last night unfortunately Fred Taylor did not make it I do not understand it to believe uh Steve mcel who was a my rookie year I

Was on the team with him and obviously he’s been battling ALS and uh he goes in Patrick Willis from Old Miss played with the 49ers was one of the SEC Legends when I was up there awesome kid or kid guy uh he went in Devon Hester Deon

Hester’s a great returner but I don’t there’s no way Deon Hester should go in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Taylor no no no no chance I I couldn’t tell you the difference between Devon Hester and Peter War but I I’ll tell you that Fred Taylor everybody knows he was the best

Running back Florida’s had he’s the best Florida running back we’ve ever had at this school that’s yeah and I mean people say em it I disagree my teammate’s the alltime leading russer and Fred Taylor is the best tailback we’ve ever had here and he was damn good for the Jacksonville Jaguars he’s like

11th on the all-time rushing list well I I don’t think either one of those two guys you just mentioned red or emic could combine speed with power like FR no nobody yeah nobody no and durability durability is huge as a running back my God so yeah but if you had put Fred

Taylor what he did as a as a pro football player on Green Bay Pittsburgh Dallas uho any of the major markets that had historical it’s a historical franchise he would already be in I agree with that 100% 100% I mean and if he had Dallas’s offensive line he might have more yards

Than AMT Smith too I mean Dallas had the best offensive line I think I’ve ever seen in the history of football when EMT Smith ran probably middle of his career and I’m not taking anything away from EMT he is great but those lines dude those guys that were blocking for EMT

Were Hall of Famers they’re all good uh just Dallas was great and Troy Amman throwing the pitch to Irvin and Harper my God what a team so yeah R’s redward is a family-owned business that prided itself an excellent customer service while providing quality and affordable promotional products and customized

Repair we got JC on the Titan Mar hotline we’re going to have Scott Card a little bit later uh Super Bowl 49ers and the Chiefs uh still very very high ticket price to get in this ball game you know majority of the people that go this are all corporate people

That don’t give a damn about either team or even know about football right for the most part and players families and so forth and players those people care yeah they care but they they get to go and you know I was reading where Travis Kel’s mother is going to have to sit in

The general stands because of how expensive and this how I didn’t understand how expensive the sweets were Taylor Swift could buy every damn site in the building and it wouldn’t matter but they’re in the Millions for a sweet so uh Christian mcaffrey basically told his girlfriend Olivia um no you’re not

Gonna buy my mom a suite for that cost you got to sit in the grandstand with the fans and uh he had put the Nicks on that some of these prop bets that everybody talks about and I’m not talking about the goofy ones but the ones that actually have a part in the

Game the one I really love is Brandon iuk and Debo Samuel over 57 yards receiving I think Brock f is gonna have a big game here and I think the 49ers is gonna win so I would look at that I would also look at rushing yards I would

Look at anytime touchdowns for all of these guys on the 49ers who are healthy and who I think will be uh very successful in this game I think they beat the Chiefs I almost think they might beat the Chiefs by more than a touchdown and I think um peka will not

Rush so if I looked at Isaiah pek’s rushing yards on a prop bet at uh well I’ll tell you what it is here in a minute but if I looked at his rushing yards I would bet the under I think the 49ers is gonna shut down their running

Game and and Patrick Mahomes is gonna run okay so Paco’s rushing yards is 68 and a half yards I would be willing to go under that against that defense let me ask you though I’m with you JC because I I’ve been preaching the 49ers defense all year but the damn Lions did

What they wanted to do true you’re right they did they did but I think so what makes you think that the damn uh be one of the best play callers in all of football who has the best player in all of football they ain’t gonna move the

Football on well because I I think I think the Ravens showed San Francisco what you do to keep the Chiefs in check they only scored 17 points and they were not that great in the second half and I think adjustments were made and you’ve got a defense to me in San Francisco’s

With Superior front seven play just really good front seven play and that’s where Baltimore is strong too as well as in the back end but I think you can get the Chiefs I think you can get him with some really solid defense and but if Mahomes does

What we all know he can do I might be very wrong about this but I’m gonna I I still think the Chiefs are gonna win because I just think Andy Reed is that good I think Spagnola this is not this is probably the worst offense the Chiefs

Have had under Pat Mahomes but it’s the best defense they’ve had very good point and I agree with that but I also believe in Kyle Shanahan you give that guy two weeks two weeks not one you give him two weeks he’s gonna figure out how to get

The ball in the Endz Zone QB they have mcaffrey Samuel KD auk they are all healthy per is healthy the offensive line is Healy Trent Williams is going to be blocking in pass protection they’re going to have plenty of guys blocking to protect py in

The back field I I just think that the the Niners I’ve always said I think they were the best team in football until they got hammered by Baltimore so uh Gan on Facebook live brought to you by Mel La says can I get some action on the KC

Running back prop with JC PCO yeah 6 it’s um well Jean you know that you can go on this little thing right here and get your own action so go ahead and get your own action and bet as much as you want because I’ve got plenty of action

Thank you very much and I’m saying take the under on Isaiah pecta I believe and John says on YouTube didn’t the Ravens beat the 49ers oh I just said it they killed the 49ers but that’s one game in the NFL QB you know I know I’m just I’m

Just the customers are saying well the customers right they did but what are the Ravens doing today and how did the Ravens play when the money was on the table like they always do in the playoffs offensively that is well the Chiefs played really good defense you

Can look at it that that point of view can you can you can but uh you know I’ve seen the Chiefs lose too I’ve seen them lose this year they lost the Colts so there you go so anything can happen it’s NFL but I gotta pick a s QB and I’m

Gonna go and I don’t I don’t blame you for taking Kansas City I I think you know but I’ve seen them get beat Tampa B Tampa killed him and uh you know I I I think the Niners this is their year I’m just gonna you know I like both these head coaches I

Think they’re excellent um I just I think the Chiefs are getting ready to make a run uh very similar to the Patriots so we shall see 1966 HBC beers available at Spurs grd iron grill Gator Games and the oome and select retail alas Chris American logger 1966 HBC

Beer we’ll talk with Scott Carter about the Auburn game I think the Gators are going to beat the Tigers so you say that because of home court but okay alurn alurn does not play great on the road they’re a very physical team that can give us some problems but they are not a

Great scoring basketball team and Florida could score we’re gonna have we’re going to be at home we’re rested I think Florida wins the game it’s a good I mean all signs point to that that this has nothing to do with being Homer or any of that I’m just going by what

Happens in college basketball yeah well everybody talks about if you look at all these top ranked teams that go on the road and they’re playing a team and you look at you say man that they’re GNA kill them you wake up the next morning and what happened no they lose but I I

Yeah I I don’t see anybody killing anybody I will say I found it quite odd that in the Alabama game the other night Auburn had 50 free throw attempts what what is that how is that possible Court homec Court 50 free throw yeah well I mean the the the SEC officials were

Leaning towards George per George Pearl George Pearl who is George Pearl George pearis was the Michigan State football coach no I didn’t say George pearis maybe that’s who I’m thinking of that probably is because I don’t know George Pearl but Bruce Pearl George Bruce he’s the same guy hey let me ask

You this JC you know when the last time the mighty Auburn Tigers won a game in the oconnell center I no I don’t know try 1996 wow now did they always play the Gators I mean did they play them I I mean they’ve played here multiple times

As like highly ranked teams and that’s the last they won a game it’s gonna be a highly entertaining game very athletic teams on the court I me you’re gonna see guys running up and down the court watch that kid broom for alurn also watch the guard their guard play you’re going to

See see uh you’re gonna see athletes all over the place it’s going to be fun to watch yeah Andy says broom was almost a gator would be nice to have him he’s very physical player yeah you would love to have him yeah but but George Pearl is

A very good recruiter and you know as long as George they’re always gonna be in the game you know George really had a lot of work a lot of success against Billy Donan people don’t remember that but he always beat Billy it it you know when he was at Tennessee but um

George Pearl why did I think of that it’s hilarious well it look it’s a good it’s a good game it’s going to be entertaining as hell I I agree with you on the aspect of having six days off means a lot to these kids it’s GNA help

Them coming off that road stretch but Florida’s position themselves with that big win against Kentucky they’ve got a tier one win now this would be another one and I think uh at home yeah I wouldn’t be shocked if they won yeah Justin on uh YouTube brought to

You by quality diploma says JC talking about Pacho like the offense runs through him you got to stop Mahomes and Kel to stop the chiefs no it’s true but but but when Kansas City can run the football they’re they’re not gonna lose and if you’ve watched the playoff games

If you’ve looked at how many time look at how many times he’s touched the ball in these last two playoff games Andy Reid will run the ball and if he can he will and but thoney is not playing he’s one of their All Pro linemen and I just

I think San Francisco on their FR seven is as good as Baltimore and Kansas City did not running up and down the field on Baltimore they did not so just look at the playoff games that’s all say Greg Greg says George Pearl is an American composer wow QB you’re listening to

Music these days yes I do I listen to one uh the Boston Pops yeah um George Pearl why the hell did I say that well it’s just this I you knew who you were talking about I knew but it made me laugh but there is a

Guy there’s a coach from Michigan PE I remember him yes yes but Bruce Pearl certainly has been very successful Auburn has changed their entire basketball culture under Bruce Pearl whether you like Auburn or don’t like Auburn their basketball well a lot of people say their home court is the best

In all the college basketball now and you know they built that little building there they got out of that Joel Lees colise or whatever it was which was a just an old dumpy Arena and half full not a fun place to watch a game and they created an atmosphere type Coliseum for

The kids to go to and for the fans who love basketball and Auburn is a basketball school they are I mean they went to the final four just recently so they’re I tell this Alburn is more of a basketball school than a football school if you look at results on the

Court and on the field well I would agree with that yeah now Auburn is a football you know that’s that’s their thing but right now it’s basketball for Auburn and they’re not bad at baseball either I think they’re playing good baseball Conor St Conor stallion who

Watches our program you know who that is JC yeah he was watching Central Michigan he’s watching our program to steal signals to let people know H but Conor stallion on YouTube brought to you by qu Plum says every team every team’s hat that JC has worn this postseason has

Lost that week that’s not true Connor uh is it really it might be true well the video doesn’t lie whatever that say now we’ have to go back and do some research uh speaking of um going back we go back to our Peachland dentl gor nation’s number one choice for

Dentistry Port Charlotte surrounding areas our Peach Land dental picks for golf at the at the was Management Open sued because of Darkness one round you’re all over this one of my guys theala the Pepperdine wave is leading the tournament how about that okay one round’s in the books you’re right you

Know we’ll see how he does I like the guy I think theala is a I’ve picked him before too um I think he’s great I I really do like him hope actually I I wouldn’t mind see him win so yeah you have Harris English Gary Woodland he’s

Okay Gary Daniel burger and I wrote down here here’s a new guy for you Scotty schfer I wrot shefer yeah Shey shefer I think shefer and um uh English are minus one and even respectively and theala is minus six so they’re all there but I got I got Ben on

JT Poston theala and Adam Haden I don’t know how the other guys did no Adam had my boy Woodland is D he’s dead last plus eight he’ll withdraw he’ll withdraw he’s coming off he’s coming off like a neck surgery I think yeah yeah he’s not ready

To go I should have known that he’s he’s not ready to I should have know that uh Stacy Says Auburn was always my favorite away away game for football and basketball great campus great campus but their basketball reading in the day was just not anything to get excited that’s why they built

Another one if they loved it so much and never would had to build another one they built another one it’s a real home cour event they’re right on top of you it’s about 9,000 seats it’s a modernized Cameron Indoor type Stadium Place and it’s very nice uh and they they they win

Man I me they’re good team I wasn’t surprised that they beat Alabama the other night at home but I I was surprised that they got to shoot the free throws 50 times I 40 out of that’s a lie you can’t you can’t beat that that’s not gonna be that’s not beatable

But Gator softball cranks up their season today down in Tampa play five games down there this weekend and then Gator baseball cranks up next Friday against St John’s we’ll have Kevin O Sullivan on I don’t know exactly which day he’s supposed to let me know know

Later today uh Jean asked QB how was the business trip the other day did JC attend yeah JC showed up JC showed up uh JC wants to go back too I love that I I thought that venue that they have and I’ve got to say this because I said I

Would say this but Patrick Jenkins and the boys down there at the Adena golf club right off 326 it’s about a half an hour south on I75 have worked so hard over the last 12 months to get this place playable and to get it presentable

And it is both and if you get a chance if you only get an opportunity because I think it’s invite only right now but if you do get the opportunity take it and go and I’m very glad the QB Ted me into going and I felt a certain amount of

Peer pressure to go and I went and I was glad as hell that that I did but it is a it’s a full day I mean if you play 18 holes and you go down there warm up for an hour beforehand and you stay for about a half an hour to an hour

Afterwards and you drive back and forth it’s an eight hour day oh yeah it was it was I was exhausted it was well worth it and yes uh Adena golf club uh good for those a chance go and want to thank Patrick for having us down there it was

Uh you know I was it was so difficult because the wind was howling off those Cliffs you know but what I was telling a buddy of mine he was asking me what kind of shape it was in I said it was phenomenal shape I said the fairways

Were so tight that you would I would try to take up you know pick up some grass blades of grass to figure out where which way the wind was glowing I couldn’t it was so tight I couldn’t pick grass well it’s February it’s that time

Of year QB but but I’ll tell you it it looks M miraculous it looks impressive and and you were able to pick some of your pitches off that grass you didn’t skull anything I think I sculled one you did not skull any balls you just it was

And usually off these tight lies you can spin it right but but it was tough uh listen the the par Theses that we played on that course that day folks think about this you’ve got elevation High T box uh lower green over a quarry playing oh I don’t know

220 yards with a a left to right or right to left wind well the one part three was 238 238 from where you were teeing off about 215 from where I te off 220 and then the other part three on the back nine right number eight I believe it was that I

That I hit one into the the the Quarry that was downhill and it was still playing oh yeah that one was like 220 yeah it was it was it’s it was a bear it was fun for sure but it was damn fun it’s a beautiful place great properties

Clint’s question here on Facebook live brought to you by meldon law but it’s actually on YouTube brought to you by quality deployment I’m gonna let JC answer this then I will says who do you think has the best arm of any Gator QB grman or crer I

Mean I I’m gonna stay with number eight because the way he throws the ball and through the ball but crer had a great arm I don’t know how you can Doug Johnson had a great arm uh but yeah those those two those two I would say

For the out of the sper ER quarterbacks gross I’m saying gross I would put those two as the best two throwers of the football with the best arms Doug would be third yeah Doug Doug was Gman crer would be one a and one B yeah it would it would

And and you know I think Grossman in Spur’s last game in the Orange Bowl may have had the best game in his gator career against Maryland that night they scored 50 on him and just did whatever they wanted to he had you know all the physical tools and talent that you could

Ask for I’ll never forget when I was at the spring game yeah was it spring game or maybe it was a practice uh coach had me come out there I can’t remember what year I would have been in the league but it was in the allseason so I’m sitting in the North

End Zone No the South End Zone in the shade and I’m just watching from The End Zone and after practice after the it may have been a scrimmage it’s like well what’ you think and it had to been Rex maybe Brock Berlin Jesse I don’t know who all the quarterbacks were on that

Team yeah and uh I said coach yeah number eight does things you can’t teach that’s right yeah he needs to be your quarterback yeah and it was Rex cuz I mean he just had there’s some guys that just have a knack of how to play the position doesn’t matter if JC’s coaching

Them or Steve Spur’s coaching they have a knack of how to play the position and he did he that’s he’s a that’s a Matt Stafford type of ability and um you know as Matt Stafford never beat TBO but Matt Stafford was a better quarterback and

And is and I think a Hall of Famer as well by the way and and you know you’ve got guys like that that just have um there’s another one that comes to mind that’s at the tip of my tongue that reminds me of that kind of quarterback

Uh that can just do anything with the arm um damn well Aaron Rogers is one but uh it escapes me damn it but but Rex yeah Rex was was just tremendous um throwing ball anyway yeah yeah for sure got trouble with that sometimes he did but I mean all do

So yeah uh Michael says on YouTube Chris Le threw the very best ball by far not the best arm but the best ball beautiful spiral throw after throw yeah he he’s he’s your all-time leading passer um but so did Danny Danny threw balls that that were somewhat unteachable too now

Granted he had hilard and redel we could talk about this for hours but Danny worle folks there’s a reason why he’s got the statue I you once said that you thought before these other guys that he was the best that ever played here Danny wor oh I think he’s the best

Quarterback if I were ranking the quarterbacks that played here do your Mount rush for do your Mount Rush well I’m gonna do it real quick I would go Danny then I would go Rex and then I would go TBO okay yeah TBO won I mean he was a

Winner in every sense of and that counts that absolutely counts at that position but I think the other two were better better passers well they were with every I shouldn’t I mean there’s multiple guys that are better passers than TBO TBO is just a damn good football player yeah

But I think Danny and then I would go Rex and then TBO yeah yeah can’t argue with it yeah sounds good all right we’re waiting on Scott Carter here well that’s fine uh that’s fine but um you know uh it’s um it’s G to be a great game

Sunday I I’m it’s going to be a great weekend you got basketball with auburn you got the Super Bowl on Sunday night uh you know it’s it’s one of those games where if you do choose to partake in in wagering um the one thing that I’ve always SE to

To that works is the total in the third quarter the total number of points usually these helpers around nine nine and a half in the third quarter and a lot of times the team that’s behind has a sense of urgency and they generally a lot of times they score in the third

Quarter and now we’ve got the two best teams in in the pro football playing I like the total number of points we if it’s under say 13 in the third quarter think about that one too okay you can get all this stuff on the Hard Rock Sports bet half totally

Legal all of it Greg says why didn’t creser have success well he played behind warle he he set the all-time leading passing record for one game at Florida when coach just started him and then uh he was him and Danny were the same age so he transfer he was very

Successful he went to Marshall won a national championship you know who he played about seven years in the National Football League and he threw to a Hall of Famer I mean yeah Randy Moss had a lot of success because of the guy throwing him the ball who got it to him

Out there running the 43 that he ran so yeah I mean that long ball didn’t didn’t hurt Marshall did it yes so crer was very very successful and he’s a very successful High School coach and trains quarterbacks Charles says on YouTube Shane does the new special teams analyst

Report to the Special Teams analyst that had the issues last year ask Scott I ask Scott that if Scott Scott may be sleeping there’s a lot of he text me last night that he was coming on so never in my life have I heard so much conversation about assistants and

Assistant coaches and staffs and and and who does what job you know on the coaching sty i’ never and and I don’t know why that is is it because they don’t trust the head guy or is it because it’s just interesting to talk about I find it to

Be incredibly boring to talk about assistant football coaches not that there’s anything wrong with assistant football coaches but this has got to be the only show where I think we’ve spent literally uh hours talking about freaking assistant football coaches just just making that observation just that’s what people want to talk about and

That’s that’s great they not going to win you the game though and to me it’s the guys on the field running and jumping and catching and blocking and tackling and tackling folks tackling was the biggest problem on this football team last year and it has to get better

Or we’re not gonna see very very different results this year if they don’t play better defense I I don’t care you could bring buddy Ryan back from the dead if those kids don’t respond if they don’t tackle if they don’t use Tech if they’re not coach right this team

Doesn’t win you got to tackle man I will tell you this JC do you want to know who’s calling the plays next year uh sure go ahead who’s calling Coach Napier’s calling the plays um John wants to know were you with the Bears when Rex was there no I I only had about

Two no I was gone I was let’s see Rex came out in what 200 oneish yeah and I only had about four five more years left in the league I don’t know where I was but no we were you’re probably in Buffalo you’re probably either in Buffalo you’re right Buffalo probably

Yeah Buffalo or Cincinnati I I remember it was Buffalo because you went Cincinnati after Buffalo but uh man um boy we really do we really do focus a lot on these assistant coaches um but Bri’s inviting us to Michigan to play Arcadia Bluffs oh I’ve done it I’ve

Done it that is their version of whistley straits it is fabulous in the summertime you can they have about 200 tea times in the summertime during the course of day it’s incredible because the day goes forever he is so right I’ve played that course you can get a

Property on the course there’s two courses there’s a a smaller course and a big course the big course there on the Cliffs of Michigan it is about an hour Southwest of Travers City that’s where you want to go Travers City and drive down to Arcadia Blu it is a fabulous

Probably the best place I’ve ever played not not I’m not exaggerating it I only played it one time John Dar was with us Junior and it it was it’s you have to get a caddy because there’s a lot of blond shots it’s there’s no trees really to worry about it’s just it’s amazing

It’s amazing he is so right thank you for that that is so true Arcadia blust I got a pullover in that closet there you know golf yeah Greg says here Danny had a very accurate deep ball unlike like Merz look Danny probably threw 10 10 to 12

Deep balls a game whereas like I told you look Merz threw some deep balls to Ricky peera this year he didn’t hit many but you gotta call him and I promise you if you call seven to eight of them and you hit two of them that changes the

Game it’s it’s a big play man and it does it it could lead to 14 points and and this literally remember Danny had two of the best wide receivers we all ever have here playing with him and and I’m not not saying that’s Danny’s fault good for him but Graham Merz has done

What what he was asked to do and S certainly I think surprised most people except you and I I got a hand to him he he’s gonna be your starter next year he’s going to do fine and they’ve got some help around him hopefully the offensive line will get better and uh we’ll

See Andy’s he was running for his life a lot QB you have to admit I mean yeah I thought he play he played outstanding football they didn’t guard him and the ball the the ball carrying that he did in that Missouri game especially on the play he got hurt just shows you how

Tough the guy is and how much he wants to win and how hard he wants to play for Florida and again offense kept him and offense was the reason why they should have beat Missouri offense was the reason why they did beat South Carolina and offense was the reason why they

Embarrassed Tennessee just think about that folks and offense was the reason they would have beaten Arkansas if we wouldn’t have made it they did their job the ball downfield and and completely did exactly what they had to do remember Arkansas was up 14 to nothing with

Before I even sat down so you’re asking an offense to come in there down two touchdowns in SEC game I don’t know he did a great job he did a great job Andy’s question was did I have any good Steve McMichael stor since I was a

Rookie his last year with the Bears you know that that you know Richard D the fridge those guys were all on that team my rookie year they didn’t really mess with me because I was a a rookie free agent yeah they um that made the roster

They usually mess with the guys of the draft picks so uh no but they were crazy I’m telling you I’ll never forget my first pre-season game I didn’t even play in it but I can’t remember where we were playing come in at halftime so you got all these dudes from

The there’s still like multiple probably six K six guys from the Super Bowl Shuffle team right I go everybody goes to take a leak you know at halftime because NFL it’s 12 minutes I mean it is fast yeah there dudes in there smoking cigarettes I’m going I’m a I’m a rookie

I’m going what I’m thinking to myself what are these dudes doing that was a different world man I I I actually met Steve McMichael last summer at the White Eagle Golf Course in naville Illinois Planet charity of event and he yeah he looked okay but I know he’s no no no no

You didn’t meet Steve McMichael JC he’s been he’s been in a hospital bed for you’re right years it was um the other lineman I met him but I of course I was you know having a few beers uh you sure it wasn’t Steve MC Michael St MC Michael

Has been barely on life support for probably six or seven years then I am mistaken I apologize yeah all right so Scott Carter just text he take his kids to uh school and forgot so is calling in now so JC okay uh we’re going to take a

Timeout and get Scott one last time you’re taking the 49ers to win the Super Bowl straight up with the spread and damn it I’m gonna remember who I met in aprille for Monday but yes 49ers on Sunday Brooks and and the gator over Auburn by six all right that’s JC join

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The thing the big takeaway from me Shane I mean was you let’s just talk about the obvious I mean we all know this is a critical year for Billy Napier and FL football program and I think he made some changes that were necessary uh are they going to be enough

I don’t know I I just I feel like in some many ways things are kind of stacked against the Gators right now with that schedule but if they can somehow surprise us win eight nine games he’ll be SEC coach of the year so we’ll see how it all plays out we we’ve all

Seen this scenario before at Florida and at schools every year I mean uh he’s one of those guys that it’s a make or break year I think in a lot of ways and um will all the changes be enough will the right pieces fit we’ll just have to wait

And see I mean I I think there’s a lot of a lot of good being done behind the scenes with the players and the experience they’re getting and the resources but we all know you gotta win Shane yep there’s no question about that it’s a it’s a big year for the Gator we

Know it’s not going to be easy but look here here’s what’s funny to me you know the schedule is extremely difficult we all know that but how many times have the fans and the past bitched and complain about not having a good schedule yeah this is one of those years

Where Tennessee chatt n and Marshall might be good to see but I mean I I’m I love this schedule this year I would love to see it every year this kind of schedule I think in time we’ll see this schedule being a regular thing it’s just like I said it’s just unfortunate timing

For Billy Napier where he is at Florida that that they have to go through that schedule because it is a Monster yeah and I mean anything can happen you gotta play the game and uh Gators could surprise some people so who knows Scott I want to switch gears to baseball I’m

Gonna have Sully on next week but you know I think in one of the rankings they came out as a preseason number two behind wake farest we know week in and week out in SEC baseball is just a it’s a slugfest uh have you seen any

Practices what do you what do you make of this team so far you know I’ve gone out a couple times I like what I’ve seen I think it’s a a team that you know obviously Jack kaggle owns the centerpiece he’s being talked about as National player of the

Year one of the most unique talents if not the most unique talent in Florida Gator baseball history because of what he can do pitching and hitting I mean you know 30 some home runs last year uh it’ll be fascinating to see how he develops if he continues into this role

Uh in his pro career but if he has the kind of season that a lot of people project he’ll be the number one pick in next June draft so anytime you have a player like that you can build around Shane that that’s that’s a great start but it’s always been about depth and

Pitching for Sully’s teams and you know a guy that has everyone excited this freshman pitcher who’s going to be there Saturday guy leam Peterson uh this guy he’s kind of in that mold of Alex fedo Brady singer some of the best ones that suin had so you mix him in there with uh

You know Kade Fisher and kago Brandon neilly and you’ve got a a pretty impressive uh start of your rotation there so to me it’s just a typical slly team one thing he does year in year out he he has highend talent uh and they generally compete for the SEC title and

You know can they get back to Omaha this year I don’t think it’s out of the realm of possibility at all so I do think uh Gator fans will have something to to latch on to this spring with this baseball team because I do expect them

To be pretty good kind of jumping ahead uh do you like I want to say they they changed the SEC tournament which I think they needed to it was the format to me was stupid um yeah now it’s just one and done and you go home

Right yeah which I don’t mind that I mean a long week man uh for those people up there and you know you often go up there it seems like winning it’s not that important for some schools right because they know to do it it’s going to

Take something out of you maybe for the postseason so I think that’s a smart move uh you know go up if you get hot and win it that’s great but you know if you lose you can get back home and start preparing for the postseason because most of those teams at the SEC

Tournament they’re headed to the insc way tournament that’s how good the SEC is so I like the move personally yeah uh Tim says on Facebook live brought you by melow with this schedule of year will be the new van Tim I’m going to challenge you with this right here and you and

Others live your life with some positivity quit being so negative you know as an athlete you don’t look at your schedule upcoming and go we’re going to lose every game you go into it with a plan and try to win every game possible and a lot of times teams

Surprise people I’m not saying the Gators are going to win the SEC or whatever but just enjoy there’s nothing you can do about it just the negativity is overwhelming and I I just think it’s ridiculous quite honestly um yeah so that’s my uh Dr Feel for today uh um you

Know I get it I hear a lot of that too man it does beat you down at times yeah it’s it’s it’s I mean look support the kids that are on the team they’re going to go out there and try to win the damn football game and if they do win the

Football game I don’t want these people texting on here talking about what a great win it was either jump on board or find another team that’s all I can say um you know that’s as an athlete you look at your schedule and you try to win

Every freaking game and um you don’t sit here in the allseason going oh we’re gonna lose that one we we might as well not even get on the plane to go there look crazy things can happen so um all right before we get you out here Scott gymnastics it’s kind of a weird

Year for Jenny rolling because some of our top players athletes gymnast I I always call them players uh aren’t participating because they’re getting ready for the Olympics so it’s kind of weird isn’t it yeah I mean it’s if they had Kayla daill who is taking that Gap year for

The Olympics I think it’s a different team uh obviously it’s still a very talented team with Leanne Wong and I I like some of these freshman uh that they’ve added Anna Pilgrim is very impressive I think she’s a future star um I think this team will get better and they’ll they’ll they’ll

Be in the hunt late I don’t know if they’ve got National Championship potential without Dello but I do think uh it’s a good team but yeah it it’s it’s one of those things where I get it I mean if I’m cayb Bello and you know you’re at that peak of your career and

The Olympics are here this year I want to make a run at it too so uh I get that part of it but luckily with the way the sport is structured now you know so many of these former Olympic gymnasts they get to come back and still be part of

The college team and experience so we’re gonna we’re going to see her for a while but yeah it is it is one of those odd years where you know that she’s not got the teams she could have but she still has a very good team all right last

Thing and we’ll get you out of here uh Andy’s question do you or your interns plan on doing any stories on the world class swimmers you know we’ll do something for sure going into the SEC they they’ve had some big events lately and I’ve always you know we’ve written a lot about the

Swimmers over the years but that’s probably a good idea to get over there and get a couple of these these kids because uh as the program I mean it’s amazing what they’ve done especially on the menide with all those SEC championships in a row um but yeah we

We’ll have some stuff coming up with them the uh for you this is busier than the the fall for you right this time of the year it is man there’s so much going on and also I’m putting out a magazine and it’s like trying to keep up with

Everything it could be difficult but it’s also it’s what makes Florida unique it’s what makes it fun you’ve got these sports that have these Premier athletes so you got somebody like Andy asking about swimming and I could tell you right now I’ve written you know meeting Caleb dressle writing about him and

Locky and some of these athletes you get to meet Connor dwire it’s pretty it’s pretty cool man that’s only way I could say it these guys are they are the best at what they do I mean you know Caleb drussell is every bit of a Timbo in the

Swimming world uh so to be able to document some of what they do and to uh to get to know them a little bit it’s it’s a pleasure when those Olympic years and you’re seeing them there on the world stage uh and you know it’s it’s that’s what again that’s what makes

Florida special Ben Shelton’s another one of those guys I mean the tennis player to be able to get to follow him now in his professional career I think he’s going to be the the best American tennis hope for the next few years so it’s cool that he went to the University of

Florida wait you said you’re putting out a magazine we do we do a magazine uh called two bits it’s a it’s a magazine that we do a couple times a year uh so it just happens to be it’s that time and guess what the cover is Shane it’s the

Olympics because you got Anthony nesty is on the cover uh previewing him in the Olympics and you’ve also got Greg Troy and Mike callay who’ve already done that so we talked to them too so that goes to all of our boosters it gets mailed to about 12,000 of our boosters and you

Know oh I get that I get that magazine I know one you’re talking about now I thought you were starting something new Scott no no you probably get it TOS to the side I know Shan oh no I put it on the counter I read it every now and

Then Scott good stuff is always my man I appreciate your time enjoy who you got in the Super Bowl you know I’ve got to go for the chief because I’m always I’m going to be scarred for the rest of my life on the 49ers CU I was a huge Cowboys fan as a

Boy boy and I still remember D Dwight Clark’s catch and I think that’s one of two or three times I cried over Sports in my life so I will never root for 49ers that’s funny Scott appreciate your time on man have a great weekend see you guys that’s Scott Carter

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