GatorCountry brings you a new podcast as we continue to preview the Florida Gators vs. Tennessee game on Saturday in Knoxville.
Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre are joined by Trey Wallace from Fox Sports Knoxville to get his thoughts on the game and his keys for both teams on Saturday.
Andrew and Nick also continue to break down the game as they give you their keys for Florida on Saturday and all starts with the running game.
TRANSCRIPT:
Andrew: What’s up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey, here with Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, Tennessee hate week. It’s on. It’s in the middle of the week, and Mullen says they’re going to play Rocky Top. I’m so glad I don’t have to listen to that in practice.
Nick: Listen, I understand why Gator fans don’t like Rocky Top. It’s Tennessee’s song.
Andrew: It’s annoying, Nick.
Nick: If you take your orange and blue glasses off, Rocky Top is an objectively catchy song.
Andrew: It’s annoying. It is annoying. It is like a reoccurring dream that you can’t get out of your head. It’s annoying, Nick. I don’t care what you say.
Nick: It’s catchy.
Andrew: It isn’t catchy. It’s annoying.
Nick: It’s a catchy song.
Andrew: No, no, no. There is no way, shape, or form you’re making me believe it’s catchy. No. It is worse than their godawful uniforms they wear in what my grandpa calls throw up orange.
Nick: Throw up orange. It’s creamsicle. Rocky Top, objectively catchy.
Andrew: No. It’s objectively stupid.
Nick: We’ll ask Trey.
Andrew: We will ask Trey. We’re going to bring on our man in a few seconds here, Mr. Trey Wallace from Fox Sports Knoxville up there. Formerly with the It’s Optional. Still does a little bit of work for there. Quick little side note, Trey and I are from the same area. Both 251 boys. We’ll talk to him. Nick, without further ado, let’s go to Trey and talk to Trey.
Nick: Do it.
Andrew: Welcome back, guys. We’re with my man, Trey Wallace, from Fox Sports Knoxville. Trey, Alabama to Tennessee, what’s going on, my man? I told the listeners before you and I rep that 251 together. Now we’re on opposing sides.
Trey: It’s not even really opposing sides. We’re just doing our jobs here. There is no bias. We both represent the 251. At least our football team down there got a win this past week, and now we look forward to this big matchup on Saturday. You guys will enjoy hearing Rocky Top at least two or three times during the game.
Nick: Two or three times during the game. Even if Tennessee loses 150-0, I guarantee I’ll hear Rocky Top at least 12 times.
Trey: That’s because I’m going to come over there in the press box and find you, and I’m just going to blast it in your ear.
Nick: I’m fine with that.
Andrew: I’m not fine with that.
Nick: Objectively good song. Objectively catchy.
Andrew: No. No, no, and no. More no. No more Rocky Top. Trey, I have to ask you this. This rivalry is a rivalry that, let’s face it, in the ‘90s, 2000s, the winner of this game won the East. 99% of the time it did. Both of these teams are coming back from rebuild mode. You have Tennessee losing their last nine against Power 5, Florida the last seven. Both teams enter the game on Saturday with losing streaks against SEC schools. Does this game start the rivalry again? I guess, who is this game more important for?
Trey: I think it’s so fierce Saturday night,