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Florida Gators (official thread)

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ScriptOhio said:
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Coach Jon Sumrall takes away Gators logos to push new team

One of Jon Sumrall's first moves as Florida coach had echoes of Hall of Fame coach Urban Meyer's approach in 2005, which paid off with two national titles in his first four seasons.
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Coach Jon Sumrall takes away Gators logos to push new team​

Jon Sumrall had no idea one of his first major moves as Florida's football coach had been done before in Gainesville more than two decades ago.

Sumrall gave his players shorts, shirts and other gear without any Gators logos. It was reminiscent of Hall of Fame coach Urban Meyer's approach in 2005, which paid off with two national titles in his first four seasons at Florida.

"Gotta earn it. Gotta earn the logo," Sumrall said. "We ain't earned it yet. We haven't earned a damn thing. All we've got is our name. ... To wear the Florida Gator logo, to wear the Gators across your helmet, to wear the Gator head, you got to earn that."

Sumrall said he is unsure how or when the players can earn logos.

"I haven't thought about that yet," he said....:lol:

Florida hired Sumrall in late November, days after it became clear to athletic director Scott Stricklin that top choice Lane Kiffin was headed to LSU. Sumrall signed a six-year, $44.7 million deal to replace Billy Napier and potentially get the once-proud program back to national prominence.

Sumrall's coaching résumé includes four consecutive league title game appearances. He won back-to-back Sun Belt championships in two seasons (2022-23) at Troy and then led Tulane to the American title game in both his seasons (2024-25) there. The Green Wave won the league last season and earned a spot in the College Football Playoff.

Sumrall's first steps included keeping five top-tier players in Gainesville: linebacker Myles Graham, running back Jadan Baugh, defensive end Jayden Woods, and wide receivers Vernell Brown III and Dallas Wilson. Some of them considered hitting the transfer portal, but all ended up back at Florida -- at a combined cost of $5.2 million -- for Sumrall's debut season.

"Clearly, the most important thing to me was trying to retain our best players," Sumrall said. "Not going to keep them all, ever. There's a coaching change. There's going to be some change and some transition, but that part was critical for us to have any opportunity to have success next year."
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$5.2M combined? Feels like a steal this year.
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Should semipro/college players be paid, or allowed to sell their stuff? (NIL and Revenue Sharing)

ScriptOhio
RhodeIslandBuck said:
Pretty good indication that athletes being employees is probably the right idea.
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just sayin': For an equal playing field the players union would probably negotiate with the NCAA for how to divvy up the $20.5M (House vs NCAA settlement). The problem is the (almost endless amount of) NIL money some school have. I can't see the players union ever agreeing to a overall "salary cap" that would include NIL money. You look at MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL, the union and leagues negotiations just concerns what the teams pay they players. All the professional athletes are on their own for endorsement deals and some of the top athletics make a whole lot more than what their team is playing them in endorsements/appearances/autographs, etc.
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Ohio State Men's Tennis (2014/2019/2024 ITA Indoor National Champs, 19 Straight B1G Titles)

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bill said:
Does anybody have a recommendation on how early to get to the WF match tomorrow at 2pm? I suspect have to stand waiting in line for a while, I think doors open 1hr before match? I was thinking of getting there at noon but not excited about standing in the cold for an hour or two.
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Would recommend that you Go early!
Because the OSU women’s team is hosting #14 ranked Virginia Cavaliers starting at 11 am.

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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Portal)

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Captain Buckeye said:
HS kids will have to learn that unless you’re game changing you aren’t making shit and you’d better stay put for years 1-2. Years 3-5 is where all the money is going.

As was pointed out. If these kids don’t adjust they’re going to end up out of football by the age of 20. I wonder what long term impact this will have on kids.
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I think like most things in life, it depends on the family dynamic and socioeconomic standing of the kid. And unfortunately many of these poor urban and rural kids, sports is the way out for many of them. Without it, many would be back at the local factory, construction site, some type of dead end job and hopefully not ending up on illegal means. For many family’s sad to say, this kid is the hope for them to have some type of family financial success. A lot of pressure for a teenager.

But I agree that a number of kids would’ve been better off staying at their first school.
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2027 TN RB David Gabriel Georges (Verbal Offer)

pnuts34
DaveyBoy said:
I did. Beanie was great. Too bad he got hurt vs Texas in the bowl game or else we win that one going away

We’ve had some great ones….before Maurice it was Robert Smith. Before that the recruiting was not so national. But if it were Byars would have been like this.
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Let’s not forget Robert Smith…

And let’s get back to DGG :lol:
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Ohio State Wrestling (2015/2017/2018 B1G Champs, 2015 National Champs, 2019 National Runners-up)

Romanowski
MPhillips said:
He was so good coming out of HS. Never should of wrestled 197 (he was 220 in HS and cut to 97kg for Greco). But he couldn't beat Hilger and Hilger got an extra year. Injuries got him too. Been a fan since he was in HS.

And yes, "beefed up" indeed.
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Agreed, he was a monster. I thought OSU was in a great position to land him. His run in the junior worlds was pretty special too. I watched his matches on Flo. It was exciting for sure. I’m wondering if his run is buried in YouTube someplace. It’s worth the watch.
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