After falling 34-31 in his first start against Florida in 2010, legendary Georgia QB Aaron Murray led the Bulldogs to three-straight wins over the Gators.

That was Georgia’s longest winning streak in the rivalry, lovingly referred to as the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party,” since the 1987-89 seasons.

This weekend, Murray will be at the game for the first time as a fan, after doing some media work for CBS Sports on Friday.

This week, he spoke with Saturday Down South, and we talked all things Cocktail Party. Below, you can see some of what he said — from his favorite memory of the game from his playing days to what key stat he thinks will decide the winner this weekend:

Best memory from the Cocktail Party:

“The first time I took a snap. You get to the line of scrimmage and you look up and you’re looking at the defensive front — what kind of front are they in? Where are the linebackers? Are they plus one way or the other? You have to locate the safeties, are they giving any signs of coverage?

“I get to the line of scrimmage and look up and all I can see is the divide. You see the divide right down the middle of the football field in the stands — red and black on one side, orange and blue on the other. It’s hard to focus, honestly. Those first couple of snaps, I’m like ‘Holy smokes, I’m actually playing in this football game. This is incredible.’ There literally is nothing like it. For me, a kid from Tampa watching this game my entire life. It took me a couple plays to shake it off and get back to playing football.”

On if he’s worried about the Georgia offense after getting blown out by LSU:

“You have to give credit to LSU — that’s a great football team. That’s a great defense. That environment is extremely tough to play in. It just didn’t get going for Georgia, especially in that second half. They got going early in the running game and I thought they kind of got away from it a little too soon and started looking for that home run play instead of just sticking to the ground game, eating up the clock and wearing out LSU’s defense.

“But for me, right now, I want to see Georgia make a decision at the quarterback position. I’m not saying who’s going to be the starter, I’m just saying, what’s the game plan? Is Fields going to play, and if he’s going to play, is it going to be every third series, every fourth series, is it going to be on third-and-short, in the red zone? Whatever it is, that has to be the game plan so the team knows it and can feel comfortable heading into the game and not be indecisive about ‘Let’s put Fields in for a play and take him out.’ They’ve had two weeks to make those changes, and is everyone on board?”

On the turnaround at Florida under Dan Mullen

“It’s been incredible. I wasn’t too shocked, though. There’s plenty of talent at Florida, and if anyone knows how to take a team with talent or without talent and get the most out of them, it’s Dan Mullen. What he did at Mississippi State was absolutely incredible.

“I knew he was going to have success. Maybe not this much success — he’s had a heck of a year. I thought it may take him a seven or eight-win season in year one and then you see the team start to flourish in year two, but he has them rolling in the right direction. Feleipe Franks looks 10 times better than he did last year.

“You’re seeing a team out there that’s playing with a lot of confidence right now.”

On the biggest key to this week’s game

“I’m going to look at yards per carry. I think both teams right now want to protect their quarterbacks. I think they want to get to third-and-short, so it’s not just the amount of rushes. I want to see the yards per carry. If you’re able to get four or five yards per carry, get to third-and-manageable, the quarterback can get the ball out of his hands quickly in that noisy environment against those great defenses. That’s the stat for me.”

On his role this weekend and watching as a fan for the first time

“I’ll do some (media) stuff on Friday. Other than that, I’m just sort of hanging out. I love the fact that I get to stay around the game and watch great football week in and week out and the fact that I don’t have to get hit anymore — my body feels pretty good right now, and that’s a positive.

“This is my first time to Jacksonville as a fan. It’ll be interesting — I’m sure I’ll have mixed feelings being on the sideline and not trying to get out there and play some. It’ll be nice to relax and enjoy the environment and the fans and root the Dawgs on.”

The Florida-Georgia game kicks off at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time on Saturday and can be seen on CBS.