*This was a response in another thread... but I needed it to have its own thread.​

OK, wise guys and negative nellies.... YOU do the math.

Use $20 million since that's the reported top NIL number in NCAA at Ohio State.

Now build a competitive roster AND sign a competitive recruiting class. Do it. But use the numbers these portal kids are asking.

I'll start it for you.

Lagway at $2 million would be right in line with what top QB's make.

That leaves you $18 million for 84 other kids.

Go ahead. Build your team.

What's next? OL? That's a LOT of mouths to feed.

Keeping an All-SEC center and a very good tackle and two starting guards at UF is a GREAT way to spend some bucks. But it AIN'T CHEAP. Those guys are probably the most valuable and rarest in the portal.

Add in the fact that we also have to pay something competitive to at least TEN other OL on the team so that we have depth and can hold practice... including top notch recruits over the years like Westphal and Dice who were in recruiting bidding wars... and you've probably spent AT LEAST $5 million and probably a lot more.

You're down to $13 million left... and you have only covered 2 of the 8 position groups. Oh crap, you're screwed.

You want to prioritize skill positions or D-Line next? I'm good with either.

Fine. D-Line it is. Getting Banks to return was huge and expensive. At least $750k you have to think, given the market for Silver at $1m+. Add in keeping Sapp and Gumbs and Lyons and James and Boireau and Taylor and all the others... INCLUDING the huge price tag for a 5-star like McCray (which we know is much more than $500k since Pyburn complained) and the incoming stud Woods... and you have easily spent $4 million on D-Line.

$9 million left... over HALF of the country's biggest NIL budget GONE... and you have ZERO running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, linebackers, corner backs or safeties. Oops.

You like Baugh? Hell yeah you do. Don't want him to take the Etienne route so you have to pay him fairly. But you have 4 other really good RB to keep as well... and 3 more incoming recruits who didn't come here to play for free. But I'll cut you a break and give you all 7 or 8 for $1.5 million. That's low, but let's move on.

$7.5 million left... so let's just spend the $500k on some tight ends. Again, this is very low for 3 or 4 guys... but I'm being fair to make a point.

$7 million left... to sign about 6 good LB and at least 8 good DB's. Yikes.

OH CRAP!! You don't have any WR yet!!

Big trouble for you. But you sign VB3 (not cheap) and you have Wilson and Hawkins and Abrams and Mizell and Burke and a few others to pay... including other recruits... but let's be cheap and say you got ALL of those guys for $2 million. Miracle if you pulled it off, but kudos to you.

$5 million to pay for really good LB and really good DB. Ouch.

Shemar, Pup, Graham, Robinson and Chiles are a FANTASTIC LB room. Want to keep all of them... AND of course pay the incoming stud recruits as well.

Pyburn got $500k... so let's just say that's the market price for great starting LB. But those names were all higher rated recruits than Pyburn. Lord knows what they cost to get. But I'm being generous and I'll say you get ALL of your linebackers for $2 million.

$3 million left... out of this GENEROUS $20 million budget... and you need to pay at least 7 good DB... plus all of the expensive incoming recruits like Hanks and Stubbs. But you somehow do it? MIRACLE!!

So there you go. You just spent MORE than any college team has spent and you have.... OUR CURRENT ROSTER... without any back up QBs or special teams player yet.

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Oh... that's right. You complained about the transfer portal, didn't you?

You wanted to know why UF isn't just throwing $750k here and there at every kid who enters.

You wanted to know why UF was "broke."

You wanted to know why we aren't doing something.

You act like current players are willing to play for free.

GROW UP!!

This is a fricking business and it is being run like one. Any player we add from the portal will require EVEN MORE MONEY than the huge fictional budget I used in this example.

And YES... thank God we have a few dedicated boosters who will make that happen. We WILL get good portal players.

But just shut the hell up about what other schools are doing. They have the same budgets or less. If you see teams like LSU spending big... it's because they are spending less on their current roster because they lost players or because the current ones are no good.

We are going to have the most talented roster we've had in a LONG time in 2025. Start enjoying that.

DISCLAIMER: None of these numbers are hard facts. Purely my idea of how I would budget our expenditures. Don't think I am spilling the goods or anything.

Rooting for Notre Dame tonight, can’t stand UGA and screw Etienne.

Who you got and why?

You are going to see some of the upper end power 5 schools affiliate with non-power five schools for purposes of basically establishing a grapefruit league. Given the scholarship limits, a high end power 5 school will ask a non-power 5 school to sign a player that cannot make the power 5 school’s roster currently but has potential for the future. The power 5 school will help “contribute” towards an NIL program for that player while he’s at the non-power 5 school.

Then, depending on performance, the power 5 program will bring the player up via the transport portal.

Don’t be surprised if you see a couple of these power 5 schools affiliate with three or four lesser schools consistently. Like a grapefruit league.

The lesser schools love it because they’re going to get talent that they normally would not get - even if just for a brief period of time. Also, these non-power five coaches will then have an avenue where they can “enhance” their careers by moving quickly up the coaching ladder.

It’s just nuts.

KC

You'd swear this guy has won 5 National Championships, 15 Heismans and in his spare time has led 3 different NFL teams to Super Bowl titles. I mean wtf? Doesn't Sark know who the better QB is? He sees them in practice every day right? Given his knowledge of offense and QB play, if Manning was better than Ewers wouldn't he be the starting QB? Ok folks, seriously what am I missing?

Anybody know when they release the game time?

This may be a blessing in disguise, if Golden can adjust on his team defensive lapses. Watched many of the Florida players go behind the screens uncharacteristically, maybe it was nerves today. That today alone allowed Kentucky to get off most of their three's. We are a great offensive team Clayton said it best" to score 100, and give up 106 that's an issue " No time to cry with Tennessee coming to town Todd emphasize the issues on defense, and we are headed to the final four.

Supposedly was one of four candidates that was interviewed for our GM position between Thursday and Friday.

They were talking about him earlier, and I wanted to make sure that everyone got a chance to see some of his video.

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I am beyond excited to finally join the club of Gator Football Season Ticket Holders!!! As a frequent game attendee, especially Growl, with my boys when they were pre school (many moons ago), family, work, time, & coaching became priorities subjecting me to the Boob Tube for my "fix". With the Boss's approval, I pulled the trigger on 4 tix. Overwhelmed at the ability to make this purchase and join my Gator Brothers & Sisters in God's Country more often in the Fall.

Go Gators!!!

Seems like the time to open a new page with the regular season over, early signing day approaching, with the portal opening shortly after that.
Here's a pretty good start for this thread imo....

Florida Flips Five-Star Safety from Miami​

Jacksonville's Hylton Stubbs 6-2 195 joins the Gators' high-rising 2025 recruiting class in a sudden move. As for the on-field production for Stubbs, he looks to be someone who can defend the pass and stop the run, according to 247Sports Director of Scouting Andrew Ivins.

With Mandarin this season, Stubbs has recorded 54 total tackles (39 solo), eight tackles-for-loss, two interceptions, four pass deflections and three forced fumbles. Stubbs' high school highlights can be viewed here.

Florida Gators ranked in the Top 10 in D1 Baseball's Preseason Rankings
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The Florida Gators baseball program is one month from Opening Day versus the Air Force Academy. The Gators are coming off a rollercoaster 2024 season in which they were almost left out of the NCAA Baseball Tournament. However, Florida played their best baseball towards the end and made it all the way to the semifinals of the College World Series.



Heading into the 2025 season, the Florida Gators are expected to be very competitive and could even make another trip to Omaha for the College World Series. D1 Baseball released their Preseason Top 25 rankings and Florida was ranked tenth in the country.



While the Gators were ranked tenth in the preseason rankings, five other SEC programs were ahead of them. Texas A&M, LSU, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Georgia were the other five SEC in the Top 25. Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, and Texas are the three other SEC teams ranked in the preseason rankings.



The Gators will play seven Preseason Top 25 teams, with six of them being SEC teams. The only non-conference Top 25 opponent Florida plays against this season will be the ninth-ranked Florida State Seminoles in a three-game midweek series spread throughout the season.



The only other media outlet to release their Preseason Top 25 rankings was Perfect Game. The Gators were ranked 11th in the country in their Preseason Top 25. Perfect Game had five SEC teams ahead of the Gators, with the Texas Longhorns ranked #7. The Florida Gators will begin their 2025 season at home versus Air Force on February 14th.

Karma! Even when Beck was injured against Clemson and Stockton had to leave for a play because he lost his helmet at the Clemson 1 yard line, they brought Beck, who could not even lift his right arm , back in to simply handoff the ball. Rashada is not even good enough to be trusted to handoff the ball.

Slug fest so far!