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Concerning the current QB competition:

Jac and Little Bill dropped by to be sure o_O that Luke was being 'groomed' to be the starter. It seems to have worked out that way. :rolleyes: -- :D

Appleby's 'Happy-Feet' won the job as the Scout Team QB.
His claim that Purdue's poor defense caused his 19 TD's to 19 Ints is a bs excuse.
(obviously that's JMOHO).

Franks won a redshirt and a possible Brissett type of future, considering Trask and Allen will both be here next year.

Trask got the least reps and he got them with the 2-3 stringers. He was worked that way (imo) so as to not pose an immediate threat to Luke. Hand off to the RB on a 3rd and 8? Give me (or him) a break. Only a great defensive play by a Sr AA (Maye) prevented a long TD. He knew when to throw it out of bounds or into the dirt (4 of 7)when nothing was there (instead of 3 Int's). He has the best and most accurate arm on the team in my eyes, and he is definitely the best on a scramble run, and that's not even close.

Were it me (and it's certainly not) my current QB depth chart would be:
Starter - Del Rio (another Mc-sackroy type of game manager)
Backup - Trask
Scout Team (3rd stringer) - Appleby
Redshirt, practice squad - Franks
Practice Spuad - Gronto V

Depending on their goals in football and/or life, the last 3 are all candidates for a transfer-out before the start of next season. o_O

Next season's QB competition:
Del Rio
Trask
Allen

To the usual stalker-trolls that NEVER read anything that I post, you can either waste your and everybody else's time with yet another trollish attack on my opinions, OR, you can post your own opinions with your own qualifiers for a change. :cool:
 
Del Rio actually looked pretty good. Don't think that's gonna be a disaster as I previously thought. Appleby I think had the most arm talent and Trask looks like our future QB. Once he settled down he looked pretty good. Franks was ummm not so good and honestly don't think there's much there. He's big, he can throw it far, but beyond that everything else looked terrible.

Oline and Dline you couldn't tell much because it looked like the dline wasn't going all out, idk if that was by design so we could see the QB's in action a little more. But overall I came out of it with more hope for the offense. Oh yea, and Pineiro is sick!
 
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Nole fan here....watched most of it ( yes I'm starved for ANY football obviously ).....

Del Rio looked pretty good. Don't know about mobility under duress because it seems he was throwing pretty quick.. Seems to have a nice touch. If he goes down, well, lets stay positive.

Skill guys are young/ inexperienced for sure. Calloway needs to come back IMO. I think there is some talent at WR for the first time in a long time, but man it's young. Seemed some guys had line up problems a couple times but hey, its spring.

Defense looked good, but I do question depth in the front 7. The orange team full of second teamers did not look impressive. I don't know who was out or whatever but I think its imperative the DL guys especially stay healthy. Seems you need a speed rusher . Once again, I know it was spring so .....

Kicker looked like a freshman for sure. I think he will be up and down for sure, but coming from where you guys are I'd be ready to party if it was me. Biggest thing will be to keep him even keel regardless.

I think 10 wins is attainable myself. If you look at last year, if you'd had beaten LSU you would have been perceived as having a much better year. Still a great year, but we all know most fans only dwell on the negative. I think the schedule this year is pretty doable. That season ender in Tallahassee might be tough though.
 
Luke Del Rio - 10 of 11, 90.9% for 176 yds, 17.6 yds/comp.
We won't really know until after the game vs tennis-sea in no-Knox...
He could be another Danny Wuerffel, or he could end up being another Kyle Morris...
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Austin Appleby - 8 of 11, 72.7% for 80 yds, 10.0 yds/comp, (mostly dink & dunk junk).
While his numbers were okay, he didn't pass my eye test for a starter.

Kyle Trask - 4 of 7, 57.1% for 63 yds, 15.8 yds/comp. My early choice as the backup.
He was leading the 2-3 stringers on offense against the 1st team defense. o_O
He had 2 throw-aways, one in the dirt (cause he wasn't outside of the tackles, and one out of bounds on a roll out when nobody ever came open.
Only a great defensive play by Sr AA Maye kept him from getting about a 45 yd in the air TD pass to EE Fr WR Hammond.
And this kid (6-4 228) is reminiscent of Tebow (but faster) when he tucks it and runs. ;)

Feleipe Franks -- 3 Interceptions on his first 4 pass attempts. :confused: When they finally put him with the starting offense vs the 2-3 defense (like Luke had), he managed to move the ball and he did have a nice throw for a TD to the TE to end the game.
He's the one that badly needs a redshirt in 2016, not Trask.

Mark Thompson looks good, but he tends to carry the ball like a loaf of bread. He needs to learn how to run with the point of the ball locked up in his arm pit. There are some long time tried and true ways to make him learn how to do that. Other than that, he's going to be another great Gator RB.

I only remember 1-2 receiver drops in the game, which was really encouraging and refreshing to see.
As to Callaway - the old folks always told us kids, "You make your bed, and then you have to sleep in it."
If everything gets cleared up in a satisfactory way, I'd love to see him back. IF not, ah-well and next man up.

The JuCo RB ran for a 26 yd TD and was 5 for 46 yds, 9.2 ypc. Not including the 26 yarder, he still ran 4 for 20 for 5.0 ypc. Plus he had 3 catches for another 25 yds, 8.3 yds/rec.
The JuCo slot WR Massey caught 2-3 passes with no drops, which included a 19 yd TD reception
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C.J. Worton also had a real nice game and alertly picked up Thompson's fumble for a TD.
Six (6) different WR's had catches of over 15 yards, without Callaway, B.Powell, or Fulwood in the game, and 2 TE's caught TD's. Immediately following the game the #1 ranked 2017 TE-H committed to McNuss. :)

With all of these guys, we aren't going to 'KNOW' until the real games against real opponents begin in Sept. o_O
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Kylan Johnson was a 6-1 202, 3 star QB in HS. He was recruited to UF as a SS and redshirted in 2015. Now at 6-1 228 he has been moved from SS to OLB and he had 8 Tkl's, 6 solo, 1 QBH and an Int.
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Like OLB Davis he's just another 3 star,,, and so much for those 3 star recruiting service rankings.... ;)

Nic/CB/FS Duke Dawson grabbed 2 Ints, the second one being a 30 yd pick-6. :cool:

Last year Austin was 7 of 17 with a long of 43 yards, and he even missed freakin' E-Pts.
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-- Oh BTW, the recruiting services had him as the #1 rated kicker in the nation. :rolleyes:
As the recruiting services have changed over the last decade, my opinions on their rankings have also changed, and not for the better in most cases. o_O

'Fast-Eddie' Pineiro was 5/5 on E-pts, with FG's of
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46, 52, & 56 yards made. Two misses at 52 & 53 yds, both wide right but with plenty of distance on them. Lastly, 9 of his 10 KO's were touchbacks.
Fast-Eddie's' 56 yard FG was an all time Orange & Blue game record kick.
The JuCo kicker accounted for 14 pts. Holy Shiite, they've finally gotten themselves a kicker!
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QB play should definitely be an upgrade over the last half of last season. Kicking game will be at the Division 1 level, but could be really special. But, to me, it' still going to come down to whether or not we have an offensive line that can perform consistently against SEC defenses. Defense should be solid, but I wonder if it will be as good as last year's. Quality depth in the front 7, especially LB, is a concern. We won games we could easily have lost last year, yet we still could get to 10 wins. But it's going to be a challenge. He's got to have a great recruiting class, especially at O-line, D-line and LB positions.
 
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Kicker looked like a freshman for sure..

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You and I might have watched a different kicker. The kicker I saw was outstanding, freshman or no freshman. 3-5 over 50 yards? Most frosh can't hit the broad side of a barn +50 or don't have the leg to get it there. The 56 yarder would have been good from 65 yards. It went in to the 3rd row of the stands. There was only one he missed badly and that was 55+ yards. There were only 9 kickers in the NFL last year that even made a field goal over 55 yards.

Besides the FG's he was asked to place and drive the ball on kickoffs. He did that. Putting the ball in the corner with hang or placing it at the goal with hang...only a handful of kickers in college can do that. When asked to kick it away, he was putting it in the stands.

I was super impressed with him.
 
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TNole902 said:
You and I might have watched a different kicker. The kicker I saw was outstanding, freshman or no freshman. 2-4 over 50 yards? Most frosh can hit the broad side of a barn +50 or don't have the leg to get it there. The 56 yarder would have been good from 65 yards. It went in to the 3rd row of the stands. There was only one he missed badly and that was 55+ yards. There were only 9 kickers in the NFL last year that even made a field goal over 55 yards.

Besides the FG's he was asked to place and drive the ball on kickoffs. He did that. Putting the ball in the corner with hang or placing it at the goal with hang...only a handful of kickers in college can do that. When asked to kick it away, he was putting it in the stands.

I was super impressed with him.
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Now you know how us Gator fans felt when you guys got SJ. :eek:

However, I don't think that Mc will follow Bowden's choices with anything like Bobby's special 'Polish Rules' to cover any 'off-the-field' discipline issues... :D
 
Yep, Hardin was the #1 Kicker in the Nation coming out of HS, or so those never wrong recruiting services claimed.... ;)

He was 7 of 17 on FG's, 41% with a long of 43 yds, and he missed a few x-pts also. :confused:
He left UF having missed on more FG kicks than he made (16 of 36) in his career. :(

In the spring game 'Fast Eddie' was 3 of 5 for 60%, (46-52-56) with wide right misses at 52 and 53 yds on a very windy day. The 56 yarder was a UF Spring game record. :D
Throw in 5/5 on x-pts (scoring a total of 14 pts) and 9 of 10 KO's as touchbacks.
The one that wasn't a touchback was a 'hang-time' goal line shot, on a request by Mc.

So no, the Gators didn't really have a kicker last year,,, but they certainly do now! :p

Mc said that anytime they can cross mid-field that he'll give the kicker a shot at it.
Fast Eddies only got 3 years of eligibility left to play, but I could still see him becoming UF's all time scoring leader by the time he goes. Like Gator fans everywhere, I'm stoked about our new kicker! :cool:
 
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I liked what I saw. First of all, it looked like we have enough players to field a team, so we were able to scrimmage as opposed to running windsprints or whatever. Also, when the ball snapped, it looked like guys already knew where to go, as opposed to just running around. Often, it looked like the quarterback and the receiver both knew where the receiver was supposed to go, and the quarterback would throw the ball in that direction. I thought it was a big step forward.
 
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I liked what I saw. First of all, it looked like we have enough players to field a team, so we were able to scrimmage as opposed to running windsprints or whatever. Also, when the ball snapped, it looked like guys already knew where to go, as opposed to just running around. Often, it looked like the quarterback and the receiver both knew where the receiver was supposed to go, and the quarterback would throw the ball in that direction. I thought it was a big step forward.
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I think it helped that Mac had the starters playing together.
 
ocalaman said:
QB play should definitely be an upgrade over the last half of last season. Kicking game will be at the Division 1 level, but could be really special. But, to me, it' still going to come down to whether or not we have an offensive line that can perform consistently against SEC defenses. Defense should be solid, but I wonder if it will be as good as last year's. Quality depth in the front 7, especially LB, is a concern. We won games we could easily have lost last year, yet we still could get to 10 wins. But it's going to be a challenge. He's got to have a great recruiting class, especially at O-line, D-line and LB positions.
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Maybe I can address your concerns as to the quality and depth at certain positions.

The biggest, loudest, and most often cheered kicker in O & B game history was 'Fast Eddie.'
The 46,000 that watched him live on a very windy day from 46+ yards think he's exceptional.
Low (blocked) kIcks are a thing of the past, he put his 1st x-pt in the 2nd deck chair-backs.
His 52 yard FG went through even with the top of the goal posts!
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* Please don't let this kid ride/drive one of those crappy little motor-scooters... o_O

IMO, his leg is the front half of kicker ability. His character and personality are the other half.
I see him as not just being good, but as having a very good chance to be the best kicker in UF history.

To highlight the Front 7:

13. #3 ILB Daniel McMillian 6-1 227 Sr **** - Jacksonville, FL
25. #5 OLB Mat Rolin 6-3 220 rsJr **** - Ashburn, VA
28. NR OLB Kylan Johnson 6-1 228 rsFr *** - Dallas TX (QB>SS>OLB)
(Spring - 8 Tkls, 6 Solo, 1 QB-H, 1 Int)
33. #26 ILB David Reese 6-0 240 4.8/40 Fr **** - Farmington, MI - EE (coming on fast)
34. #1 ILB Alex Anzalone 6-3 237 Sr ***** - Wyomissing, PA
40. #47 OLB Jarrad Davis 6-2 230 Sr *** - Kingsland, GA (way underrated - starter)
44. NR OLB Rayshad Jackson 6-0 220 rsFr *** - Miami, FL
Summer Arrivals:
#17 OLB Vosean Joseph 6-1 215 5.0/40 Fr **** - Miami, FL
#24 OLB Jeremia Moon 6-4 207 4.7/40 Fr **** - Hoover, AL
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52. LB Steven Stipe 5-11 210 rsJr ** - Waycross, GA - W-O
56. LB Cristian Garcia 6-1 233 rsJr ** - Miami, FL - W-O
45. LB R.J. Raymond 6-2 247 rsSo ** - Atlantic Beach, FL - W-O
LB Isaac Brinson 6-0 198 rsFr ** - Green Cove Springs, FL - W-O
41. LB Darius Singletary 6-1 203 rsFr ** - Jacksonville, FL - W-O
58. LB Jahim Lawrence 5-11 223 rsFr ** - Hollywood, FL - W-O
46. LB Will Thomas 5-9 226 Fr ** - Dunnellon, FL - W-O
IF not for the 1st 9 roster LB'ers, 2-3 of those W-O's could probably play.
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17. RUSH Jordan Sherit 6-4 251 rsJr **** - Vero Beach, FL (OLB/DE)
97. RUSH Justus Reed 6-3 242 rsSo **** - Clearwater, FL (OLB/DE)
42. RUSH Jordan Smith 6-5 238 *** Fr - Lithonia, Ga - EE (#35 DEws)
SEC Offers: UF - UA, UK, LSU, Ms, MSSt, Miz, SCa, Tenn.
Other Offers: FSU, Mia, GaTech, UL, NCSt, ND, tOSU, PSU, Va, WVa.
~ Not to bad of an offer list for what rivals recruiting lists as just a 3 Star recruit....
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70. NR DE Forrest Palmore 6-2 264 ** - rsSo - Punta Gorda, FL
92. #45 DE/DT Jabari Zuniga 6-3 240 rsFr *** - Marietta, GA
94. #62 DE Bryan Cox Jr 6-3 268 rsSr *** - Ft Lauderdale, FL (underrated starter)
95. #138 DE Keivonnis Davis 6-4 244 So *** - Miami, FL
98. #148 DE Like Ancrum 6-5 257 rsFr *** - Sebring, FL
Summer Arrivals:
#2 DE Antonneous Clayton 6-3 235 4.70/40 Fr ***** - Vienna, GA
#47 DE Jachai Polite 6-2 259 Fr **** - Daytona Bch,
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54. #21 DT Khairi Clark 6-2 326 rsSo **** - Hollywood, FL
57. #6 DT Caleb Brantley 6-2 300 rsJr **** - Crescent City, FL
62. #44 DT Andrew Ivie 6-1 278 rsFr *** - Dade City, FL (Joey's brother)
91. #12 DT/DE Joey Ivie 6-3 290 Sr **** - Dade City, FL (DE grew into starting DT)
93. #35 DT/DE Taven Bryan 6-5 293 rsSo *** - Casper, WY (DE grew into DT)
96. #2 DT/DE CeCe Jefferson 6-1 270 So ***** - Glen St. Mary
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55. #2 DT/DE Thomas Holley 6-3 260 rsSo ***** - Brooklyn, NY
(320, down to 260 per Hip surgery)
His football career is now questionable due to his recurring hip problems. (bummer) :(

They all still have to make it through the long hot summer and then through Fall practice.
Then they hopefully make it through the season too, but they're loo-king-gud so far... :cool:
The Front 7 are 3 deep overall for now, with fairly decent quality/experience 2 deep.

Any SEC team needs it's starters to stay healthy for even a shot at the SEC-C.
You can still have a winning season with the 2 deep. If it goes to the 3 deep like it did in unlucky 2013, then the season can turn to chit.... :oops: (72 lost starts due to injuries) :eek:

PS

Mc-Nuss has brought the OL depth up to 19 available, with excellent starters.

78. #2 LT David Sharpe 6-6 347 Jr ***** 2L - Jacksonville, FL
73. #1 LG/LT Martez Ivey 6-5 312 So ***** 1L - Apopka, FL (Fr OG All SEC Team)
54. #20 C/OG Cameron Dillard 6-4 308 rsJr **** 3L - Canton, MI
64. #3 RG/C Tyler Jordan 6-4 295 So **** 1L - Jacksonville, FL
74. #155 RT Fred Johnson 6-6 305 So *** 2L - West Palm Beach, FL (underrated, Fr Starter)
4 of those 5 were good enough to play/start as true Fr in the SEC. :cool:

Those 5 and 3-4 more will start and/or switch out during the games.
 
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looked a lot better than I expected, if we can get some QB play at all like that we could be tough to deal with
 
Insta,

Not even the biggest UF homer around could call our o-line excellent. The only basis for that belief would be their star rankings you just listed, and you just spent the past 3 months telling us stars don't mean anything so I'm sure that isn't the basis for your claim, right? Because it certainly hasn't been their on-field play, even if I expect them to be better this year.
 
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oozie7 said:
Insta,

Not even the biggest UF homer around could call our o-line excellent. The only basis for that belief would be their star rankings you just listed, and you just spent the past 3 months telling us stars don't mean anything so I'm sure that isn't the basis for your claim, right? Because it certainly hasn't been their on-field play, even if I expect them to be better this year.
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UF led the entire country last year in sacks allowed. No need to revisit the other offensive stats to understand the o-line has a lot of room to improve.
 
93nole99 said:
UF led the entire country last year in sacks allowed. No need to revisit the other offensive stats to understand the o-line has a lot of room to improve.
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UF also had the youngest starting offensive line by total combined starts last year in modern NCAA history. (Post WW2). So 10 wins and winning the East in a year where we had the most inexperienced offensive line of any D1 team since WW2, I think they did pretty darn good, especially considering the last 3 losses of the season were every bit as much that we didn't have a QB as it was anyone else's fault.
 
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grommit said:
UF also had the youngest starting offensive line by total combined starts last year in modern NCAA history. (Post WW2).
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Considering how many different teams have played in the past 70 seasons...to have the most inexperienced o-line of anyone during that span suggests you guys are in a very different place than you've been.
 
oozie7 said:
Insta,

Not even the biggest UF homer around could call our o-line excellent. The only basis for that belief would be their star rankings you just listed, and you just spent the past 3 months telling us stars don't mean anything so I'm sure that isn't the basis for your claim, right? Because it certainly hasn't been their on-field play, even if I expect them to be better this year.
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I listed the stars for those that put a lot of stock in them. (I will of course use them whenever they help my own point of view, just as you would to aid your own point of view, are you new?) o_O

What impressed me was that the youngest OL in UF history (I believe) helped win 10 games, went 7-1 in the monster SEC and won the SECe-C by going 6-0, even after losing the starting QB mid-season.
The SEC Media Daze morons predicted UF being 7-5 at best and #5 in the SECe. I'd say that the entire team, including the very young OL did exceptionally well, also helping Kelvin break 1,000 yards rushing. After Grier was lost, other teams were loading the box, knowing the passing drop-off with that other guy... :oops:

I call the OL starters excellent, whether you like it or agree is your problem, not mine. :p

I think that the first 8 on the 2016 OL will be good enough to help the play makers get back to the SEC-C game. You and others in your 'circle' are welcome to wallow in your doom & gloom all you like, just don't expect me to ever join you... :cool:
 
93nole99 said:
UF led the entire country last year in sacks allowed. No need to revisit the other offensive stats to understand the o-line has a lot of room to improve.
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Sacks are the sole responsibility of the OL. None of the playmakers have anything at all to do with it.
Gotcha, and thanks so much for a criminole's spot on point of view on that.... :confused:
 
instaGATOR said:
Maybe I can address your concerns as to the quality and depth at certain positions.

The biggest, loudest, and most often cheered kicker in O & B game history was 'Fast Eddie.'
The 46,000 that watched him live on a very windy day from 46+ yards think he's exceptional.
Low (blocked) kIcks are a thing of the past, he put his 1st x-pt in the 2nd deck chair-backs.
His 52 yard FG went through even with the top of the goal posts!
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* Please don't let this kid ride/drive one of those crappy little motor-scooters... o_O

IMO, his leg is the front half of kicker ability. His character and personality are the other half.
I see him as not just being good, but as having a very good chance to be the best kicker in UF history.

To highlight the Front 7:

13. #3 ILB Daniel McMillian 6-1 227 Sr **** - Jacksonville, FL
25. #5 OLB Mat Rolin 6-3 220 rsJr **** - Ashburn, VA
28. NR OLB Kylan Johnson 6-1 228 rsFr *** - Dallas TX (QB>SS>OLB)
(Spring - 8 Tkls, 6 Solo, 1 QB-H, 1 Int)
33. #26 ILB David Reese 6-0 240 4.8/40 Fr **** - Farmington, MI - EE (coming on fast)
34. #1 ILB Alex Anzalone 6-3 237 Sr ***** - Wyomissing, PA
40. #47 OLB Jarrad Davis 6-2 230 Sr *** - Kingsland, GA (way underrated - starter)
44. NR OLB Rayshad Jackson 6-0 220 rsFr *** - Miami, FL
Summer Arrivals:
#17 OLB Vosean Joseph 6-1 215 5.0/40 Fr **** - Miami, FL
#24 OLB Jeremia Moon 6-4 207 4.7/40 Fr **** - Hoover, AL
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52. LB Steven Stipe 5-11 210 rsJr ** - Waycross, GA - W-O
56. LB Cristian Garcia 6-1 233 rsJr ** - Miami, FL - W-O
45. LB R.J. Raymond 6-2 247 rsSo ** - Atlantic Beach, FL - W-O
LB Isaac Brinson 6-0 198 rsFr ** - Green Cove Springs, FL - W-O
41. LB Darius Singletary 6-1 203 rsFr ** - Jacksonville, FL - W-O
58. LB Jahim Lawrence 5-11 223 rsFr ** - Hollywood, FL - W-O
46. LB Will Thomas 5-9 226 Fr ** - Dunnellon, FL - W-O
IF not for the 1st 9 roster LB'ers, 2-3 of those W-O's could probably play.
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17. RUSH Jordan Sherit 6-4 251 rsJr **** - Vero Beach, FL (OLB/DE)
97. RUSH Justus Reed 6-3 242 rsSo **** - Clearwater, FL (OLB/DE)
42. RUSH Jordan Smith 6-5 238 *** Fr - Lithonia, Ga - EE (#35 DEws)
SEC Offers: UF - UA, UK, LSU, Ms, MSSt, Miz, SCa, Tenn.
Other Offers: FSU, Mia, GaTech, UL, NCSt, ND, tOSU, PSU, Va, WVa.
~ Not to bad of an offer list for what rivals recruiting lists as just a 3 Star recruit....
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70. NR DE Forrest Palmore 6-2 264 ** - rsSo - Punta Gorda, FL
92. #45 DE/DT Jabari Zuniga 6-3 240 rsFr *** - Marietta, GA
94. #62 DE Bryan Cox Jr 6-3 268 rsSr *** - Ft Lauderdale, FL (underrated starter)
95. #138 DE Keivonnis Davis 6-4 244 So *** - Miami, FL
98. #148 DE Like Ancrum 6-5 257 rsFr *** - Sebring, FL
Summer Arrivals:
#2 DE Antonneous Clayton 6-3 235 4.70/40 Fr ***** - Vienna, GA
#47 DE Jachai Polite 6-2 259 Fr **** - Daytona Bch,
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54. #21 DT Khairi Clark 6-2 326 rsSo **** - Hollywood, FL
57. #6 DT Caleb Brantley 6-2 300 rsJr **** - Crescent City, FL
62. #44 DT Andrew Ivie 6-1 278 rsFr *** - Dade City, FL (Joey's brother)
91. #12 DT/DE Joey Ivie 6-3 290 Sr **** - Dade City, FL (DE grew into starting DT)
93. #35 DT/DE Taven Bryan 6-5 293 rsSo *** - Casper, WY (DE grew into DT)
96. #2 DT/DE CeCe Jefferson 6-1 270 So ***** - Glen St. Mary
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55. #2 DT/DE Thomas Holley 6-3 260 rsSo ***** - Brooklyn, NY
(320, down to 260 per Hip surgery)
His football career is now questionable due to his recurring hip problems. (bummer) :(

They all still have to make it through the long hot summer and then through Fall practice.
Then they hopefully make it through the season too, but they're loo-king-gud so far... :cool:
The Front 7 are 3 deep overall for now, with fairly decent quality/experience 2 deep.

Any SEC team needs it's starters to stay healthy for even a shot at the SEC-C.
You can still have a winning season with the 2 deep. If it goes to the 3 deep like it did in unlucky 2013, then the season can turn to chit.... :oops: (72 lost starts due to injuries) :eek:

PS

Mc-Nuss has brought the OL depth up to 19 available, with excellent starters.

78. #2 LT David Sharpe 6-6 347 Jr ***** 2L - Jacksonville, FL
73. #1 LG/LT Martez Ivey 6-5 312 So ***** 1L - Apopka, FL (Fr OG All SEC Team)
54. #20 C/OG Cameron Dillard 6-4 308 rsJr **** 3L - Canton, MI
64. #3 RG/C Tyler Jordan 6-4 295 So **** 1L - Jacksonville, FL
74. #155 RT Fred Johnson 6-6 305 So *** 2L - West Palm Beach, FL (underrated, Fr Starter)
4 of those 5 were good enough to play/start as true Fr in the SEC. :cool:

Those 5 and 3-4 more will start and/or switch out during the games.
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What recruiting service to do you use for these rankings and star grades?
 
instaGATOR said:
Sacks are the sole responsibility of the OL. None of the playmakers have anything at all to do with it.
Gotcha, and thanks so much for a criminole's spot on point of view on that.... :confused:
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Interesting. You reply to every post I make when you have me on "ignore"?

I never wrote playmakers have nothing to do with sacks...if it's easier for you to blame them too...go ahead. Maybe you can diddle with some bold face type and emoticons and whirl up something that proves the o-line was great despite the sack crown. :D
 
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You are a strange, strange dude. I would love to know your age and what you do for a living. Maybe provide some context.
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If you'd have been around here for more than the last 5 minutes (figuratively - 12 posts) then you'd already know that bit of info. I have 11,667 posts on rivals since I joined back in 1999.

My first game was at Old Florida Field when SOS was our QB, not the HBC. The first bowl game I attended was the 18-20 loss to Missouri :(. I retired many years ago at age 53. I had my first paying job when I was 10 years old and I've never drawn a single unemployment check, so now I do pretty much whatever I feel like doing each day with very little forward planning on it. I can see a dirt-nap not to many years into my future, so those who don't like me posting here will get a permanent break in the relatively near future. :oops:

Jus-fo-fun and cause I feel like it...
I'm a Native Floridian, living in Florida, (that's now a minority).
A decorated combat veteran (volunteer, not drafted).
A High School Dropout, I enlisted at Age 17.
However, I still graduated college with 127 semester hrs and a 3.67 GPA.
(I entered college with a USAFI GED, and on an academic challenge)
I'm in the UF Alumni Association, + several family members are UF Grads.
Happy now? o_O -- If not, you can go-fish... ;)

So, what's your age and what profession and/or life experiences do you have that makes you think that you can evaluate me and judge me with your ' strange, strange dude' label? What you think you know doesn't matter to me, nor do I care (or even bother to deny it). I'm just curious also? :cool:
 
instaGATOR said:
If you'd have been around here for more than the last 5 minutes (figuratively - 12 posts) then you'd already know that bit of info. I have 11,667 posts on rivals since I joined back in 1999.

My first game was at Old Florida Field when SOS was our QB, not the HBC. The first bowl game I attended was the 18-20 loss to Missouri :(. I retired many years ago at age 53. I had my first paying job when I was 10 years old and I've never drawn a single unemployment check, so now I do pretty much whatever I feel like doing each day with very little forward planning on it. I can see a dirt-nap not to many years into my future, so those who don't like me posting here will get a permanent break in the relatively near future. :oops:

Jus-fo-fun and cause I feel like it...
I'm a Native Floridian, living in Florida, (that's now a minority).
A decorated combat veteran (volunteer, not drafted).
A High School Dropout, I enlisted at Age 17.
However, I still graduated college with 127 semester hrs and a 3.67 GPA.
(I entered college with a USAFI GED, and on an academic challenge)
I'm in the UF Alumni Association, + several family members are UF Grads.
Happy now? o_O -- If not, you can go-fish... ;)

So, what's your age and what profession and/or life experiences do you have that makes you think that you can evaluate me and judge me with your ' strange, strange dude' label? What you think you know doesn't matter to me, nor do I care (or even bother to deny it). I'm just curious also? :cool:
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Don't be fooled by the 12 posts. I have been using this forum for a long long time. Well before 1999, in the Gator Country days.

There was a group of Gator radicals back in those days, nicknamed TGRRRT. I can't recall if you were part of that pyscho organization, but it would not surprise me at all. They were very military-like, and absolutely, staggeringly, insane.

My guess, based on your propensity to constantly repeat yourself, argue with everybody on this board, and make very odd comments which u then support with a serial use of emojis, is that u got hit in the heads with one too many grenades.
 
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Don't be fooled by the 12 posts. I have been using this forum for a long long time. (and that's why I have 12 listed posts - so yes, there's a fool in here somewhere) Well before 1999, in the Gator Country days.

There was a group of Gator radicals back in those days, nicknamed TGRRRT. I can't recall if you were part of that pyscho organization, (senility and memory loss go hand-n-hand) but it would not surprise me at all. They were very military-like, and absolutely, staggeringly, insane. (grandiose idiot, unsupported claims).

My guess, based on your propensity to constantly repeat yourself, argue with everybody on this board, (pompous lies) and make very odd comments (your own unsupported opinions) which u then support with a serial use of emojis, is that u got hit in the heads with one too many grenades. (extraneous bs)
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Yap, yap, yap, and although I answered your idiot questions, you totally dodged mine while running your mouth about bs that I was no part of. No age. No professional status, basically NADA.

Now, judging by your comments, I'd say that you are yet another of the panty-waist liberal coward types that will burn their draft cards or either run off to Canada to avoid the draft. You'll do nothing to support and defend the Constitution while you hide behind the protections that it provides, that were fought for by your betters.

Congrats. You've earned yourself a spot on my IGNORE list.
Do yourself a favor and put me on yours, so you won't have to suffer the agony of me rubbing your nose in your constant bs.
 
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I could tell by the smell of the Dunny-boy, that he would not be able to resist yet another of his constant 'stalking personal attacks' on me, dressed up as something else as usual.

You can't even count up to 20? Take off your shoes, that should get it done for you.

The only non-surprise for me is that none of the ones on my ignore list, have placed me on their's. Stalkers never want to ignore the object of their continued stalking. Just think how clean this board would be if those on my list, ALL put me on ignore, but that's obviously not what they want. Their entire game plan is to continue to attack & deny.... o_O

Little Dunny, what you don't understand about our 'Constitutional Republic' (it's not a Democracy) and the individual responsibilities of the united States citizens to control their government and it's military, fills many of the shelves of the average public library.
(while what you actually 'know' wouldn't fill your Granny's ivory thimble) :rolleyes:

You attack, I respond in kind, so now you can again run to a board mod to protect you and get rid of mean ole 'personal attack' me... :confused: (but maybe they'll be a bit smarter about it this time around,,, we'll see) :cool:
 
instaGATOR said:
I could tell by the smell of the Dunny-boy, that he would not be able to resist yet another of his constant 'stalking personal attacks' on me, dressed up as something else as usual.

You can't even count up to 20? Take off your shoes, that should get it done for you.

The only non-surprise for me is that none of the ones on my ignore list, have placed me on their's. Stalkers never want to ignore the object of their continued stalking. Just think how clean this board would be if those on my list, ALL put me on ignore, but that's obviously not what they want. Their entire game plan is to continue to attack & deny.... o_O

Little Dunny, what you don't understand about our 'Constitutional Republic' (it's not a Democracy) and the individual responsibilities of the united States citizens to control their government and it's military, fills many of the shelves of the average public library.
(while what you actually 'know' wouldn't fill your Granny's ivory thimble) :rolleyes:

You attack, I respond in kind, so now you can again run to a board mod to protect you and get rid of mean ole 'personal attack' me... :confused: (but maybe they'll be a bit smarter about it this time around,,, we'll see) :cool:
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Anyone else chuckling at the irony in the name-caller with the big ignore list commenting on another poster running for cover? Priceless. I'm on that list because I questioned the veracity of stats so that translates to stalking? I've never put a poster on ignore, you come to a big boy discussion board and face the music for what you post.... you can take a lot of heat, especially on a rival board, but you man up, or don't show up.
 
instaGATOR said:
I could tell by the smell of the Dunny-boy, that he would not be able to resist yet another of his constant 'stalking personal attacks' on me, dressed up as something else as usual.

You can't even count up to 20? Take off your shoes, that should get it done for you.

The only non-surprise for me is that none of the ones on my ignore list, have placed me on their's. Stalkers never want to ignore the object of their continued stalking. Just think how clean this board would be if those on my list, ALL put me on ignore, but that's obviously not what they want. Their entire game plan is to continue to attack & deny.... o_O

Little Dunny, what you don't understand about our 'Constitutional Republic' (it's not a Democracy) and the individual responsibilities of the united States citizens to control their government and it's military, fills many of the shelves of the average public library.
(while what you actually 'know' wouldn't fill your Granny's ivory thimble) :rolleyes:

You attack, I respond in kind, so now you can again run to a board mod to protect you and get rid of mean ole 'personal attack' me... :confused: (but maybe they'll be a bit smarter about it this time around,,, we'll see) :cool:
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Please keep up the good work Mr.InstaGator...... Very enjoyable reading..... although you don't replace the Chimp (BONG) its still fun to read....
 
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