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Vandy QB, transfer from New Mexico St. Just watched the replay of the Vandy-Va. Tech game, kid is fun to watch, style of play reminds me of Johnny Manziel, and he is a great leader and motivator. Going to be fun to watch this kid play this year.

Today you'll see the team that we've been expecting all season! 3-2 here we come! Go Gators!

1: TX
2: A&M
3: UA
4: UGA
5: OM

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6-9: order unclear UK, Arky, LSU, UT

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10: VU
11: OU
12: UF
13: MZ

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14: SC
15: AU
16: MSU


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These guys are really hitting their stride…

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Trying to get my son some more exposure for his recruitment if anyone doesn’t mind sharing his film. Sorry if this bothers some just trying everything possible to help his recruitment

LIVE GAMEDAY THREAD: Central Florida at Florida

The kickoff is set for around 7:45 PM this evening, and I will be in chat and ready to go around 7:30 PM. See you all then! Go, Gators. There is no way on this planet I see UCF winning in The Swamp tonight after watching them last week. However, Vegas tells me they are a 2.5 favorite tonight, which is concerning. This will be the thread for ALL things UCF/Florida-related for the day.

Anything posted in the actual Chat Room WILL post automatically into the boards - same goes for any post made in this thread. We will see it IN the chat room. It is much easier to come into Chat during the game vs posting in the boards - Do not be scared.

CHAT ROOM LINK

I will open chat at 7:30PM

What’s the deal? Someone injured? Opt out?

Did anybody else get the feeling that early in the 3rd quarter Malzahn knew he couldn't win? Have you ever seen a Malzahn team take so much time between snaps, especially when they were behind? I never have, his signature is a hurry up, running offense. UCF's offense was completely exposed as being one dimensional and the Gator D had their number. I think he was happy to see the clock run out and not get beaten worse.

Did I miss something saying why Burke and Mizell didn’t play yesterday? Andy Jean ever gonna be healthy? Did I really see us throw an end zone fade to Fraziers?

Whacked badly 42-16 by another UNRANKED team!!! Norvell is an awful coach but, all yours through

2031!

Ouch,

Those dominant OL and DL we heard about? They suck. D.J. U? Sucks! Your secondary? Sucks! RB’s? Suck! Need I say more. What’s Mikey’s buyout?

When Napier was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct last night the official said the call was against Florida's sideline, not Napier specifically. . Did I hear that right? If so, any unsportsmanlike conduct penalty by any player afterwards would have caused them to be ejected from the game (2 unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and you are out.)
What would have happened if the Gator sidelines had another unsportsmanlike penalty, would the entire Gator team have been disqualified?

It’s sure seems like it. He continually takes his foot off the gas when he has a chance to put a team away. I really wish somebody would ask him why. I get that the opposition has time to adjust during halftime, but there is no excuse for running the plays that he typically runs in the second half of games, including bunching up the offensive line and then trying to run the ball up the middle or running wide receiver screens to the short side of the field and so on. I’m not sure bringing in an offensive coordinator under his direction would change much of that, but I guess that’s something we’ll never know.

Clemson up 26-13 with the ball inside the FSU 15.

2 min-4th Quarter

FSU about to be 1-5

Liking this guy a lot more as a sleeper option. SMU’ s looked good the last few weeks. Currently leading Louisville.

I wish the Ole Ball Coach could have jumped in to lead at half time. Billy had a chance to go for the jugular and make a statement. He curled up against sorry UCF. Glad we got a win but we need a new coach. Billy isn’t going to change.

Cal up 28-10 after Cam Ward pick 6!

Lane is a great coach but there are limits to his abilities. Half of his 12 seasons had 5+ losses. If you throw out the 5 game USC season it’s 6 of 11. I purposely omitted his 2 NFL seasons to be fair. Also worth mentioning his USC years were impacted by sanctions.

I do think a big name like Lane will be given more leverage than a smaller name to make changes. I also prefer an offense-minded coach that can leverage Lagway and think Lane is a good fit for that. I like the idea of a splash hire with Lane. Would be easier to unite the base.So all things being equal I prefer Lane right now, but the timing has to be overcome.

The problem is he likely would not join UF until mid Jan when Spring portal mostly closed. Hard to build a team with Summer portal as we have seen. There may not even be a summer portal, lots of talk of having only 1 window. Even if the NCAA adjusted or extended window the problem is getting them enrolled for Spring semester. Ole Miss is losing most of their team, they will not be able to wait until mid Jan to replenish so Lane will have to be active in portal in December for OM, so that’s likely the giveaway if we are getting our chain pulled. To have a great portal class (both UF and OM will need) you need to do major work in Dec. Will Lane do major work for OM (lie to recruits) and then bolt in Jan? I don’t think it will be a great sign if you see OM working the Portal hard in early December, conversely if they half ass it could be a great sign he’s not fully committed to their future.

The concept of timing not being as important as getting the right coach ignores that the likelihood of success is less than even money regardless of who you hire and then if you overlay the timing costs the odds get even worse. And this assumes NIL alignment which is very much in doubt. Don’t think he can overcome that. He more than others is at risk to that because he’s not really a top recruiter. I do give him credit for recognizing the value of the portal but that needs lots of money to execute. The real NIL money doesn’t come in until AFTER the new coach comes in and boosters pay top dollar to get access to him, in case people were hoping a GM could come in and work the Portal before the arrival of the new coach. Until then we probably have LESS money than we have had in the past with little to sell from a vision or scheme perspective. Raising the money for these buyouts (Napier and staff) and for new coach contract is likely to strain NIL donations with the University not taking over NIL deals I believe until next Summer (I may be wrong on this point). Don’t think people are fully digesting the costs of waiting for a coach. Even announcing in Dec of a January arrival is not ideal, though it could help the retention rate (despite no face to face contact, and uncertainty on assistants), but would likely limit your ability to pull from the Portal.

We need a new coach in here as soon as possible and he needs to raise money and use his early leverage to enact change throughout the organization. It’s also possible there are no good December options and the January timing can’t be avoided and that scenario would boost Lane to the top or at least near it. I would encourage everyone not to have a Lane or bust mentality that could have an impact on our digesting of a new coach if it’s not Lane.