<p>ain’t over till its over.</p>
<p>Yeah, looks like UF is taking a MAJOR hit in recruiting… you Noles are so right… :(</p>
<p>Here are the sad new rankings:</p>
<p>[Rivals.com</a> Team Rankings](<a href=“http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/teamrank.asp?SID=880]Rivals.com”>http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/teamrank.asp?SID=880)</p>
<p>[Scout.com</a> - College and High School Football, Basketball, Recruiting, NFL, and MLB Front Page](<a href=“College Sports News and Recruiting”>http://www.scout.com/)</p>
<p>[College</a> Football Recruiting - ESPN](<a href=“http://espn.go.com/college-football/recruiting/]College”>ESPN - Serving Sports Fans. Anytime. Anywhere.)</p>
<p>They actually did very well. But let’s see what happens at the game. ;)</p>
<p>Uh you’re still coming off a year in which you won a national title in the previous season and lost one game total (which happened to be the eventual national champions). Nobody ever said that your recruiting was going to suck. Stop being such a passive-aggressive idiot and go back to the Gators board already. The fact that you’re bragging about recruiting success to a team that’s coming off a 7-6 record and a whole new coaching administration is embarrassing. You Gator ■■■■■■ are so annoying.</p>
<p>rangerrick426:
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<p>translation: whhhaaaaaahhh wwhhhaahhhh…</p>
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<p>rangerrick, this is my favorite quote of yours:</p>
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<p>So lets take a look at what the outcome looks like (according to scout) after all the recruits on defense jumped ship as you claimed. Here is a list of the top5 players relative to their position:</p>
<p>UF got the #3 DT, #2 DE, #1 and #5 Ss, #4 CB.</p>
<p>FSU got the #2 CB</p>
<p>UM got nothing</p>
<p>CLEARLY all the recruits are jumping ship and going to Miami and Tally right? :D</p>
<p>they did, but once urban clarified that he was going to return at some point they went back.</p>
<p>Recruiting is a strange business and very uncertain. Even getting a top class does not guarantee later success. </p>
<p>Have to wonder if Urban will say he’s staying until they sign then resign again.</p>
<p>not to mention the intangible effect of a team just coming together. Look at the Tampa Bay Rays two years ago–winning the pennant. It was just a magical combination that year that did what no one expected. The next year, despite essentially having the same team, they couldn’t replicate it. Football is a team sport and from my observation, you can sometimes see remarkable things happen when you have players that work well together. Certainly, the last Gator team had that…it will remain to be seen if the next group work as well together.
I’m looking forward to seeing how the "Noles do next year. Already there seems signs of growing enthusiasm.</p>
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<p>Yeah that is something everyone has been thinking about. That would be a major raw deal for all these top athletes that decided to come to UF because Urban told them he was staying.</p>
<p>Unlike Tiffin, Meyer has a strong ethical background. That is one reason he attracts so much talent on his coaching staff and from his players…they know he is looking out for them. So, I just don’t see that ^ happening.</p>
<p>Rogracer and Gfg, before you tout the ethics of Urban Meyer in this context as being somehow exemplary, you should read what he told the football players at Utah and Bowling Green…just before he resigned and left each venue. </p>
<p>If Urbie finds it is in his interest to jump ship he’s gone. Urbie is no Bobby Bowden or Joe Paterno.</p>
<p>From Utah sources: <a href=“http://www.utefans.net/lies.php[/url]”>http://www.utefans.net/lies.php</a></p>
<p>Nobody would blame Meyer if he wanted to take his career to the next level (NFL). And all coaches are guilty of hyperbole…but what is suggested above would be unethical behavior. I dont see Meyer doing that and it would serve no purpose regardless.</p>
<p>Yeah, Meyer is not going to tell all the recruits he’s staying at UF just to get them to sign on if he has no intention of staying.</p>
<p>Fans and student athletes can’t count on any coach being around for any period of time. Coaches like Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno are rare exceptions for today’s times being at their colleges so long. A student athlete has to try to pick a college that they are comfortable with first knowing the coaches could leave at anytime. Just look at the sports pages in any newspaper–coaches are moving around left and right nowdays.</p>
<p>College football coaching changes this season:</p>
<p>[Rivals.com</a> College Football - 2009 Coaching carousel](<a href=“http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1144&CID=1023531]Rivals.com”>http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1144&CID=1023531)</p>
<p>FSU has its own recruiting surge: [Fisher</a>, FSU rally for recruiting surge | tallahassee.com | Tallahassee Democrat](<a href=“http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20100119/FSU03/1190320/Fisher-FSU-rally-for-recruiting-surge]Fisher”>http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20100119/FSU03/1190320/Fisher-FSU-rally-for-recruiting-surge)</p>
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<p>What makes you so sure? I just posted a link to many references that suggest he did exactly that.</p>
<p>^ I don’t see these situations as the same. In one case you have forward-looking rhetoric expressing loyalty to an employer. In the case at hand, you have an action that occurred in the past (resigning and then returning) with the express intent of inducing players into a commitment that would not be honored. I believe that would be grounds for “fraud in the inducement”. That would be far more serious …likely illegal and certainly unethical. If Meyer were to leave now, it would at least have to be for health reasons.</p>