My 2 Bits Florida Gators Football Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Randy review 10 players for next season's roster and how we expect them to perform based on prior year stats and background. We review 5 players from the offense and 5 from the defense and discuss our outlook for their performance in 2025. We also review the offseason moves from the Portal God Todd as well as the returning starters coming back for a run at another title.

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben discuss the past personnel decisions from the Napier era and how they have not always made sense based on what the film shows us. We discuss PFF ratings for multiple players that did or didn't start comparatively, and where they staff needs to improve. We also discuss the decisions we see as pivotal for the 2025 season and where we want to see the staff get it right...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Randy discuss the statistical backing for whether or not the program has the ability to return to a dominant force in the SEC next season. We then review whether or not we believe this will happen based on the capability of the team and coaches, and what roadblocks we see to this occurring. Lastly, we discuss what it would mean to return to dominance next season and how th...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Randy discuss the results and play of the 2025 Orange and Blue game. Also have conversation around recruiting, team culture, and overall talent improvement that we witnessed in the 2025 Spring Game. We also highlight the players that stood out and where we believe the team is headed moving into the 2025 season.

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben discuss the changes and updates to the roster for the 2025 season, including some live breaking recruiting news. We discuss the impact of the coaching changes and how we feel the team can carry over momentum from the 2024 season based on development they showed even without a historical data president for this occurring. We also discuss the Gator Boys run in the NCAA...

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben discuss the recent staff and coaching changes with the football program at UF. We discuss the impact of the new GM and assistant GM roles on the overall football operation including roster and NIL management. We also discuss all of the recent coaching changes and what impact we feel each will have based on the data from the past experience of all those coaches involv...

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben discuss the different positional groups on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. We discuss whether or not we think each group will be better, worse, or neutral compared to last season and discuss each other's take on both sides of the ball. We also discuss our upcoming foray into Gator basketball and how we will be discussing it more in depth during ou...

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben discuss the final 2025 recruiting class for Florida, including all transfers since early NSD. We break down how each player will impact the gators and whether or not we think the transfers will start. We also discuss the coaching changes that have taken place so far in the offseason and how these help the team in their respective way. Lastly, we review the state of t...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Randy discuss the defensive performance of the team in the 3 years under Napier. We look at the ways that the defense has improved and also the opportunities that still exist to get better from both a scheme and execution standpoint. We also discuss whether or not Armstrong should be replaced and the case for that to happen or not based on the performance of the team this...

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben break down the case for an Offensive Coordinator to be hired for the gators this offseason. We look at this from a purely analytical standpoint, taking into account multiple stats that the team has produced offensively over the 3 years under Napier's tenure as the play caller. We then discuss why these stats are so significant and how they continue to make a compelli...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Randy break down the bowl win over Tulane and look at both the offensive concerns, and the defensive showcase that we saw. We also discuss the continued surge in recruiting for the team from both 2025 signees as well as the transfer portal. Lastly we review the results for Keep It or Pitch It from our picks and give the full season record for each of us in 2024.

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben discuss the regular season performance of the team overall on both offense and defense. We then break down where each position group ended up as a strength, a weakness, or neutral for the season. We also discuss the results of the record vs the strength of the schedule and review our Keep It or Pitch It results from the beginning of the season. We also play a final r...

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben break down the 2025 recruiting class following Early Nation Signing Day. We discuss the significant improvements the class made from even just a month ago, but also what it still is needing to help this team improve moving forward. We also do an in depth review of each player in the class and what they can help bring to UF in the future. Lastly we examine what we bot...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Randy break down the win over the Noles at Doak Campbell including a review of both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. We discuss where the offense continues to have opportunities to improve, while the defense is shining significantly. We also review the full season results for Keep It or Pitch It and discuss our upcoming schedule for our end of the season epis...

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben break down the massive win over the Rebels and what implications this has for Gator football moving forward. We discuss the implications from the standpoint of the finish to the season, moving into next year, and of course the wins we have seen already in recruiting. We also discuss where we continue to see positives, but also opportunities for continue growth and im...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Randy break down the signature win against LSU from this past Saturday. We discuss the implications for the remainder of the season for the team, bowl eligibility, and recruiting. We also play another round of Keep It or Pitch it for this week's game with Ole Miss and discuss the surprising results of the NCAA '25 sims for this week. Go Gators!!

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben break down the blowout loss to Texas and how much it really hurts considering the circumstances by which it came about. We also discuss where there were positive things, (though only a few), and where things could have gone better as well. We also review the news in regards to Napier being retained as head coach for next season and play another round of Keep It or Pi...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Randy break down the gut wrenching loss to Georgia despite a great effort from the team especially on the defensive side of the ball. We discuss the impact of losing Lagway and how this affects things going forward, even with the recent news that we may get him back sooner than expected. We also play another round of Keep It or Pitch it for this weeks game at Texas and dis...

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben discuss the where the team is heading into the gauntlet of the 2024 schedule and what we feel is both good and needs to improve on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. We also debate whether it is better to retain Napier or part ways and what the potential gains and losses of each scenario would be. Lastly we finish with another round of Keep It or Pit...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Randy break down the blowout win over Kentucky and how the Gators were able to score so effectively against a solid Kentucky defense. We also discuss how the defense continues to perform well since the bye week, but where we continue to see opportunity for both sides to improve as well. We also review our keep it or pitch it picks from last week and how our pre-season pick...

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben break down the difficult overtime loss to Tennessee and how the Gators could have won the game. We discuss the difficulties on offense, particularly in the red zone, but also how well the defense played to keep us competitive in the game. We also play another round of Keep It or Pitch It for this week's Homecoming game with Kentucky and review the Sim results from NC...

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Randy break down the quality win over UCF and how the defense made great steps in this game. We discuss where the offense was good and not so good, and how we can continue to improve going forward this season. We also play another round of keep it or pitch it for this weeks game in Knoxville with Tennessee and review the NCAA 25 Sim results which were quite surprising!

Send us Fan Mail Randy (with the help of Ben's notes from vacation) discusses the Gator's road win in Starkville, MS. We discuss the opportunities for better offense and more of the same challenges that exist on defense that continue to haunt the Gators. We also play another round of Keep It or Pitch It for UCF the following week and review the sims of the game from NCAA 25 as well.

Send us Fan Mail Ben and Randy discuss the difficult loss to Florida West and how the team can find ways to move on from here through what will continue to be a difficult season. We discuss the many shortcomings we see from a coaching standpoint and where we how we feel regarding Napier's future with the program. We also play another round of Keep It or Pitch It for Mississippi State this week and...

Send us Fan Mail Randy and Ben break down the impressive win over Samford, including DJ Lagway's breakout first starting performance. We discuss how despite the lowered competition, his throwing accuracy and pocket presence were extremely impressive. We also discuss the improvements we saw from the defense, and even some better play design! Lastly we play another round of Keep It or Pitch It for t...