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2022 ESD Thread -- As They Come In -- Let’s Go!!

Discussion in 'Awesome Recruiting' started by twodaparty, Dec 21, 2022.

  1. GatorChoice

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    So Gates, Dijon and Tejada still pending of our commits?
     
  2. magnafides

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    Smith/Russaw to Alabama. What a surprise. Not sure why they dragged this out until ESD.
     
  3. Crusher

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    NIL = Rich get richer...just as I predicted.
     
  4. cubangator

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    Has dropped to #9 on ESPN as of 2 PM
     
  5. twodaparty

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    I access GC from my phone on Tapatalk so it would be difficult for me to do so which is why I linked the official Florida Gators Football Twitter that is announcing each LOI as they come in. I will see if I can find another link listing them all but to be honest any other site / source than UF isn’t 100% guaranteed to be accurate.
     
  6. atlantagator86

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    Yep! The past couple of recruiting seasons, I have stated that definitely about 90 but a 92+ average was where we needed to be consistently to be competitive.

    And even our 3-star signees have offers from Power 5 programs. I remember just a couple years ago when people here were trying to justify our 3 star guys who's best offers were from low P5 and non-P5 schools.

    I will give Napier a lot of credit if he holds this class together. It may not be what some of us hoped for but with the way the season ended, our rivals had a ton of ammunition to negative recruit against us.
     
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  7. 62gator

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    It’s far-far more than just $$$. Alabama is well tuned professional organization that has a proven gold lined pipeline to the league.
     
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  8. magnafides

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    Does Rashada actually have a signing time? A random person elsewhere said he was signing tomorrow but I can't find anything official hinting at that.
     
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  9. Zepgator

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    I think this staff has done a great job without throwing out tons of $.
     
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  10. Crusher

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    Of course they are, they get the best players and their coach knows what he is doing. It doesn't hurt that they jumped the gun on NIL by a decade or so.....I think you hit the nail on the head with your description of "professional."
     
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  11. gatorich

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    Absolutely! And then bitch about others using NIL money for recruiting when it becomes legit.
     
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  12. cdngator411

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    Edge is the name of the game, and they play it hardest and best. And if we want to be elite, we better start playing it too. If we don't want to do that, then we need to reduce our expectations of what this program is capable of.
     
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  13. gatorfanbill

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    Players and recruits who hold out for more money here at the end.. I’d just let them go to chase their greed.

    I want the guys who want to be Gators.. and trust God to bless the Gators regardless.

    Special thanks to all the commits we’ve had today. Welcome to the Gator Nation.
     
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  14. cubangator

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    Since Rashada hasn't signed YET, I suspect that he isn't included in the UF class, once he does if he does the class ranking will go up.
     
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  15. gatorhwk

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    I believe those are two different 'We's. One, being the administration, more than likely understands their expectations. The other, being the fan base, likely does not.
     
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  16. cubangator

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    This might be a joke, but there is a report out there that Travis Hunter will announce his commitment when he hits 100K subscribers on YouTube
     
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  17. sqgator

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    Is Rashada signing with us??
     
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  18. cdngator411

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    Very likely correct.
     
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  19. Crusher

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    Possibly...and if so, the administration conceals their set of expectations from the fan base such that the money trough won't run dry.
     
  20. LB from Ohio State in the portal committed to us. Tejeda Mitchell (sp?)
     
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