Spring ball: Spring Scrimmage on Saturday

[Back Alley Gator]

The rosters look fairly evenly matched to me, so I’m predicting Blue wins 6-3. The difference will come from Orange missing one more FG attempt than Blue does.

Given the "game changer" coaches for the two teams this is likely correct. Fat boy Couch will be too busy stuffing his face with pasta and sauce to get the fg team lined up in time.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

We’re probably the deepest we’ve been there in a decade. Not sure whether the talent translates but the talent is there.

what's the 247 team talent rating?

 

[t-gator]

what's the 247 team talent rating?

Not what it was when mullen was here

 

[Silverback Gator]

Not what it was when mullen was here

Really? Lord, I hope our roster has improved somewhat. Re offense, decent talent is enough if the playbook is solid. STs does not require all world talent, just training and coordination.

 

[soflagator]

Could be considered a favorite from the class because he's a guy that clearly wanted to be at UF. Go Aaron, go Gators. Need two guys that can play the position well.

That whole DB group showed a lot of resolve. Both Denson and Jackson had the canes all over them until the final second. Dijon seemed a bit more of a convenience decision, which I’m still cool with. But the others were all Gator and stuck the whole time.

 

[GatorJB]

Looks to me that the blue team has better players overall.

Either Napier will call plays for both teams or Callaway will call the blue and Sale the orange. If the co-OCs are calling the plays, then this game just got more interesting imo. If the blue team scores a lot of points, then perhaps that will increase the pressure for Napier to give up play calling.

 

[soflagator]

Either Napier will call plays for both teams or Callaway will call the blue and Sale the orange. If the co-OCs are calling the plays, then this game just got more interesting imo. If the blue team scores a lot of points, then perhaps that will increase the pressure for Napier to give up play calling.

We had a dozen or more devastating plays by STs last year and he didn’t make any fundamental changes there. For better or worse, this is what our team is. It will either work suddenly, or we will fail and he’s gone. But the notion that he’s going to change is probably as unlikely as anyone ever had, including WM.

 

[GatorJB]

We had a dozen or more devastating plays by STs last year and he didn’t make any fundamental changes there. For better or worse, this is what our team is. It will either work suddenly, or we will fail and he’s gone. But the notion that he’s going to change is probably as unlikely as anyone ever had, including WM.

I don't know why so many coaches struggle to learn from their mistakes. I always assumed inflated egos, and maybe that's it. Napier seemed more humble than that when he was hired, but I agree with you. He hasn't done anything for us to believe he's any different. He's mainly just been all talk so far, with the exception of recruiting efforts. The only thing hindering his recruiting is his win-loss record.

 

[Gatorbait25]

we have one of these feel good improvement stories every year. last year it was our new hotshot DC, mr hambone jack off, that we "stole" from bama.

then the season starts.

First play of the season for the utes…. A 70 yard touchdown bomb from their 3rd string walk on welcoming the great hambino to big time college football with a dickslap for the ages .

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Not what it was when mullen was here

Post it. I don't pay 247 .

Edit: I guess it is free but not out yet.

2021 #7 talent. https://247sports.com/Season/2021-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/

Has dropped to #15 under Cajun Taggart in 2023. https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/

What do you want to be the #15 recruiting class last year doesn't raise it back to top 10 in 2024?

Not what it was when Mullen was here, correct. It is worse though not quite as bad as Butterteeth. I know reality is painful for some.

 

[Bait'n Gator]

I don't know why so many coaches struggle to learn from their mistakes. I always assumed inflated egos, and maybe that's it. Napier seemed more humble than that when he was hired, but I agree with you. He hasn't done anything for us to believe he's any different. He's mainly just been all talk so far, with the exception of recruiting efforts. The only thing hindering his recruiting is his win-loss record.

Because they get paid millions of dollars a year to coach a fuching game, of course most are egotistical shytbags.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Because they get paid millions of dollars a year to coach a fuching game, of course most are egotistical shytbags.

Im not sure this guy is egotistical. Most are.

I think this dude is exactly the moron he sounds like. He only knows what he learned as a lackey under Butterteeth at Bammer after being failed coordinator at Clemson.

 

[GatorJ]

Post it. I don't pay 247 .

Edit: I guess it is free but not out yet.

2021 #7 talent. https://247sports.com/Season/2021-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/

Has dropped to #15 under Cajun Taggart in 2023. https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/

What do you want to be the #15 recruiting class last year doesn't raise it back to top 10 in 2024?

Not what it was when Mullen was here, correct. It is worse though not quite as bad as Butterteeth. I know reality is painful for some.

I’m not gonna say that it’s not rated high enough. Because it’s not.

But a lot of Mullen’s guys did not qualify.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I’m not gonna say that it’s not rated high enough. Because it’s not.

But a lot of Mullen’s guys did not qualify.

That is the actual roster, not just some average of classes of people who signed. It also may be why the 2024 one isnt out, with another portal window opening.

I do agree that there are some problems with it. For instance, if you are a 5 star player who fails at Penn State, Clemson or Miami then transfers to Douchebag, you should be rated again in the transfer portal as appropriate (likey 2 or 3 star depth) vs a player who does well in Sunbelt and transfers, maybe you are a 4 star now instead of 2 or 3. I THINK Ive seen a star rating in the transfer portal now, a new rating, as they always did with jucos.

However it is still a metric of TALENT. It doesn't mean deveoloped talent. That is up to the coaches, obviously, and neither Dbag nor Potato can make this 7-15 rated talent perform like top 20 talent.

The spin that old Slingblade is fixing the roster doesn't jibe with ANYONE's actual talent evals or with Vegas' predictions.

 

[Silverback Gator]

That is the actual roster, not just some average of classes of people who signed.

I do agree that there are some problems with it. For instance, if you are a 5 star player who fails at Penn State, Clemson or Miami then transfers to Douchebag, you should be rated again in the transfer portal as appropriate (likey 2 or 3 star depth) vs a player who does well in Sunbelt and transfers, maybe you are a 4 star now instead of 2 or 3. I THINK Ive seen a star rating in the transfer portal now, a new rating, as they always did with jucos.

However it is still a metric of TALENT. It doesn't mean deveoloped talent. That is up to the coaches.

The spin that old Slingblade is fixing the roster doesn't jibe with ANYONE's actual talent evals or with Vegas' predictions.

None the less, pretty good if recruiting season starts in December… of that cycle. Imagine if recruiting was year round?

 

[Silverback Gator]

First play of the season for the utes…. A 70 yard touchdown bomb from their 3rd string walk on welcoming the great hambino to big time college football with a dickslap for the ages .

Remember Napier was smuggly confident of our Defense pre season.

 

[t-gator]

Post it. I don't pay 247 .

Edit: I guess it is free but not out yet.

2021 #7 talent. https://247sports.com/Season/2021-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/

Has dropped to #15 under Cajun Taggart in 2023. https://247sports.com/Season/2023-Football/CollegeTeamTalentComposite/

What do you want to be the #15 recruiting class last year doesn't raise it back to top 10 in 2024?

Not what it was when Mullen was here, correct. It is worse though not quite as bad as Butterteeth. I know reality is painful for some.

Yeah that's the point I was making. I knew we dropped to around 15. I'd imagine we're a little lower this year.

 

[t-gator]

I’m not gonna say that it’s not rated high enough. Because it’s not.

But a lot of Mullen’s guys did not qualify.

That's roster talent. Guys that are actually on the roster. Not recruiting rankings. And we've seen enough guys transfer and decomitt to kinda squash the "well mullen's guys never got in" argument. I mean, we've had more roster turnover than anyone these past few years.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

That's roster talent. Guys that are actually on the roster. Not recruiting rankings. And we've seen enough guys transfer and decomitt to kinda squash the "well mullen's guys never got in" argument. I mean, we've had more roster turnover than anyone these past few years.

We've lost way more under the current dildo than the last one.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

squash the "well mullen's guys never got in" argument.

Well, it is just as true now as it was then. His classes were full of people who knew couldn't qualify to flluff the numbers. His classes were REALLY mid teens also, just like Potato's classes.