Florida Gators vs Long Island PREVIEW | Reasons for Optimism and Concern for the 2025 Gators

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4.6 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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David Waters hosts Andrew "Sponge" Franklin to preview the Florida Gators' season opener against Long Island. They'll also discuss season predictions and examine reasons for both optimism and concern heading into the 2025 season. #FloridaGators #GatorsBreakdown #GoGators #CFB #SECFootball #CollegeFootball JOIN Gators Breakdown Plus: https://gatorsbreakdownplus.com Get Florida Gators merch at Fanatics: https://fanatics.93n6tx.net/DVYxja Get Gators Breakdown merch: https://gatorsbreakdownmerch.com Questions or comments? Send them to gatorsbreakdown@gmail.com You can be the difference! For the first time ever, YOU can directly impact the outcome on the field by joining Florida Victorious! Want to help the Gators win? Want a better game day experience? Just like when you pack The Swamp, your unwavering support through Florida Victorious empowers the Gators to be their best! Join today and be the difference in making the orange and blue victorious. JOIN: https://floridavictorious.com/join-now/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We got Gators Breakdown here.
0:01.6	We know we're business.
0:05.3	Gators Breakdown.
0:07.4	Because there's never a dull moment in Gator Nation.
0:13.7	The Gators Breakdown podcast is ready to go.
0:16.9	I'm your host, David Waters.
0:18.2	You can find me on social media at Gator Dave underscore SCC right here midweek episode with Sponge Andrew Franklin talking, we're going to talk a little
0:27.1	L-IU, which, you know, as much as there is to talk about L-IU and some reasons for optimism
0:34.7	and concern. We're heading into the 2025 season, not necessarily for this game.
0:39.7	But also, I'm going to bring Sponge into the predictions Will and I do every year.
0:46.5	So the over and unders unders and the predictions Will and I do.
0:50.3	You can go back and get mine and wheels on Monday night's episode.
0:53.4	But we're going to bring Sponge in here and get his thoughts on that too. And then we're here for Billy Napier. Ask him a couple of questions at the SEC teleconference. We'll kind of intertwine those into the optimism and concern portion of the episode. So lots to get into here, Sponge, game week for us Saturday night against L-I-U, and it's finally here.
1:13.1	Yeah, man, game week, baby.
1:14.4	Like I say, we've been yaking, talking for talking season is finally done.
1:19.8	It's now officially time to roll the ball out and spot it and do all that good stuff.
1:24.7	Yeah, you know, high school ball got cranked up the last week.
1:27.5	And it's going full force here in Duval and, like I said, all over the country.
1:32.9	And like I say, now it's time for the college guys.
1:35.5	We had our little flavor of week zero, not too much on that plate, but, you know,
1:39.4	got a couple games in.
1:41.2	But, yeah, this Labor Day weekend slate is chock full of great matchups
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