'10 PA DT Sharrif Floyd

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Back2BackGator said:
I think there is a difference when you have a class like the one UF has. UF and USC have been the kings of putting together the "monster class" over the last few years. Both of those schools always recruit well. UF's 2008 and 2009 class was very high on quality and kept us in the Top-5 range. But every 3 years or so UF and USC tend to put together a "mega" class that brings everything together. UF is currently putting together a class similar to the 2007 one.
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Yea boy that mega class with McKnight sure did a whole for USC. There is not going to be a huge difference in the #1 class and the #5 class talent wise when they hit the field. You can try to say there is, but there really isn't...
 
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Not to mention we are going to sign what 13-14 linemen? Hard to be #1 when half your class is linemen. The fact that we are going to have a top five class and possibly higher says that much more about the strength of this class.
 
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Mullet Vol said:
Not to mention we are going to sign what 13-14 linemen? Hard to be #1 when half your class is linemen. The fact that we are going to have a top five class and possibly higher says that much more about the strength of this class.
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championships are won and lost on the line (both)
 
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Lord Vader said:
Yea boy that mega class with McKnight sure did a whole for USC. There is not going to be a huge difference in the #1 class and the #5 class talent wise when they hit the field. You can try to say there is, but there really isn't...
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well there possibly can be a significant gap depending on the composition of the classes. Oklahoma and Auburn are currently the #4 and #5 based largely on volume. They've got a craptop of 3 stars ballooning their class. Between the Gators and them I think it could rightly be said that there's a significant difference between the talent levels.

For an example that hits closer to home it could be said about the 2007 #1 Florida and #3 Tennessee classes even before that class largely fell apart for the Vols.
 
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swampy said:
well there possibly can be a significant gap depending on the composition of the classes. Oklahoma and Auburn are currently the #4 and #5 based largely on volume. They've got a craptop of 3 stars ballooning their class. Between the Gators and them I think it could rightly be said that there's a significant difference between the talent levels.

For an example that hits closer to home it could be said about the 2007 #1 Florida and #3 Tennessee classes even before that class largely fell apart for the Vols.
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The talent gap is going to close for one reason. Any kind of talent is going raise UT's talent level substantially. With Florida already having so much talent it isn't going to raise their talent that much higher no matter how many number one classes they sign. Therefore the gap closes.
 
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Even a program with monster classes year in and year out, like USC, is capable of 8-4 seasons, and that's in the Pac-10. You gators, shouldn't be so cocky, especially being in the SEC.

The Gators also have a much tougher SECw schedule over the next few years. Insert Bama, and goodbye Miss State.
 
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423VOL said:
Even a program with monster classes year in and year out, like USC, is capable of 8-4 seasons, and that's in the Pac-10. You gators, shouldn't be so cocky, especially being in the SEC.

The Gators also have a much tougher SECw schedule over the next few years. Insert Bama, and goodbye Miss State.
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like USC in 2009 and Florida in 2007 those hiccups are more likely to happen when there's insane turnover. USC lost almost every starter off their 2008 defense and had to couple that with a true freshman QB. Florida lost almost every starter of their 2006 defense and then a number of defensive second stringers. however all other things equal those are often blips. Florida bounced back the next year and won the national championship. USC would have been in line for a great bounce back this coming season if not for Carroll and even so they still might.

a blip can definitely happen to Florida again but the staff have been working on our roster balance to reduce its severity. For example a lot of people mistakenly assume after they returned almost everybody from 2008 that they'd been losing most of their defense this year like Alabama is about to. However those people forget how young the 2007 defense was and as a result Florida's only graduating 3 starters and losing 2 early entrants. The offense is only graduating 3 players and losing 1 early entrant. However the real heavy turnover is to come after 2010 season when that #1 class in 2007 and the redshirts from 2006 graduate. This #1 class being in the program and playing a year before the upcoming veteran team graduate is what will make for a smoother transition to 2011 than the one to 2007.
 
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It may be a blip, but couple your program losing major talent with other programs gaining considerable talent that has been absent, and it isn't so easy.

2011 will be an interesting year. Like you said, your '07 class will be gone. Also, Kiffin will have three classes of his players on the field. The talent gap should be a lot closer by then. I still think we give the Gators a run next year in Knoxville since no one knows what to expect from their offense without Tebow.
 
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swampy said:
well there possibly can be a significant gap depending on the composition of the classes. Oklahoma and Auburn are currently the #4 and #5 based largely on volume. They've got a craptop of 3 stars ballooning their class. Between the Gators and them I think it could rightly be said that there's a significant difference between the talent levels.

For an example that hits closer to home it could be said about the 2007 #1 Florida and #3 Tennessee classes even before that class largely fell apart for the Vols.
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I agree with your saying about the numbers vs. average stars. That's what I like about our class is our avg. stars is impressive. UFs is ridiculous...

That '07 Vols class had a ton of talent, but alot of thugs and people who didn't wanna work for Kiffin. Out of that signing class of 32, only 14 are left and 10 of those are 3stars. That is crazy...
 
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This supposedly comes from like the best source OSU has

one of my best sources on Floyd's recruitment was a coach at his high school......he shared with me his perspective on Floyd's recruitment this morning---thought I would share.....




"we ALL thought he was going to OSU---kid talked about it all the time, even when he went on other visits---he was going to be a Buckeye. Then came the Urban Meyer announcement--Sharriff was really confused and put a call into Coach Meyer-----and when they spoke Coach Meyer told him that he had a "dream" the night before, and that Coach Meyer saw himself on the sideline coaching Sharriff. Told him that is was a "message from God that I should come back and coach---as I guess if its my time to die, I'd rather die on the sidelines coaching you than anywhere else in the world"


"Sharriff talked to us the next day and said--Ohio State is great and all, but Coach Meyer said he would DIE for me--that's pretty intense."


"From that day on Sharriff mainly kept to himself----but that was the turning point in my eyes"



as always, take it FWIW......but those are quotes.....
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I have no idea if its legit, who it actually comes from, ..etc, but its out there

LOL if true
 
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Lord Vader said:
I agree with your saying about the numbers vs. average stars. That's what I like about our class is our avg. stars is impressive. UFs is ridiculous...

That '07 Vols class had a ton of talent, but alot of thugs and people who didn't wanna work for Kiffin. Out of that signing class of 32, only 14 are left and 10 of those are 3stars. That is crazy...
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oh yeah. your class looks solid right now though after what happened with John Brown at UF if he even qualifies I'm not sure you'll get anything out of him in the two years of eligibility he has left.
 
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bburger991 said:
This supposedly comes from like the best source OSU has



I have no idea if its legit, who it actually comes from, ..etc, but its out there

LOL if true
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"Yes, Jevan. You got that right, God told me Timmy was a LB all the way." :crazy:

"After much consideration, I've decided to do what's best for my faith and family and step down as coach of Florida."

24 hrs later.
"After further consideration and a spirited morning practice, I've decided to remain coach at UF after a temporary, I say again temporary leave of absence. Forget all the stuff I said about faith, family, and all the other yada yada."
 
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The more I hear of Urbie the more I think if this whole football thing is too stressful for him, he might have a heck of a future as a cult leader. The way this guy brainwashes kids is unbelievable.
 
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Urban sure does know how to recruit. Floyd has had a lotta trouble in his background with his family and it really is a great story. Urban loves those kind of kids. He establishes great relationships with them and becomes a father figure to not only those, but the rest of the kids as well. We are very lucky and blessed to have Meyer recruiting for UF.
 
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If Urbie isn't on the sidelines coaching the first week in September, I hope every recruit from this year's class sues him and the university both. "God told me in a dream?" That's a new low in manipulation and deceit - just pathetic.
 
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we need no longer talk about this behemouth man-child. The deal is done. He has sold his soul to the devil, never to be gained back.
 
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VictoryVille101 said:
Urban sure does know how to recruit. Floyd has had a lotta trouble in his background with his family and it really is a great story. Urban loves those kind of kids. He establishes great relationships with them and becomes a father figure to not only those, but the rest of the kids as well. We are very lucky and blessed to have Meyer recruiting for UF.
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Urban Lyer a father figure...makes me want to puke...told Jevan Snead that Teblow was being recruited as LB...lied to all about resigning for health reasons...less than 24 hours later, to salvage the 2010 recruiting class, changes resigning into a LOA...what a joke...Go VOLS!
 
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