Gators to Hire Ron Roberts as LB Coach, Co-Defensive Coordinator ?
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Great analysis - With you 100% !
Not very exciting but Ball Control - Time of Possession offense keeps the score down, & lets your defense rest on the sidelines.
As I pointed out in an earlier posts, UGA has won a lot of football with game manager type QBs like Mertz.
The key element, which they had & we currently lack, is a good opportunistic defense. A long way for us to go for that.
Hoping that CBN puts in a package for Brown/Miller to execute what Our Lads calls - A Spread Option; you can call it whatever you want - an RPO/Veer/Triple Option running game that I hope will work well for us.
Putting in a package for another QB & ACTUALLY PLAYING ANOTHER QB would also take some of the pounding off Mertz - he's not athletic & nowhere near as physical as AR.
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Manage the game like a Trent Dilfer type QB when he won the Super Bowl with the Ravens. Give me a 13 for 18 or 18 for 24 and let the run game do all the heavy lifting. Get a damn kicka$$ defense where we dont rely on Mertz to get us into shootouts and Let's Go play ball in 2023
What does Steve Spurrier think of the Gators' quarterback room?
Steve Spurrier has forgotten more about football than most people will ever know.
What does he think of the Gators' quarterback room as it stands?
What would it take to get him to coach QBs & be the OC ?
https://www.on3.com/teams/florida-g...purrier-think-of-the-gators-quarterback-room/
GD3 no membership here either - LOL.
Hoping someone will break - Omerta - the Website Code of Silence & share Steve's thoughts with Us !
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Georgia spent $4.5 million on recruiting in 2022, way higher than any other school
In 2022, Georgia spent over $4.5 million on its recruiting efforts, $1.5 million more than any other Power Five school during the year.This information comes from an NCAA financial report the athletics department provided Wednesday to the Athens Banner-Herald in response to an open-records request.
No. 2 Texas A&M - $2.98 million in recruiting expenses. In 2022, the Aggies finished with the No 1 ranked class.
No. 3 Tennessee - $2.92 million,
No 4 Texas - $2.44 million
No. 5 Alabama - $2.32 million and then
No. 6 Michigan - $2.24 million.
No other school reported having spent more than $1.85 million.
Weiszer explains what counts as recruiting spending:
According to this report, empty Mcdonald's Bags are cheap - but the filled bags cost Mega Money ! LOL
https://ugawire.usatoday.com/2023/0...4-5-million-way-higher-than-any-other-school/
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Link to Spurrier doesnt do much good if we have to pay for it. Thumbsdown
Unfortunately I am not sure that will be too effective against the better SEC teams.
Well they have recruiting personnel taking players to clubs and things like that some of which probably gets charged to that.
ESPN’s Bill Connelly - Returning Production Rankings
https://www.espn.com/college-footba...otball-teams-returning-production-2023-season
Which looks at which programs return the most production from last year’s teams. This category is one of the three factors that go into his SP+ rankings and account for a majority of the formula.
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FWIW -
Florida State, returns 87% of their production from a 10-3 team, good for the most returning production in the nation.
Including QB Jordan Travis who we couldn't wrap up & tackle to save us.
Georgia checked in at No. 80 in the rankings, returning 61% of its production from last season. Connelly also breaks it down by offensive and defensive production. Georgia returns 52% on offense (109th nationally) and 70% on defense (42nd nationally).
https://ugawire.usatoday.com/2023/0...-returning-production-in-2023-wheres-georgia/
Gators come in at No. 107 in the country, the Florida Gators are expected to have a lot of new faces on both sides of the ball. The offensive returning production comes in at No. 103 with 55% returning production, while the defensive returning production comes in at No. 91 with 53% returning production.
https://gatorswire.usatoday.com/2023/02/07/florida-football-returning-production-sp-espn/
This year’s weights, according to Connelly:
• Quarterback passing yards: 23 percent - Gator's score = 0.
• Running back rushing yards: 6 percent - Gator's score 90 %
AR not a RB; but he is gone & so are his numbers.
• Receiver/tight end yards: 24 percent of the overall number - Ricky Pearsall only returning receiver of note; so not sure
• Returning OL snaps: 47 percent - Kingsley Eguakun only true returner; score likely to be low.
Those weights are influenced by prior years’ data and what positions proved to be the most important returners (or created the biggest holes by having fewer returners), not numbers Connelly randomly decides himself.
https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dam...ng-production-rankings-bill-connelly-offense/
EDIT
GD3 & Tebow Time
To avoid the ignominious - THUMBS DOWN that both of you would hurl at me for having to pay the super secret access fees, I tracked down the Rankings for the Gators & Dawgs & included them in my post ! LOL
https://www.espn.com/college-footba...otball-teams-returning-production-2023-season
Which looks at which programs return the most production from last year’s teams. This category is one of the three factors that go into his SP+ rankings and account for a majority of the formula.
EDIT
FWIW -
Florida State, returns 87% of their production from a 10-3 team, good for the most returning production in the nation.
Including QB Jordan Travis who we couldn't wrap up & tackle to save us.
Georgia checked in at No. 80 in the rankings, returning 61% of its production from last season. Connelly also breaks it down by offensive and defensive production. Georgia returns 52% on offense (109th nationally) and 70% on defense (42nd nationally).
https://ugawire.usatoday.com/2023/0...-returning-production-in-2023-wheres-georgia/
Gators come in at No. 107 in the country, the Florida Gators are expected to have a lot of new faces on both sides of the ball. The offensive returning production comes in at No. 103 with 55% returning production, while the defensive returning production comes in at No. 91 with 53% returning production.
https://gatorswire.usatoday.com/2023/02/07/florida-football-returning-production-sp-espn/
The formula
Connelly’s exact formula changes by year, but has the same overall concept. On offense, he tracks the percentage of returning wide receiver or tight end receiving yards, quarterback passing yards, offensive line snaps and running back rushing yards and assigns a weight to each of them.This year’s weights, according to Connelly:
• Quarterback passing yards: 23 percent - Gator's score = 0.
• Running back rushing yards: 6 percent - Gator's score 90 %
AR not a RB; but he is gone & so are his numbers.
• Receiver/tight end yards: 24 percent of the overall number - Ricky Pearsall only returning receiver of note; so not sure
• Returning OL snaps: 47 percent - Kingsley Eguakun only true returner; score likely to be low.
Those weights are influenced by prior years’ data and what positions proved to be the most important returners (or created the biggest holes by having fewer returners), not numbers Connelly randomly decides himself.
https://www.on3.com/teams/notre-dam...ng-production-rankings-bill-connelly-offense/
EDIT
GD3 & Tebow Time
To avoid the ignominious - THUMBS DOWN that both of you would hurl at me for having to pay the super secret access fees, I tracked down the Rankings for the Gators & Dawgs & included them in my post ! LOL
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Fever,
Dawgs probably like Louisville under Rick Pitino - hosting all of the Entertainment they provide Top Recruits in the
William Porter Payne and Porter Otis Payne Indoor Athletic Facility; the Basement Level is Regally appointed & highly exclusive / confidential.
More Bang for the Buck ! LOL
Tebow,
I Feel Your Pain !
GD3 gave me a Thumbs Down as well. I'm too poor to join these websites
BUT
Thanks to Jason for giving me & all the other poor souls a free & way cool place like - The Locker Room - to hang out !
BUT
Hoping someone will break - Omerta - the Website Code of Silence & share Steve's thoughts with Us Poor Folks ! LOL
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Florida football players set SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll record
Look Out Vandy - we couldn't beat you on the field-so we'll beat you in the Classroom !The SEC announced their 2022 Fall Academic Honor Roll on Thursday, with the Florida Gators football team setting a conference record. Of the Orange and Blue’s 113 student-athletes that received Academic Honor Roll distinctions, 62 were football players, breaking the previous conference record of 55 players set back in 2020.
Of the 62, 27 student-athletes earned a grade point average of 3.4 or higher, with Noah Keeter and Marco Ortiz recording a 4.0. Thirty-three of the players named received the honor for at least the second time.
https://gatorswire.usatoday.com/2023/02/10/florida-football-sec-academic-honor-roll-record/
Utah football fans know that some of the Utes’ most important players opted not to leave this offseason, including but not limited to starting quarterback Cam Rising and star tight end/wide receiver Brant Kuithe.
As a result, Utah rates high in returning production. Quite high in fact.
Of 133 FBS programs, Utah rates No. 16 in returning production, tied with USC for the most among Pac-12 schools.
The Utes return 76% of their overall production from 2022, 83% on offense (fifth-most in the country) and 69% on defense (45th-highest).
Throw in the top-rated recruiting class in program history — Utah finished with No. 21 class in the country according to both 247 Sports and On3 Sports, while Rivals had the Utes even higher, at No. 19 — and all signs point to another successful campaign for Utah.
https://www.deseret.com/2023/2/10/2...byu-or-utah-state-be-more-experienced-in-2023
LSU Returning Production
Offense - 10th
Defense: 72nd
https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/...g-production-2023-season-jayden-daniels-espn/
As a result, Utah rates high in returning production. Quite high in fact.
Of 133 FBS programs, Utah rates No. 16 in returning production, tied with USC for the most among Pac-12 schools.
The Utes return 76% of their overall production from 2022, 83% on offense (fifth-most in the country) and 69% on defense (45th-highest).
Throw in the top-rated recruiting class in program history — Utah finished with No. 21 class in the country according to both 247 Sports and On3 Sports, while Rivals had the Utes even higher, at No. 19 — and all signs point to another successful campaign for Utah.
https://www.deseret.com/2023/2/10/2...byu-or-utah-state-be-more-experienced-in-2023
LSU Returning Production
Offense - 10th
Defense: 72nd
https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/...g-production-2023-season-jayden-daniels-espn/
Not Sure What to Make of this - more to follow I hope.
Top 10 recruiting classes for 2023 usefulness:
1 LSU
2 OU
3 USC
4 Oregon
5 Fla
6 Miami
7 Aub
8 UGA
9 Bama
10 Tenn
Been fiddling w/recruiting data, attempting to find the right combination of HS recruiting, transfer quality and pure transfer *volume* that projects well for SP+.
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) February 6, 2023
https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/...g-production-2023-season-jayden-daniels-espn/
Top 10 recruiting classes for 2023 usefulness:
1 LSU
2 OU
3 USC
4 Oregon
5 Fla
6 Miami
7 Aub
8 UGA
9 Bama
10 Tenn
Been fiddling w/recruiting data, attempting to find the right combination of HS recruiting, transfer quality and pure transfer *volume* that projects well for SP+.
— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) February 6, 2023
https://lsutigerswire.usatoday.com/...g-production-2023-season-jayden-daniels-espn/
Greg Sankey reveals how Texas, Oklahoma move to the SEC was expedited
officially set for July 1st, 2024.https://www.on3.com/news/greg-sankey-reveals-how-texas-oklahoma-move-to-the-sec-was-expedited/
Greg Sankey sends veiled shot at Big Ten expansion when talking about the Texas, Oklahoma in the SEC
Better footprint with SEC Expansion versus B1G adding USCw & UCLA.
Los Angeles over 1,000 miles from Lincoln, Nebraska.
https://www.on3.com/news/greg-sanke...-talking-about-the-texas-oklahoma-in-the-sec/
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No doubt SEC widened the gap some more with the addition of Texas and OU. Big 10 is 2nd best conference but fell a little further behind the SEC.
Steve Spurrier comments on Florida's 2023 quarterback situation
Here is what the HBC said about the Gators’ current quarterbacks room.
I believe Sergio De La Espriella, the writer of the article, put in the standard rehash of all that's gone wrong with our QB Room over the last several months; we know it by heart; no need to repeat it.
Article ends with these comments from the writer -
It seems like the Heisman Trophy winner and national championship-winning head coach is a believer in developing the talent you have on the roster.
While head coach Billy Napier is expected to add another quarterback to the roster via the transfer portal, Spurrier may get his wish for 2023.
Whoever is brought in from the portal, the 2023 starting job is expected to come down to Mertz and Miller, two players who will have all spring to earn the job.
IMO, bringing in another Transfer QB after Spring Practice is a waste of a scholarship -
CBN looking for Fool's Gold in the Portal.
Why would a talented Portal QB come to UF ? We don't have bushels of NIL$$$ & don't even have a QB Coach.
https://gatorswire.usatoday.com/202...ation-jack-miller-graham-mertz-jaden-rashada/
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Florida spring camp preview: Quarterback
Graham Mertz leads a thin quarterback room into spring practices
247sports.com
Miami hired a bad OC and a bad DC IMO and lost a whole bunch of assistant coaches in the process. Cristobal is basically having to hire a whole new coaching staff. I think they lost 7 coaches.
Their DC comes from our DC's coaching tree.... he's horrible
He’s terrible. He’s 51 yrs old and he’s never had any coaching position at all at a P5 school. This is his first time coaching at a P5 program. Cristobal better hit on all his recruits because if he doesn’t work out then not sure Miami ever wins again because Ruiz will bail on Miami as soon as Cristobal is fired so most of their NIL game will be gone as well. Ruiz is doing everything he can to try and make Cristobal successful.
Agreed. Ruiz is buying him everything and Cristobal keeps tripping himself. You would suspect that they would get better with all these top high school recruits if they don't transfer (similar to a and m) but Cristo just holds them back so much
We will see in a few years how it turns out. No doubt Cristobal can recruit and he’s getting lots of NIL help as well. So they will get talent but will the culture be a problem or do they end up transferring? That will ultimately determine whether he is successful or not and right now his coaching staff looks pretty weak.
2024 in-state WR target being recruited by top Florida QB commit
The Florida Gators' are putting some effort into the 2024 class, with their blue-chip QB commit building a relationship with a highly-coveted in-state WR prospect.
www.yahoo.com
DJ Lagway is the real deal both on and off the field. He’s the type of QB that completely changes the game.
2024 in-state WR target being recruited by top Florida QB commit
The Florida Gators' are putting some effort into the 2024 class, with their blue-chip QB commit building a relationship with a highly-coveted in-state WR prospect.
Which former Gators are playing in the XFL?
The XFL is back, and so are some Gators! Half of the teams in the league feature a former Florida player or coach.
gatorswire.usatoday.com
Willie Taggart hired as Ravens RB coach. He's tight with the Harboughs.
So I was trying to figure out how that works, I mean...a 2 year stint as an assistant at Stanford under Jim over a decade ago?
But no...who in the world have guessed that he played for and got his coaching start under freaking Jack Harbough?
Sorry, I'm just always fascinated by connections like that.
For instance, the 2020-2021 had a surprising number of Alabama ties on the staff....why? Well Joe Judge was an assistant 2009-2011 and then took a job in the NFL with Saban's best friend, Bill Belicheck.
Of course who else was on that Bama staff at the same time? Billy Napier, Robert Sale, and Mr. Potato Head himself, Jeremy Pruitt.
Rant over.
It's always interesting to see how far the rabbit hole goes imo. I knew all of that because he coached at fsu but it's crazy how much harboughs think of Willie and have thought of him. I believe the Michigan coach Harbaugh went to a game of ours to see Willie coach... we all thought we gained a harbough
I also LOL'ed at Mr potato head himself comment.
I've mentioned it before but I live near where he grew up (him and his dad coached at my high school years and years ago) and I have several friends that went to school with Pruitt....and his nickname was pork chop and potato head.
Watching him play as freshman point guard is hard to do. Dude wore one of those face guards the whole season.
And he was such a bad shooter that the opposing crowds would literally start shouting "SHOOT IT" every time he got the ball.
Coaching DBs is a much better fit for him.
Could Jeff Scott be a good fit for the Gators?
As WR Coach ?
Florida football got news this morning that WR coach Keary Colbert was moving to Denver to be on staff for the Broncos, leaving Florida with a hole on their staff.
The loss of Colbert is nothing minor, but there are plenty of good replacement options that Napier will go after. None better, perhaps, than Jeff Scott.
Scott was the head coach at USF for three years from 2020-2022, and almost beat UF in The Swamp this past season. Before his tenure in South Florida, he was at Clemson for 11 years, working his way up from WR coach to Co-OC before moving on to his head coaching job.
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https://hailfloridahail.com/2023/02/23/florida-football-jeff-scott-gators/
Does he have any ties to UF or Napier? He loves Clemson and Dabo, I doubt he would leave there unless it wa something he was familiar with. UF can pay a high price tho so I guess it's possible
Gators coaching staff not in disarray !
As we all know,Safety's Coach & DC Patrick Toney & TE coach William Peagler are joining the NFL's Arizona Cardinals.
News then came out Thursday morning that wide receiver coach Keary Colbert was also leaving for the NFL, as he will join the Denver Broncos.
Napier has reacted quickly - former Alabama linebackers coach Austin Armstrong will take over as their new defensive coordinator.
Florida gave up about 29 points per game last year, good for just 97th in the country, and they were among the absolute worst teams in the entire country at stopping teams on third down.
The 29-year-old Armstrong is now the youngest defensive coordinator at the Power-5 level. He spent less than one month at Alabama - having taken the linebacker job after two years as the defensive coordinator at Southern Miss.
Armstrong has familiarity with Florida head coach Billy Napier, having worked together at Louisiana-Lafayette for three seasons. Armstrong also worked with Kirby Smart at Georgia in 2019, and his defense at Southern Miss showed great development - leading the Sun Belt in sacks and tackles for loss last year, while finishing second in interceptions.
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/arti...nals/535-e7b4926d-374e-4e08-a551-de4bdf2914bc
Losing Patrick Toney in a vacuum has its pros and cons. His defense last year simply wasn’t good enough to hang in the SEC, but it will be the third playbook in three years the Gators have to learn.
Likewise, having Peagler depart as well means that Napier, given the amount of 12 personnel he likes to use, has to fill a key position for his offense two weeks before Spring practice.
But like Toney, Peagler didn’t stand out as an SEC-level position coach. While it is unfair to judge Florida tight ends in the post Kyle Pitts era, it is fair to ask why Peagler didn’t sign a single recruit in 2023.
https://hailfloridahail.com/2023/02/22/florida-football-no-gators-coaching-staff-not-disarray/
Numbers,
Jeff Scott was the HC at USF for the last 3 years; he was fired one day after the Bulls (1-8, 0-5 AAC) lost 54-28 to Temple.
https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/sports/2022-11-06/usf-fires-head-football-coach-jeff-scott
"...The University of South Florida has fired head football coach Jeff Scott.
Scott had a record of 4-26 in just under three seasons, including 1-19 in the American Athletic Conference."
Class of 2023 Top 25 HS TEs
Don't think Gators were involved with any of them !
Draw your own conclusions.
https://mikefarrellsports.com/recruiting/mike-farrells-final-2023-te-rankings
Don't think Gators were involved with any of them !
Draw your own conclusions.
https://mikefarrellsports.com/recruiting/mike-farrells-final-2023-te-rankings
While true that he'd been at USF the last few years, until landing that head coaching gig he'd been at Clemson his entire coaching career (as a Grad Assistant with Tommy Bowden as head coach for half a season, then became the WR coach when Tommy resigned & Dabo got promoted to interim head coach). He also played at Clemson, and his only non-Clemson coaching job was a year as a HS coach in South Carolina). Dabo brought him back to Clemson pretty quickly after he got fired by USF - so his Clemson roots are very deep.
SeaPA,
Thanks for the update.
I don't follow Clemson or USF so I wasn't aware that Scott had returned to Clemson.
From the articles I read & linked to, I thought he was unemployed & "looking."
Glad I didn't say something stupid when I responded to Numbers' post !
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