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    Florida Gators

    Good writeup overall about the toss up. Only thing, I'm not sure this year is an extension year for Napier. To me, you only really need to give a "vote of confidence" extension if they are under 4 years left. He's got an 85% guaranteed contract through 2008.
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    Florida Gators

    Ooh... I could see exactly how that would play out. Unreasonable expectations after beating Utah; Maybe sneaking into the 20s in the polls; not as high as last year. A little return to Earth after losing to Tennessee; fall out of polls If the UTn game is close, then they'd probably inch their way up to 15-20 ranking at 6-1 heading into the Cocktail with unreasonable hype by CBS to make the game look bigger than it will be. Double digit loss to UGA drops them to the edge of the rankings. Close loss to Arkansas at home bring a bunch of "hangover from UGA/UGA broke them articles" Loss to LSU expected. Probably depends on how bad it is. A win on the road @ Mizzou shows signs of some improvement Disappointing loss to FSU at the end that most people had convinced ourselves that we'd win. Probably a loss in the Gasparilla Bowl to some middle of the road ACC team where a couple key skill position players sit out in prep for the draft.
  3. Well, we're definitely a part of it. All three of their rivals are down right now (Florida, Auburn, Georgia Tech); Oklahoma was canceled because of realignment. They do have Tennessee on the road, but this is also a year that they only have 4 road games on the schedule so anyone else who might be able to sneak up on them (South Carolina, Ole Miss) has to come to Athens.
  4. San Diego State tight end reveals players were told multiple times they were joining Pac-12
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    Florida Gators

    This season will be rough. There are really only 3 games that should definitely be lockdowns for wins. We need to go .500 with the 6 "home game/road toss up" group to get to 6 wins. Our strength is our running game but if Mertz can't effectively get the ball out there to the receivers, then everyone will just stack the box. No idea if he can do it. Napier is bringing the talent but the schedule will make it tough to show any true gains in the win/loss column. Give him FSU's schedule (sans UF) and I can put 6 games in the "Better be/should be category" and another three toss ups. But that's the truth of it. It won't get any easier in 2024 so we'll just have to judge him against that curve. Better be wins: McNeese Charlotte Should be wins: Vanderbilt We've got a fair shot because they are at home: Arkansas Tennessee FSU Should be toss ups but they are on the road: @ Kentucky @ Mizzou @ South Carolina Tough road games, much more than likely a loss: @ LSU @ Utah Almost assuredly a loss: vs. Georgia
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    Florida Gators

    I was just making fun of the typo in the graphic's headline.
  7. Does the Pac always do just a one day media event? I thought these things usually started on a Monday and lasted all week.
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    Florida Gators

    We also have the Nation's Toughest Schedule.
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    Florida Gators

    He ended up at Arizona State. I don't think we'll ever know what fully happened but as far as I know, he signed a deal with Miami, but then his people took that deal to a UF booster to see if it could be bettered. In the end, they came to the UF collective with the "deal" already in place and funded and he flipped to Florida about a month before signing day. But then it started to fall apart. Some of the NIL was straight up against NCAA rules and possibly illegal in Florida. There were rumors that Miami had already given him money and now UF was expected to pay Miami on top of the deal as well as some unlisted legal fees that were being added to the top. But the contract also apparently gave UF the right to end the deal at any time without penalty. The deal couldn't be salvaged and the booster that had agreed to the deal walked; the Gator Collective that was the one that agreed to the bad deal was acquired by a different Gator Collective. There were some rumors that Ruiz in Miami knew it was a bad deal and did it anyway to poison the well if someone else got him. Of course, if you follow Ruiz, there's a decent chance that all of his contracts questionably legal and funded. His company is about to be delisted from NASDAQ for fraud.
  10. I imagine that didn't go over well on Texags.
  11. Yeah. I thought it was a given that they'd make UGA @ A&M happen in 2024 since it's the most talked about missed matchup from our annoying 12 year rotation. But for some reason, they have Florida attached to A&M and Arkansas. Since the 2012 expansion, the SEC has had 4 "off year" schedules that were not part of the set rotation. Either A&M or Arkansas (or both) were added. 2012 - UF @ A&M (lost @ Ole Miss and Auburn) 2013 - Arky @ UF (lost Ole Miss; would have played @ Arky under old rotation) 2020 - Arky @ UF; UF @ A&M 2024 - UF @ A&M (lost @ Auburn) And of course, through the 10 seasons of the 12 game rotation, we also played both Arky and A&M twice. We will miss out on Auburn again in 2024. The SEC doesn't seem to care about that rivalry.
  12. At least we've got some good home games with Tennessee, Arkansas, and FSU. Maybe we can win 2 of those and make the drive home a bit easier. Last year Utah and South Carolina wins made up for some of those close losses.
  13. Logistically, do they have time to fully clean house before summer practice?
  14. Looks like you left it on broil.
  15. I've always hated the cold and prefer dealing with heat and humidity. I'm the guy wearing long johns when it's 50 out. That said, the last couple of years have been brutal. The heat index is off the charts this summer. I sweat through my clothes in a matter of minutes and it just doesn't evaporate out. I simply can't go out and work in the yard without a break every 15 minutes with a fan and cold washcloths.
  16. Speaking of the baseball coach. Helluva writeup. https://www.insidenu.com/2023/7/11/23790437/former-northwestern-baseball-players-staffers-detail-misconduct-lack-accountability-under-jim-foster
  17. Between this an the baseball coach hiring decision, this is starting to look like others are going to be cut loose at Northwestern.
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