Chomp Radio | Is the AP Poll Broken? The Gators Are Back & What's Florida's Ceiling?

0:00Welcome into another edition of chomp radio. I am your host Tim Barnett and we are talking Gators midweek before another big matchup against number 25 ranked Missouri. Now their Missouri in the past has been kind of a house of horrors for Florida. But when I worried about that right now, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, that's that's a conversation for Friday saving that for then. So stick around, make sure you tune in on Friday as well. But one of the things I want to talk about is this is the first time that Florida has gone for know since 2019. It has been a cool seven years since the Gators have won the first four games of their season. That's crazy to me. And it came at the expense of the Auburn Tigers

1:03at Jordan here and the number four ranked Ole Miss Rebels. I like that. I like that a lot. So looking at the landscape and kind of what has gone on. Now what of my first questions to you is who has a better resume than Florida, excluding Texas, of course, but outside of Texas, who's got a better resume than Florida? I'd posit nobody. I don't think that there is a single school in this country that has a better resume than Florida right now. And if you look at the preseason, not the preseason, excuse me, the AP top 25 right now, there

2:03are seven schools that the AP voters believe have a better resume than Florida. Because when you look at it, Florida is ranked number eight in the country. They are a top 10 team and deservedly so. But you look at it. They got Texas number one Georgia two, Notre Dame three Miami four Ohio State five Indiana six Alabama seventh and then they ranked Ole Miss ninth. The thing that amazes me whenever I see this is I always wonder do they just use the preseason polls as the baseline? They look at the preseason polls. That's their baseline and then they adjust from there. They don't take into account how the team looks.

3:10They just say, hey, listen, Oregon and I'll talk about Oregon because they're my example in a minute, but Oregon's ranked number two, the preseason. So because of this that and the other, they're only going to drop a handful of spots. And to me, that doesn't make any sense. And it almost makes me wonder if they're arrogant. If there's a lack of accountability when it comes to these AP voters because I don't mind the preseason polls themselves because you're basically looking at last season, then watching the moves that happen whether coaches get hired or fired and whether you could bring on this transfer portal kid or that transfer portal kid, hey, how do they look in the spring game to this freshman, all of a sudden ball out, whatever. I don't mind looking at all of that. And then right before week zero, you throw out a ranking

4:17and you're like, hey, most of these teams are brands that everybody knows. We're not going to have a team like Navy who I kept arguing should have been in the top 12 last year. I thought they were playing that well as the season kept going on and on and on. But God forbid a team like Navy actually makes a college football playoff. But that's a different story for a different day. Yet when I look at these preseason polls or preseason rankings, as I just said, a lot of them are well known brands that are football powerhouses. There really is no, no leeway for schools that aren't well known powerhouses to fit into that top 25, even if they have done all the necessary requirements that would make them a top 25 team in the preseason. Ultimately, this just leads me to conclude

5:22that these voters are sticking to these preseason rankings like permanent ink on a cheap tattoo. I mean, how can you sit there and tell me that everything that happened last year and everything that happened in between with the spring practices, the new coaches, the new players that these same teams will always be in the top 25 with the exception of the name brand that fell off and is back again. What bothers me is how are they're not any drastic shifts in the first month to six weeks of the season? How? And this is now I'm going to bring Oregon in as my example, because with Oregon, you look at how they started. They were the number two team in the country. Dante Moore was their starting quarterback.

6:31Everything was looking great for Oregon. There was even talks in the preseason about how Oregon would be the fourth different big 10 team to win the national championship this year. So then the season starts. And remember, my whole point is that first four to six weeks, we don't know how these teams are, how they're playing. So how are they're not any drastic shifts, right? Oregon. They start week one, favored by 24 and a half points over Boise State, who a lot of people thought actually Boise State could be that group of six team to get into the college football playoff. And so what happened? Oregon trailed at halftime and it was a 27 27 game with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter. Boise State tied it up at 27 a piece just for Oregon to sneak out of there

7:36with a 34 27 victory. Oregon, favored by 24 and a half barely beats Boise State by seven. So what happened? The eight people, I guess, loves Boise State because while they still remained unranked, they dropped Oregon down from two to six. So if you love Boise State that much, why didn't Boise State get ranked in that in that eight people in the top 25 because you only moved Oregon down four spots? Can you explain that to me? But hold a hold on, it gets even better, right? Because the following week, Oregon was favored 23 and a half points against Oklahoma State.

8:40And what happened? Oregon lost 39 31 Oklahoma State became the first team to snap a 10 plus game losing streak to a top 10 opponent. They had lost 21 straight FPS games in 12 and their last 12 altogether. They also snapped Dan Lannins 35 and 0 versus unranked teams. Oregon was the first AP top 10 team to lose its second game of the year to an unranked opponent since 2014 Ohio State Buckais. And of course, the Buckais went to go on a win the national title that year, but that point aside. After all the significance of Oklahoma State upsetting number six ranked Oregon,

9:48do you think the AP poll kept him in the top 25 or did the right thing and knocked him out completely? And if you took the former, you would be correct because Oregon still found themselves ranked. They were then ranked 21st after being 23 and a half point favorites and losing the game. To Oklahoma State, which only begs the question voters saw the Oregon logo. They saw that block. Oh, they remember that Nike has thrown millions if not billions of dollars at that program.

10:49And they still refused to knock him out because of those two aspects that I just said. Because when you look at everything that happened on the field, that team is overrated. That team is garbage. That team is straight up trash. Yet they still found themselves ranked the top 25 after being over 23 point favorites and barely squeaking out week one and losing straight up in week two both on ranked teams. My point being it doesn't matter how great the upset is. For teams like Oregon, they will always

11:54remain in the top 25. Now if you talk to some other people, they will say the same thing about the SEC. You know that teams in the SEC will always be ranked in the top 25. A good example that people have pointed out and which I agree with is number 25 ranked Missouri right now. Why they ranked? I got no idea. Regardless, the point being is if you are a team like Oregon, like an SEC team, like Ohio State, Michigan, whatever, it doesn't matter how big your upset was. You will still find yourself ranked because these AP voters will just blatantly admit they don't care. They come up with these convoluted explanations that make zero sense, that contradict themselves

13:01and use that as a justification for why this team is in and the team that upset them is one, either not in or two doesn't get a massive bump. The first four to six weeks of a college football season, these teams should be bouncing around the AP top 25 like a freaking pinball machine. There should be teams that are unranked that are jumping into the teams. There are teams that are unranked that should be jumping into the top 10. There are teams in the top 10 that should be out of it completely because at the end of the day, we don't know how these teams actually play until you hit the field. And then when they hit the field, that's the time you assess it properly. That's the time you get to look and say, well,

14:03Georgia just hung up 70 on an FCS team. All right. Guess what? They can remain in the top five. Hey, Florida took advantage of their easy schedule. Beat up on FAU in Campbell. You know what? Let's make them 23, 24. And then they go into Auburn. Oh, that's a great win. Let's bump them up to 10 or something crazy like that. You know, I'm obviously using two SEC schools and as an example, especially Florida, because how we're again, a podcast, right? But I look at it kind of like that because you need to see the product on the field to accurately assess what how these teams should be ranked. Am I wrong with that? Because preseason polls, yeah, fine. Dandy.

15:07Use them as a baseline. Okay. I mean, I'm kind of okay with that, but I'm not because when we use it as a baseline, that's when you start to fall into the trap of basing your votes off the logos. How many times do we see teams that have massive wins? Both ranked yet AP voters will still have the team that lost ahead of the team at one. And a great example of that was a Louisville-based AP voter named Matt McGavic, who for some god-unknown reason ranked Florida 15th in Ole Miss 7th.

16:10Now, if it was a close game the whole time, if it was back and forth, offences were going back and forth, and it was 52-49 game. Okay, maybe I would still have Florida above Ole Miss, but maybe not to the degree of 15 and 7 separation. But to rank Florida 15th in Ole Miss 7th after the shalacking, that Florida handed the rebels. How on God's green earth can you justify that one? And you know what? I'll let him explain it for you reading the tweet that he put out because somebody was asking the question, and I do want to point out the arrogance in his opening line

17:17is unreal because listen to this. Since you asked nicely, I'll actually explain. Dude, really? You're an AP voter. Where do you get the cajonis to come off? Talking down to this guy and all of us who are not only genuinely curious because that's ridiculous. But who are really just trying to come to the bottom of to get to the bottom of it because there's no feasible way. You should not only have Ole Miss still ranked ahead of Florida, but to have it to an 8 point degree like that, get out of here with that. All right, so now moving on from the arrogance of that opening line, here's what he actually came up with in terms of his explanation. Quote,

18:25last week I had Ole Miss at number five in Florida rounding out my ballot at number 25. In my eyes, giving you a 10 spot bump for one game a month into the season seemed like a fair move. I didn't want to put a team. I had 25th all the way up into the top 10 parentheses unless it was the first week in parentheses, especially since while their offense is obviously great, their defense is da da da shaky Ole Miss, I still have top 10 because of very high on them still, and they do have that great win over LSU parentheses. I intentionally placed them ahead of the Tigers because of the head to head end quote. So there are a few things wrong with his explanation.

19:30First, obviously I already called out the opening line in the arrogance behind it. Okay, that's first. Second, he calls UF's defense shaky. Even after what they did to Ole Miss holding them and Trinidad Chambers to just six points in the first half and coming through with a massive strip sack at the end of the third quarter and to finish the game off with an interception. So that's what UF's defense did, but to then finish off in the next paragraph and say I'm very high on Ole Miss or basically saying quote, Ole Miss, I still have top 10 because I'm very high on them end quote. I assume when you say

20:39you're high on them that that includes the defense as well. Well clearly you didn't listen to my podcast last week when I previewed the Florida Ole Miss game when I made my bold prediction saying that Florida has a damn good chance of blowing out Ole Miss. And what happened? They blew Ole Miss out of the swamp. Ole Miss's defense gave up 300 and two rushing yards and nearly 500 total yards of offense to Florida. Explain to me now why you have more faith in Ole Miss's defense and still call Florida's shaky.

21:52Now don't get me wrong are there issues with Florida's off defense? Yes, yes there are. I'm going to talk about it later on. I talked about it on Monday and I'm going to talk about it on Friday until things get changed. I will still talk about their defense. But to sit there and tell me that Florida's defense is shaky yet you have all the faith of the world in Ole Miss. What football are you watching there buddy? And I don't mean to it sounds like I'm attacking you but I'm just trying to point out the flaws in your argument because that's two three it seems like these teams are constrained by their by your previous

22:53subjective rankings because you said and I quote that in my eyes giving you a 10 spot bump for one game a month into the season seemed like a fair move and quote basically moving them from 25 to 15 is fair rather than doing what actual what people who have eyes and watch the game actually did was bump them into the top 10 somehow 10 spots is a is a fair move by you when the team ranked 25 upset the number four team in the country or by his ratings the number five team in the country when you look at it with the actual AP poll said the number 21 team upset the number four team

23:56but no no no no 10 spots is more than fair how does that make sense okay if this just goes back to my earlier point of how the first four to six weeks of the college football season teams should be bouncing around like a ball and a pinball machine and then to top it off you just want to bring up all misses victory over ls you as a head to head match up okay well if head to head match ups matter why on God's green earth you have Florida not only behind but so far behind Ole Miss because when they played head to head it wasn't that Florida was better they were 24 points better all right I mean

25:06and and just goes back to my opening question and now I'm not reading his statement anymore but this goes back to my opening question outside of Texas who has a better resume than Florida I would I would argue no one because Matt's order goes Texas Georgia Notre Dame Ohio State Indiana Miami Ole Miss ls you Texas Tech BYU Bama Utah Iowa Oregon and Florida and I just I just crapped on Oregon in the previous conversation obviously Florida's got a better resume than Oregon Iowa Utah BYU Texas Tech and LSU yeah Florida's better Bama we could go back and forth on that one but I still

26:16think Bama I mean Florida's got the better resume especially with beating Ole Miss the way they did and then Indiana what has Indiana done you know what they've done kept Kurt Signetti that's it because otherwise they have played literally no one so the fact that they're coming off a national championship title and Kurt Signetti is still their head coach that's the reason why people are saying Indiana is a top five or top 18 that's what I mean by AP voters just see the logo look at the head coach and look at the win loss record and be like yep they deserve to be in the top five or top 10 I would argue no they don't

27:20they could certainly be still in the top 25 but you need to actually do something in order to earn those top 10 spots and the funny part is of all the AP voters of all the AP voters to give Florida the benefit of the doubt only two AP voters ranked Florida number two in the country based on how they've played and their resume both of which are Ohio State affiliations like how wild is that Ohio State people Ohio State AP voters are like Florida has gone above and beyond their offense looks elite they just beat down the number four ranked team in the country so Florida

28:28right behind Texas at tip of the cap those guys clearly no ball guys or gals I didn't read the names I just saw Ohio State and but regard whoever they are tip of the cap to you so it goes back to my point when I was rambling and ranting and raving about AP voters last week are these AP poll voters watching all the games no can they admit they make mistakes hell no and what I mean by mistakes is just a team that they've ranked at the top 10 drop

29:28outside of outside of it because they lost or an AP top yeah Oregon Oregon to me is a perfect example of AP voters still refusing to admit that Oregon is not that good of a team and they could be I mean they did just have that good win over USC after losing Dante Moore but in that moment having escaped Boise State with a victory and then fly out losing to Oklahoma State they 100% should not have been ranked in the top 25 so no the AP voters are refused to make a mistake or refuse to accept accountability and then when you read these explanations they still refuse accountability even when they contradict themselves over and over and over again so who should be making these these votes right I mean I would argue

30:38in today's world where you can throw on the games and watch almost every game at one time I would say the best people to make these judgments are the sports media personalities who aren't at the games who are sitting at home on their couches watching every single game IE someone like myself I think that hey I'm not uh no I mean I'm a football expert that I play at the collegiate level did I play at the NFL level no but that doesn't mean I don't know what I'm watching I've given you my credentials before I worked as a recruiting assistant for the floor to gators I was breaking down uh you know who who basically should be playing for the gators and

31:42who shouldn't be breaking down talent wise was I perfect no but I did hit on some guys that quite honestly made it to the league guys who had nobody looking at them I found them and then bam they took off then to move on from that I was a football analyst for the Alliance of American Football again cutting up film moving on from there worked for pro football focus for for a season I have my background I have credentials why can't somebody like myself who's job it is already to watch to watch these college football games working for 95 seven WDAE absolutely thrilled and love every second of it it's awesome I'm so grateful that hey I get to do this podcast because of them why can't I sit down and be an objective AP voter

32:52and hell I I'm clearly not that objective because I rude for the gators they're my team went to school they're graduated all of that worked for them the whole nine you know that I know that but it doesn't mean I can't make these decisions on what's going on in the field of play because while the preseason polls certainly means something that shouldn't be the baseline for how the first six weeks of the AP vote should be it should be all about the play on the field what is the resume saying how do they how do they play and do they deserve to be one through 25 so I think it's just an amazing discussion if I'm going to be nice where

34:01these voters just it happens week after week after week after week and it's not just SEC teams it's big 10 teams big 12 teams ACC teams you have these teams that have these massive top 10 wins top five wins and the team that wins gets screwed and then you have to listen to all these AP voters one either blatantly admit that they didn't even watch the game or two that they come up with some convoluted word gibberish that makes zero sense they contradict themselves contradict themselves and we're just sucks sitting here asking ourselves how the hell do they get this job how the hell do they get this opportunity it's absurd all right I want to talk about some fun things now

35:02because we're a quarter or quarter we're a third of the way through the season and I want to revisit my preseason predictions and how they've changed if they've changed and I want and I want to hear from you too don't be afraid to like share subscribe comment on this post and also don't be afraid to hit me up and follow me on x at Tim B in TB all right hope to see you there but uh looking back at my preseason predictions I thought there was a potential that this team could win 10 games in year one under john someral with buster fogner aron phylo jaden baugh Dallas Wolfs the Verna brother third everybody I thought there was that potential but when I had to really sit down and you know really come up with a prediction I still thought that this team

36:08could win eight games I thought that this team could be an eight and 14 that was my preseason predictions I have the 10 win kind of bull prediction out there like hey this is a possibility but if I'm going to actually put pen to paper and give my real prediction I am going to add two more losses and say that this team is eight and four but I looked at Auburn as being the gateway the light to a potential ten potential ten win season now that they not only beat up on Auburn and let them back in the game let's be honest that that game was controlled start to finish by florida outside of a couple plays here and there I mean florida could have done exactly what they did to

37:11Ole Miss and just ran away with it a join there but looking what they did to Auburn and especially what they did to Ole Miss on Saturday 10 and two is absolutely legitimate right now and when I had them in eight and four I have them as kind of like a fringe college football playoff but they were they were always just on the outside they were they at my best in the preseason and what I thought at the preseason at their peak Florida was one of those first four teams out I didn't have them finishing like that but that was at their peak now with this they are not only a legit college football playoff contender but they are a fringe national championship contender

38:16and what I mean by fringe is that they have a pretty good shot of going all the way I'm not ready to sit here and stamp their stamp their book all the way to the college football national championship game stamp their passport to it that's the word I'm looking for but I am ready to admit that this team is a college football playoff contender no two ways about it and a team that can make a deep run of course you know how they're going to play at Missouri can they keep that momentum alive is the question because Ole Miss came off a massive a massive victory against LSU and then had a letdown I don't want to say it was a massive letdown I don't think it was as emotionally of a letdown as I think some people want to call it but I do think it was still letdown

39:18and I thought Ole Miss definitely came out ready to play not necessarily immediately because I think the defense also stood on their heads in that first half but that third quarter Ole Miss and Trinidad Chambers came to play but can Florida now take the emotional high of beating a top five opponent and ride that into a victory at Missouri where Missouri has won three of the last four times honestly if they can do that if they can continue their winning ways and still have a strong offensive output which they showed a joy and hair which is a bigger stadium than what they're going to go into at Missouri I mean how could they not how could they not ride that wave of momentum and not and not have that big game letdown is it there absolutely I've noted it before that

40:28Missouri in Columbia has been a house of horrors for Florida within the last 10 years some games Florida has won but other games Florida should have won and lost but with that being said Florida is a potential to go 10 and 2 now that's kind I think that's a fair assessment a third of the way through the season I got my updated rankings to Florida is not only a top five team for me right now but they are a 10 and 2 potential with the possibility of going to the SEC championship and going to the college football playoff and making a national championship appearance

41:34and all of that means and by getting to Atlanta for the second time because the first time will be against Georgia to get to Atlanta for the second time that's going to require them not only winning out all the games that they have to play outside of Texas and Georgia but that means they have to win either Texas or Georgia in order for them to book their ticket to Atlanta it's going to be tough I mean that's that's what I keep saying about the SEC in their schedule and just how good these teams are top to bottom and how deep of a conference it is because when you're a team like Michigan okay yeah Ohio State Indiana maybe Penn State those are really the three teams you kind of have to worry about

42:43same goes for Ohio State Penn State Indiana whatever historically right and not even Indiana historically but the point still stands when but for teams like Iowa I was always been very good defensively and I was always kind of had that sneaky team mentality that could get the upset or threatens that upset every now and then but offensively they've always struggled and struggled hard so when they do get that upset it's always a low scoring affair but when you look at the rest of the big 10 you've got Minnesota Rutgers Wisconsin Michigan State you got all these schools that granted I think Rutgers is buying far the worst of the other teams I just mentioned but they're just

43:47not good in teams like Ohio State like Michigan in the past like Indiana last year and Penn State in the past they go into those arenas and those stadiums and those territories and they just lay a weapon because they're not good there really isn't a threat Iowa included Iowa I hope I said it right the first time but I'm gonna stress it again Iowa with an A um and that's kind of why I look at Florida going into Missouri not necessarily as a trap game but as a game that has historically been tough you know anytime when Florida is playing down team comes into the swamp and the swamp

44:50is loud the swamp is going crazy even if Florida hasn't been good they can still get the upset i.e. Texas last year i.e. Ole Miss and LSU two years ago so I kind of like I kind of like what's going on with this team I think the day are a legit ten and two team at this point and so when looking at the remaining schedule and if I want to rank them from easiest to toughest I think right now the easiest to South Carolina as much as shame beamer as an entertaining personality seems like a great guy you know great family men is watching that SEC football days there on Netflix was cool to watch South Carolina they're just they're done I really don't see them especially in the swamp if the gators can beat Missouri

45:58it's still I mean regardless it's still gonna be packed but just that be five and oh walking into South Carolina at home that's gonna be such an electric factory I got South Carolina's got the probably the easiest remaining game and the only reason why I'm gonna take this team next over the third easiest game is because it's at home which is Vanderbilt I think Vanderbilt is not as good as they were or have been the last two years especially last year obviously they're dealing with the growing pains of a new quarterback I think Vanderbilt still has you know a good team but are they operational on no and are can they come into the swamp at the end of November or middle of November and pull the upset I mean it's college football truly truly anything can happen

47:03but just at this point against this team and how Florida has been playing and how well they've been playing especially offensively again as I said with Ole Miss I don't see them keeping up with the gators offensively that's why that to me is a second easiest game third easiest game at Florida state Florida state is just they're done and they're proud they very well could hold on to Mike Norvel because they're not gonna pay that buyout is $50 plus million buyout on top of firing the entire coach is out which they're all gonna require buyouts just to bring in a new head coach potentially Jim Bofischer for his what could be another exorbitant contract based on what he did with Florida state 13 years ago so I just I don't see it Florida state 30s this game then after that

48:09it gets a little tougher but at home versus Oklahoma John Matier is done he was so hyped up that now it doesn't look good it looks rough so I look at Oklahoma as an easy win as the fourth easiest game and now I I don't know I'm flipping between Missouri and Kentucky because you have to travel both both of those places but just just based on recent history I'm going with Missouri and no go with Kentucky then I'm gonna go with Missouri so Kentucky is slightly easier than Missouri and then lastly I'm actually going to say at Texas is the second hardest game with being in Atlanta even though it's a neutral site game

49:13being in Atlanta versus Georgia will be the toughest game for some reason Texas while looking like a very good team I just and having impressive wins archmaning is not lighting it up offensively and I'm not saying that Florida will get that upset win as it stands on September 30th but what I am saying is that is going to be a very different game then I think what most people give it credit for so in other words I think Texas will be the second hardest matchup and then I'm gonna think Georgia even though Atlanta should be a 50-50 stadium but moving on now to the swamp meter

50:16where again I rate the swamp rate the Florida football program are they ice cold are they cold warm heating up or is the swamp boiling and after beating Ole Miss number fourth ranked team in the country beating Trinidad Chambers a high-spin favorite my swamp meter says the swamp is boiling baby Florida is so back I am how could you not be excited for this program right now Florida is freaking rolling baby and I love it moving on to the swamp stock I'm buying buster fog there and special teams I mean I've talked about how great this offense has been but what they were able to do 300 two yards against number fourth ranked Ole Miss and being able to amass almost 500 total yards buster fog there is elite I will pay whatever it takes to keep him here for at least one to two more

51:25years it's probably not going to happen but just to be the offensive coordinator oh man that would be just legendary just a three year run with John Summerall and buster fog there is a head coach and O.C. would be electric factory and then I got the special teams because obviously that 74 kickoff returned by London Montgomery was massive in switching the momentum up pinning Ole Miss at the one right before the halftime so they really couldn't threaten Florida to score before the half huge and also just being perfect on on kicking the kicking team extra points field goal attempts perfect love it who am I selling this is a tough one because I'm selling the post half time

52:28defense and the secondary obviously the secondary still has issues allowing Trinidad to go 25 to 34 for 298 yards almost 300 yards of offense through the air and then being 25 of 34 completing 74 percent of his passes it wasn't passes a majority of which were behind the line of scrimmage they weren't he was stretching the field he was going down field you can't have that and then I understand at the end of the day Ole Miss is going to make runs in this game but that post half time defense you help them to six points and next thing you know it's a three point game twice luckily the offense was able to just move the ball at their own will and on top of getting that 74 yard kickoff return but that that post half time defense they just need to come out better

53:33they really do so I'm selling them as for my hold I'm holding the passing game right now and I'm holding them because Aaron Filo didn't reach 200 yards none of the wide receivers had more than 38 yards receiving which I feel like can scare a lot of people right now can scare a lot of gator fans but I'm not scared no no way because this team didn't need to throw the ball for 400 yards in order to win this game Aaron Filo did his job he just did enough to get by he missing key throws it wasn't his best game BB plus game as I said on Monday but I think this team will get their pass into that going especially when they need to wide change wide change your offensive game plan when the running games were working you know why you don't have to so don't and that's what Bustafolkner did as for the view from the SEC obviously number one

54:39Texas pulled out a nail bider over number 14 Tennessee at Tennessee Georgia number two team proved just how fake Oklahoma truly is as I mentioned earlier when you know ranking the remaining schedule for the gators number 10 LSU proved just how fraudulent Texas A&M truly is and it just goes to show my assumption on how fraudulent A&M is was proven correct so you're welcome because I called it and then on number 24 Mississippi State comes from behind in the fourth to upset number 19 Missouri not that big of an upset but an upset enough Alabama makes quick work of South Carolina Alabama obviously ranking number eight at the time Auburn taking down Vanderbilt Arkansas beaten up on Tulsa for their second one of the season so SEC's got some really good

55:41teams SEC's got some average teams and then they got some really crappy teams sounds about right right and by crappy still better than the worst of the big 10 that's obvious all right so that was probably the longest episode yet but thank you so much for sticking around and tuning in as for Friday previewing what's going to go down against the number 25 ranked Missouri Tigers and I'm going to give my predictions for the game so stick around Friday to hear what I got cooked up for Florida at Missouri the number eighth ranked Florida Gators taking on the number 25th ranked Missouri Tigers it's going to be a fun one thank you again for tuning in to chop radio I am your host Tim Barnett don't forget like share subscribe download you can find this podcast on the iHeart Media app and appreciate you always as you know Gator Nation

56:50and all kinds of weather we are the swamp we are the Gator Nation where we fill the swamp packet make it loud because at the end of the day you know I know when it comes to the swamp only Gators get out alive that's right thank you again for tuning into the chop radio I am your host Tim Barnett and I will see you on Friday go Gators baby