BIG TIME wants for Napier coming up this weekend. AJ Harris and Derrick LeBlanc and I can't tell you how fired up both of them are after catching up with both just now......

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Big 10 coach in Jacksonville tonight, interviewing tomorrow?

Last year Florida finished the season ranked number 10 after stumbling a little toward the end of the season and not making it to the College World Series. This years team with Hightower, Adams and Lugo returning, along with Transfer Skylar Wallace who had to sit out '21 after transferring from 'Bama, and some great Freshmen, has deemed to be decidedly better, and the team has been voted into the 5th spot in the rankings one spot ahead of FSU.

Here are the top 10.

1 Oklahoma 56-4 last year this year rank #1 Defending World Series Champion

2 Alabama .. 52-9 last year " " " #2 Defending SEC Champion

3 Ok. State... 48-12 " ' " " #3

4 U.C.L.A........ 47-7 " " " " #4

5 FLORIDA.... 45-11 " " " " #5 Great Pre Season ranking for the Gators

6 FSU............ .49-13

7 Washington 45-14

8 Arkansas......43-11

9 Texas............43-14

10 Missouri......42-17

There are 8 SEC teams in the top 25......jim

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He told me the conversation went great today with Patrick Toney and Jamar Chaney. They talked about how they plan to use him and the University as a whole. It was what he wanted to hear.

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Hayden told me it was awesome to see Billy Napier today. He and his family fully trust Napier and the plans he has set. He will go for his OV this weekend and he will shoot up our MLL and RZ list for sure. He is excited to meet the staff and see the campus. He tells me he is a dominating run blocker (255-pounds) that can also go down the field vertically and catch the ball...

Hey Florida friends!


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Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams will enter the NCAA transfer portal.

Williams is coming off an outstanding season at Oklahoma that earned him a spot on the 247Sports True Freshman All-American Team.

He held on to the starting job for the rest of the year, completing 136 of 211 passes (64.6 pct.) for 1,912 yards with 21 touchdowns and four interceptions over 11 games. He also rushed for 442 yards and six touchdowns on 79 carries.

Per Blake Brockermeyer
Hearing from multiple sources Georgia is the top landing spot unless they get OUTBID.

Does this mean that top college football players will "shop out" their services using NIL ?

Oh My ! Will CFB becomes a pay for play minor league for the NFL.

https://247sports.com/college/flori...s-college-football-media-179755061/#1809370_9

Not good news for Gators !

Guess we may have to look at the Vanderbilt Sports Model -

Good Academics
Good Baseball
Decent Basketball
Yes, we also play Football & home game tickets are always available at a bargain

Florida on the list:

Joe Lunardi has us as a last four in even with the 1-3 start in league play. Need a couple good wins to get back in comfortably.

i see Peagler and Colbert… where is Raymond?!

Big pick up here at a position of need. One of the more highly sought after transfer portal players in the country. Probably the most sought after transfer portal olineman in the country.

I had a friendly chat with Jacoby Mathews this morning. Jacoby called me this morning when I was out and about, but we had an excellent talk. He has been dealing with some phone issues, so it has not been easy to connect, but today we could speak. He talked about his familiarity with Coach Raymond and how important it was to him the new staff started recruiting him right away.

Like the rest of the world, he was stunned to hear the news Coach Raymond was heading to UF.
He has a couple of OV’s left he could make, but it sounds like UF this weekend and then LSU on the final weekend, which is always a bit scary. In-state kid, last OV is going to the in-state school.

Either way, he is extremely excited about visiting UF this weekend and getting this OV going. When he called me, he just spoke with Billy and said they had a great talk and were chopping it up regarding the weekend ahead. Jacoby should be bringing his parents and a sibling.

The third school he was thinking about making an OV with was Bama, but it sounds like that is falling off right now. Unless things change, it seems like UF and LSU battle.

Napier/Raymond/Toney will get their chance to get it done this weekend, and we will go from there.

Took less than 2 minutes and already got confirmation

www.covidtests.gov

Not sure how true it is but I just saw on Facebook that Napier is visiting him today…. IF true despite us not landing him because I’m sure we won’t I’d love the energy and aggression by Napier for even trying

The last few years have been brutal with you letting us know that the staff felt "great" about a player, only to see that dude go somewhere else. Probably one of the most frustrating things was how bad they were at actually reading the room.

Thus far, it seems like when this staff tells you they feel good about someone, it actually comes to fruition.

Are you getting the vibe that if these guys tell you they feel confident about someone, we can actually feel confident about them too? @JasonHigdon

Biondi, Leal Ready for Latin America Amateur Championship
The event tees off on Thursday at 6:15 a.m. ET.

Casa de Campo, Dominican Republic - Gator golfers Fred Biondi and Miguel Leal are set to play in the 2022 Latin American Amateur Championship (LAAC) beginning on Thursday.

The LAAC was formed in 2014 by the Masters Tournament, The R&A and the USGA in an effort to further develop amateur golf throughout the region, and specifically in South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. In 2015, the annual event debuted in Buenos Aires, Argentina, at Pilar Golf.

Former Gator Alejandro Tosti was the runner-up in the inaugural tournament in his freshman season after shooting 69-70-68-71 in 2015. Biondi will compete in the event for the fourth consecutive time (2021 was canceled due to Covid-19) and has made the cut each time, including a T6 (-6) finish in 2019. Leal is set to make his tournament debut.

The champion will receive an invitation to compete in the 2022 Masters Tournament, exemptions into The 150th Open at St Andrews, The Amateur Championship, the U.S. Amateur Championship and any other USGA amateur championship for which he is eligible and into sectional qualifying for the U.S. Open with an opportunity to earn a place in the 2022 U.S. Open.

Round one begins Thursday at 6:15 a.m. ET at the Teeth of the Dog in Casa De Campo, Dominican Republic. Coverage of the event will be on ESPN2/ESPNews.

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May need to update that 2023 RedZone list JH!

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Gators Ranked No. 9 in D1Baseball's Preseason Top 25

With six positional starters returning to the fold in 2022, the Gators enter the season as the nation's No. 9-ranked team.


GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida baseball was listed at No. 9 in D1Baseball's Preseason Top 25 rankings on Tuesday morning.

D1Baseball follows Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game in releasing preseason rankings, with Florida being listed at No. 6 and No. 23 in those two polls, respectively. Last season, the Orange & Blue sat at No. 1 in all three publications' preseason rankings before finishing the campaign at 38-22 (17-13 SEC).

Outlets with preseason rankings yet to be released are Baseball America, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Looking beyond the Gators, the Southeastern Conference boasts a nation-leading eight teams in the top 25, including six in the top 10: No. 2 Arkansas, No. 3 Vanderbilt, No. 4 Mississippi State, No. 5 Ole Miss, No. 8 LSU, No. 16 Georgia and No. 19 Tennessee. Hailing from the Big 12 Conference, Texas claimed the No. 1 spot overall.

At present, eight preseason top-25 teams can be found on Florida's 2022 schedule: No. 2 Arkansas (April 7-9), No. 3 Vanderbilt (April 15-17), No. 4 Mississippi State (May 6-8), No. 8 LSU (March 25-27), No. 11 Florida State (March 15, March 29, April 12), No. 16 Georgia (March 31-April 2), No. 19 Tennessee (April 22-24) and No. 25 Miami (March 4-6).

The 2022 Florida Gators roster features a hybrid of experience mixed with young talent, as the team returns 19 letterwinners while welcoming in 17 newcomers. Despite having each of its top-three ranked signees ink Major League Baseball contracts this past summer, the Gators still managed to recruit an impressive collection of sixteen freshmen and one transfer to finish as the nation's No. 1 recruiting class according to Perfect Game (No. 2 at D1Baseball, Baseball America).

As for the returners, reigning Third Team All-American outfielder Jud Fabian<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...6rKMnO5V0atkvfV7dJ8coN9jahoKG5jicinRWR1YBU&e= > is back in Gainesville along with 2021 Second Team Southeast All-Region left-hander Hunter Barco<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...KHKa5caiAD5QsMgmyYW1jO2mxknckcrcsxdWn-CR_c&e= >. Both players already garnered Preseason All-America status from Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game, with Fabian leading a group of six returning positional starters from last year's squad: first baseman/designated hitter Kris Armstrong<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...LWZbLGDG45Tejx3_Wzt4wph6Gq4dMMQsIpYafe-nDk&e= >, first baseman/outfielder Kendrick Calilao<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...K7z5yzvCfNh69zjikYlv5v25LilkA6TyMB_v34TiIo&e= >, second baseman Colby Halter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...sb2wSWmGyZ3YCHctELQme77lYdlKagMZ5ltkXkJfPM&e= >, shortstop Josh Rivera<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...QuER0lAUbT1mow4WpW7oK6SzxPl1YMMBf3rNNnpg_k&e= > and outfielder Sterlin Thompson<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...PalQTk7iMtsgEsBl_5G3NlwGmUHwdLW3aDUNI-jucQ&e= >.

Meanwhile, Barco figures to anchor a Gators rotation accompanied by fellow USA Collegiate National Team member Brandon Sproat<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...giwWKbzIXO0uXXqa0S0OAQWHx30u_RtsnlfOscoqRg&e= >. According to MLB Pipeline, Barco (No. 54) and Sproat (No. 98) each rank as top-100 prospects for the 2022 MLB Draft – as are Fabian (No. 45) and Thompson (No. 90) on the positional side.

Overall, the Gators placed 14 players on Perfect Game's top-75 players by class lists.

Freshmen
Pierce Coppola<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...BFl2okCzAcvRhzyr4NXjWqOg56S3ENgFpqDDv4Sooo&e= >, LHP – No. 10
Philip Abner<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...deR7uMCqAg7g8Zue0LkLW-snIuwq-8bKeonMotYH9I&e= >, LHP – No. 47
Deric Fabian<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...HcPkiSWxwaN9ICFbOSmJDDFKpMq-4_TkA38-rzjvEw&e= >, INF – No. 54
Ty Evans<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...vDm9-9M4cGfUrN0hMOt5O10wKPcK1eWHeJDQqiTaNQ&e= >, OF – No. 58
Michael Robertson<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...w9Y_EvQggslaD5-iMKYIaEnZaocmoslcC8O8zpZJqc&e= >, No. 64

Sophomores
Sterlin Thompson<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...PalQTk7iMtsgEsBl_5G3NlwGmUHwdLW3aDUNI-jucQ&e= >, OF – No. 32
Colby Halter<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...sb2wSWmGyZ3YCHctELQme77lYdlKagMZ5ltkXkJfPM&e= >, INF – No. 36
Mac Guscette<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...Q_M7M59CeTHCyfERivLSVFXSznJEwjrYAc7vBRVhVo&e= >, C – No. 76

Juniors
Hunter Barco<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...KHKa5caiAD5QsMgmyYW1jO2mxknckcrcsxdWn-CR_c&e= >, LHP – No. 24
Brandon Sproat<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...giwWKbzIXO0uXXqa0S0OAQWHx30u_RtsnlfOscoqRg&e= >, RHP – No. 41
Josh Rivera<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...QuER0lAUbT1mow4WpW7oK6SzxPl1YMMBf3rNNnpg_k&e= >, INF – No. 80
Tyler Nesbitt<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...dyqp0V_nW7eb7bNoQ56Ez_EWhuDE2nDWJGtPA13kOY&e= >, RHP – No. 90

Seniors
Jud Fabian<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...6rKMnO5V0atkvfV7dJ8coN9jahoKG5jicinRWR1YBU&e= >, OF – No. 1
Kris Armstrong<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...LWZbLGDG45Tejx3_Wzt4wph6Gq4dMMQsIpYafe-nDk&e= >, 1B/DH – No. 9

No. 9 Florida is set to open the 2022 season at home the weekend of Feb. 18-20 in the form of a three-game series against Liberty of the Atlantic Sun Conference.

Ticket Information
Season and single-game tickets are currently on sale now. Tickets can be purchased online<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...OcRSMmKj-rk7uTHs2CCjI1eIetUbRTEgzwopYSuoM8&e= > or by contacting the Gator Ticket Office at (352) 375-4683. Season ticket prices and availability can be accessed directly here<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...7gkKIHo95NSvW_xexr_-iI10iDe7E_KFxFrHgj3WSY&e= >, while single-game tickets can be purchased here<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v...ccDUS-wpvSA79WEVxdr1v40EsVZrFsABPj11hyL1sg&e= >.