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    Florida Gators

    I agree that Golden looks good and we're trending in a positive direction, but he hasn't won anything yet. I didn't feel the need to mention every coach where the jury is still out.
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    Florida Gators

    We're in the middle of a president search. Fuchs stepped down in 2022 and DeSantis forced in Sasse, a politician from Nebraska with almost no educational experience. He lasted 18 months before stepping down and they're now dealing with tens of millions of missing dollars that he apparently handed out to his friends. Fuchs is back in as an interim.
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    Florida Gators

    Mullen was really bad at hiring assistants. He kept going to the well with some of the same guys that worked with him before, left and failed elsewhere. We found out later that it's just that he was really an unlikable person so the only people who would work with him were the same people who knew they could put up with him or had failed elsewhere and at least were going to get a better paycheck. I honestly don't know what we'll find out with Napier. He came in with the demand for an open checkbook, hired 100 staffers, but then just kept hiring friends from his wedding party as assistant coaches.
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    Florida Gators

    The administration changed between #4 and #5. Jeremy Foley was considered one of the best ADs in the country and made a ton of great hires across the board in athletics and is a major reason why UF has the streak of 30+ years finishing in the top 10 in the all-sports rankings, though it could be argued that he never made a good one for football. Spurrier was one of the last hires that Arnsparger made before returning to the NFL, and it's arguable that Meyer's hire was directed and made happen by then-president, Bernie Machen who had just come from Utah the year before. Stricklin has been the AD since 2016 and he brought Mullen with him from Miss St. and of all of the hires, the only one that's been successful has been Nesty, our swimming coach. He's also made two spectacularly bad coaching hires in women's basketball and soccer. Both who not only never won, but were fired over abuse accusations.
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    Florida Gators

    I think I said something before the season, it's not really what the record is. It's how the team is performing and how the recruiting class is coming together. The end result of the season probably doesn't change, but if the PTB have an actual strategy that in spires the current players and recruits to stay committed, that's when you would need to act. But that's a big IF. I haven't heard of any homerun hires out there that can stabilize the program between now and when they step on campus.
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    Florida Gators

    Sounds about right. The game is a blur, between the lightning delay, the rain, and maybe too many beers.
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    Florida Gators

    Yesterday could have gone better. I'd have to go back and rewatch now that I'm home -- but I don't want to -- but I think Napier was just swapping out QBs every series, nothing based on their play. Mertz seemed to be doing well but kept getting pulled. Our running game sucks. Johnson is a good RB, there's just no OL push.
  8. Just spitballing here, but potential for a lawsuit from the MWC? Considering that the Pac2 had been talking and negotiating with the MWC, I could see them argue some sort of utilizing confidential knowledge to break the MWC apart.
  9. That's pretty much how every conference save the SEC has been looked at. They have 1 or 2 banner programs that they depend on for perception and if they are down, the whole conference looks down. The SEC's run has been directly related to the fact that it has had more than 1 or 2 banner programs: Bama, UGA, Florida, LSU, and Auburn have all won. Tennessee and Aggie have the resources even if they have not won. Florida, Auburn and LSU have also had down periods during this run but it didn't hurt the perception since Bama and UGA were still winning.
  10. Right but not everyone else could win out.
  11. I'm not sure that's possible.
  12. I'm also disappointed that Florida isn't receiving more votes after beating a FCS team. I will only do my SEC chant at half volume today.
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    Florida Gators

    Mertz has done well at Florida. I think most expected/hoped that we would see Lagway in some fashion this year to let him ease into it. We may not have much of a choice if our OL is not going to be capable of protecting the QB.
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    Florida Gators

    Sure but it doesn't make any sense. It's like a real life version of the "jokes on them, I was only pretending to be retarded" meme.
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    Florida Gators

    Are they trying to claim that they have all of the Rural Central Florida fans or something? I'm not sure I get what they are going for.
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    Florida Gators

    RIP Purple Porpoise and halftime passes.
  17. You've got to understand Alabama. There are folks with 2nd mortgages on their doublewides to cover their season tickets at Bama. They fear any program that has resources beyond asking if 70% of a state's population are willing to skip dinner to pay a coach's salary. They are the definition of "it just means more" because they are giving everything they've got.
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    Florida Gators

    It was fairly loud but not one of the loudest the Swamp has been. The heat/humidity was probably the second worst I've experienced in that stadium. Lots of people spent significant time in the concourses to get out of the sun. Also, the noise factor really only comes in to play if the opposing team has to call a play or audible. AFAIK, Miami's plan was "have Cam stand in the backfield unchallenged until he see's an open receiver"
  19. He seems upset but I'm not sure because of that 2 pixel line.
  20. Somehow, both of our lines seem to have regressed from last year.
  21. Can confirm. I have only visited once, and met this guy, who hissed at me, at Lake Alice. My fondest Lake Alice memory was seeing a family walk their kids over one of the small bridges and the kids got excited because they saw a little turtle in the water, and then they got to hear the crack when a gator appeared out of nowhere and the turtle was no more. Well, that and the bat house. So many bats. I still love to watch them at dusk in my backyard but it's only usually one or two at a time. I need to build a bat house.
  22. Look. I was told to stop using OUT and I did.
  23. I really don't know. We've already lost one OOC series -- California -- to a combination of UF looking to remove an OOC game in anticipation of the SEC going to 9 and Cal suddenly having a lot more east coast road trips and swapping it for a series with UCLA. A lot of these games were added with the expectation of a 12 or 16 game playoff where having a good schedule will make up for a couple of losses. Miami has been on the books for awhile if not officially announced, then by a common understanding. The former AD made a point to schedule Miami whenever we had a year with 2 bye weeks. Also, the current AD picked a tougher schedule to get more good games in the Swamp and keep the seats filled at the higher prices they're charging. I think only one game last year wasn't a sellout: McNeese St. The schedule also got tougher because of OU and UTx joining. We basically traded Texas for Mizzou and Ole Miss for Vandy the next 2 years.
  24. Nothing happens in a bubble. The record alone doesn't really tell us anything. Napier is probably not going to get fired unless he loses the team and recruiting class, which is just OK at this point. Next year's schedule is not much easier, so you have the additional challenge of finding a coach who would be willing to walk into that. vs. UGA Texas Tennessee FSU @ LSU @ Miami @ A&M @ Kentucky @ Ole Miss Miss St USF FAMU There are plenty of Gators who think that Jedd Fisch would be interested but he just got to Washington and I can't imagine him wanting to walk into the current schedule at UF. I feel like even if Napier just treads water this year, he'll get another year. After that, we could be looking at a new coach and a new AD. UF also has a new prez search going on which I won't go into because it's quite political.
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