[Applause] this is Trey smack end overend kick and it's going to sail through the end zone and the Bulldogs will start at the 25 yd line Quincy critton he is going to be the key to a good showing for Samford tonight dual threat quick feed he a junior he's going to send four receivers out on the first down and it's Micah Kelly who's going to get the first touch and he'll plow ahead across the 30 to the across the 30 to the 33 yd line pup Howard the transfer from South Carolina gets in on the first tackle he's number 10 in Blue uh this is a defense that's a little bit nicked up we'll talk more about that in a moment second down and two critt in pump fake now he's forced out of the pocket throwing on the Run Nails DJ rius in stride rius The Talented Alabama transfer and that's going to be a first first down as this Samford offense wants to go with Tempo if they can that's what the mobility of that quarterback can do for you to move the [Applause] chains Pi the hand off to Kelly it's rius again and he's going to get across the 40 and now we're going to see if he is down the ball came loose it looked like he was down it looked like he was down the ground can't cause a fumble I I believe that this will be retained here uh by Samford getting it for Florida was Aaron Gates the Nickelback I don't know and now now you look at it again coach and maybe Jason Marshall knocked that loose Florida thinks they've got her the tip of that ball was dropping so they're going to take another look this may be overturn Jason Marshall number three appeared to jar that ball loose before R's knee hit the turf but they may have caed to turnover after review video evidence shows it was a fumble it was recovered by the defense will be his ball first first true freshman to start a game at Florida since Trion Harris in 2014 made his debut in the fourth quarter last last week led a nine-play touchdown drive we'll see what he does here as he takes the first snap from scrimmage Montrell Johnson will be in the back field with him in the pistol formation Trey Wilson goes in motion and it will be a give to Johnson and what do you expect here early from this Florida offense to make Lag Way as comfortable as they can get him I think you saw it right there they want to establish the Run game that's us usually a take the shot scenario but they handed it off now legu is going to check the play just ahead of a second and nine big hole for Johnson great spin move at the 35 yd line dragged down from behind by Xavier laner and Mandrell Johnson one of the bright spots last week Coach and he's got knocking on the door here early just what the doctor ordered right now you know a big explosive run put him inside the 30 had 71 yd touchdown run last week had 106 of the team's 139 rushing yards that one went for [Applause] 16 Florida trying to capitalize on the Samford turnover and here is lagway a great dual threat yeah they came right back at that with a readed Zone option where he had the ability to hand the ball off or pull it based on the defensive end he pulled it got into the perimeter they got him by the shoelaces he's an athletic real athletic looking young man had four carries for 208 yards last week Sanford knows that got a lot on their plate with trying to contain him he's a much different quarterback from a skill set standpoint than Graham Merz bouncing it out here is Johnson not much room stretched to the perimeter by Cameron Smith and Noah Martin who are your dudes tonight coach I mean the dudes are Eugene Trey Wilson and Montell Johnson a a legitimate big play back and a big play wide receiver those both of those young men have got to be the central focus of being explosive Playmakers Trey Wilson team High seven catches for 50 yards last week Tryon web out of the back field will line up as a receiver empty backfield flue throws and he's right on target to his tight end that's caught by Hayden Hansen the red shirt sophomore gain of six so here's a fourth down and short coach and no signs of the field goal unit no they got to go for this you know you got to say hey we're Florida we're going to go get a yard I really like what they did on the third down call they ran a little quick game it's called a spacing route where everyone spaces out it's a quick pass it's out of his hands it's a confidence throw and uh you you love that for DJ they're going to burst out of the Huddle so they don't unwind their formation too quick Tron web is going to take the direct snap and he's going to get hit in the back field and goes straight ahead it's hard to tell looks like he might be short here they used a little jet motion to slow down the linebackers and influence them and they came downhill with the quarterback DJ yeah didn't get it CJ Douglas the free safety a guy that Samford is very high on makes the hit and it's a turnover on Downs so the Gators trying to get back in the good graces of some of the fans in Gator Nation can't convert on fourth down for sideline offense can't take advantage of good field position after the Samford turnover and the Bulldogs go back to work with Rus stretching it to the sideline he's going to pick up about six you know that offensive line coach for Florida just didn't create enough push up front on that fourth down play well there's an error in the blocking scheme right there the safety came into the box and they needed the zone to him and he got in the back field and penetrated there's EJ Mason he's going to get four and that's going to be a first down for the Bulldogs Billy nap here this week said I need to see that o line start playing with some attitude this week they have got to establish the line of scrimmage in this game that line of scrimmage is got to go the other way and it didn't happen now we got to come back and that's got to happen Damonte wither spoon in the back field critt and throw to him on the run and he's out to the 32 yd line and Spilled there after a short gain RJ moton gets over the Michigan transfer second year at Florida to cut him down second down and eight Sanford's working the the perimeter right now trying to get them to run sideways with reverses and Sprint [Applause] outs here's a attack going back to the outside Brendan Jenkins co- freshman of the year in the socon last year they want to get the ball in number 12's hands as much as possible tonight here comes a third down in manageable yeah it's a great down in distance right now uh be interesting to see if Sanford decides to run downhill for this yard and a half will they use the quarterback here they will not they're going to go inside and pick it up that way with wither spoon he tries to hurdle a tackler and gets across the Midfield line second year with the Bulldogs Witherspoon the Murray State transfer and that's a gash play really well blocked by samford's front they've got a veteran offensive line and they leaned on it right here you got a Miss tackle in the back end by the safety but the front of sford blocked that play really well it was a really good burst by the tailb well done first down get to the plus positive side of the 50 [Applause] back to Witherspoon that's one of the misconceptions coach about the air raid and Chris Hatcher uh one of the innovators of the air rid offense they do run the football quite a bit they certainly do the air rid is about a conceptualized passing game a small tight passing game it doesn't mean they don't run it cron five for five throwing the ball he'll go back to the air that one was tipped at the line incomplete Aaron Gates got a hand on it he's been active here in the first quarter and now it's going to be third down and eight very impressed with their their attack plan by Stamford the way that they're trying to move the ball spread it out and then in the throw game you saw that was a quick pass no opportunity to be able to get the quarterback hit now they've they got a long down and distance here be a great opportunity for a screen or for a draw or they may have to help the tackles in protection here with the running back Crittenden heat it up he's Elusive and he's going to step out picking up the first down Quincy Crittendon had a team High 90 yards on the ground a couple of rushing touchdowns as well as the two passing TDS last week I mean that's what happens when you can run the protection breaks down and he's able to move the chains and get a first down with his feet he's a very good athlete he looks like he has a great command to this game right now this will be the ninth play of the drive high snap critton recovers and he's just going to lay down now Cooper Frasier the starting center started the game against Florida here in 2021 and he almost sent this one over the helmet of cron you know Cooper Fraser is one of their better linemen one their most experienced lineman up front and that's uh you don't want to see a bad snap it happens every once in a while when you have a really big nose on you and that's what he had there right now so he'll get that back under control Florida's got to got to keep Quincy in the pocket Florida cannot let him Escape that pocket on these passing Downs [Applause] second down and 18 play fake quick throw incomplete that was intended for rius we talked about those injuries for the Florida defense under executive head coach and D coordinator Ron Roberts uh we talked to Ron yesterday he said yeah it's like a mash unit look at all these players out several starters including ASA Turner who is unlikely to be back even next week it's going to create a toll on that Miss sford keeps getting first downs they you know they get tired off his back foot Quincy CR and gets it to Ian cousin and he's got a first down and more but a penalty flag is down cousin the transfer from Ken OFA State their fastest player he showed the wheels there but there's a marker down yeah it was a great play8 10yd penalty will be enforced from spot the foul play of third down that's to hold Chris Noble the left [Applause] guard yeah I don't know I don't know about that right there I mean he had his hands inside the framework he pushed him at the end um little bit right there he's but he's got him inside the breastplate he doesn't have his hands around his back right there you know I I I I think sometimes those are a little ticky tacky right there but that's a critical mistake and a critical penalty ball was inside the 20 I believe so now a third and [Applause] 18 pop pass EJ Mason is going to be sliced down by George gums the transfer from Northern Illinois and he might be their most disruptive player from the linebacking spot you know I don't yeah I don't really love this call you're talking about a third and long situation the ends are going to be in jet techniques coming up the field and they're trying to run a Jet Sweep around the end I don't know if that's the down and distance for that call right there and he blew it up in the back field will Thorley coming out to punt the Australian standing at samford's 35 yd line back to return is Jim dek the senior Wisconsin transfer good Punt and fair catch called for inside the 15 yd line 14 yd started at the 43 of Samford on their first series after the turnover deep in their own territory this time but a good run there by Johnson on first down Johnson has led the Gators in rushing each of the last two years said it the first time Florida had the ball he looked really good week one he really did you know he's an explosive player and you're seeing signs of that right now and I I give Billy credit right now he's trying to hang in there with this run game and get it going right now magu fakes the toss to Johnson he's going to go up top showing off that arm he's got a man Elijah Badger avoiding tackler standing on his feet and down to the three yd line 77 yds for the transfer from Arizona [Applause] State great great play action here takes a shot down the field hits an explosive play right now and fli the field that's what had to happen they flipped the field what a great ball thrown by DJ what a confidence building throw that is we saw his confidence pregame the way he had command of the team how about that confident throw I'm telling you right now his his heart is being in his chest and he's saying I got this right now I got it and Florida play clock winding down they're going to call a time out well listen what's beautiful is they set the throw up by running the football and then they faked the toss sweep and then they came off of it with the play action shot there it is beautiful play action fake by DJ look at this football gave him erir let him run underneath it and let the uh skilled athlete do what he does best what he did this week by starting and taking all the Reps was breed confidence and now lague will line up as a receiver with Johnson sent to take the direct snap monell Johnson and the Wildcat gets down to the one so we've seen this a couple of times first time Florida did it they did it on fourth down with Tryon web and came up short and this time Johnson stopped a yard shy of the goal line and a little phased by that it'll bring up second down and goal he hit his shoulder hard on that into the turf trips to the boundary inside hand off and there's Jackson with the touchdown this to be successful for his head coach and he gets the first score of the night for Florida really good Push by the offensive line up front just like that race mat with the extra point they're establishing their identity right now this is the identity they want to have run it play action shot it and they're doing it fair cut another three minutes to go here opening quarter Samford has moved the ball pretty well against this beat up defense so far just nothing to show for it yet cousin we talked about his speed he had a plate that was explosive in the last series brought back because of a penalty gets five here pup Howard escorting him to the sideline pup is a heck of a player he's their Green Dot player out there uh today and uh he's the guy they count on to be able to make plays on that defense and be the quarterback of that defense and Green Dot meaning they've got the inh helmet communication yes sir and of course that's that new new new setup for this season Samford does not have that tonight here's Quincy Crittenden the quarterback that's another sford first down in that dual threat ability rearing its head that's a 6-y pickup re GES a read play and he had the ability to pull the ball on the crashing end and keep it and run around the corner Quincy critton does not have that inh helmet communication Samford quite L can't afford it that's what Chris hatri told us we a FCS program it's across the 40 for Preston bird meanwhile DJ lagway he's got that in his helmet that is a big benefit for Billy Napier tonight to be able to talk to his rookie quarterback with that technology make sure he's calm make sure he has the right call talk to him guide him it's it's a huge Advantage second down at five plenty of time and now running out of and critton a Savvy veteran getting rid of it you saw what they did is they ran quick game the offensive line chopped Florida's pass rushers got him on the [Applause] ground the problem and and the issue you have in the quick game is the ball's got to be out and they were covered there was nowhere to throw it so he had to throw that ball away already one sack for Florida they had just one last week against Miami they really struggle to keep cam ward in the pocket and seeing the air rate offense for their second week in a row cron lost it he scrambles and it looks like he recovered it now that is the second time that Samford is fumbled this time they're able to get it back it's a loss of four and it's fourth down he's trying to run a quarterback draw and he lost the handle on the ball here you know that that that that can't happen he rode that ball with the running back too long and and he lost the handle on the ball he went to pull it and he couldn't get it back out Tyreek sap had Florida's only sack last week was in the back field to disrupt things here comes will Thorley to punt it away second punt for sford tonight rugby style kick [Applause] Chim DK calling for the fair catch he has a great pass but what you're seeing is him rise to the occasion another true freshman in the ball game number 13 Jaden B the running back who they are really high on because of his strength his running ability his ability to catch the football out of the back field that run Garner seven ready to start the second quarter here in Gainesville Steve DOI of clay mfi s nothing Florida there's DJ lagway true Frenchman first career start grah Merz out with a [Applause] concussion and Jaden B again man as he got burst not only size but great Quicks he saw that daylight and shot through it like a bullet that's a 14 yd pickup that's a big man right there put his foot in the ground on a wide Zone play and bring it to the back side on a on an up cut was very very impressive and as he gets on the second level he's going to impose his size on the smaller players as sford it's going to wear him down offensive coordinator Russ Callo calls him a freak we fake it to him here lagway wants to go deep again he's got dek chin de down to the 5 yd line the Wisconsin transfer 44 yards on another big pass play from lagway so there's setting it up with the Run game right there they fake the Run throw a playaction pass what a beautiful touch on that crossing crossing route that DJ threw and me put air under in it landed perfect I'm very very impressed with his poisonous composure three for three throwing the football 127 yds for lag back to the ground and ball comes out it's turned over in the end zone recovered by sford midnight [Applause] Steward and it'll be a Touchback sford will take over ball security you got to take care of the ball that was just popped [Applause] loose I really thought on that play he had a um I think he missed the cut ini it should have all but it should have been inside The Tackle Box and it came outside each team with a turnover [Applause] now this is wither spoon on first down that's just a punch to the gut for these Florida Gators to these Florida fans especially when things have been going all in all exceptionally well for lagwa well his teammates got to help him now he's playing really really well they got to take care of the football here that's that that Ball's got to go in the end zone for the Gators Britton looking for room on the right side and there's none there LJ McCrae big number 17 the true freshman from Daytona Florida that was a preall quarterback run it's called a q counter and they tried to run that into the boundary and uh Gator did a great job on defense of eating up the gaps there was nowhere to go Florida's defense done a pretty good job so far on third down seven new starters on this Gator defense from a season ago it's critton quarterback run all the way and he's going to be close it's going to depend on the spot and they're going to move the sticks first down for Samford as Crittenden needed seven he got eight ran a QB draw it's a good call in that situation you're down backed up a little bit on the minus side of the field on a on a third and longer call what does he do he he runs a q draw and uses his legs and now we got the chains moving first [Applause] down it shouldn't be a shock to Florida that Quincy is going to be carrying that ball like that you know you got to you know that's coming this is a Samford team that wants to shorten the game you can see that they're taking their time on this snap it's interesting though they started the game in fast tempo and they got the Gators running ball forward it will be reset it's first down so now it'll be interesting that they slow it down a little bit and change their Tempo let's let's watch the different tempos and how it plays out here first down is of course key to staying on schedule for these Bulldogs heavy underdogs tonight gron on first down he's going to take a loss The Edge rusher Justice Boone trying to make a men of course took that costly roughing the passer penalty on the opening drive last week led to a Miami touchdown you know all week he's been wearing that around he wants to play well tonight no doubt and he did a really great job they brought a press that time from the field and they plused the numbers on sford so they were one down that's why that player was unblocked in the hole like that that is the fifth tackle for loss for Florida [Applause] tonight again taking that play clock well inside a five second down and long critton he's going to check it down to Damonte Witherspoon gets back to the original line of scrimmage and that's it RJ moton in there really great open field Tackle by Moten a lot of space out there and he put him down that was a heck of a defensive play put him in another third and long Samford doesn't want to be in these third and Longs these are loser downs and matched up against a a superior opponent you got to stay on schedule so they're off schedule here they head coach Chris Hatcher calls the plays in their a offense play clock down to two they get it off critton rolls away now he's going to be enveloped ball came loose again and sford again recovers there's TJ Cersei and Tyreek Sapp meeting at the quarterback Cersei a guy they think has potential to be a very disruptive SEC Defensive end no doubt and that's what they need last week they didn't have a great pass rush they didn't have that edge pressure now they come back this week I'm I'm guessing in practice this week they emphasized that they worked at that now you're seeing evidence of that improving second sack tonight Jim DK back at the floor at a 35 yd line to return this punt [Applause] a good kick from Thorley and great special teams coverage by the Bulldogs Mell Johnson in the backfield lagway going down the seam and he's got it in the hands of Hayden Hansen the tight end Hansen the red shirt sophomore hooking up with his fellow Texan that's a gain of 40 I tell you what lague has not thrown an incompletion yet Coach that's amazing for a young player he's got great touch on the ball playing with a lot of poise penalty marker it's going to be a full start false start on the offense not all 11 players were set for one second that's a 5yd penalty it remains first down outstanding protection by the offensive line so he can stand back there with great vision playing up on his toes putting a great on that ball started with the protection and a great job by the quarterback Jade Mosley is the man down for Samford talked a lot about discipline this week first and 15 Johnson sto short of the 30 CJ Douglas Merz is going to be back next week we talked about Graham Merz kind of serving as a extra assistant coach in a lot of ways this week but I think given what we're seeing right now and going back to last week they are going to use lagway even when MZ is back to 100% Health know that's what it sounds like and based on the play that I'm seeing here that's that's a prudent decision Johnson lines up to the near side as a receiver he's going to get it on the receiver screen a little bubble to to the near side it's gain of four you know a couple of plays ago the safety came out of the back end and it was blocked really well and he came and made that play at the line of scrimmage it's going to set him up for another play action shot not right now not on third down of course but we're going to see that play action coming back at Sanford here if they get a first down Florida was one for nine last week on third down they started poorly never recovered trying to convert their first third down tonight they're 0 for one DJ has time nice catch Elijah Badger tip tooning along that sideline Spun Out of Bounds at about the six it's a gain of 22 first down and goal to go that may have been one of the more impressive plays of the night and I'm going to tell you why DJ lagway took a shot the left guard got beat in protection and he stood in there and he delivered a strike for that first down that was very very impressive looks like a Savvy veteran tonight DJ lagway 193 through the a 6 for six and he is hooked up with Elijah Badger a couple of times for 99 yds this one for 22 to set up first down and goal to go he reminded me of TBO stepping right in the teeth of that thing and delivering that strike and those are the intangibles I really love to see in a quarterback Jamal Thompson the defensive tackle for Sam who forced that last injury timeout was able to get up off the turf and get to the sideline under his own [Applause] power Trey Wilson in motion they're going to give the hand off to Johnson and he's going to sauner in from Seven yds [Applause] out second touchdown for Montrell Johnson he bounces this thing outside it's an inside Zone play and the offensive line had great push he got in space and beat the [Music] DB and Trey smack makes it 14 to nothing this will be possession number five for Samford they fumbled on the opening Series have had to punt three times critton looked right came back left and that's going to land incomplete Shamar James you talked about him at the top of the broadcast Steve he's their stud linebacker he's the best player on the defense uh they they say he is all ball he's got an unbelievable work ethic a great intensity and he's their best tackler so that's their go-to guy right there yeah Florida's first takeaway of the Year intercepted cam Ward last week his first career interception crint to 9 of 13 34 yds passing look at a throw here on second and 10 slap route well covered and again incomplete he wanted Jenkins but Jenkins was bookended they're in man coverage they're playing tight man and they're all over those quick Slants right now I mean obviously they prepared for that great great coverage there tight back in a third and long situation third and 10 and these are really tough Downs you know you hate to drop back here without any extra help for the offensive line they've got a tight end to the left they can put the tail back to the right that's what they're well they're chipping and a strike to rius from Phoenix City Alabama give him 14 and a first down that was Max protection they slid the line one way and put the tight end and back the other way that they they blocked with seven right here Max protect and he threw a good strike Florida's got to do a better there job there there's too much space that was too easy that's the longest pass play of the night for Quincy critton in these bulldogs as Micah Kelly is back in the back field to the right of critton he's going to get it he's going to be cut down from behind by Tyreek sap so Florida brought another field pressure that time and they came off the edge and so they track that back down on that and uh you see it coming from the field here and the defensive end just tracked down the [Applause] back again prep this week for the Florida defense very similar to how they had to prep for Miami an air raid look against a mobile quarterback that's cousin throwing a quick touch they're not putting this quarterback you know if they drop back they they're going to Max protect otherwise they're going to throw a quick touch like that prob mizes they're off schedule it's third and seven yeah these are not the down and distances that Chris Hatcher said would lead them to success first and second down we're going to be critical tonight for Samford to hang around in this ball game this is a very important series for Samford here with under five minutes to go before halftime they need to get on the board right now they can still afford to get Florida the ball with an opportunity to go down the field and get a three-score game critton nowhere to go great Pursuit George gums disruptive in the back fi cam Jackson was there to boot they're running a quarterback counter here and there's penetration inside and just uh nowhere to go with that for for [Music] Quincy but you can see they're running the football on Third and 10 you know it's they're trying to keep the quarterback out of these drop back moments thought they could catch the defense jetting up the field will Thorley has been busy tonight the punter Jim DK is going to call for the fair catch just inside the 20 with several players who played in that game ready to go again so we're not taking him likely no you can't this is a good football program sford and has capability to hurt you Johnson trying to pick his way after getting hit in the back field no game Johnson with a couple of touchdowns in this game good to see Montell Johnson having the good start to the season Steve that he has had he had his knee scoped in August and missed most at the fall Camp you see in the last two weeks no signs of that I mean he looks great looks healthy looks fast and explosive Tron Webb is going to check in for Johnson they fake the reverse and lagway punishing the defender CJ Douglas and Gavin Morris as he got to the edge picks up three yards but I tell you what lague just showing that he is not afraid of contact no this is a a fake reverse QB sweep right here and he takes a shot by the safety right there um he's got some toughness he can run and he's got some toughness pass for over 8,000 yds one 100 career touchdowns at Willis High School just north of Houston has a ton of family here tonight third down and long he's being chased he's in trouble he escapes stays on his feet gets back the line of scrimmage and then maybe a yard more and that's it so it will be fourth down and now lagway a little slow to get up and now the official you know looking like he wants to make sure that lagway is okay they want to escort him off he took quite a shot there and he got you know looks like he you know he's he's a little a little uh dizzy here we already got one quarterback coach in concussion protocol that's Graham Merz that's a tough hit to take right there he got himself out of the pocket then tried to get back in that's a that's a helmet shot now that's a that looks like a helmet to helmet shot that's what they're trying to avoid here in college football so now Florida will have to punt Jeremy croshaw on for the first time 50-year senior from Australia and that's going to take us to our two-minute timeout tough shot he took cross Shaw gets it away good pun inside the 15 Spinning away Jaylen Bart and good coverage and he stepped out right there did Barton at the 10 yd line Michael highers the starting quarterback was hurt he's going to toss it out to wither spoon and stretch to the edge Jason Marshall was there so is DJ Douglas for Florida no game you don't see a lot of playaction pass from Samford so these safeties now they're starting to roll for Florida they're rolling downhill fast these DBS are filling fast and Miami racked up 529 yards last week this defense was certainly embarrassed by its play wanted to come out strong here tonight so far no points on the board for the Bulldogs they're playing very very [Applause] physically play action crer has a man and great adjustment by Brendan Jenkins to haul that in now there you go on Q they went to the play action and they're able to get a shot down the field and he had a great clean pocket because of the play Action jaem Jackson in coverage it's a 35 yd pickup 90 seconds before half print to on pass and it's incomplete Jordan Castell and Aaron Gates number 13 again being very disruptive here in the half for Florida well that was a triple option right he had the ability to hand it pull it and then if he pulled it he could then throw it and it with the little out of control it was an errant pass got to be careful with this football you've got decent field position here Gates the best cover guy in this Gator secondary and his hands on it second and 10 quick throw to the outside Jenkins maybe two yards and Shamar James was right there to wrap him up in a Timeout called for by Florida third down and eight play fake printon feeling the pressure and he's going to be enveloped at the 40 yd line by Caleb Banks second year at Florida transfer from Louisville it's a loss of six and another timeout they just got overwhelmed up front here you can see the line getting pushed back bent over and he's running for his life and uh took a loss on that play see if they come after Thorley send up the [Applause] return DK calls for another fair catch 38 yd punt yeah you know they got to get him involved in the game there is number three going in motion they keep it on the ground look out here comes Johnson right up the middle offensive line is really starting to wear down this front now that was well blocked with a lot of push you know one of the things with DJ on these throws you're seeing those are play action shots which puts them on one receiver he doesn't have to read the field no timeouts for Florida quickly gets it to boardingham that was boardingham the tight end that's a gain of nine they have to quickly get up to the line for a second down and one 38 seconds in counter [Applause] lway steps up and to flip it to the outside out of bounds that'll stop the clock with 26 seconds to go they started out you know with a little Quick Pass with that spacing route again and gave him a nice easy throw he's smart to get rid of that ball so that was a smart incompletion as first of the night yes you know you're worried about the clock you can't stand back there all day and burn the clock but they've got to get this conversion right now on third and [Applause] one very least they'd like to maybe get into Troy smack field goal range Johnson he is going to get the first down with the second effort that was not a great read on that run by Johnson but his effort and his physicality got the first down they got to get on the ball here there is smack getting ready to be called upon perhaps and they'll spike it with 17 seconds to go smack hit a 41 y last week this is a great learning experience for DJ right now he's got no timeouts he's trying to manage this drive with 17 seconds so they're in the two minutes what they work on but for a young guy right now there's a lot going on here and he's done a nice job with it got to get it down the field here because they probably got two plays flue to the outside that is caught boardingham quickly gets to the sideline he'll settle for six stopping the clock with 13 seconds to go probably like to see him get a little chunk here so they can get him in field goal range that was quick enough to probably still leave two plays but remember there's no timeouts here so no matter what they do if the ball's in bounds they're going to have to spike this [Music] [Applause] thing FL way with some pressure off the edge goes to boardingham again near the sideline and it's incomplete fourth down 8 seconds to go and so now we'll see what Florida decides to do here I don't know what the range of their field goal kicker is what his comfort level is if they have a if they run something on the sideline quick and get out of bounds maybe they could still uh get a kickoff or they take a shot and we're going to get a timeout called by Samford doesn't look like a shot at the end zone [Applause] formation slow developing play and it's going to be incomplete that was Wilson targeted for the first time and Jaden Mosley separated him from the football Billy Napier head coach of Florida joining us on headset coach to First career start for DJ lagway the true freshman from Texas just your opinion on how he did in that first 30 minutes yeah no I think he was really clean uh for the most part he took what the defense gave him he pushed it down the field a couple times um you know only a handful of mistakes on his part but you know we had the turnover down in the goal gold Zone goal line area there be 21 to nothing they're moving in a little bit but I think our defense has settled in uh DJ took a shot there just ahead of half for any indications that he's going to be in trouble with that no he's fine yeah he's fine he got checked out he got cleared he's he was back in that last possession all right Billy we'll see you in the second half thanks all right guys thank you obviously he's thrown into the fire here this week and all indications are that he has a very bright future as Florida will start with the football here in the second half and this is returnable this is Jaden ball strong run across the 30 yd line we can see why they like the true freshman Jaden B of Atlanta already dealing with a concussion expected to be back next week for [Applause] Florida Montreal Johnson a couple of touchdowns in the first half he starts in the back field but they're going to get it to Trey Wilson Wilson across Midfield out about the 47 yd line that's a run of 21 for Trey his first touch here tonight they ran a Jet Sweep with Trey and he's you can see a glimpse of his explosive speed he's one of the top Playmakers on this roster and they got him the ball they got to get him the ball more in the passing game and whether it be play action or drop back but they've got to get the ball to their top Playmakers create explosives Trey Wilson's bleeding from that right leg and he's looking over to the sideline but it looks like he's going to stay in the game for right now had a team High seven catches 50 yards last week of course had an amazing rookie season in the [Applause] SEC with Ricky peol in the NFL now he's their number one target lway he wants him and it's incomplete just out of the reach of Trey second down one of the few drop back passes and uh they you know they took a shot on first down in the drop back game the line did a great job he had a clean pocket he had plenty of time to throw the ball I would I would say that this pass right here was a little bit ill advised I don't know that that receiver was open I think it was uh covered very very well back to the ground game andrell Johnson he is just a machine that's his 12th carry tonight midnight stward who had that fumble recovery in the end zone in the first half brings him down after a gain of 11 first down Gators yeah that wide Zone play for Florida has been a good play uh they're able to stretch the defense and puncture it but again that should set up a great play action shot here for for DJ they'll go three wide playaction pass again lightway looking to go deep another long shot looking for tank Hawkins and he got him rookie to rookie 36 y and a [Applause] touchdown try smck to make it 21 to [Applause] meod four plays 69 yds in a minute and 7 seconds so you've seen DJ outstanding on these playaction shots right he's really locked into one receiver and he's sending it down the B down the field and it's done a terrific job with his touch and his accuracy earlier in that drive on first down when they drop back he forced that throw down the field it should have been checked down so I think one of the things you're seeing with this Young quarterback is when he can eyeball kind of I'm throwing to that guy he's got great arm strength and accuracy yeah I think you also get the sense that these two are going to be in quite a battle for who's starting on that field and uh you know competition makes everybody better Quincy critton trying to get this offensive sford going end round play stop short at the 30 yd line a four yd pickup for EJ Mason cut down there by Jordan Castell was a freshman All-American last year excellent safety started 11 games as a freshman and led the team in tackles Damonte Withers spoon in the back field for the Bulldogs pass for first down to Jenkins so they're starting here in the second half where they started in the first half right and uh you know offensively they're trying to work the Stamford is trying to work the perimeter a little bit here okay and and get the Gators running then come back and puncture them with an inside run that's what they did to open the game in the first half you seeing that here now it's a withered spoon here spoon there leading rusher but it's been really hard for them to get something going on the ground just a little over 30 yds rushing here tonight for the Bulldogs second and eight play action critton whistles one to the 50 yd line it's caught and into plus territory is Samford it's DJ Rus again who came over to Samford from the Crimson tie that's a gain of 20 and Shamar games is slow to get up here for Florida in Florida territory tonight it's been tough sledding against this Gator defense this is Ian cousin good burst and that's going to be a first down a gain of 10 Jason Marshall finally able to bring him down a they didn't give it to him just short this so second down and one they Chang Personnel Stanford so that Gators get a chance to match it and they officially hold him over the ball they couldn't go with Tempo here comes the pressure Blitz off the edge and they run through it first down for Witherspoon the Murray State transfer so now samford's offense this air rate attack Chris Hatcher the 10th year his head coach calls the plays we talked about it before Steve he helped innovate the air rers how mummy quarterback at bosta State back in the day yeah he's part of that Mike Leech how mummy that whole tree then it's quite a CT of of the Air Raid Offense and he's right in the middle of it Rus goes in motion take the hand off the Wither spoon it's critten and keeping it he'll lunge ahead a couple of yards s maai burrow the nose tackle with the stop Hatcher couple of years ago took Samford to the FCS playoffs for the third time under his watch this a guy who could have left for a bigger program better job perhaps but man they love him in Birmingham they do he's a heck of a football coach and a great guy he's got a tremendous football mind and he's done just a fabulous job with this football [Applause] program you see all the points they put up since he got there held off the board so far tonight second down and nine critton rolling out and he's going to get it to Preston B the true freshman and that's going to be a [Applause] penalty Jason Marshall saying what did I do well you can't body slam a guy and those are the you know mental foul unnecessary roughness on the defense number three that 15 yd will be add to the that's pretty obvious what he did right here you just have to have more discipline than that and you know you can't put your team In Harm's Way like that that's a that's a foolish play Ron Roberts executive head coach in charge of the defense telling you and I this week about the discipline and how that was an emphasis this week it was and unfortunately there we didn't see that ninth play of the [Applause] drive inside with Micah Kelly the transfer from Toledo Desmond Watson wraps him up and no game the front for the Gator is has been pretty impressive tonight you know keeping the the running game really stifled inside the tackles for loss tonight for Florida 10 they've had a lot of penetration you know they're just overow in this sford offensive line even there they had a 4-1 box that means five Defenders and they had five blockers but they defeated the blocks and wer Samford wasn't able to make a play big number 21 Desmond Watson right in the middle we 449 lb Damonte wither spoon toward the end zone I think he's short here I think his knee went down he he kind of looked like he might have tripped a little bit on a couple Blades of grass down there they're going fast back up to the line third down they can get a first down inside the one wither spoon lunges ahead again stopped short of the goal line by Caleb Banks but he's got the first down first and goal to go for the Bulldogs this is where you'd like to be under Center where you could sneak it here critton wither spoon meets some resistance but the second effort gets him in touchdown sford yeah they pushed him in you know they old tush push got behind him and and pulled it in there's a flag on the play here the result of the play is a touchdown after the play was over personal foul face Mas on the defense number 15 that 15yd penalty will be enforced on the kickoff number 31 of the offense May remain in the game now it's going to be assessed on the kickoff for is Taylor on the off number 79 that's a 5yd peny and it Remains the the Bulldogs are very much in this game in the second half blocked ah they got a piece of it but not enough great memories here and great people a lot of fun and we're seeing the coming out party for DJ lagway another Young quarterback in the Florida system the true freshman out of Texas making his first career start he snuck that in to Trey Wilson and that's a gain of 16 yds and a first down 16 yd pass is an explosive and a nice safe pass for him he ran a little bit of a naked came out and threaded that ball jacobe Jackson into the ball game at running back rure Jr from Pensacola had a couple of carries last week and they're going to feed it to him see what he can do nice move gets to the outside close to another first down I me this is a deep Back Field when you think about it Johnson of course is going to lead the way but we've seen a lot of Jaden B tonight of course Tryon web is going to be a factor and they like jacobe Jackson as well it's a stable of backs and they're all talented I loved his quickness and change of Direction there so that's a real bright spot on this roster of course the emphasis was going to be on the Run game tonight for Florida rep showing last week Jackson again that's going to be a pickup of eight needs to be a big part of their identity we heard Billy Napier say that many many times this week he was very disappointed by the push up front by uh the burst at times from the running backs just didn't feel that they felt the hole the right way but seems to look better at times here tonight yeah he really wanted to make sure this running game um was dominant and I think they've done a great job in the Run game 115 yds on the ground 6 minutes to go third quarter blackway sing pressure is going to launch it deep toward the end zone and it's caught touchdown Aiden Mel and another impressive throw I mean you're going to see here they brought the Sam in the mic he steps up in the pocket he keeps his eyes down the field and then throws a strike I mean unbelievable ball I mean he's got great accuracy you know Graham Merz had trouble with last week he was sacked three times of course hit and suffered a concussion on one play that's why he's out tonight DJ lagway 324 yds passing now and this is touchdown pass number two yeah and I think they have the right formula for him at least right now and that is to run the ball set up the Run with the play action give him those one-on-one shots out there he's very comfortable in that space um and I think what they might want to do here a little bit in this second half and this third quarter is start to work a little bit on his drop back and start to work on the ability to really progression read the the drop back game smack to kick it deep and fair catch called for at the 5 yd line so sford with a scoring Drive their first of the night on their last series they go to work at their own 25 and it's Micah Kelly look get three let's see this defense right now go up here go three and out right now get the ball with great field position and put that ball in the end zone again I mean that's that's what you need to do here you know that and play complimentary football the offense throws a big shot play defense scores defense come back three and out keep the field position this defense is sacked critt in three times [Applause] tonight critton pumps throws deep ball sideline incomplete again double coverage good coverage around EJ Mason great man coverage you know you saw him he was in his hip he was pressing against him basically running him out of bounds and the heck with job watch watch the play of the corner here he step for step with him now he's pressing him into the sideline and the throws Led Out of Bounds well done on defense that's Jason Marshall senior out of Miami and the starting Corner Devin Moore out with his shoulder hoping to get him back soon third down crit and backpedaling checks it down and it's incomplete they're trying to set up a they're running a screen there they had the lineman downfield but the you know the defender beat the lineman well you got your three and out I got my three and out so here we go that might be the first three in out it is yeah it's that's nice to see good for them they needed to do that you know now we're going to get a chance to get some field position here get a little bit of return here then get the return game back going [Music] here looks like they're setting up a return here Thor short kick DK coming up he's going to let it bounce and good field position at around the 36 yd line I mean it's uh very impressive and uh you can see his arm and his ability Andel Johnson will get the carry here first play of this drive DJ lagway pride of Willis Texas through for over 8,000 yards and 100 career touchdowns in high school in Suburban Houston one of the most sought after dual threat quarterbacks in the country last year he decided on Florida his parents Derek and Nikki are here tonight with other family members he is disappointed there Trey Wilson and that's going to be a Florida first down again they're just throwing a little quick touch out to the perimeter and had great blocking out there and got a nice first down moving the chains had to be easier knowing that he was getting ready to make his first career start with some reps in a game situation after last week absolutely every bit of experience helps every time he's in command of that offense his leadership and his personality come [Applause] good pursuit in the back field there's no am Martin and Pard Dante Pard shooting him wasn't blocked very well and you know time FL the line now step up and pose your will get a get a hat on a hat here and let's get this thing blocked there's too many guys with penetration they're unblocked at the POA point of attack and's the first tackle for loss tonight for Samford second and 13 Hayden Hansen the tight end the line up wide to the right flue has had a lot of time to throw tonight and he hits another man in stride it's Eli Badger again that was a nice job of reading the field reading the coverage and progression reading nowhere to go what receiver to go to that was that was a good play for him good experience from him in the drop back pass game third catch for Badger he's got 99 yds [Applause] receiving taking a shot at the paint again incomplete crowd gets the penalty flag they wanted Elijah Badger thought he was interfered with turned around looked at the referee and when he did that the flag was already in midair yeah the coverage was tight and uh they wanted to take a shot off the play action they did it interested I want to see if they if they're going to call this offensive Pi there is no foul on the play for pass interference second down they just got tangled [Applause] up yeah I I almost think that was offensive pi to be honest with you good no [Applause] call there's jalik yansy the cornerback he's tangled up with Badger here second 10 drop it off short to Montreal Johnson slips a tackle then up ended at the 25 yd line and it's going to be third down and see what Samford can do here they need a big stop they're going to stay in this ball game it was a really good call they ran a slow screen right there it was a great call on second and long now they put him back into third and medium which is a manageable down in distance this would be great here for for DJ to convert this and continue this drive Tron Webb in the ball game of the Back Field it's going to be a run for lagway and he stopped short about a yard shy of what he needed so fourth down CJ Douglas the free safety he's had a big night you can't slide there okay you're going for the first down because he slid they mark it they mark it back where where his helmet was oh there's another helmet to helmet hit yeah and the quarterback gave himself up now best crown of the helmet could be a targeting call on Samford we'll see are they going to even review it that' be the second time tonight that they haven't reviewed a helmet to helmet hit on lier Johnson's going to pick up the first down that was a that was a young quarterback mistake there that's that's not those shorts you know third and short that's not where you want to slide right there you got to go get that first down you know you know they're always looking they're always revealing those helmet to helmet hits yeah they just didn't deem that one worthy of the call down right well he didn't lead with his crown and and that's [Applause] why 40 seconds to go here in the quarter play action rolling up this is Wilson and he's tackled in the open field by par it's a nice uh call a naked he's out there basically bootlegging with no protector in front of him and he dumps the ball off into the flat so really safe good play action easy throw for him long sustained drive here for Florida Play number 10 web poking ahead this will be third down after that 5yd pickup that's going to do it for the third quarter start of the fourth quarter and Florida needs to call a timeout you see Billy Napier out on the field and this is not a good look webbing the pistol he'll feed it to number five and he spills ahead to the 6yd line course Tryon Webb the cousin of D Webb was a terrific defensive back at Florida back when you were here yeah great player yeah really was yeah this is a he's a good young player just running back right here I thought I just love the the way he lowered his pads and he went after the line of scrimmage and drove [Applause] it m way looking for another touchdown pass that was deflected away there is a penalty marker in the back field holding on the off number seven that Yen will be PR spot first Damen George the guard the Alabama transfer I mean you can't have these penalties down here in the Red Zone you know but he got beat he got beat there was penetration and he grabbed them and uh it just sets you back these are those errors that you got to eliminate your best football should be played when you're down in the Red Zone you got to score touchdowns and some guys struggle week one Cameron weights was demoted from a starting spot at tackle again they opened up competition along that offensive line this week in practice there is a hit behind the line again for the Samford front now of a sudden Florida has lost the momentum again I mean this is where the offensive Line's got to put the offense on their back right now they've got to play at their very best right now and instead what you're seeing right now is some missed blocks and missed opportunities the left tackle got beat inside here and just caused penetration forced the ball back this is where you play your best you put your best blocking together your best schemes together and you go score this is where you learn how to put a knockout punch [Applause] in second down and goal lagway has all kinds of time over the middle throw is high and incomplete he wanted his tight end boardingham opportunity for him to check the ball now check the ball down don't force that throw in there right now and that's part of that drop back game that I think there's still a lot of room for development he's obviously got the ability but needs more experience with that this is going to be the 14th play of the drive a drive that is almost five minutes in length and they don't want to have to settle for a field goal attempt [Applause] Johnson out of the back field another penalty marker and Wilson has to make a great effort to haul that one in and he'll take it inside the 10 yd line fourth down we'll see what the penalty marker is [Applause] about fifth penalty against Florida and third or fourth penalty in this in this Red Zone attack here right now illegal formation on the offense number 75 was not lined up on the line of scrimmage that penalty has been decline it will be fourth down you know what's funny clay I was watching right before the ball was snapped and it didn't look like there was a lot of intensity up front you know there should be great intensity he's L up back here just a sense of urgency down here right now you got to ch has to put a knockout punch in and that's that's that's a mentality thing now Trey smack will come on for a 26 yd field goal attempt and more penalty markers I think it's going to be offside by the defense and and that's the [Music] case I don't love that series for the Gators you know on the defense for two that penalty has been declined the field goal is good I think there needs to be a little more consistency there as well so we got still a lot of ball left to play here and and we'd like to see him to continue to grow so they're they're preparing right now to become a better team to handle that stretch critton to Rus he's going to throw it back to critton and he dropped the football and it's incomplete Florida is going to pick it up and take it into the end zone that's George gums but it was an incomplete pass as Samford goes to their bag of tricks why not you know I think it's a good call let it hang out a little bit [Music] Brinton felt dejon Johnson bearing down and distracted it second down Ian cousin he's had a good night here the receiver has shown off his speed Ken saw State transfer Johnson gets him to the sideline that's an 8-y game you know you're seeing a lot of new bodies for the Gators on the field right now and I think you know going to get some young guys some reps receiver screen EJ Mason that'll be a first down so when you have a schedule like that you get out to the start that they did against Miami as a coach what were you telling the players this week we got to focus on getting better we got to focus on you know one play at a time one day at a time one game at a time [Applause] [Music] I think they obviously had a great week of practice and there's there's evidence of of their work showing on the field but the consistency the continued growth of mental toughness there's a lot of meat left on the bone here there's a lot of development that has to occur and the most the most development usually occurs in the first three weeks so I you know they're going to have an have to have another a great week this week and as they prepare for you know obviously another really good football team coming into the swamp second and 10 and Preston bird couldn't get to the edge third down and long as RJ moton slices in you you kind of said it this week you play Samford coming off a tough loss against another instate rival in Miami when expectations were really high coming off the off season a game like this it's kind of a no- win situation you you got to blow Samford out of the water and even when you do that you're not going to get a pat on the back because you're expected to do it yeah that's what makes it very very difficult you know to come out of this thing you gaining ground so to speak Kelly as they fake the reverse it's out across the 40 to the 43 yd line and it'll be fourth down I think it's I think it's fair to say we saw Improvement we saw the emergence of a really fine young Talent DJ lagway but we saw some inconsistencies you wouldn't say that they you know grabbed this game in full control right away so I think you kind of move it to next week and you're kind of putting your chips on the table a little bit against Texas A&M as they roll in here and I think a lot will a lot will be told in that game I'm I'm guessing right now that Billy's going to want to get out of this thing right now at this point as healthy as he [Music] can punt number seven for will Thor and Florida will have it with just over 10 minutes to go here in the fourth quarter 31-7 Gators here in the swamp not continue to grow DJ cuz he may have it [Applause] look at this run Trey Wilson ahead of the field in Free Flight goodbye touchdown 85 yds for Trey Wilson yeah no question they've got to get the ball in his hands more and great job of doing that uh here he's he's a heck of a football player they love to run these uh jet sweeps and he just basically outruns the whole defense of of sanord that's a reception is sixth of the game 141 yd receiving now this this is that time of the game you know where okay there's there's just under 10 minutes left to play and but I think you know I think if you're Bill Billy you're saying to yourself okay we kind of got done what we got done now the next thing we got to be careful of is we have a lot of injuries right now 4 64 and six touchdowns for Jones in that game and now here's lague in his first career start going over 400 he's got to feel terrific about the way he played tonight and uh he's going to move that forward he's going to be a big part of this offense next week there's no doubt about that under 10 minutes to go Crittendon to the outside they feel very very strong about merch in terms of the drop back throw game they say he does a terrific job reading the coverages and route progression so you know that's that's a piece of the game that's going to be large as you play these better defenses in the SEC Teddy Davenport the transfer from UAB no gain on that play been a tough night for this Samford offense overall just over 200 yds and Veteran o line despite all the experience just hard getting a ground game established against his floor to front tonight four of the five starters up front for Samford played here in 2021 and they thought you know coming in here that was going to be you know a strong suit for them to stay in the ball game it's been a hard night just 60 rushing yards for the Bulldogs yeah I mean they're just mismatches up front you know sometimes in these different levels of football that's where it shows up the most right up front with the with the big guys in the trenches um they've got a very fine line they're going to have a very fine year you know Chris Hatcher is a heck of a football coach and and they certainly competed out here tonight and Cron's pass is incomplete try to hit Davenport and so it's Fourth Down Gregory Smith the safety a true freshman getting some time here in the fourth quarter in on the coverage and sford will have to punt again there's Chris Hatcher we talked about you know his history with the air rid he was right there for the start of the thing when Hal mummy was the head coach at valasta state that division two power back in the day and he was the quarterback Chris Hatcher won the Harland Hill award back when he was at valsta that's the division 2 Heisman Trophy that's saying a lot and it really is fun to talk to Chris this week getting ready for this game Jim DK trying to stay away from the coverage team and he gets to the 35 yd line he's had an amazing first start first of his collegiate career this is B on first down Jadon B they wanted to get quite a bit of work tonight we're handing that ball off right now run the rock a little bit burn this clock a little bit don't expose DJ to too many unnecessary hits let somebody's uh lineman get an opportunity to get in the game play a little bit ISAC and Livingston two tight ends the left side and they're going to whistle this play down I think the center was delayed snapping the ball there FAL start on the offense all Lightman moved except for the center a 5yd penalty and it remain second down I know you were mostly a guard in your playing days did you play much at Center played a little bit of Center you know in college I played a defensive line then i o line to D line then moved over as a free agent went in as an offensive lineman and mostly played guard obviously not good enough that's why I'm coaching he did just [Applause] fine second down mague slips and slides down slipped right through a hole on the right side and played it safe like you said it imperative he stays healthy with one injured quarterback already in Ms I'm sure uh the coaches were yelling get down on the sideline when he started taking off running so that was a smart play by DJ he doesn't need to take any real hits here unnecessarily there's Merz again he should be ready for Texas A&M game here next week on ABC flue his pass incomplete it was tank Hawkins who had the touchdown catch the first career touchdown throw for lague and the first career touchdown catch for Hawkins earlier tonight Hawkins they're very excited about number 10 he ran a 10300 meter that's fast in high school that's fast that's world class speed yeah it sure is we had a guy by the name of Jeff Demps here that was I think a 101 10200 meter when I was here and and uh you know those guys are real threats just the second time that Jeremy croshaw the Australian has been called on to punt tonight for Florida jayen Bon back inside the 10 yd line for Samford high end overend kick fair catch at the 17 yd line oh it they've got a real quarterback they were very impressive today on the road Oklahoma's getting a rub the other newcomer in the SEC Houston trailing by just two 14-2 Midway through the third quarter Scalzo is in a quarterback as Quincy critton appears to be done for the night for the Sanford Bulldogs 22 how about Notre Dame's win or excuse me Notre Dame's loss at home at the hands of Northern Iowa talk about upset yeah Northern Illinois unbelievable um great great win for Northern Illinois and a crushing tough loss for Notre after coming off such an emotional high at Texas A&M but that's what happens sometimes there's let Downs that's the biggest upset of the day in college football number five Notre Dame going down and in the Mac you saw Bowling Green take Penn State to the wire Scott Leer's done an unbelievable job at Bowling Green and they they've got a really fine team scalo with the handoff and swarming Gater defense that'll be third down and that's a loss of two that's the 11th tackle for loss for the Florida defense Quincy Crittenden just his third career start tonight it wasn't easy knew it wasn't going to be easy threw for 300 yards in a couple of touchdowns last week also ran for a couple of touchdowns last week but these Gators were really prepared for him I think in it helped that they were seeing a dual threat quarterback in an air raid scheme for the second straight week yeah no question and uh I think Quincy is going to have a really fine year this year I like him I think he's a heck of a player he competed hard pass incomplete penalty marker in the backfield M Scalzo transfer from Kentucky second year at Samford personal foul roughing the passer from the defense that 15yd penalty will be enforced from the previous spot carries an automatic first down that's on DeAndre Robinson and that's another unsportsmanlike penalty just unnecessary against his Florida defense just totally unnecessary you can see the frustration on Billy Napier right now he's frustrated you know he's getting into a little with the official here but you know you can't put your hands to the to the helmet six penalty against the Gators discipline will be another important talking point this week you would think scalo flushed chased throws on the Run throws it [Applause] away was LJ McCrae Jon Robinson with the [Music] pressure each team with just one turnover tonight Samford had theirs on their opening Series yeah they they recovered they lost the ball a couple times and recovered it but uh kind of set the tempo for this game kind of set the mood for this game yeah they did a good job securing the ball as the game went on it's a gain of four for Bennett Jonathan Bennett transfer from Alabama third down at six four and a half to go crowd starting to file out here's the swamp just there are times with some pretty good energy in here and you and I both question what it would be like here I it was obvious though when they saw how lague was playing that you know they they had something to get excited about again they sure did and this is just a unbelievable Arena the swamp and it was great to see it active tonight oh scalo hit hard from behind didn't see it coming Jamarcus Weston the Sam linebacker and that's the fourth Gator sack tonight yeah they uh this is how people get hurt right here you know it's just left tackle in the game he gets overwhelmed and beat looks like the back lost his protection and the quarterback took an unbelievable shot right there it was a backup left tackle Duncan Johnson no match no I think everybody out on that uh Stadium floor right now is wants to see that clock run a little bit you know on both sides right Jim de get to the outside transfer from Wisconsin into plus territory he has looked good on special teams here the last couple of weeks well DJ lagway is out of the game Aiden Warner red shirt freshman comes in to play quarterback for the Gator a transfer from The Ivy Le preferred walk on from y smart getting DJ off the field right now he got a lot done there's nothing more he's going to get done in the in the remaining few minutes left to play so but now apparently they are looking at a targeting penalty a possible targeting penal this is what they're looking at [Music] well that's leading with the crown that's helmet to helmet I'd say that they're going to probably get a targeting penalty here that's Alex applefield The Long Snapper number 61 video evidence shows that during the return number 61 of the kicking team has a personal foul targeting with the crown of the helmet that 15yd penalty will be enforced from the end of the run it carries an automatic first down and number 61 of the kicking team has been disqualified Kay Millan who has more experience as a college quarterback a transfer from Colorado State who has also played at Nevada he's going to watch Warner take these steps weren't sure exactly who was the backup he's incomplete on his first pass attempt for Wade clay Millan started 10 games for Colorado State a couple of years ago before he lost his job and transferred here to Florida they really liked what they've seen from Warner here in recent weeks KD Daniels into the ball game of the Back Field true freshman running back high snap they get it to Daniels got some young lineman in there little bit of penetration got the center firing the ball a little bit High these guys are all gaining a little bit of game experience getting a little under their belt right now which is a good thing Mike ELO and Texas A&M come in here new coaching staff mhm for the agies and it's a team that had a disappointing week one that loss to Notre Dame but they rotted mcne state today they're going to be hungry uh they've got a great defense they've got a a good good unit on offense and they're loaded with Talent so they're going to come in here and I'm sure be much improved this is going to be quite a battle in in the swamp here next week Warner hits Wade Jackson Wade with the completion last year at this time he was in high school and now he's doing stuff like this first career start he had six completions of over 30 yards tied with Kyle TR who did it in 2020 against Missouri for the most by a Florida quarterback in the last 20 seasons and that was in his starting first career start future is bright for young DJ no doubt great great job tonight and just you know another a great week really improve and grow and I think the sky is the limit here's his family be ready to celebrate with DJ after the game you think about how this game started I mean Florida stopped on fourth down turned it over on their first series third series of the game fumble in the end zone maybe the game goes a different direction but DJ lagway even though he's 18 years old took the game over and really got the momentum back on Florida's side for the balance of that first half and and then here in the second half they pulled away he just looked so composed he had great Poise great presence you know you you felt him be a lot of talk this week here in Gainesville and Gator Nation about who should be taking the snaps at quarterback next week right now it's eight Warner taking the snaps and he's got a gator touchdown first career touchdown for Aiden [Applause] Warner New Haven you know what's in New Haven Connecticut the best pizza in the world you've told me 40 times the last two weeks you got Sally's and peppies and modern pizza and you really need to do yourself a favor change your life and experience what great pizza is I'm going to make sure we get you down there yeah you have no idea but we're going to you're going to experience that Aiden Warner he's got some pretty good ability with his legs so I think they've figured out who their third Stringer is now in front of the home fans and get ready to have a great environment next week against Texas [Applause] A&M Preston bird on the return week four two and one and then this this feel around this Florida team completely changes oh I don't think there's any question I think you come out in in the swamp in your home field and you play a great game against Texas A&M you're going to change that narrative that narrative is going to start to really change and you're going to gain positive [Music] momentum a lot of questions from the media about the quarterback situation here at Florida this coming week as Chris Hatcher makes his way across the field to shake hands with Billy Napier couple of guys who have a lot of respect for each other both sons of coaches both former quarterbacks at the FCS Lev