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Nicholas Sandmann settlement with NBC now done. Add that to CNN and Wash Post

from last year on these defamation lawsuits.

Wait till Rittenhouse sues these bastards including POS Biden.

Katie Turner Press Release:

Napier Tabs Katie Turner as Assistant AD of Recruiting Strategy

Turner spent the last two seasons as Georgia's director of recruiting operations



GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Florida head football coach Billy Napier named Katie Turner assistant athletic director of recruiting strategy, it was announced Friday.

Turner heads to Gainesville after spending two seasons at Georgia, where she worked as the Bulldogs' director of recruiting operations.



As part of Georgia's recruiting staff, Turner contributed in the acquisition of talent that helped the Bulldogs secure the nation's top-five and top-three recruiting classes for 2021 and 2022, respectively.



Prior to Georgia, Turner served on Napier's staff at Louisiana as the director of football on-campus recruiting from 2018 to 2020.



The Ragin' Cajuns garnered the No. 1 recruiting class in the Sun Belt Conference in consecutive years for 2019 and 2020.



Turner's experience expands beyond the collegiate ranks, having worked with the Buffalo Bills as a graduated assistant in the community relations department (2016-17) and business development department (2017-18).



A 2016 graduate from the University of Alabama, Turner began her career on UA's recruitment team as a student. She assisted in the Tide's recruiting efforts from 2013 to 2016 when Alabama secured the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation each of those years.

What are the current needs

as far as immediate help from the portal?

Imagine the help this fall in acquiring a big safety who will hit you in the mouth ala possibly my favorite Gator safety ever in Reggie Nelson like Meyer pulled his first year here.

Think Florida could benefit greatly next year with the portal getting a big safety who can hit, a big/fast LB, a couple along both sides of the line and some speed at WR especially. WR is a real position of need.

Mullen Rumor

Rumor, and its probably just that, is that Mullen had made an offer to purchase a home here in Jacksonville. Wonder if he and Urban had been talking about Mullen joining the Jaguar staff in some sort of role. Would have loved to have seen that. The thing that people are missing about Urban's firing is that I don't think he made all the coaching hires -- they weren't his guys. That could explain the sniping which has been going on between them all season (e.g. comments like "you'll have to ask so and so why he's not on the field").

Was hoping to be talking about recruiting today instead of Urban.
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Welcome to 1st & Ten Florida!

Welcome to 1st and Ten Florida!

I want to briefly introduce myself, share how I got into recruiting and discuss the site. I have been married for over 20 years and have five children (four boys and a girl) and two dogs. I was born at Shands, and both my parents attended Florida. When I tell people I was born a Gator, I mean it. My all-time favorite Gators are Brandon Spikes, Percy Harvin, Fred T, and Danny W. I have been following Florida with a passion for over 40-years.

So how did I get involved with recruiting? I was working for a television station in Atlanta when I met a guy by the name of Jamie Newberg. Living in Atlanta and meeting Jamie (fellow Gator), who was working in recruiting at the time (Border Wars), I was immediately hooked into the crazy world of high school football recruiting.

The first recruit I ever spoke with was Jeremy Brown. Jeremy hooked me up with Coach Chuck Heater. Coach Heater told me Urban wanted me to come down and meet him, so I did, and as they say, the rest is history. Urban helped me tremendously by getting me in the building for staff meetings (FNL) and introducing me to the rest of the staff. My entire coaching tree started with Urban and branched out quickly, as you can imagine, with the coaches he had back in the day.

Charlie Strong and I became close friends, and when he went to Louisville, Scout.com wanted me to start working the Louisville site. I went up and sat in on the staff meetings in Louisville once a year. Rinse and repeat, and we were doing the same thing in Austin, Texas, over the next couple of years. During this time, I met a ton of coaches that I still speak with today. It is a very small world.

When things went south for Charlie in Austin, they wanted me to start working back into the Florida market slowly. When the Scout/24/7 merger went down, they felt they were taken care of with people on the UF side of things, so it made sense given my relationships with the UF staff to go out on my own and start 1standTenFlorida.com, which I have been operating for the last three years and has brought me to all of you.

I started 1st and Ten with one goal in mind: to create a community for passionate Gator fans like myself. A place where people would get to know each other over the years, sharing each other's passion for the Gators and hatred for the Noles, Dawgs, and Vols. I have met some wonderful people during this journey, but my heart was always with the Gator Nation. My passion has been Florida football & recruiting for a long time.

Now, more about the site. You will see two of my close friends, HeismanGator and EH, starting to post a lot more moving forward. I will have people moderating each board, and all the rules will apply to everyone, including myself and any moderator, intern, or anyone else that belongs to this community. I am not going to be heavy-handed. I do have a couple of rules I have tried to maintain over the last couple of years that have served me well. We do not attack other members, moderators, or myself. I work very hard to keep the boards clean without the use of profanity (Dropping F-Bombs). I am coming to this board with an open mind 1000% and a CLEAN SLATE for everyone to have a fresh new start and the best user experience possible. I also understand we all need to have thicker skin and not be so easily offended. There is nothing you can say that will offend me. If you want inside access into Florida, that is what I can provide. If you're going to use foul language and insult others constantly, and hijacking threads this might not be the place for you. I only ask that you give it a try before you assume anything about how I want to run things. Some of you have called this home for years and I respect and understand that and I will not be heavy-handed.

The bottom line and most important thing you need to understand is that I work for every person who makes up this community. I am available 24-hours a day, 7-days a week, 365-days a year. Anytime you ever need to reach me, you can send me a direct message through the site, Twitter, or email. Jason@1standTenFlorida.com is my email and Twitter Jason_Higdon.

I will never talk about a recruit unless UF has legit interest and will not do clickbait. I will always shoot you as straight as I possibly can, no matter the topic. I got in some real hot water during the Muschamp days because of an injury story I broke regarding Dominique Easley, and because of what went down, I stay away from team injuries as much as possible. Unless I am talking to a recruit's counselor (which I will not), you will not see me directly talking about a kid's grades.

I want a fresh start for everyone, from the name change to the boards.

Swamp Talk becomes The Swamp: The Swamp is all Florida all the time (Premium), where I invite you to pull up a chair and talk recruiting and Florida sports.

Gator Blue Board becomes The Locker Room: The Locker Room is the place to talk Gators sports (Free)

Gator Lounge becomes The Parking Lot: The Parking Lot is where you can go discuss things other than Florida sports (Free)

The Ticket Exchange remains.

You will get out of this site as much as you want. I will do my very best to answer any recruiting questions you may have. If I don't know the answer, I will tell you, but usually, within 12-24 hours, I will be able to get back to you with more information. This is a tough job, no question. I have zero issues with any of the guys or anyone else covering UF sports for a living. I will not talk down to anyone or be nasty about someone I have never met, and I hope you take the same approach. I will not put one member or group of members above this community. Every member needs to understand the community comes before any individual. I am incredibly fortunate for the opportunity, and I am excited to get to know each of you and how you became a fan.

Be on the lookout for my Most Likely List and RedZone list. The MLL is something I have kept pretty detailed records of regarding any kid that Florida was seriously looking at during the current cycle. If I put a kid in the RedZone, it means I feel he will announce and ink with the Gators.

I removed every recruit in the RedZone the Sunday after Florida lost to LSU. This week I will add a few players back onto the list, starting with LB

Shemar James
, RB
Trevor Etienne,
and others, so make sure you are on the lookout for the Visit, MLL, and RedZone post.


If you have questions, comments, or concerns, please come straight to me and let me know. If we need to jump on a call, we can do that as well.

Ok, let's do this! See you on the boards.

Jason

Frank Frangie wasnt even aware of Katie Turner

1010 is supposed to be the radio for the Fl Gators in the Jax area so why is he so lacking of what is going on in Gainesville? The lack of coverage on signing day was awful. All he has done is rehash a dead horse subject. I guess he forgot what made him to where he is now was college 🏈. Skipping over what Napier accomplished in 4 days over Urban bullcrap is well... Bullcrap!

Take Your Vax Mandate & SHOVE IT!!!

Day by day, the malodorous Pants-Shytter-In-Chief loses battle after battle......war after war! NOW, all of these businesses who were stupid as hell to go along with the phantom vaccine mandates (which were never really implemented by Congress) are being forced to walk back their stance. Therefore, they must hire back their workforce members they shoved out the door just months ago. This adminstration has become the stuff 1970s prime-time comedy was made of. There will be lawsuits out the wazoo against all these "woke" corporations who were stupid enough to go along with this charade. You know the old saying......"Get Woke, Go Broke."

Official.....

Jacob LaFrance Introduced as Florida’s Director of Player Personnel

LaFrance spent three seasons with Gators Head Coach Billy Napier at Louisiana



GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Florida head football coach Billy Napier announced Friday that Jacob LaFrance will serve on his staff as director of player personnel.



A native of Baton Rouge, La., LaFrance joins the Gators after spending the last three seasons with Napier at Louisiana, where he helped the Ragin’ Cajuns garner the No. 1 recruiting class in the Sun Belt Conference in consecutive years for 2019 and 2020.



Prior to Louisiana, LaFrance served in his same capacity at UTSA from 2016 to 2019, where he oversaw prospect evaluation, roster management, and assisted with NFL liaisons on visits and research, among other duties.



LaFrance spent two seasons (2014 & 2015) as a recruiting analyst at Maryland, where he oversaw day-to-day recruiting operations.



A 2012 LSU graduate, LaFrance was a personnel assistant with the Tigers from 2009-14. He played a key role in landing five top-10 recruiting classes during his time in Baton Rouge.

New Zealand to ban tobacco starting in 2024

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As someone who has lost loved ones to smoking, I wish we never had cigarettes because they are killers. And almost every smoker will tell you they wish they had never started smoking.

So when countries start banning tobacco, this will be an easy ban for a lot of people to get behind.

That's why they are starting with tobacco. This isn't about banning tobacco, it's about SETTING THE PRECEDENT that its acceptable to ban products.

It's a very slippery slope when it comes to trading in your rights and freedoms for what makes sense in the moment.

Recruiting tidbit

If we take away our kicker(2 stars), the 2022 UF avg. player rating on the 247 composite index is 91.425. This would put us as the 9th ranked class in the nation.

Behind only;
Texas A&M
Bama
Ga.
OSU
Clemson
They are all above 92.00.
Then you have
NC 91.70
ND 9.54
OU 91.49

If we improve our class avg. by just .30, we would be ranked 6th.

I would say the future looks bright. 🤞

Fall Commencement Includes UF Student-Athletes

Fall Commencement Includes UF Student-Athletes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The accomplishments of 32 current and former Gator student-athletes are celebrated this weekend in University of Florida commencement ceremonies. Undergraduate or master's degrees were earned by 26 Gators and six earned undergrad certificates.

Graduate Notes:

* Three were part of Gator NCAA championship teams - Mark Kolozsvary (2017 baseball), Garrett Milchin (2017 baseball) and Duarte Vale (2021 men's tennis).
* An Olympic silver medalist with the 2020 U.S. baseball team, Mark Kolozsvary was called up by the Cincinnati Reds in September.
* Florida's fall graduates includes eight who were part of conference championship teams.
* Seven completed master's degrees - Lauren Forte (volleyball), Kit Loferski (soccer), Garrett Milchin (baseball) and Brandon Becar, Dylan Meeks, Reese Stewart, Nick Sutton (football).
* Three compete for the Gators in spring 2022 - Elizabeth Hightower (softball), Garrett Milchin (baseball) and Duarte Vale (tennis)
* A member of the Gators' 2000 SEC title football team, Matt Jackson completed his Educational Sciences degree this fall.
* Two graduate cum laude - Eddy Shoop (lacrosse) and Shaye Seyffart (soccer).
* Among Florida's graduates are 18 who earned Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll accolades.

University of Florida

Fall 2021 Graduating Student-Athletes

Name

Sport

Major

Mark Kolozsvary

Baseball

Health Education & Behavior

Garrett Milchin

Baseball

Master- Sport Management

Erik Askeland

Football

Management

Brandon Becar

Football

Master-Management

Amari Burney

Football

Educational Sciences

Zach Carter

Football

Educational Sciences

Malik Davis

Football

Educational Sciences

Trey Dean

Football

Educational Sciences

Matt Jackson

Football

Educational Sciences

Dylan Meeks

Football

Master-Anatomical Sciences Education

Patrick Moorer

Football

African American Studies

Stewart Reese

Football

Master- Event Management

Isaac Ricks

Football

Construction Management

Nick Sutton

Football

Master-Management

Khader Baqlah

Men's Swimming

Industrial Systems Engineering

Drew Clark

Men's Swimming

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Duarte Vale

Men's Tennis

Economics

Denzel Villaman

Men's Track & Field

Family, Youth and Community Sciences

Addison Baggarly

Women's Golf

Telecommunications

Eddy Shoop

Lacrosse

Psychology

Elizabeth Hightower

Softball

Anthropology

Kit Loferski

Soccer

Master-Management

Shaye Seyffart

Soccer

Educational Sciences

Lauren Dooley

Volleyball

Linguistics

Lauren Forte

Volleyball

Master-Entrepreneurship

Marlie Monserez

Volleyball

Marketing







Certificate





Jace Christmann

Football

Undergraduate Certificate -Certificate-Sport Management

Jean Delance

Football

Undergraduate Certificate -Certificate-Sport Management

Kemore Gamble

Football

Undergraduate Certificate -Certificate-Sport Management

Antonio Valentino

Football

Undergraduate Certificate -Certificate-Sport Management

Rick Wells

Football

Undergraduate Certificate -Certificate-Sport Management

T'ara Ceasar

Volleyball

Undergraduate Certificate -Certificate - Sport Management
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