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wnycanesfan said:
Based on what some of them have posted online, it seems they believe in their meth riddled brains that Davidson told us no which then prompted us to pursue Israel. So basically Davidson was our real 1st choice who spurned us for UF because the Gators are awesome and therefore Israel is really our 2nd choice who we had to take by default.
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It's amazing to fail upwards so well...

But seriously, if anyone said "no", it was Mario. I was hearing that Davidson was about to commit (or tried to commit) and perhaps he didn't like the fact that we had Izzy waiting in the wings.

Oh well...we ****ed up and backed our way into a Ward-Beck-Mensah level QB by accident...
 
cookies said:
www.espn.com

Gators' Jon Sumrall vows to 'wake this beast up' in debut season

New Florida coach Jon Sumrall challenged his team, especially the offensive line, to hit the weight room and get stronger, saying "it's time to wake this thing up."
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He saying things way too early mad risky man, you see how Mario came out his shell after results. Risky as **** to say the things he is saying without doing anything, he will create pressure really fast up there. He could of just preached hard work and took the business like approach that Mario did and say those things to recruits, usually coaches that do things like this and talk first before anything usually always fall flat on their faces.
 
StevoBevo said:
My GF and I are visiting Miami tomorrow for a passport appt (from Gainesville), any recommendations on the best spots to get REAL Cuban food ? Haven’t been down there in a while and need a refresher 😂
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If you just want a Cuban sandwich, I would HIGHLY recommend Sanguich (on Calle Ocho). They have won the Michelin "Bib Gourmand" award (it's kinda like a Michelin star for less-fancy restaurants) FOUR YEARS IN A ROW.

I stopped by recently for a croqueta preparada and got a Cuban to go for my wife. Then my flight out of MIA got delayed for 3 hours, so I didn't make it home to ATL until midnight. She still ate half when I got home and loved it.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
It's amazing to fail upwards so well...

But seriously, if anyone said "no", it was Mario. I was hearing that Davidson was about to commit (or tried to commit) and perhaps he didn't like the fact that we had Izzy waiting in the wings.

Oh well...we ****ed up and backed our way into a Ward-Beck-Mensah level QB by accident...
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They spinning tf out that narrative, whatever makes them feel like they can beat us at something other than basketball which no one really cares about. They cant beat us at football when we are at our ceiling so might as well create positive media fluff about recruiting. And him retaining some of Billy's guys on staff or in the building/admin tells you he doesn't have coaching connections like that, and he allowed part of the disease to stay in the DNA of the football program.
 
Dwinstitles said:
They spinning tf out that narrative, whatever makes them feel like they can beat us at something other than basketball which no one really cares about. They cant beat us at football when we are at our ceiling so might as well create positive media fluff about recruiting. And him retaining some of Billy's guys on staff or in the building/admin tells you he doesn't have coaching connections like that, and he allowed part of the disease to stay in the DNA of the football program.
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Speaking of basketball, The Gator lost in the second round of the NCAAs...JUST LIKE MIAMI DID...

You want to know how pathetic Florida is? The Wikipedia page for this past season says NOTHING about the 2025-2026 just-completed season (outside of the schedule portion), and instead devotes multiple paragraphs TO LAST SEASON (2024-2025), going into great depth and detail about how they won the national championship...LAST YEAR...


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Dwinstitles said:
He saying things way too early mad risky man, you see how Mario came out his shell after results. Risky as **** to say the things he is saying without doing anything, he will create pressure really fast up there. He could of just preached hard work and took the business like approach that Mario did and say those things to recruits, usually coaches that do things like this and talk first before anything usually always fall flat on their faces.
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They haven’t won 8 regular season games since 2020. Anything less than that will be a bitter disappointment given his talk

"Championships are the standard and expectation," Sumrall said following the Orange and Blue game. "We've got to get it back there. We've got to wake this beast up.

"Like, it's time we wake this thing up. This is a sleeping giant. I'm telling you right now: it ain't a matter of if we're going to win here. It's how fast we're going to win. It's coming. This winning thing, it's coming."
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Florida is 29-37 over its last 66 games, including losing seasons in four of the past five years.
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cookies said:
www.espn.com

Gators' Jon Sumrall vows to 'wake this beast up' in debut season

New Florida coach Jon Sumrall challenged his team, especially the offensive line, to hit the weight room and get stronger, saying "it's time to wake this thing up."
www.espn.com www.espn.com
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Oh, allow me to break this down, please.

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It's been seven years since Florida notched double-digit wins and 17 years since the Gators were legitimate national championship contenders.

New coach Jon Sumrall knows it as well as any diehard who watched the team's annual spring game unfold at the Swamp on Saturday.

So, all 10 of them?

"Championships are the standard and expectation," Sumrall said following the Orange and Blue game. "We've got to get it back there. We've got to wake this beast up.

"Like, it's time we wake this thing up. This is a sleeping giant. I'm telling you right now: it ain't a matter of if we're going to win here. It's how fast we're going to win. It's coming. This winning thing, it's coming."

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Florida is 29-37 over its last 66 games, including losing seasons in four of the past five years. It would be unacceptable at just about any Power 4 program, but it's downright embarrassing for one that has three national titles and eight SEC championships since 1990.

Sumrall was hired to fix it, essentially tasked with cleaning up the mess created and left behind by fired coach Billy Napier.

And Napier was hired to fix the mess that Mullen left. And Mullen was hired to fix the mess that McElwain left. And McElwain was hired to fix the mess that Muschamp left....

Florida ranked last in the SEC in scoring last season, averaging 21.6 points a game. The Gators allowed 34.3 points a game in its past three losses.

Sumrall, though, is focusing on the weight room. And anyone needing proof of Florida's most glaring weakness should look at the team's pro day last month, where long-snapper Rocco Underwood put up better bench numbers (14 reps at 225 pounds) than three-year starting guard Damieon George Jr. (12 reps).

"That shouldn't happen," Sumrall said. "****, our coaches need to be hitting 12. ... That's not something that changes overnight."

Well that sounds...like a plan! For cheeseburgers. And why is this dude so focused on what the coaches do in the weight room? What a freakin' poser.

Sumrall has made it clear his guys need to get stronger and learn to play through bumps and bruises. And it starts with Florida's offensive line, which seems to be the most unsettled unit on the team.

Hold up...but I thought their OL graded out better than ours last year?!?

The Gators signed three O-line transfers who might start this fall and landed a 2027 commitment last week from five-star offensive lineman Maxwell Hiller from Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

And if they don't start this fall?

Sumrall challenged the line "to live in the weight room" and embrace a "blue-collar mindset."

He believes creating "more movement" at the line of scrimmage is the easiest path to the top in arguably college football's most physical league.

What does that mean? I swear this dude is the millennial Al Golden.

"Now, I'm not patient. I want it to happen every day," Sumrall said. "But we are going to land some pieces in recruiting. We're about to do some things and build a roster here that is going to bring it back to where we all want it to be."

Some pieces. Some things. How inspiring. Such leadership. He sure sold me. Next time Florida Victorious and the Booster Club hit me up, I'll be sure to rewrite my will.

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