Official UF Indoor Practice Facility - Fall 2015

[GatorTAG]

GatorZone Football ‏@GatorZoneFB 5m5 minutes ago
It's official! UAA announces plans to build an indoor practice facility, to open Fall 2015. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=29562…

 

[GatorTAG]

Complete release. http://www.gatorzone.com/story.php?id=29562

 

[NavetG8r]

Awesome! Now some of the top recruits will start looking at us again!

















/sarcasm

 

[WobbleGator]

Great news on the IPF.

 

[ATXGator]

That's great with a quick turn around. Shows recruits we are serious about facilities and that can't be used as negative recruiting.

 

[ATXGator]

"Based on plans released by the UAA, the indoor practice facility will house a 120-yard synthetic turf football field, additional space for practice drills on the north end of the field, three camera platforms, satellite training-room facilities, equipment storage and restrooms."

Next step is going to be upgrading locker rooms and player lounge, etc...

 

[PatDooleySucks]

I know this is something that is necessary in the college football arms race, but this is so, so unnecessary for improving the play on the field. Are they going to practice in this when it's simply pouring outside? I hope not. This is a recruiting tool, which I get. But it's just like your damn kid wanting something because the other kids on the block have one. It's going to be negligible in improving us as a football team on the field but will hopefully accelerate us leaps and bounds in recruiting. Although, before this year. We really haven't had issues recruiting. Therefore, I don't even really see it necessary for that. Winning cures all. Not indoor practice facilities.

LeSigh. At least we won't miss summer and fall practices due to lighting. This will not be ready by fall of 2015. That is blowing a lot of sunshine up these recruits' ass.

 

[Leroy Jenkins]

About time. That had to be used against us in recruiting..not many hotter places than Florida out there and an indoor practice facility makes a lot of sense. Nice!

 

[PatDooleySucks]

On a more positive note, I am glad that our current admin (that some people on here bash) is doing EVERYTHING possible to win. Time for Gator fans to respond by putting more butts in the seat.

 

[MidwestChomp]

For sure it's keeping up with the Joneses. Looks great.

 

[Leroy Jenkins]

Sadly, it's gonna take some more winning, or at least some more excitement and a bit more winning (I think CJM will bring in an exciting and creative offensive right away, at the very least) to put more butts in the seat. When Meyer was doing his thing we had no issues with people being at our home games and staying until the very end. You always thought we had a chance to win, and we usually did. Convincingly.

 

[GatorStud]

There is no substitute for heat, sweat and practicing handling a wet ball... lightning is a different story though.

 

[ATXGator]

I know this is something that is necessary in the college football arms race, but this is so, so unnecessary for improving the play on the field. Are they going to practice in this when it's simply pouring outside? I hope not. This is a recruiting tool, which I get. But it's just like your damn kid wanting something because the other kids on the block have one. It's going to be negligible in improving us as a football team on the field but will hopefully accelerate us leaps and bounds in recruiting. Although, before this year. We really haven't had issues recruiting. Therefore, I don't even really see it necessary for that. Winning cures all. Not indoor practice facilities.

LeSigh. At least we won't miss summer and fall practices due to lighting. This will not be ready by fall of 2015. That is blowing a lot of sunshine up these recruits' ass.

We haven't really recruited in the past couple years... we have missed out on a lot of big time prospects that would have made a difference. Facilities do make a difference as this is where the recruits spend a large amount of their time. If you are looking at houses or apartments you want the one with nicer amenities right (assuming same price). There are a lot of very good football programs out there, to act like we are above all of them is crazy. We need to stay competitive with facilities and we are doing so now.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Adam Lane shts himself and gets a banner hung?

Edit: Damn, it actually has Elams name

 

[KCgator]

We haven't really recruited in the past couple years... we have missed out on a lot of big time prospects that would have made a difference. Facilities do make a difference as this is where the recruits spend a large amount of their time. If you are looking at houses or apartments you want the one with nicer amenities right (assuming same price). There are a lot of very good football programs out there, to act like we are above all of them is crazy. We need to stay competitive with facilities and we are doing so now.

This. Facilities matter, and they matter because top level recruits want them. Couch potato morning quarterbacks should shut the hell up and let the athletic department assess and do what they feel is necessary to be competitive.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Recruits when they walk into the new IPF...

 

[fischerwood]

The south end zone was built between the end of the '81 and beginning of the '82 season. they installed the last seats 2 hours before kickoff of the Miami game. SO IT CAN BE DONE MM Parrish did the General contracting and i't also a good way to prepare for playing an opponent on their ShI**y turf (i.e., Commode dores). So deal with it and GO GATORS

 

[Bernardo de la Paz]

 

[PatDooleySucks]

We haven't really recruited in the past couple years... we have missed out on a lot of big time prospects that would have made a difference. Facilities do make a difference as this is where the recruits spend a large amount of their time. If you are looking at houses or apartments you want the one with nicer amenities right (assuming same price). There are a lot of very good football programs out there, to act like we are above all of them is crazy. We need to stay competitive with facilities and we are doing so now.

Which class in the last couple of years do you consider "haven't really recruited"? The number four class in the nation in 2013 or the number eight class in the nation in 2014?

 

[KCgator]

Which class in the last couple of years do you consider "haven't really recruited"? The number four class in the nation in 2013 or the number eight class in the nation in 2014?

Every time I see your comments and avatar, I want to punch my screen...