(from gatorcountry):
Greetings to all.
Here is a combination of what I’ve heard, read and connected the dots on.
Coach Mc: He isn’t going anywhere so any talk of Scott Frost or someone else is just fan blabber.
Assistants: I expect that little change will be made in the staff. The big question on everyone’s mind in Nuss. I expect him back regardless of how I or any of you feel about him. Little change is good, at least for recruiting.
The current class: No defections even with the play on the field. The recruits know that UF is playing with a stacked deck against them. I don’t know if most realize that UF is playing a lot of freshmen and sophomore’s in the two deep. Guess what, there is no three deep.
Coynis Miller: I got word after the last candygram that he was not coming to UF. The Intel prior had been all pro UF. So I missed on him. It happens.
Who else: No Micah Parson or Kwantel Raines and probably no Jibonor or Tindall. On the positive side, don’t rule out Lamar just yet.
DT: Not good. Just being honest. That said, with Dunlap coming in and three from last year who I’m told are doing well, it is not severe. I’m also told that Carter is now projected inside. UF has Sorrells for 19 and he is a beast. Need 1-2 more in 19. You know who else is worried about DT, Bama. High quality DT’s are gold.
LB’er: It’s not good. UF at one time was only going to sign one. Perhaps the staff feels they will get back the suspended backers and this will be their RS year. I certainly hope so. I don’t think we sign another backer besides Reese.
So who do we sign: I expect UF takes the best available at this point and sort out the numbers later.
UF finishes with: 3-4 on O-line. I stay with my previous projections of Montilus, Barnes, Gouilage and NPF to add to Dunlap. Some are reporting NPF trending away from UF but he is hard to read and I still say UF at this point. I believe we will add AS at WR. We may lose one of the WR commits but who really knows at this point? We get Chatfield and another on DL, most likely the JC Gerald. I think we add a DB and a PK which puts UF at 25 plus the 2 transfers.
A surprise: There could be one and right now I’m 50/50 on it happening. Actually there could be two but I can say no more right now.
Fan Boards: about 90% of the threads are negative on swamp gas. I get it, I do, but it has little effect on the recruiting world-thankfully. Most recruits feel they can make a difference so in that vein; a mediocre year should not have a big effect on the class.
Rivals recruiting: Mediocre year for the Noles and a down year for Bama by their standards. Auburn will finish with a very good class as will UGA.
Conclusion: Nothing earth shattering which is good for UF right now.