Here is the latest report from IAKW
UPDATE 2:36pm Sunday: My two sources are split on the specifics, and I’ll get to answering “then why are you making an update?†in a minute. One expects the UF staff to formally announce their receipt of his LOI on Monday. This means that he either sneaked his signed LOI into the hands of UF staff before the game last night or they gave him another one to fill out, which he got his mom to sign and then handed/faxed it back. The other source says he doesn’t think it will be in the hands of UF staff until Wednesday. Now, here’s the common denominator of what they/logic/time are telling me:
Cece’s father definitely did something with the LOI. Something very naughty. What, I don’t know, but I think it’s safe to say he won’t win father of the year. We’re going on 96 hours since Cece committed to UF on live television, and 16 hours since Cece left the O’Dome after last night’s game, and still no announcement from the UAA confirming receipt of his LOI. I’ll remind you again that Cece is 100% Gator, but this is getting ridiculous.
UPDATE 3:48pm: Cece Jefferson just tweeted
“#UF19″. My source tells me that this is his way of announcing that his LOI has finally found its way into the hands of UF personnel. Keep checking for updates as I try to get some additional confirmation.
UPDATE 4:22pm: Multiple sources have confirmed to me that Cece’s LOI is in. The timing of the official announcement from UF is not yet known, but the sources have each said that it will probably be in sometime tomorrow. To no one’s surprise, his mother was the one who signed it. Here’s what I’ve been told. Cece went to the game last night with no LOI in hand. He enjoyed the game as a fan. But at some point after the game, he must have slipped into the athletic offices and gotten a new one, which he took home with him, quietly gave to his mother to sign, and then faxed it in sometime this morning/afternoon. There are still some details missing- how many LOI’s UF had to send the Jefferson’s, how his mother went behind his father’s back to sign it, and how it got faxed in without his father knowing- but those details are irrelevant at this point. All that we’re waiting for now is the statement from UF, and we can raise the Mission Accomplished flag.