Texas vs. Florida: Crucial Matchup with Playoff Implications

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00:00Top-ranked Texas is a 21-and-a-half point home favorite over Billy Napier and the Florida Gators.

00:10Texas coming out of a bye week well-rested in regards to this matchup. For Florida,

00:15they got to go yet on the road, coach, in a very difficult environment. Potentially

00:20with a backup quarterback, DJ Lagwe, a game-time decision. If he can't go,

00:25it'll be true freshman Eden Warner that did play in the fourth quarter against Georgia,

00:3196 yards, no touchdowns, one INT. This is going to be a very difficult matchup for Napier to

00:37potentially win this game and keep it within the 21-and-a-half point number.

00:41The quarterback situation is everything. When they go from Lagwe, and you remember last week

00:47against Georgia, they were winning with Lagwe. They were playing head-to-head. They were winning

00:51the football game, and when he went out with that hamstring, they were no longer in the game.

00:56Georgia is separate. I think that's the number one thing that happens this game. If Lagwe is playing,

01:02I think they can play and keep the game closer. I like them in that 21 points, but if he can't

01:08play, oh, I don't know what they're going to do. There's such a big separation between their

01:13second-team quarterback and their third-team quarterback. Coach, when I watched that game

01:17against Vanderbilt, it was a game that Georgia had dominated Texas the week prior. They go on

01:24the road, the Longhorns, and they face off against a team that was very gutty and battle-tested in

01:30the Vanderbilt Commodores. They were up by 14 points, but one thing I didn't like about Steve

01:35Sarkisian and that offense is the lack of killer instinct to potentially go by 21. It's almost like

01:42they feel they could play with anybody, and they could turn it on or turn it off at any given

01:47moment from an offensive perspective, but in the long haul, that type of mentality potentially

01:52can leave you vulnerable for potentially an upset against some of the under-ranked teams in the SEC.

01:59Well, you're exactly right, and I think you're talking about the way they got into halftime.

02:04They did not have that killer instinct where I thought Texas could have put the game away

02:09before halftime, and they chose to almost sit on the ball and not try to be dynamic

02:15in what they were doing. That will hurt you in the games down the road. Texas, if they can win

02:20this week and they're supposed to win, they will have some huge games down the road. They've got

02:25to accept the fact that offensively, you got to let it loose. You've got to play to win, not play

02:30to not lose, and again, that's the only thing I saw of Texas in the past. They play a little bit not

02:35to lose. I don't know if it's a high expectation level or being afraid, but you've got to play and

02:40let it loose if you're a Texas against the competition they're going to have. Like I said,

02:45if Legway's playing, they could give him a good game in Florida. If he's not playing, I'm not

02:51sure this will be the game. Coach, if Texas does in fact make it to the college football playoff,

02:58and let's just say they do struggle from an offensive perspective, do you feel that Sork

03:03would turn away from Quinears to potentially Arch Manning in that type of situation?

03:09No, I don't think, yeah. I think they are clear and they're number one, number two. I think they

03:15think that yours is a better quarterback right now, that they've got a great Manning as a great

03:19quarterback for the future. If they were just to have a totally flat day, but I think if he would

03:24have made that decision, he had a great opportunity to make it earlier in the season and he chose not

03:30to make it. I think that's just a case of your senior, your veteran is more prepared to win

03:37games right now than your freshman or sophomore quarterback. Coach, when you look at Florida,

03:42they're four and four. Let's say they drop this game, they move to four and five overall.

03:47Do you feel like six or seven wins is enough to save Napier's job, especially knowing that they

03:53had one of the hardest schedules in all of college football and certainly the hardest schedule

03:58in the SEC this year? Well, you know what? All those things are true. He had one of the hardest

04:03schedules and they have played better towards the end of their season, but the talk has been so

04:09strong. Their fans are looking for a change. I'm not so sure there's anything at this

04:15point, unless he wins out and plays an exceptionally well in these games, maybe that'll change things,

04:22but I see Florida looking for a new coach.

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