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The Solid Verbal: Animal football, Florida’s peak, Edsall sexiness, early hype machine

The most poignant Q&A we’ve ever done in April of 2017.

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On the latest spring Q&A episode, we dive into a wide array of topics and try to answer some of the most important questions of our time, including:

• How patient will Florida be with head coach Jim McElwain if his Gator squads peak at winning the SEC East, but failing to advance any further as a power?

• Is Jim Mora, who may be the best UCLA coach ever, sitting on a particularly hot seat after a 3-9 season and a partial overhaul of his staff? Should he be?

• Which teams, perhaps other than Charlie Strong and USF, may be favored in all 12 of their games?

• When is bringing a flask to a wedding (or any event) appropriate?

• Which Power 5 mascot (land animals only) is best built to win an 11-on-11 football game?

• What do we think of Justin Wilcox and the staff he’s put together at Cal? Where are their challenges and advantages, and how much does it matter in what looks to be a stacked Pac-12 North?

• Who will be the first defensive player taken in next year’s (2018) NFL draft? Tyquan Lewis? Dorance Armstrong? Any Alabama defender? Derwin James? Someone else?

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