{"id":422379,"date":"2026-10-08T16:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422379\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:40:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T16:40:44","slug":"florida-gators-podcast-florida-seeks-homecoming-rebound-against-struggling-south-carolina-orlando-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422379\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Gators Podcast: Florida seeks homecoming rebound against struggling South Carolina \u2013 Orlando Sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Gators look to move past their collapse at Missouri, returning to the Swamp to face a South Carolina program in free fall. The Gamecocks have lost eight straight SEC games, the past five when holding a lead. Coach Shane Beamer is on the hot seat and trying to save himself. Jon Sumrall\u2019s Gators have their own issues, including one of the league\u2019s worst defenses and an offensive line that was stampeded over last weekend. During Swamp Things, Mark and Edgar break down a must-win game for the Gators with a trip to Texas and a date in Atlanta with Georgia on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>2:29 Reason for optimism<br \/>\n5:13 Reason for pessimism<br \/>\n7:17 Match-up offense<br \/>\n8:46 Match-up defense<br \/>\n11:07 Attention paid<br \/>\n14:23 On the spot<br \/>\n17:07 Coordinator corner<br \/>\n21:50 Final thoughts: Must-win game<br \/>\n26:22 Training room<br \/>\n30:44 Golden Era<br \/>\n35:50 Jeremy Foley\u2019s Corner<br \/>\n39:59 Picking the game<\/p>\n<p>Edgar Thompson can be reached at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/2026\/10\/08\/florida-gators-podcast-florida-seeks-homecoming-rebound-against-struggling-south-carolina\/mailto:egthompson@orlandosentinel.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">egthompson@orlandosentinel.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gators look to move past their collapse at Missouri, returning to the Swamp to face a South&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[111,28,2530,2496,114,139,141,140,76046,110],"class_list":["post-422379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-college-sports","tag-florida","tag-florida-gators","tag-gainesville","tag-latest-headlines","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-social-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}