Florida wanted him bad. Probably not as bad as you wanted Scott Frost, but when that Nebraska job came open, he was already packing his bags and had a ticket to Lincoln.
But Chip`Kelly, the man who won soooooo many games at Oregon with his NFL experience and his recruiting abilities would load up the Florida team with 5* recruits out the wazoo.
But he spurned Gainesville for LA. He managed to hang on to about six 4* recruits that had already committed and he added a couple more but filled out the class with eleven 3* and three 2* recruits in one of the Nations few places with the kind of Blue Chip recruits found in Florida, Georgia, & Texas.
This in LA, the place with year around sun, beaches with scantily clad females ( and no hurricanes), and the Night Life. Plus, Las Vegas is just a short car ride east.
This year's recruiting class so far?
Six 3*
One 2* ( and none of those 2* recruits were Kickers who always have low star ratings) He is having a terrible time recruiting
Did you dodge a bullet ?
Gator Fever, what do you think?
Any others?