Mizzou record is not who they are, beat Bama and lost to Auburn by 1 at home, now we've got Ole miss and UGA at home, need both before a rough final 7 games. 19-12 - 9-9 in the SEC, that should get us in

By Franz Beard
A few thoughts to jump start your Monday morning:
CASTELTON PROVIDES SUDDEN IMPACT
Any concerns Colin Castleton might have had about re-injuring his shoulder disappeared within a couple of minutes Saturday afternoon at the O-Dome. Playing his first game since January 15, Castleton was going head-to-head with Ole Miss 7-footer Nysier Brooks and there might have been a little bit of apprehension, but after a little bit of contact at both ends of the floor, Castleton forgot all about the shoulder.

“It felt a little weird since I haven’t had 5-on-5 contact in awhile so going out there … you know Nysier Brooks is a big dude,” Castleton said after he scored 17 points to go with seven rebounds, three blocked shots and a steal to lead the Gators (15-8, 5-5 SEC) to a 62-57 overtime win over the Rebels. “Once I started getting in a zone, I was like you know what, don’t even worry about the shoulder. Just play basketball. Do what you do. Obviously, I’m a big person as well, so I’m not going to back down from anybody. I was just battling him as much as possible.”

Without Castleton a couple of weeks ago, Ole Miss hammered the Gators, 70-54, in Oxford, scoring 32 points in the paint. The Rebels managed only 16 Saturday. Ironically, when Castleton was in the game Saturday, his presence was worth +16 points for UF. Castleton was the sudden impact Gator at both ends of the court. Keeping him healthy the rest of the season is a necessity.

Castleton obviously couldn’t do it alone. Phlandrous Fleming Jr. had 10 points, seven rebounds, three blocked shots and a steal and Tyree Appleby had 10 points and 10 assists. He was 7-8 from the free throw line in overtime to seal with win.

The Gators are now 15-8 on the season, but they’re 5-5 in SEC play, which is fairly remarkable when you consider they started SEC play 0-3 and had to play three weeks without Castleton. There are eight SEC games remaining and for the Gators to get off the NCAA Tournament bubble they will need to at least get a split. They have home and home games remaining with No. 5 Kentucky, a home game with No. 1 Auburn and a home game with an Arkansas team that should crack the AP top 25 this week. Win the four winnable games and steal one of the four with Kentucky, Auburn and Arkansas and the Gators won’t have to sweat Selection Sunday.

SEC Basketball
Tuesday’s games: No. 1 Auburn (22-1, 10-0 SEC) at Arkansas (18-5, 7-3 SEC); No. 5 Kentucky (19-4, 8-2 SEC) at South Carolina (13-9, 4-6 SEC); No. 25 LSU (16-7, 4-6 SEC) at Texas A&M (15-8, 4-6 SEC); Missouri (9-13, 3-6 SEC) at Vanderbilt (12-10, 4-6 SEC)
Wednesday’s games: Georgia (6-17, 1-9 SEC) at FLORIDA (15-8, 5-5 SEC); Alabama (14-9, 4-6 SEC) at Ole Miss (12-11, 3-7 SEC); No. 22 Tennessee (16-6, 7-3 SEC) at Mississippi State (14-8, 5-3 SEC)

IF UF WOMEN AREN’T RANKED, THEN THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG
After a week in which they have kneecapped No. 7 Tennessee in the O-Dome and gone on the road to score a 54-51 win over 14th-ranked Georgia, the Florida women’s team has five wins over ranked teams, all in league play. If what Kelly Rae Finley has done with the Gators (17-6, 7-3 SEC) doesn’t resonate with the voters then there is something seriously wrong with the polls. This Florida team is very much real and sitting third in the SEC, the toughest league top to bottom in the country.

Sunday, the Gators struggled offensively against a Georgia team that Finley says is as good defensively as any team in the SEC, but UF remembered to bring its defensive intensity, too, and that proved to be the difference, particularly in the fourth quarter. The Gators trailed 46-40 with 8:59 to go in the game, but they held Georgia to just five points the rest of the way, scoreless over the final 4:39.

Jordyn Merritt’s 3-pointer with 3:35 cut Georgia’s lead to 51-48 and a pair of free throws by Kiki Smith with 2:16 left brought UF within one. Zippy Broughton’s layup among Georgia’s tall trees in the lane with 1:32 left gave the Gators their first lead since the 7:20 mark in the third quarter. Broughton added a layup at the buzzer to provide the final margin.

Florida hit only 3-13 from the 3-point line but the Gators held Georgia to 1-10 and held 6-5 Jenna Staiti to four points, 11 below her average.

The Gators travel to Mississippi State (14-7, 5-4 SEC) Thursday night.

CRUNCHING UF FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP NUMBERS
Here is a position-by-position breakdown of Florida’s football players on scholarship counting players who have signed their letters of intent. A check of the spring roster also reveals a couple of players who are using their COVID year (WR Jordan Pouncey, LB Amari Burney). The Gators have 91 on scholarship so that will require attrition of at least six if Billy Napier doesn’t add anymore high school, jucos or transfers. Heights and weights are based on UF’s spring roster.

QUARTERBACKS (6)
Emory Jones (6-2, 201, RJR); Anthony Richardson (6-4, 237, SO); Jack Miller III (6-3, 215, SO/Transfer from Ohio State); Carlos Del Rio-Wilson (6-2, 228, RFR); Jalen Kitna (6-4, 205, RFR); Max Brown (6-2, 200, FR)

RUNNING BACKS (5)
NayQuan Wright (5-9, 201, JR); Lorenzo Lingard (6-0, 205, RJR); Demarkcus Bowman (5-10, 183, SO); Montrell Johnson (5-11, 210, SO/Transfer from Louisiana); Trevor Etienne (5-9, 217, FR)

WIDE RECEIVERS (9)
Jordan Pouncey (6-1, 210, RSR); Justin Shorter (6-5, 228, SR); Trent Whittemore (6-4, 210, RSO); Ja’Markis Weston (6-3, 216, RSO); Xzavier Henderson (6-3, 193, SO); Ja’Quavion Fraziars (6-3, 212, SO); Marcus Burke (6-4, 183, RFR); Daejon Reynolds (6-2, 208, RFR); Caleb Douglas (6-3, 191, FR)

TIGHT ENDS (6)
Keon Zipperer (6-3, 234, JR); Jonathan Odom (6-5, 245, RFR); Gage Wilcox (6-4, 241, RFR); Nick Elksnis (6-6, 232, RFR); Tony Livingston (6-5, 225, FR); Hayden Hansen (6-6, 256, FR)

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (16)
Richard Gouraige (6-5, 310, RJR); O’Cyrus Torrence (6-5, 335, JR/Transfer from Louisiana); Ethan White (6-5, 334, JR); Kingsley Eguakun (6-4, 305, RSO); Josh Braun (6-6, 357, SO); Michael Tarquin (6-5, 301, RSO); Riley Simonds (6-3, 301, RSO); Will Harrod (6-5, 333, RSO); Richie Leonard (6-2, 315, SO); Austin Barber (6-6, 311, RFR); Yousef Mugharbil (6-4, 311, RFR); Jake Slaughter (6-5, 302, RFR); Kamryn Waites (6-8, 358, RFR/Transfer from Louisiana); David Conner (6-5, 295, FR); Christian Williams (6-4, 319, FR); Jalen Farmer (6-5, 334, FR)

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (15)
Griffin McDowell (6-4, 283, RJR); Dante Zanders (6-5, 261, RJR); Gervon Dexter (6-6, 313, SO); Princely Umanmeielen (6-4, 259, SO); Jaelin Humphries (6-3, 330, RSO); Desmond Watson (6-5, 415, SO), Jalen Lee (6-2, 305, SO), Lamar Goods (6-2, 351, RFR); Justus Boone (6-4, 245, RFR); Chris Thomas Jr. (6-5, 309, RFR); Tyreak Sapp (6-2, 264, RFR); Chris McClellan (6-3, 305, FR); Jamari Lyons (6-4, 298, FR); Jack Pyburn (6-3, 263, FR); Andrew Savaiinaea (6-3, 261, FR)

LINEBACKERS/EDGE (11)
Ventrell Miller (6-1, 228, RSR); Amari Burney (6-2, 236, RSR); Brenton Cox Jr. (6-4, 253, RJR); David Reese (6-2, 236, RJR); Diwun Black (6-3, 221, JR); Lloyd Summerall III (6-5, 236, RSO); Derek Wingo (6-1, 225, SO); Antuan Powell (6-2, 245, RFR); Chief Borders (6-4, 232, RFR); Scooby Williams (6-2, 232, RFR); Shemar James (6-1, 210, FR)

SECONDARY (19)
Trey Dean III (6-3, 201, RSR); Jadarrius Perkins (6-1, 182, JR); Jaydon Hill (6-0, 193, RSO); Avery Helm (6-1, 174, SO); Jason Marshall Jr. (6-0, 192, SO); Rashad Torrence II (6-0, 197, SO); Tre’Vez Johnson (5-11, 192, SO); Kamar Wilcoxson (6-1, 183, SO); Donovan McMillon (6-1, 200, SO); Mordecai McDaniel (6-1, 194, SO); Fenley Graham Jr. (5-9, 166, SO); Ethan Pouncey (6-1, 166, SO); Jordan Young (6-0, 188, RFR); Corey Collier Jr. (6-1, 179, RFR); Dakota Mitchell (5-11, 171, RFR); Jalen Kimber (6-0, 170, RFR/Transfer from Georgia); Kamari Wilson (6-0, 201, FR); Devin Moore (6-2, 190, FR); Miguel Mitchell (6-1, 203, FR)

SPECIAL TEAMS (4)
Long snappers (2): Marco Ortiz (6-4, 235, RJR); Rocco Underwood (6-3, 227, RFR)
Punter (1): Jeremy Crawshaw (6-4, 188, SO)
Kicker (1): Trey Smack (6-1, 200)

SEC MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES
Alabama: Alabama played without reserve forward Darius Miles in its loss to Kentucky. Miles, who averages 6.7 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, was suspended for the game for a violation of team rules.

Arkansas: The Hogs started the SEC portion of their schedule 0-3, but they’re on an 8-game roll right now with seven straight wins in the SEC. They have a chance to knock off No. 1 Auburn Tuesday night.

Auburn: Auburn’s three transfers are difference makers. Georgia transfer K.D. Johnson averages 13.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. Eastern Kentucky transfer Wendell Green Jr. averages 12.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game. Walker Kessler, the 7-1 transfer from North Carolina, averages 11.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 4.2 blocks per game.

FLORIDA: In his last eight games, point guard Tyree Appleby is averaging 13.5 points and 5.0 assists. In those games, Appleby has hit 36-39 from the foul line (92.3 percent).

Georgia: With 11 losses in 12 games and another losing season all but guaranteed, the future of Tom Crean is in serious jeopardy.

Kentucky: Kentucky’s perimeter defense against Alabama was off the charts. The Wildcats held Alabama to 3-30 shooting (10 percent) from the 3-point line.

LSU: LSU was 14-1 when point guard Xavier Pinson went down with a knee injury. The Tigers are 2-6 since and have lost their last three.

Mississippi State: If the Bulldogs are to make a run to get into the NCAA Tournament, then 6-11 Tolu Smith is going to have to stay healthy. He is their best inside player (12.9 points, 6.6 rebounds), but he’s played only nine games this year.

Missouri: The Tigers hit 13-15 from the foul line to score the win over Texas A&M to break a 4-game losing streak.

Ole Miss: Jakel Joyner played 40 minutes against the Gators in his first game since January 8. He is the Rebels leading scorer (13.1 per game) and essential for Ole Miss to have any chance at making the NIT.

South Carolina: The Gamecocks have lost their last two games by a combined 38 points.

Tennessee: The Vols are 6-1 over their last seven, their only loss at Texas in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.

Texas A&M: The Aggies have lost six of their last seven games.

Vanderbilt: Just days after LSU coach Will Wade complained that Vanderbilt draws a foul on more than 30 percent of its possessions and spends an extraordinary amount of time at the foul line, the Commodores shot only 17 free throws (made 10) against Wade and the Tigers. LSU, on the other hand, was 21-29 but somehow the Tigers lost by nine and were down 20 at the half.

SEC FOOTBALL NOTES
Auburn: Auburn center Nick Brahms is asking Auburn president Jay Gogue and the Board of Trustees to meet with players to discuss the situation regarding head coach Bryan Harsin. It is unclear whether the players are supportive of Harsin or will be asking for his head on a pike.

Georgia: Georgia officially hired Chidera Uzo-Diribe as its outside linebackers coach, replacing Dan Lanning, now the HBC at Oregon.

Kentucky: San Francisco 49ers offensive line assistant Zach Yenser is expected to be hired as the replacement for Eric Wolford, who left last week for Alabama.

LSU: Linebacker Kolbe Fields, who was a 3-star recruit out of high school, has transferred to LSU from South Carolina.

Texas A&M: Jimbo Fisher’s rant about NIL and how the Aggies are pure as the driven snow is under quite a bit of scrutiny now that a comment he made on Paul Finebaum’s show back in December has resurfaced. “There’s always been NIL stuff going on, it just wasn’t legal,” Fisher said on that show.

ONE FINAL PITHY THOUGHT: Should Auburn part ways with Bryan Harsin this week, maybe the first name you’ll hear on the wish list is Liberty head coach Hugh Freeze. Freeze turned down Auburn last year when Gus Malzahn was given the heave-ho and it probably would be a shocker if he accepted the second go-round. Liberty pays him $4 million and has built his family a beautiful home on the mountain overlooking the campus in Lynchburg, Virginia. That’s not to say he will stay at Liberty forever, but why take over a dysfunctional job like Auburn that has to share a state with Nick Saban? There will be other jobs.

ATHENS, Ga. - For just the sixth time in program history, Florida defeated No. 14/11 Georgia in Athens, 54-51, earning their fifth victory against a top-25 opponent for the first time since the 2005-06 campaign.

Florida (17-6, 7-3 SEC) snapped a nine-game losing skid to the Bulldogs (17-5, 6-4 SEC) and move ahead of their rivals in the Southeastern Conference standings. Four Gators ended in double-figures, led by Zippy Broughton and Jordyn Merritt with 11 each, while Kiara Smith and Nina Rickards each tallied 10.

Despite shooting 18-of-55 (32.7%) with only three made triples, the UF defense made life difficult on Georgia all afternoon. The Gators tallied eight steals, led by Merritt, Rickards and Smith with two each. The Orange & Blue held Georgia to 22-of-64 (34.4%) shooting and just 1-of-10 from deep.

The Gators assisted on nine of their 18 made shots. Another key to victory for UF in the defensive struggle, Florida ended an impressive 15-of-17 (88.2%) from the free throw line while the Bulldogs shot just seven on the afternoon, connecting on six of them.

On the glass, Florida managed to take care of business, outrebounding the Bulldogs 46-35 in Stegeman Coliseum. Merritt and Rickards each pulled-down nine rebounds with Smith getting up for eight of her own.

Que Morrison led the Georgia effort, finishing with 12 points and seven rebounds.

With 6:05 remaining, the Gators found themselves still trailing by four after trading baskets to open the period, but Smith found Merritt on a flare for her first three of the game, pulling within one at 47-46. A 4-0 flurry from the opposition extended their lead back to five, but it would again be Merritt with the answer at the top of the key, keeping UF within striking distance.

Riding what got them to that point of the game, Florida's defensive pressure led to a Smith steal who converted a pair of free throws to bring the Gators within 51-50 with just over two minutes remaining. On the following trip, Broughton would give the Orange & Blue the lead for good following a contested layup, 52-51, holding on for a 54-51 win.

Florida ended the game on an 8-0 run while also holding the Bulldogs scoreless for the final 4:30.

It was a slow offensive start for both teams on Sunday afternoon, with the first field goal of the day coming from a Broughton stop-and-go layup at the 7:48 mark. The Gators' defense was flying to the ball throughout the first 10 minutes, holding the Bulldogs scoreless on their homecourt until 2:40 was left on the clock.

The Florida pressure led to an 0-of-12 start from UGA, helping the Orange & Blue to a 7-0 early advantage. Georgia would respond with an 8-2 run over the remaining two minutes of the quarter, as the Gators took a 9-8 lead into the second frame.

Georgia used a quick 4-0 spurt at the start of the second quarter to take a 12-9 lead with 7:13 remaining, but the Gators would answer with six of their own, capped off by a Smith fast break layup, to regain a 15-12 lead. In a highly contested second period that featured seven lead changes and three ties, the teams found themselves knotted at 22 with 1:51 remaining.

Not shying away from attacking the basket, the Orange & Blue used aggressive play to get to the line and drain four-consecutive free throws to end the half and take a 26-22 lead into the break. Despite shooting just 8-of-30 (26.7%) from the field in the opening half, the defense kept the Bulldogs scoreless from deep while out-rebounding the opposition, 27-18.

Another quick start for the Bulldogs saw the home team take the lead, 28-26, following a 6-0 run before a Rickards jumper evened the scoreboard at 28 with 6:53 remaining. With the score knotted at 28, the Bulldogs put together a 9-2 run to give them their largest lead of the game at 37-30 with 3:44 remaining on the clock.

The run didn't force the Gators out of their game, however, as they responded with a 5-0 run of their own, thanks to a Merritt lay-in and old-fashioned three-point play from Smith, to close the gap to 37-35. In keeping with the theme of the quarter, Georgia would again respond in kind, eventually taking a 42-38 lead into the final frame following a triple from Emanuely de Oliveira.

The Gators will be back in action on Thursday, Feb. 10, when they head to Starkville, Miss., for another road test at Mississippi State.

Postgame Bites
- Florida won in Athens for just the sixth-time in program history and first time since Jan. 22, 2017.
- The Gators snapped a nine-game losing skid to the Bulldogs dating back to Jan. 28, 2018 and pick up their first win over a ranked Georgia squad since a 51-48 win over No. 24 on Feb. 12, 2015.
- With the victory, Florida has now defeated five ranked teams in a season for the first time since the 2005-06 season when the Gators downed No. 18/16 Temple, No. 19 Vanderbilt, No. 21/23 Kentucky, No. 2/3 LSU and No. 5 Tennessee.
- The victory also marks the first time since the 2003-04 season that the Gators have defeated five ranked SEC opponents in a season. That season UF defeated No. 22 Vanderbilt, No. 11/9 Georgia, No. 24 Vanderbilt, No. 19/15 Georgia, and No. 18/20 Auburn.

Any idea what he is alluding too??
Hopefully great news!

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1984 was the first election I was eligible to vote, and I was privileged to vote for Ronald Reagan…

Nice to see that he made the probowl and was the starting left tackle. He was obviously under-coached while here. He was criticized so hard by the fans here from what I can remember. A few idiots saying we were better off without him and basically calling him a fool when he left early. I hope he still has love for Florida and he didn't feel no type of way due to how he was treated. It's a good look for the UF brand that one of the schools own is recognized as the best at his position technically this year.

Whispers he wants out of Florida, any legs to this @JasonHigdon

Paved it and Starting off the season with the Busch Clash. Starting any minute. I’m not much of a fan these days I just happen to see they moved it from Daytona for the first time ever. 🐊

What sparked this discussion this morning was the Miami hire of Josh Gattis. Every fan base always spins every hire to be a Home Run hire. Every new coach is always better than the last coach etc.. We definitely have been there as well as a fan base. So my question to you this morning is, I will give you my answer as well, what truly makes a recruiter a "Recruiter?" And this is more than just looking at the 247 "commit list" because we all know that coaches get credit for kids they didn't recruit all the time. Is what makes the recruiter more of what the school has to offer or "process" itself what makes the recruiter or is it just the characteristics of the person who make the recruiter (personality etc..)?

You look at Josh Gattis' career as a coach and the stops that he has made. He was at Penn State, with a coach that is known as a recruiter. In a location where Penn State is a big name and has a big pull in the states that produce talent around there (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware & the DMV). Then he ends up at Alabama for 1 year and I think anyone on this board can recruit at Alabama and land on a top recruiter list. As we have seen, it doesn't matter what coach goes through Alabama, their recruiting never skips a beat. From Billy Napier to Josh Gattis and now Holmon Wiggins, their recruiting has not seen any speed bumps. Michigan is another place where kids of the region grow up dreaming about attending. They also have a big pull in those Northeastern states as well as in Michigan, Illinois, Ohio etc..

Now Gattis goes to Miami. Will he recruit decent? Sure because he has learned the time and effort it takes to recruit. But will he recruit at the same level he did at Penn State, Michigan or Bama. Probably not. The reason being is Miami is not set up to recruit at the same levels as the previous schools he was at. Recruits in Florida are the least loyal to the instate schools, as we all know. Florida is one of, if not the heaviest recruited state in the country. All the top recruiting schools spend much more time in our state than they do up in the states near Penn State & Michigan. The biggest thing that will continue to hurt Miami is their lack of facilities. The same thing that has continued to plague us here at Florida. Schools like Bama, TAMU, Georgia etc have these crazy 100+ million dollar football facilities for these kids to tour and Miami has none of that. Finally in 2022, Florida is getting that football facility. Good luck recruiting against Florida for in state kids once that facility is open. Our UOV lists when the facility opens will be loaded this fall.


This is no slight to Josh Gattis either. I think Miami lucked out with a good up and coming coach who will end up getting his shot as a HC soon. I think Gattis looked for an opportunity to bounce with the uncertainty of Harbaugh looking at the NFL every year (just like Brian Johnson bounced on Mullen).

Long story short, I believe the infrastructure in place (process) and what the school has to offer (resources) are what put the strength behind the recruiter as oppose to just the recruiter as themselves. This is why I'm excited with the Billy hire. We got the HC who has finally got the infrastructure in place to run the process here at Florida. You combine this with the timing of the new Football facility being built and the 2023/2024 classes can be special.

Interested to hear what everyone else thinks. Go Gators!

@JasonHigdon
Any more potential targets in portal we may go after

Brey Walker @ okla OT 6’7 320

Chris Akporogene @ Tenn IOL 6’3 305played at IMG and has three years of eligibility

Marquis Robinson @ Aub DL 6’3 300 c/o 2020

Hey @JasonHigdon , I know the staff is primarily focused on the 2022 class and portal kids, but are there any plans for a Junior Day soon? I know Miami has a big one this weekend and a lot of big names coming in, and I think A&M has one as well, so was curious if we might have one soon.

Not really sure what this is but anything with AR-15 and Lingard part of it, is good news to me! LOL

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A quick poll. Was anyone here stupid enough to believe this at the time he said it??

A few facts:

1) Texas A & M signed 7 five star players (247 rankings) this year. Florida has signed exactly 7 over the last DECADE.
2) Over the last 10 years Alabama has signed 47. UGA has 36, OSU 27, Clemson 23, USC 20 and LSU 19.
3) Over the last five years......UGA 25, Bama 20, OSU 18, Clemson 16 and LSU 10. UF has 2.
4) Texas A & M has signed 12 over the last 5 years......but 7 of those where this year. Nobody else has double digits.

National championships in the last decade......Bama 4, Clemson 2, OSU, LSU, UGA and FSU 1 each. FSU's was 9 years ago so mostly from players recruited more than a decade ago. If you go back two years to see what made up that FSU team and they had 10 five star guys in the two prior recruiting years.

So easy to conclude that the teams that win national championships these days are generally the teams that land the 5 star kids. The difference makers. And I am sure you can also make a correlation when you add in the "high 4 star kids", but that would take more work than I am willing to do.

One good thing about all this is that it looks like at least one more team will crash the "domination party" now, although clearly UGA and Bama are not going away anytime soon. We might also keep an eye on Penn state......they finished at #6 and landed 3 five star talents.

Another factor for this year......Bama may have finished second behind A & M in the rankings......but they also landed 3 stud transfers.....the Burton kid - WR from UGA , Jahmyr Gibbs from GT and a 5 star CB from LSU (Ricks). Those aren't your average transfers.....when you factor those in perhaps Bama is #1. A & M only had 1 transfer.....the QB Max Johnson from LSU. UGA has none at this point.

The other thing I see as good, among all the NIL bad, is that it at least its shinning more light on the fact that top kids are going where the money is. Which, IMO, has been happening for many years already. The system was already broke, but now it clearly will change. Was hilarious watching Jimbo Fisher try to tell the world it was all about his hard work. I guess he was just lazy his first 4 years there.

Last point...…what has always bothered me the most about pay for play is that we are one of the schools that gets hurt the most. We have a natural geographic recruiting advantage but paying players has mitigated that. Remember back in the day when it was a big deal to have so many top recruits in your own state?

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Have any of you guys seen this? Thoughts? I find it… interesting. Definitely a questionable decision, in the least, by Napier back then.

Wow. You better vote the way we want or else. What a party. How the hell do you censure somebody based on the way they vote. And democrats preach their actions are to save democracy. What a laugh.

In the wake of Brigham Young University signing a whole team deal with a protein bar company Miami and their whole team deal with a Chain of gym’s and Alabama and their women’s gymnastic team Deal
CrowdPush, An online fundraiser Platform. Made me wonder why we couldn’t do something like this. The first thing that comes to mind would be Gatorade.
There’s a very good read on Inside higher education titled

Lack of Clear-Cut NCAA Rules Creates Confusion About NIL​

You can Google it and read it for yourself
One of the things I thought interesting
In it was legal experts noted these boundaries are undefined in the new territory of NIL.

“The line between an NIL opportunity and a pay for play and a recruiting inducement is paper-thin,” said Patrick Stubblefield, a sports attorney at Freeman Lovell in Utah and a former college compliance official. “And it’s not entirely clear where that line should be drawn.”

One thing for sure it has become the wild wild West and other avenues will be explored. We probably have a team of experts looking into this area already.

What a fake news clown. At least his dad hid the bias sometimes and would tell more of the actual facts. Don't watch Fox much anymore but I hope this clown ends up like Megyn Kelly after the crap he pulled there.

Great hire TBH however doubt hes there long. He will be a head coach in a year or two.

No. 4 Florida Gymnastics Win at No. 11 Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Leading by just a tenth heading into the final rotation, No. 4 Florida gymnastics knew it needed a hit balance beam set to leave snowy Columbia, Mo., with a win over No. 11 Missouri.

The Gators got just that, using no score lower than a 9.9 to take a 197.775 - 197.625 win in front of the 1,028 who were able to dig out from the seven inches of snow that hit Columbia on Wednesday to be in the Hearnes Center Friday.

THIS EVENING’S MEET
Florida open with a solid uneven bars set. Freshman Leanne Wong used a 9.95 to win her third consecutive bars title. Teammate Trinity Thomas was runner up at 9.925.

Two Gators shared second overall on vault at 9.90 - Thomas and Savannah Schoenherr. Missouri’s Amari Celestine took the vault win at 9.925.

A pair of 9.95s by Wong and Thomas led the Gators on floor exercise. They shared first with Missouri’s Hannah McCrary and Celestine.

Thomas used a 9.975 to win her third consecutive balance beam title. Megan Skaggs and Sloane Blakely shared second at 9.925 with MU’s Sydney Schaffer and Sienna Schreiber.

In her first all-around appearance of 2022, Thomas used a 39.75 to claim her 19th all-around win of her career.

DID YOU KNOW:

* With her three event wins Friday, Thomas now moves to fourth on Florida Career Event Wins chart. She now has 84 wins, moving ahead of Kytra Hunter (83).

COACH ROWLAND SAID:

“Going into this meet, we made a commitment to several of the athletes that we were going to rest them as this is a marathon of a season. In turn, we had some new faces in different spots in lineups. Just extremely proud of the resilience of this team and the focus of continuing to taking their steps forward and doing what they can to control their controllables.



“They continued to fight all the way through to the very last performance as it was tight all the way up until that very last dismount so really proud of the team.” - Florida Head Coach Jenny Rowland


RECORDS: No. 4 Florida (7-0, 4-0 SEC)
No. 11 Missouri (5-2, 0-2 SEC)

SERIES RECORD:
Florida leads 29-1.

RANKINGS:
Florida: No. 4 on the Week 4 Road to Nationals site
Missouri: No. 11

UP NEXT:
Competition versus top-12 teams continues next Friday when No. 8 LSU visits Gainesville.

When: Friday, Feb. 11 at 5:45 p.m. ET
Venue: Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O’Connell Center

Tickets: Florida Gymnastics Tickets

No. 4 Florida at No. 11 Missouri
Final Team Totals

Feb. 4, 2022 ● Hearnes Center (1,028)

Team

Vault

Bars

Beam

Floor

Total

Florida

49.200

49.500

49.625

49.450

197.775

Missouri

49.250

49.375

49.425

49.600

197.650

2 things need to happen immediately - take the interim title off of Kelly Rae Finley(they havent played this well in a decade) and how are they not in the top 25 is insane

Very good article on Read and Reaction by Bill Sikes. It is a long read, so don’t say I didn’t warn you. But it does give some hope for the future of the Gator football program under Coach Napier.