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#27
#27
BigOrangeTrain said:
I know some on here think they aren’t gonna be that good. I have a bad feeling they are gonna be much better than some think.
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I have a good friend that I talk to daily that’s dialed into the Gators. I don’t know what the D will look like. But the offense will be top 3 in the conference.
 
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mitzustu said:
I have a good friend that I talk to daily that’s dialed into the Gators. I don’t know what the D will look like. But the offense will be top 3 in the conference.
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In all seriousness our offense looks solid, Lagway’s health notwithstanding.

We just lost some 3rd team depth at RB due to an injury, but Baugh is a monster and the backup Jackson is pretty good too.

From all accounts the new WRs look great, but I’ll need to see it before I believe it.

OL is stacked.

Defense turned the corner last half of the season, hopefully that continues.

In summary, 0-12.
 
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How come the Gators aren’t allowed to have a full decade of dysfunction like us? They always seem to restock after only a few bad years. Can’t we give them some friendly advice on how to completely destroy their program for a longer period of time?
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
In all seriousness our offense looks solid, Lagway’s health notwithstanding.

We just lost some 3rd team depth at RB due to an injury, but Baugh is a monster and the backup Jackson is pretty good too.

From all accounts the new WRs look great, but I’ll need to see it before I believe it.

OL is stacked.

Defense turned the corner last half of the season, hopefully that continues.

In summary, 0-12.
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DJ was certainly impressive as a Freshman thrown to the wolves. If he stays on the path and focuses his development, avoiding the NIL bouncing around and me first crap, he will be pretty special the next 2-3 years for the Gators. Probably will be fun to watch in 11 of their 12 games.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
In all seriousness our offense looks solid, Lagway’s health notwithstanding.

We just lost some 3rd team depth at RB due to an injury, but Baugh is a monster and the backup Jackson is pretty good too.

From all accounts the new WRs look great, but I’ll need to see it before I believe it.

OL is stacked.

Defense turned the corner last half of the season, hopefully that continues.

In summary, 0-12.
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We will see if William Napier can put the pieces together and hopefully choose to not go for 2 again.
 
#37
#37
WillisWG said:


gatorswire.usatoday.com

Florida football QB DJ Lagway throws in camp debut, still limited after summer calf injury

Florida football QB DJ Lagway made his preseason camp debut after a calf strain, but the Gators are taking no chances with their star quarterback.
gatorswire.usatoday.com

Florida football QB DJ Lagway throws in camp debut, still limited after summer calf injury

Aidan Gallardo

Gators Wire

Florida football quarterback DJ Lagway made his preseason camp debut on Saturday, taking part in throwing drills while wearing a compression sleeve on his left leg. The sophomore signal-caller has been working back from a strained calf suffered earlier this summer.

It's the same leg Lagway injured last fall when a hamstring strain sidelined him for a week. This time, the Gators are being deliberate with his recovery.
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Ruh roh. Might be a pretty solid beat down coming our way.
 
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I'm waiting for the cringeworthy and seemingly inevitable goof in an early game, ie two players on the field at the same time with the same number. That's the kind of idiocy I have no patience for. Or for which I have no patience. Whatever.
 
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Volizona said:
How come the Gators aren’t allowed to have a full decade of dysfunction like us? They always seem to restock after only a few bad years. Can’t we give them some friendly advice on how to completely destroy their program for a longer period of time?
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I think their location helps ensure their recruiting maintain a higher baseline. While they haven't been good, I think they've also had less administrative dysfunction than we had pre-Plowman and White. I also don't know the degree this matters to 18-year-olds, who still weren't around to see it, but they also aren't as far removed from their last period of glory as we are.

Make no mistake though; UF has underachieved over the last 15 years by at least as much as we did, perhaps more. They have only finished the season ranked 6 times since 2010.
 
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05_never_again said:
I think their location helps ensure their recruiting maintain a higher baseline. While they haven't been good, I think they've also had less administrative dysfunction than we had pre-Plowman and White. I also don't know the degree this matters to 18-year-olds, who still weren't around to see it, but they also aren't as far removed from their last period of glory as we are.

Make no mistake though; UF has underachieved over the last 15 years by at least as much as we did, perhaps more. They have only finished the season ranked 6 times since 2010.
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It's interesting to think about what current HS recruits think of Florida right now and what the average memory span is for them.

How many of them even distinctly remember the Mullen era? I guess their incredibly short memories is both a blessing and a curse for programs. The Tebow/Meyer years might as well have happened in the 1980s for a current HS recruit, although it may help a bit that Tebow is still a public figure. 1998 is even more ancient and completely irrelevant to a junior in HS.

With the Vols, Heupel has already been here long enough that HS recruits see Tennessee as HIS program. They remember 2021-2024 and probably not much before that. So to a large degree, we are free from the negative perception that haunted us from 2008-2020.
 
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Aesius said:
It's interesting to think about what current HS recruits think of Florida right now and what the average memory span is for them.

How many of them even distinctly remember the Mullen era? I guess their incredibly short memories is both a blessing and a curse for programs. The Tebow/Meyer years might as well have happened in the 1980s for a current HS recruit, although it may help a bit that Tebow is still a public figure. 1998 is even more ancient and completely irrelevant to a junior in HS.

With the Vols, Heupel has already been here long enough that HS recruits see Tennessee as HIS program. They remember 2021-2024 and probably not much before that. So to a large degree, we are free from the negative perception that haunted us from 2008-2020.
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Napier's early recruits would have remembered Mullen, for sure. The Tebow/Meyer years are ancient history, but Tebow still being a very public figure (who won a Heisman and multiple titles) who is still pretty young undoubtedly helps the image of their program.
 
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Considering UT doesn't play UF until November, there is a lot of variables here. DJL may be out by that time or coming back from injury, possible UT injuries, etc.

UT just needs a healthy OL and the run game to be effective for a chance to come out with a win down there. Whoever rushes for the most, usually wins.
 
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05_never_again said:
Napier's early recruits would have remembered Mullen, for sure. The Tebow/Meyer years are ancient history, but Tebow still being a very public figure (who won a Heisman and multiple titles) who is still pretty young undoubtedly helps the image of their program.
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True on Napier's early recruits, but less so on current ones. Mullen was fired in Gainesville almost 4 years ago, and his Orange Bowl season was 6 years ago. So a 16-year-old high school junior in 2025 was 10 when that happened. Unless their family was into CFB and were Gators fans, it's likely they have no memory of it, especially with fewer kids actually watching TV and being traditional sports fans in a "sit down and watch games" way. And stuff that happened when you were 10 when you're 16 is already ancient history to you.
 
#45
#45
Are we undefeated at the Swamp (1-0 2001) in November? Maybe the fact that we are playing later in the season will work in our favor
 
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#47
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Volizona said:
How come the Gators aren’t allowed to have a full decade of dysfunction like us? They always seem to restock after only a few bad years. Can’t we give them some friendly advice on how to completely destroy their program for a longer period of time?
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Because they don’t have brain dead leadership like we had
 
#50
#50
The Gators gained 700 pounds of muscle in the offseason, a 120-pound increase from the 2024 number of 580, while losing around 200 pounds of fat, according to strength and conditioning coach Tyler Miles.

only included those who gained or lost at least five pounds and organized it by position and the biggest weight gain.

QB Tramell Jones Jr.: 203 (+9)
QB DJ Lagway: 247 pounds (+6)
RB Duke Clark: 211 pounds (+21)
RB Treyaun Webb: 217 pounds (+5)
WR Tank Hawkins: 178 pounds (+9)
WR Aidan Mizell: 185 pounds (+9)
WR Vernell Brown III: 178 pounds (+6)
WR Eugene Wilson III: 194 pounds (+5)
TE Cameron Kossmann: 245 pounds (+9)
TE Amir Jackson: 235 pounds (+6)
OL Marcus Mascoll: 308 pounds (+15)
OL Jahari Medlock: 321 pounds (+13)
OL Jake Slaughter: 303 pounds (+9)
OL Fletcher Westphal: 342 pounds (+6)
OL Bryce Lovett: 321 pounds (-5)
OL Kamryn Waites: 364 pounds (-6)
OL Austin Barber: 314 pounds (-8)
EDGE Jayden Woods: 248 pounds (+8)
EDGE Kofi Asare: 251 pounds (+5)
DL Brien Taylor Jr.: 294 pounds (+16)
DL Jeramiah McCloud: 294 pounds (+15)
DL Jamari Lyons: 318 pounds (+10)
DL Tarvorise Brown: 296 pounds (+6)
DL Michai Boireau: 349 pounds (-6)
LB Ty Jackson: 221 pounds (+5)
LB Jaden Robinson: 226 pounds (-6)
DB Ben Hanks III: 192 pounds (+12)
DB Micheal Caraway Jr.: 196 pounds (+12)
DB Drake Stubbs: 207 pounds (+10)
DB Aaron Gates: 198 pounds (+9)
DB Dijon Johnson: 204 pounds (+8)
DB Cormani McClain: 189 pounds (+7)
DB Teddy Foster: 188 pounds (+6)

Superlatives

Biggest weight gain: RB Duke Clark: +21
Biggest weight loss: OL Austin Barber: -8
Heaviest player: OL Damieon George Jr.: 364 pounds
Lightest player: K Evan Noel: 165 pounds
Tallest player: OL Kamryn Waites, OL Fletcher Westphal: 6-8
Shortest player: DB Vincent Brown Jr.: 5-7
 
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