GatorCountry brings you a new podcast as we start to preview the Florida Gators vs. Mississippi State game on Saturday in Starkville.

Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre are joined by Brett Hudson of The Commercial Dispatch to get his thoughts on the game, plus we ask him about Dan Mullen’s time in Starkville.

Andrew and Nick also continue to breakdown the game as they give you their keys for the Gators on both sides of the ball.

TRANSCRIPT:

Andrew:                 What’s up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey, here with Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, had a little technical difficulties, didn’t get to do the recap of the Tennessee game. We’ll do all that, no worries. It was a lot to talk about, but not a lot to talk about, because it was just another day, beating Tennessee.

Nick:                         Need to work on getting the good state of Tennessee some internet connection, which caused us to miss our Monday podcast, but we got a good one today. We’ll do a quick review. I know everyone wanted to hear your thoughts about the Tennessee game, so we’ll do a quick review, but we got to move on. Florida’s on the road, going to Starkville, and we got Brett Hudson coming to preview the Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Andrew:                 The whiteout. It’s going to be a whiteout in Starkville with some cowbells. Should be interesting. I have to, in a few minutes after we talk to Brett, Nick, we have to talk about Mullen’s comments about the state of Mississippi, and his wife having to online shop. To me, that was hilarious. That was funny. That was awesome. We’ll have to talk about all that, as you can definitely tell this game is a very important game to Dan Mullen, to his coaching staff. It’s an important game for a lot of reasons. Not only is it important for Florida to win this game, it’s an important game because Dan gets to maybe show Mississippi State, listen, I built it, but I can beat you guys. It’s going to be a good one, I think.

Nick, let’s go to Brett. We’ll talk to Brett. We’ll get his thoughts on this game, get some X’s and O’s breaking down here, get his key matchups, and then you and I will come back and talk a little Tennessee, and then we’ll get into our key matchup as well. It’s going to be a good battle. I think it’s going to be a game that we’ll see who is more physical.

Nick:                         Joined now by Brett Hudson of The Commercial Dispatch. Brett became a friend during baseball season. We met each other out there in, was it Hoover, or was it Omaha?

Brett:                       It was Omaha, because they didn’t stay in Hoover long enough for Florida to get there.

Nick:                         That’s right. They made it to Omaha, despite losing their head coach five days into the season. I mean, that’s a story Gator fans would like to talk about, but that’s not what we’re here to talk about today.

Andrew:                 Yeah. Brett, let me ask you, what is the atmosphere like? What is the buzz around campus right now? Was the Kentucky game a game that was maybe overlooked a little bit? Have fans rebounded, and is it hate Dan Mullen this week, or respect Dan Mullen this week?

Brett:                       It is very much hate Dan Mullen this week. There probably should be a little more respect for Dan Mullen. I think there will be in time. I think they’ll eventually come around and realize that a very unfortunate November in his ninth year at Mississippi State probably shouldn’t outweigh the previous eight years and however many months that came before it, in which Dan Mullen did things at Mississippi State that a lot of people, myself included, didn’t think were possible, in terms of sustained success.

I think they’ll eventually come around to that, but now is definitely not that time. This is Dan Mullen hate week. Frankly, from a few days after Thanksgiving until now has been Dan Mullen hate eight months,