On ABC this afternoon at 3 pm. The first ever college gymnastics meet televised by national network TV. #2 UF vs. #6 Alabama. Both teams had some jitters due to the historic moment and Florida trailed most of the meet. They needed a combined 19.950 from the their last 2 competitors in the floor exercise to avoid losing the match. Senior Nya Reed went first and got a perfect 10, then senior Trinity Thomas followed up with her own perfect 10 and the Gators won the match 197.000 - 196.925. Tremendous viewing for a 1st time ever event. Hope a lot of people watched!!! Go Gators!!!

https://sports.yahoo.com/cowboys-we...rescott-then-he-asked-for-more-154244231.html

Crazy if true imo. I am a Dallas fan so I have watched Prescott a lot and he is no top 5 QB no matter what any stats say. His accuracy sucks down the field even when guys are really open. He has been living off Dallas real good O line and receivers making yards after short throws mostly. He is even more limited downfield than he was his rookie season now that the good defenses have caught on. I know QBs are hard to come by but Dallas would be crazy to meet his demands as even that offer is more than he is worth. I would be shocked if anyone else gives him more than what he has been offered. I am scared Jones being so old now will do something stupid here.

@gator1776 this Is what I was talking about

Recruits visiting Gators this week​

For a fuller write up of these players - https://hailfloridahail.com/2021/10/15/2021-fansided-sports-fan-of-the-year/

Uncommitted
Jacoby Matthews – Safety 4-star – Ponchatoula, LA
T. J. Dudley – LB 4-star – Montgomery, AL
Miguel Mitchell – ATH 3-star – Oxford, AL
Caleb Douglas – WR 3-star – Missouri City, TX

Uncommitted – but IMO too far away - waste of time & energy; last commit from west coast - Chris Steele; CB from L.A. - a bust
Kevonte Henry – DE 4-star – Lawndale, CA
Arlis Boardingham – ATH 3-star – Van Nuys, CA
Emar’rion Winston – DL/EDGE 3-star – Portland, OR

Committed to Texas A&M – just stringing us along - not sure why he is visiting; renegotiate NIL $$$ with A&M ?
Harold Perkins – LB 5-star – Cypress, TX

Already Signed with Gators
Trey Smack- Kicker 3-star – Severna Park, MD
Jamari Lyons – DL 4-star – Melbourne, FL
Shemar James – LB 4-star – Mobile, AL

Committed to Gators – but not signed
Jalen Farmer – OL 3-star – Covington, GA
Trevor Etienne – RB 4-star – Jennings, LA

EDIT
Buiding a Relationship for 2023
:...five-star edge rusher Malik Bryant. An Orlando native who attends Jones High School, the 6-foot-2-inch, 235-pound player is the No. 21 prospect nationally on the 247Sports Composite and the No. 2 edge rusher. He announced that he will be in Gainesville this weekend on his Twitter account."
https://gatorswire.usatoday.com/2022/01/10/florida-football-recruiting-malik-bryant-visit/

I started using Football Outsiders numbers for OL rankings a few years ago and while doing so I came upon Rob Sale. In 2018 Sale's OL finished 47th in the nation when you look at those rankings. He then followed that up by having the 3rd best OL in the nation in 2019 and the 5th best OL in 2020. I was singing his praises and hoping we would fire Hev for Sale before he was eventually hired by the NY Giants. Sale's 2020 unit was also a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award. We know what the line continued to do this season as well and we have talked about the players that have been drafted since Sale/Napier arrived in the past. Needless to say I believe these numbers and results speak for themselves.

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@gator1776 what is your thoughts on how we celebrate the Cowboys super bowl win? We gotta plan this shit out!

Is off the board committed to Texas

We can only hope all of the rats are exterminated but we'll take what we can get.
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Best of luck to him…

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Just a little more on Coach Spencer for those who have never heard of him prior to the Pete Thamel tweet...I just made some calls to some coaches - they all said Eric decided to stay in the NFL. Last week they all said he was coming..

• Wesleyan (1995)
  Wide receivers coach & tight ends coach
• Shippensburg (1996–1997)
  Running backs coach
• Trinity (1998–1999)
  Running backs coach
• Trinity (2000)
  Defensive line coach
• Massachusetts (2001–2003)
  Defensive line coach
• Holy Cross (2004)
  Defensive line coach
• Villanova (2005)
  Linebackers coach
• Hofstra (2006)
  Defensive line coach
• Massachusetts (2007–2008)
  Defensive line coach
• Bowling Green (2009–2010)
  Defensive line coach
• Vanderbilt (2011–2013)
  Defensive line coach
• Penn State (2014–2017)
  Defensive line coach
• Penn State (2018–2019)
  Associate head coach & defensive line coach
• New York Giants (2020–2021)
  Defensive line coach
• Duke (2022–present)
  Co-defensive coordinator & defensive line coach

Per his Twitter. Using last OV to Miami on 1/28. If he visits us it will be UOV. Hard to see us landing him if that’s the case.

Lovely family. Naturally this picture does not include all of his kids. His house is also beautiful if you don’t mind that odor eaters smell.

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Something to keep an eye on as Napier offered himself…

......with the win over Bama! Go Lady Gators!

Florida won its third straight come from behind game, riding freshman Alberte Rimdal’s 17 points to knock off Alabama, 85-77. Nicky Broughton scored 16 while guard Kiara “Kiki” Smith contributed seven assists and Faith Dut added 14 points. This was tge Gators’ 13th victory, surpassing last season’s 12 wins for the year.

Nya Reed had a 9.975 but Trinity Thomas went one better ... perfect 10 on the vault.

Stay tuned….

Any update on if Miller will visit in next 2 weeks?

Scores first TD of 49ers v Cowboys game. Elijah Mitchell

Anything regarding this weekend you can post in this thread to make sure nothing is missed. Questions, comments, or concerns this is the place from now until Sunday when we start posting some interviews from the weekend.

Miguel Mitchell was set to land at 1:30 so he should be on campus very soon if not already.
Emarrion Winston lands at 3:47.
Caleb Douglass lands at 3:37.
Arlis Boardingham lands at 5.00.
Jamari Lyons 3:30.
Shemar James 8:02. Update—will not be able to make it this weekend

recruits are about to depart for Dave and Busters at 5:30. The recruits/families stayed at Dave & Busters from 5:30 to 6:50. Then they left for dinner at Spurrier's starting at 7:00PM which runs to around 9:00PM. After dinner is over recruits go out with hosts/families end up either staying there at the bar or heading to the hotel lobby for one on one time with the coaching staff.......Saturday starts off with the 8AM wake up call. Leave for breakfast at 8:45AM. They will eat at the University House for roughly an hour and at 9AM sharp the tour begins....They will have two different groups both starting off in the weight room...that takes about 40-minutes or so. In the morning I will add to this post and give you the details for the rest of the day.......

SATURDAY MORNING UPDATE 10AM

Last night I left off at the 10AM weight room tour. That will last roughly 35-40 minutes and they off to Nutrition for :50 minutes. They will spend another :50 minutes or so going through the training room and then around 12:15 off to the Hawkins Center. If you are out and about today around campus you will see the group/recruits on the campus tour from 12:50--1:25pm. Then it's off to the new facility tour which a lot of the kids are excited about. Lunch starts at 2PM at the IPF then after that free time until 5PM......I will have the evening update around 5PM.

NOTE----We are expecting real bad weather, 3-5 inches of snow/ice for Atlanta late tonight and throughout the day on Sunday that will shut this place down. They are predicting some major power issues -- hopefully that does not happen if it does you might not see me Sunday....

12:30 PM SATURDAY UPDATE - Donovan McMillon is hosting Miguel Mitchell and Chief Borders is hosting Arlis Boardingham. I am not quit ready to put both of these kids into our RedZone but close. They are both having a great great time so far. With Arlis I worry just bc Cali is such a long ways away but man UF is making a big time impression on him and MM right now...

Malik Bryant is in town.

SATURDAY 6:05 PM UPDATE
at 5PM they departed hotel to the facility. they are watching the GatorMade presentation and NIL presentation. that will only last abotu 30 minutes its pretty quick. 5:45 they watch the equipment presentation and the photo and video shoot which all the kids love.....they do that in the locker room......at 7:30PM they watch a highlight video in the stadium......that last about 15 minutes then dinner in the champions club.....then repeat of last night starting around 9pm kids go out with the hosts again and parents with the coaches/staff and they wake up have breakfast and all have exit meetings etc....I feel great about Miguel, Arlis, Caleb - I mean take your pick. UF feels strong with Winston also so we will see what the next few days brings.....


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Transferring from Bama. I know Florida was heavily involved before.