GatorCountry brings you a new podcast as we preview the Orange and Blue spring game for the Florida Gators on Saturday.

Andrew Spivey and Nick de la Torre break down what they’re looking for on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball on Saturday.

Andrew and Nick also break down the huge recruiting visitors list for the Gators on Saturday as Dan Mullen and his staff are set to host many top prospects.

TRANSCRIPT:

Andrew:                 What’s up, Gator Country? Your man, Andrew Spivey, here with Nicholas de la Torre. Nicholas, couple days left of spring practice, and the Gators kick it off for the finale, I guess is what you would say. The Orange & Blue game on Saturday. We’re taping this on Thursday. They practice on Friday, or do a little walkthrough on Friday, and then have the game on Saturday. The pack the Swamp thing, that’s kind of getting out there. Put you on the spot, does Florida break the 68,000 mark?

Nick:                         I say no.

Andrew:                 I’m going to say yes.

Nick:                         Here you go. They announced what, like 40,000 last year? That wasn’t close to being right. If they’re close, do they just announce it as more? Maybe. I don’t think so. That’s a lot of people. That 68,000 was coming off of a national championship going into Tebow’s senior year.

Andrew:                 I’m going to say they do. I’m going to say that it’s a big one. I’m going to say they break it, and I’m going to say it’s a legit break.

Nick:                         That’s a lot of people.

Andrew:                 Yeah. I think that fans are so hungry for something different, and I think Mullen’s done a good job. This is going to be crazy when I say this, but I think that it may be in part due to the students showing up. You and I both know that the students haven’t shown up in a long, long time. If they show up, that’s a good thing.

Nick:                         Another thing is it’s free. It’s a free ticket, and there’s so much going on campus. They’ve really made a big push for what they’re calling the We Chomp Weekend. You’ve got softball is in town. Baseball is in town. I think tennis?

Andrew:                 Lacrosse.

Nick:                         Lacrosse. A lot of stuff going on. Dan Mullen has been really a huge champion of really pushing this pack the Swamp movement that they’re trying to do. It’s not just a spring game, and that’s kind of what they’re saying. Sure, you’re going to come in for the Spring game on Saturday at 3:00. You and I were both big fans of McElwain moving it to Friday and making it a big event, but the pushback there was people coming in from out of town. Listen, I have work till 5:00 on Friday, I can’t get Gainesville if I’m coming from Tennessee, or if I’m coming from upstate Georgia, or if I’m coming from Miami. I can’t get to a 7:30 Friday night game, but I can get there for a Saturday game. I think that was probably the thought process of moving it back, to get a bigger attendance, even though we both did like that Saturday night feel where you were the only team, the only show in the country.

Andrew:                 I think that a lot of the reason, especially for you and I talking about the big push for that Friday night, was that there wasn’t a lot of momentum. There wasn’t a lot of excitement.

Nick:                         It was good for recruiting, because you didn’t have kids making a decision. I want to go to Florida State’s spring game, or I want to go to Georgia’s spring game, and I want to go to Florida’s too. I can go to Florida’s Friday, and then go somewhere else Saturday. Maybe that’s not good for recruiting, because you got kids leaving right away.

Andrew:                 Right. That’s what I’m saying. I think it was good for that point, because you didn’t have the excitement to really compete, but if you’re Mullen and those guys,