Franz Beard on Florida's response to consecutive losses as Texas opens as a 10-point favorite, plus Easton Royal's commitment and the latest SEC notes.

Parody or parity? Buddy Martin on a 24-team playoff and an SEC that hasn’t lost excellence so much as its monopoly on it. Me, I worry that the scavengers have come for what’s left of college football.

Franz Beard: Florida is the man with the rope around his neck and Texas is the jukebox. The Soothsayer on Tramell Jones Jr.’s first start, Will Muschamp’s defense, an 11.5-point line and every SEC game Saturday.

The Buddy Martin Show is live at 9 p.m. ET with the Philo-or-Jones question ahead of Florida at No. 7 Texas. Watch on the show page or YouTube.

Buddy Martin called in the two greatest minds he knows, Albert Einstein and Ted Lasso, to explain Jon Sumrall's reverse thermostat, why calm is not surrender, and why Gator fans might not be crazy for believing. Members, the biscuits are inside. Einstein had relativity. Ted Lasso has biscuits. And an amazing attitude. So does Tramell Jones.

Well, the low scoring Longhorns have their struggles, too. I wrote earlier in the week about the similarities of the stats between UF and UM last weekend in every category but the one that matters. Facing the Texas Longhorns on the road in Austin is a tough task for a team that hasn't played well in the last two weeks. The Gators hit the road as a 10.5-point underdog. Is there anything that points to a possible Gator victory? The Gators will face the #3 total defense in the S