Crap, Alexis and Aberdeen to the portal [Aberdeen To Kentucky]

100% it was a different ball game and I think that is the crux of the new college sports. The name on the jersey used to mean everything. It is what made college sports different than pro sports. The name means very little, if anything, now. It is free agency without the salary caps or contracts.
As for my kids....we have a a strict rule in house. No FSU, UGA, or UK.

 

Hearing AJ Brown will be in Gainesville tomorrow. I predict he will pull the UF trigger.

Hope it works out for DA in Ky unless he is playing against UF.

 

He went from a hero to a villain to the students. If Kentucky visits the Odome next year, the Rowdies will be relentless. Lol.

 

Florida fans sure seemed to show up in Raleigh, San Fran, and San Antonio in droves. And most of those traditional blue bloods haven’t exactly been setting the world on fire lately (North Carolina, Kansas, Indiana, UCLA).

 

It's wings thing. He likes to disregard the most recent 30 years of success under multiple coaching regimes while heavily weighting the pre-airconditioning days of yesteryear...

 

I laughed reading this. So true. Wing isn’t even a NBN OG. Put him back on the baseball board!

 

Concur.

 

To be fair, he remembers those blue bloods before integration!

 

I was going to reference that but figured I'd keep it simple haha. Wing just likes to stir things up. No hard feelings although I do believe he sells us short on what we are in basketball a good bit. Final fours with Kruger, Donovan and Golden. Several elite 8s and final 4s. 3 titles under 2 coaches and 2 other runner ups. Even under White florida wasn't a bottom feeder just mid.

 

As they should. If anyone doesn’t mind our 3-year future starting giard going to a hated rival, why even be a fan? If it seems fine to not only bolt for money but go to a hated rival, then what is it you’re cheering for as a fan? THIS is why Golden says he goes after guys that “want to be a Gator”. Because in today’s NCAA, at least there’s a fighting chance he’ll want to stay. Martin turned down more money to be a Gator. He will always he a Gator legend. I’m sure Cal Ripken Jr, Tim Duncan and countless other pro athletes that stayed with one team their whole lives will always be legends, not only because of their greatness but also their LOYALTY. I’m sure they were all offered a boatload of money to go somewhere else, but didn’t. Loyalty doesn’t have a price tag. Loyalty is earned over time. He was a champion here, but he pissed away legend status by going to a hated rival for more money. Was it worth it? I don’t think so

 

DA slumming it isn't what I expected.
At least leave us for a basketball program with more than 1/3 of our success in the last 20 years.

 

Bingo.

He was even getting national attention during the national telecasts for his patience and loyalty, when he could have transferred. Kind of crazy for him to transfer just weeks later.

To be fair, that was a different scenario. He was indeed patient, but if he’d transferred previously it likely would have been for playing time, rather than some big $$$ payday. He’d been getting more and more attention, so that probably raised the $$$ considerably. First time his actual “loyalty” was put to the test. I don’t like it, but nobody knows the exact $$$ disparity so it’s hard to judge. If it’s just 10% or 20% then it makes you wonder, but if he doubled his $$$ then maybe it’s something not many would pass up.

 

I would hate to lose a UF player to any rival.

Regarding Florida's last loss, Georgia's win over Florida did cost them a share of the regular season 2025 SEC Title {doesn't that sound familiar?} with Auburn. Florida did come out flat in that road game and that was costly.

Previously, Florida had won (a program best) 12 in a row over the bulldogs and sort of kept Georgia under control before the loss in Athens. Florida Gators Men's Basketball History vs University of Georgia


You are right about Kentucky being the top rivalry for Florida in basketball, Florida has won only a couple of games in the last 13 games or so.
Florida–Kentucky rivalry - Wikipedia

Florida also has basketball rivalries with Tennessee, LSU and FSU. Tennessee actually celebrates Don Devoe on one of their basketball sites. After Sloan was dismissed, Devoe tried to destroy the Florida basketball program who were defending SEC Champions before being fired himself. Tennessee Volunteers basketball - Wikipedia

 

If he got paid, I'm not mad. Just sad at the state of the game.

If he didn't get paid (a lot) more, then I'll feel different.

I'd need hard proof to convince me of the latter.

"Loyalty" is easy to talk about if you're already wealthy - it's short sighted to expect anyone to turn down life changing money.

 

Where/when did Urban redshirt?

 

The SEC has been screwing UF for half a century or more. Screw the SEC.