Episode Details

I asked a Florida writer to name her own team's soft spot four days before we play them, and she did not dodge it: "If I had to pick one, I would say their secondary."

Ali Peek hosts A Peek Inside Gators Football. She covers Florida every day, picked the Gators back in the summer, and came on to explain exactly how they do it — starting with a number that reframes the afternoon. Against Auburn, Florida held the ball for 39 minutes and 16 seconds. In her words: "I personally like the idea of the ball only being in Trinidad's hands a third of the time."

She also gave her score, picked against us, and second-guessed it out loud — more than most guests will do.

Three days. Saturday, September 26, 3:30 PM ET on ABC.

⏱️ CHAPTERS

0:00 Ole Miss goes to the Swamp, and a Gator tells the truth

1:15 Florida is 3-0 for the first time since 2019

2:34 "When Florida is good, there's no better atmosphere"

3:13 Why a 3:30 kick is the best thing that happened to Ole Miss

3:25 22 straight sellouts, and "the penance we've paid"

5:20 What Florida fans actually need out of Saturday

6:11 Rusty Whitt: the hire nobody outside Gainesville talks about

7:06 Aaron Philo has done more than she expected

8:34 "Game manager" is not an insult

9:25 "The single best player in college football"

14:01 Why Jadan Baugh looks like a different player this year

15:09 Florida held the ball for 39 minutes, 16 seconds at Auburn

17:03 Red zone: Florida is 17-for-17. Ole Miss is 12-for-12.

18:33 Florida's soft spot, named: the secondary

22:30 The path to a Florida win

24:40 Ali Peek predicts: Florida 31, Ole Miss 28

📌 THREE THINGS

*All figures below are Ali Peek's, given on the show.*

1. Time of possession is the whole Florida plan. They held it 39:16 at Auburn, and her stated goal is Chambliss touching it a third of the time. Everything else — run Baugh, convert third downs, finish drives — serves that one idea: keep No. 6 on the sideline.

2. She named the secondary as Florida's soft spot, and Florida's own coordinator said the same thing this week. Brad White called the 271 passing yards Auburn threw for "not acceptable" and said his group needs to get better "back there." Peek's third-down numbers: Ole Miss converting over 45%, Florida's defense giving up about 41%.

3. Florida's penalties have doubled every week — 4, then 8, then 16 for 138 yards at Auburn, and the early ones were mostly reserves in garbage time. Meanwhile both offenses are perfect in the red zone: Florida 17-for-17, Ole Miss 12-for-12. Nobody is stalling inside the 20, so free yardage decides it.

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