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Gators RIVAL Shares INSIGHT on UF & Miami RECRUITING BATTLES! · A Peek Inside Gators Football: A Show About the Florida Gators

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  Speaker 1: One of the things that makes recruiting in the state
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  Speaker 1: of Florida so interesting is that the Gators and the
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  Speaker 1: Hurricanes are constantly going after many of the same players.
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  Speaker 1: And with the 2020 class already taking shape, there are
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  Speaker 1: some pretty interesting battles that are developing. Joining me now
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  Speaker 1: is Danny Enriquez from Canes Insight to give the Miami
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  Speaker 1: perspective on some of these recruits, where the Hurricane stands.
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  Speaker 1: and just how much of a threat Florida is in
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  Speaker 1: some of these recruitments. This is A Peak Inside Gator
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  Speaker 2: thanks for joining me.
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  Speaker 1: We get to, you know, go back and forth a
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  Speaker 1: lot on State of the State, but this is the
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  Speaker 1: first time you've come over here.
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  Speaker 2: So welcome.
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  Speaker 3: Welcome. Yeah, no TJ dragging us down with this Noel depression,
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  Speaker 3: you know, winners discussion here. Ranked discussion is always fun.
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  Speaker 3: Talking about some blue chip recruits there. But no, happy
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  Speaker 3: to be here. Appreciate you having me.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, let's start big picture.
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  Speaker 1: When you look at Miami's 2028 recruiting board, which it's
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  Speaker 1: crazy to think we are already turning our eyes that way.
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  Speaker 1: But truly, these 2027 classes, for the most part, except
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  Speaker 1: for some big game hunting, are pretty set up. How
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  Speaker 1: much overlay on that 2028 recruiting board is there with Florida?
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  Speaker 1: And are these two programs going head-to-head for more players
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  Speaker 1: than people maybe realize?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, a bunch because Florida's up in its recruiting status. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: as Summerall gets his feet under him, gets out there,
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  Speaker 3: it's not so much of a transition. He is now
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  Speaker 3: going after the big fish. And we've talked about it
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  Speaker 3: on State of the State and Off Air. You broke
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  Speaker 3: in with recruiting, right? And recruiting has changed so much
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  Speaker 3: since when you first started, when I first started following it,
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  Speaker 3: just because of the calendars. We're 27, even though it
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  Speaker 3: is October 21st, 2026. It used to be like February
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  Speaker 3: of that year was when things hit the road. Now,
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  Speaker 3: this is already done in October of the prior year.
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  Speaker 3: You're looking for 2028. So it's just totally different. And
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  Speaker 3: of course, the NIL, which we'll get to here in
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  Speaker 3: a second with some of these prospects. But yeah, a
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  Speaker 3: lot of crossover. When it comes to Miami and Florida,
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  Speaker 3: I would circle Jacksonville as sort of the front, the
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  Speaker 3: biggest front. When it came to this Miami-Florida recruiting war,
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  Speaker 3: there are going to be a few. We saw this
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  Speaker 3: with Napier and Cristobal when they're both new coaches. It
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  Speaker 3: was like a lot of very, very contested battles. Obviously,
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  Speaker 3: Cristobal got the better of a lot of those, which is,
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  Speaker 3: I think, why Summerall's the coach now. Summerall, from his perspective,
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  Speaker 3: you know he doesn't want to be losing those. He
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  Speaker 3: wants to win those and change the tide here. So
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  Speaker 3: it's going to be highly contested. I would say Jacksonville,
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  Speaker 3: and we'll get into the specific players, is probably the
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  Speaker 3: main front of that Florida-Miami war.
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  Speaker 1: Which is so interesting because I think historically, at least
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  Speaker 1: as long as I've covered recruiting, which is longer than
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  Speaker 1: I would like to admit on this show, Gainesville kind
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  Speaker 1: of had Jacksonville on lock. And the battles that we
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  Speaker 1: had with Miami were generally more South Florida kids, which
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  Speaker 1: is obviously an area that the Canes have done a
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  Speaker 1: great job locking down historically. But you're right, Jacksonville, just
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  Speaker 1: the epicenter right now. Let's start with Bryson Wright's. I
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  Speaker 1: know you guys feel very good about him. He's been
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  Speaker 1: crystal balled, five-star wide receiver at a Mandarin High School.
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  Speaker 1: You guys have made him a major priority. How confident
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  Speaker 1: is that staff in its position? And do you think
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  Speaker 1: Florida can be a factor in this recruitment at all?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so you mentioned 2028. He could potentially do what
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  Speaker 3: Amir Sears did. Yeah, reclass. That is something that is
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  Speaker 3: in the cards, absolutely. Although he's not an old player.
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  Speaker 3: I think he actually reclassed So he's pretty young despite
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  Speaker 3: the facial hair and the very mature game on the field.
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  Speaker 3: So that's something to watch with his recruitment. But Florida
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  Speaker 3: is certainly in the picture along with Texas and Miami.
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  Speaker 3: Those are really the three. And Florida had a lot
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  Speaker 3: of momentum coming out of the Ole Miss game. I
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  Speaker 3: think Miami reclaimed some of that momentum. And then here
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  Speaker 3: in the FSU game, he was there in person, saw
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  Speaker 3: a very fun game to watch, packed house, all that.
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  Speaker 3: So Miami's got a ton of momentum in his recruitment.
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  Speaker 3: You mentioned that the crystal ball came in. For Bryson, right,
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  Speaker 3: I don't think this thing is done. Now, Ash or Gito,
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  Speaker 3: we're going to get to the same thing where this
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  Speaker 3: is the modern era of football. There's NIL. It's almost
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  Speaker 3: like professional in a lot of these situations. So until
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  Speaker 3: that's done, it's not done. And I think that's something
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  Speaker 3: that's still in the process. And I don't think Miami
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  Speaker 3: is usually just waiting to announce. But Miami certainly has
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  Speaker 3: the momentum. I would say Miami is certainly in the lead.
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  Speaker 3: He's actually originally from St. Augustine, which is still Gator country,
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  Speaker 3: but then played at Jacksonville Mandarin. He grew up with
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  Speaker 3: Samorin Wingo, who Miami signed last year. It was another
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  Speaker 3: Gator-Miami battle. Samorin Wingo out of St. Augustine, Florida, wide receiver,
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  Speaker 3: four-star player. So that's a connection to Miami. We'll see
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  Speaker 3: how it plays out, but I would say right now,
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  Speaker 3: as we said, October 21st, Miami firmly in the lead
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  Speaker 3: for Bryson Reif at the Gators, Texas. Those would be
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  Speaker 3: the threats.
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  Speaker 2: Let's talk about Asher Gito.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned him, five-star edge, Jacksonville Bulls, 2028 class. He
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  Speaker 1: has spent time both at Florida and Miami. He's spoken
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  Speaker 1: very positively about both programs when he's there. He was
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  Speaker 1: at the Florida Atlantic game that Florida hosted in Gainesville
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  Speaker 1: and then was in Miami last weekend, I believe, correct?
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  Speaker 2: Yep.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so let's talk about your read on this recruitment
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  Speaker 1: because I do think he's one of those kids that
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  Speaker 1: it appears he leans wherever he's been last. Is this
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  Speaker 1: one where you think Miami has maybe established itself as
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  Speaker 1: the team to beat or is that maybe recency bias
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  Speaker 1: and if he makes his way back to Gainesville or
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  Speaker 1: back to Miami that this could be a back and
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  Speaker 1: forth for.
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  Speaker 2: A little bit?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Jacksonville Bulls, which has not been a place Miami's
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  Speaker 3: had a lot of success. Miami's gotten better in Jacksonville
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  Speaker 3: over the years. I think really Mark Richt started the
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  Speaker 3: trend of Miami going into Jacksonville, getting some players. Shaq Quarterman,
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  Speaker 3: who ended up playing in the NFL, playing for the Jaguars, actually.
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  Speaker 3: Mike Pickney, a few other guys. That kind of started
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  Speaker 3: the trend. Most recently, you saw Carson Beck, who's originally
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  Speaker 3: from Jacksonville, Mandarin, going to the national championship. So Miami's
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  Speaker 3: done better in Jacksonville. They got a Jacksonville Bulls player
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  Speaker 3: last year in J.J. Sparks, an offensive lineman. So again,
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  Speaker 3: they're inching towards trying to compete for players like Asher,
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  Speaker 3: who's a five-star player in Jacksonville. You see Georgia also
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  Speaker 3: in the mix. Florida, of course. Jacksonville, we know what
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  Speaker 3: that means to that particular rivalry in those two schools.
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  Speaker 3: So from a geography standpoint, I think Miami's fighting an
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  Speaker 3: uphill battle. But they've been on Asher for a long,
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  Speaker 3: long time. Just put two defensive ends in the first round.
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  Speaker 3: He paid attention to that. He was there multiple times
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  Speaker 3: at Miami in spring and summer. Saw him at various camps.
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  Speaker 3: He competed at a camp. Was coached by Jason Taylor directly.
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  Speaker 3: So there's been a lot of contact between Miami and Asher.
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  Speaker 3: He says that he feels like he's Miami's top priority, which...
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  Speaker 3: Miami does that to recruits because they're so aggressive in
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  Speaker 3: their approach. But when he went to Ole Miss, you
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  Speaker 3: were there. You were sitting right next to his family.
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  Speaker 3: He loved that visit. Florida started getting momentum as the leader.
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  Speaker 3: Miami has kind of reclaimed that momentum a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: But again, we're now in the business side of NIL.
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  Speaker 3: These things change very fast. And he's somebody that I think,
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  Speaker 3: like you said, Georgia was in there getting some momentum.
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  Speaker 3: It's kind of up and down where in October of
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  Speaker 3: the 2027 cycle, It's hard to say you're going to
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  Speaker 3: get him to sign, which would ultimately be what, in
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  Speaker 3: December of 2027? So we're talking about 13 months, right?
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  Speaker 3: So we'll see on that one. But I do think
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  Speaker 3: Miami is considered the leader nationally, and Miami feels very
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  Speaker 3: good about their chances there.
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  Speaker 1: We're both also recruiting his teammate, Xander Edwards, running back
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  Speaker 1: also from Bowles High School.
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  Speaker 2: How do you feel about his recruitment?
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  Speaker 1: And do you think that there's any, I don't want
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  Speaker 1: to say package deal, that feels wrong, but do you
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  Speaker 1: think that they influence each.
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  Speaker 2: Other at all?
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  Speaker 3: There's some influence. I would definitely not say package deal.
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  Speaker 3: His dad played for Notre Dame and Tampa as a pro.
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  Speaker 3: So he was a Notre Dame alum, played for Tampa.
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  Speaker 3: Mark Edwards was a fullback, very successful fullback for the
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  Speaker 3: Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So Xander Edwards is a really interesting player,
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  Speaker 3: four bowls, again, teammate of Asher. And he's someone who
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  Speaker 3: broke one of Derrick Henry's single game rushing records. He
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  Speaker 3: is extremely prolific, bigger back, 6'2, 220, can catch the
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  Speaker 3: ball in the backfield, just a real physical back. and
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  Speaker 3: Miami's been recruiting him for a long long time because
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  Speaker 3: he's been putting up crazy numbers Florida's been recruiting him
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  Speaker 3: as well Notre Dame was late on Edwards which is
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  Speaker 3: why I think a lot of people assumed he'd go
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  Speaker 3: to Notre Dame because of his dad but because you
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  Speaker 3: know Miami which beat Notre Dame last year was calling
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  Speaker 3: him every single day and Notre Dame was kind of
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  Speaker 3: slow playing him I think that rubbed him the wrong
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  Speaker 3: way so Notre Dame's kind of out of it at
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  Speaker 3: the moment and Florida is looking like the biggest competition
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  Speaker 3: for Miami Miami's been considered the leader but I would
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  Speaker 3: say that's a slight lead it's not as strong as
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  Speaker 3: the other two names we mentioned at this point Miami
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  Speaker 3: wants him Miami sells him on being like the next
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  Speaker 3: Mark Fletcher who's another bigger physical back from the state
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  Speaker 3: of Florida but if you're the Florida Gators they got
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  Speaker 3: a back right now that is projected to go first
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  Speaker 3: round that's certainly going to be a selling point and
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure it is a selling point with the Florida
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  Speaker 3: Gators for Xander Edwards geography same issue as Asher where
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  Speaker 3: Florida's had much more success historically at bowls than Miami
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  Speaker 3: has so Something to watch there with him. But I
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  Speaker 3: would say, and again, this is the national perspective that
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  Speaker 3: Miami has a lead there. Miami thinks they have a
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  Speaker 3: lead there, but I don't think that's a commanding lead.
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  Speaker 3: And I think the Gators definitely have a chance to
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  Speaker 3: take some, take a momentum in that recruitment.
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  Speaker 1: 2027 class. And, you know, again, except for big game hunting,
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  Speaker 1: these classes are pretty much shored up. Miami and Florida
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  Speaker 1: both put together impressive recruiting groups. When you compare the
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  Speaker 1: two classes, where do you think Miami has done a
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  Speaker 2: And is there an area that you would maybe give
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  Speaker 3: Florida is doing a good job. I like about Florida's
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  Speaker 3: class as I look from the outside. I think back
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  Speaker 3: to Miami, Florida in 2023's class because that was the
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  Speaker 3: first Napier full class, right? It was 2023. That was
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  Speaker 3: his first because 22 is a transition and 23 is
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  Speaker 3: a full class. Mario was the same thing, right? So
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  Speaker 3: what Mario did first was solidify the offensive line. He
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  Speaker 3: actually started in that transition class in 22. He signed
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  Speaker 3: Matt McCoy out of St. Augustine who actually they beat
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  Speaker 3: out the Gators for. Again, that was a transition. So
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  Speaker 3: that was like the first Napier transition. Chris ball battle,
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  Speaker 3: but it was a short, short one, right? Cause they
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  Speaker 3: both came in late. And then he also got an
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  Speaker 3: S Cooper, uh, which ended up being an NFL player
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  Speaker 3: for him. So he started there. Then in 2023, Miami
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  Speaker 3: and Florida battle for both Francis Malinoa and Samson Okunlola.
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  Speaker 3: Samson Okunlola is now Miami starting left tackle. Francis Malinoa,
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  Speaker 3: top 10 pick Miami won those battles. So I think
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  Speaker 3: that was Miami setting the tone for what ultimately was
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  Speaker 3: a major advantage for the Canes when those two teams played.
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  Speaker 3: Now look at what Florida's doing with, with, their new
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  Speaker 3: offensive line coach with Coach Summerall. If you look at
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  Speaker 3: their commitment list starting at the top, it's pretty much
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  Speaker 3: offensive linemen at the top of the class, including the
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  Speaker 3: very top with a five-star out of Pennsylvania. So I
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  Speaker 3: think that's a very promising sign for the Gators. Those
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  Speaker 3: guys are hard to get in the portal. They cost
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  Speaker 3: a lot of money. So you want to recruit high-level
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  Speaker 3: guys from high school, the rare body types, and I
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  Speaker 3: think they're doing a good job of that. Look at
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  Speaker 3: the quarterback position. Miami recruited Davidson, who– for the Sarasota
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  Speaker 3: quarterback who went to Florida. They got Izzy Abrams, five-star
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  Speaker 3: player out of Chicago. I think they're very happy with
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  Speaker 3: him and how he's played. But Davidson's got tremendous upside.
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  Speaker 3: He's got the size, a baseball player, just a really,
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  Speaker 3: really talented guy. So that one, I don't think we're
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  Speaker 3: going to know how that one turns out until down
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  Speaker 3: the road. Obviously got to keep those guys.
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  Speaker 1: Is Miami going to play their five-star high school quarterback
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  Speaker 1: or are they going to replace him with somebody in
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  Speaker 1: the portal down the road?
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  Speaker 3: That's the question, right? And Miami hasn't gotten a lot
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  Speaker 3: of five-star quarterback. So this is a different, a change
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  Speaker 3: for Miami because these guys, you know, this is a
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  Speaker 3: number two quarterback, I believe last year.
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  Speaker 1: He listens to state of the state and he knows
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  Speaker 1: that I gave him grief for not developing quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 2: So he's going to go prove me wrong.
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  Speaker 3: From your lips to God's ears. But, but he's, He's
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  Speaker 3: a very talented guy. But I like Davidson. I really
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  Speaker 3: do like Davidson. And I think if you look at
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  Speaker 3: guys that end up making it in the pros, they
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  Speaker 3: fit the profile of a Davidson as a multi-sport guy.
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  Speaker 3: I know people were freaking out because he had a
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  Speaker 3: couple bad games against good teams. I was there when
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  Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson played central for his Boynton Beach team in
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  Speaker 3: the playoffs. He might have had like 50 yards passing
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  Speaker 3: and he didn't run because the team was overmatched. With
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  Speaker 3: these talented guys, that happens sometimes. Josh Allen, like all
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  Speaker 3: those guys have those kind of games. You're betting on
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  Speaker 3: the talent with Davidson. I like that pickup from the Gators.
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  Speaker 3: But really, when I look at the Gators class, I
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  Speaker 3: think the offensive line is a strength. Where Miami's strong
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  Speaker 3: is Nick Lanier, five-star from Miami-Dade County, committed. Amir Sears,
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  Speaker 3: five-star from Miami-Dade County, committed. Dante Wright from Los Angeles, five-star,
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  Speaker 3: number one cornerback in the country, committed. Jaden Bryant from
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  Speaker 3: South Carolina, five-star defensive end. You're in the mix for
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  Speaker 3: Mark Matthews and DJ Jacobs, two more five-stars. So that
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  Speaker 3: big game hunting, I think Miami's doing a very good job.
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  Speaker 3: And then protecting South Florida. I'll use the example of
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  Speaker 3: an Andre Hippolite. Andre Hippolite was another guy that the
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  Speaker 3: Gators were after pretty hard for North Miami Beach. Miami
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  Speaker 3: was able to get him to stay home. Think about
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  Speaker 3: the Gators with Major Wright on that championship team. Some
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  Speaker 3: of those guys, when the Gators are really rolling, they're
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  Speaker 3: getting those kind of guys. I think because Miami's playing well,
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  Speaker 3: it's a little different than maybe what Zook and Urban
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  Speaker 3: were dealing with where Miami was declining and it was
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  Speaker 3: easier to recruit against them. So for the Gators to
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  Speaker 3: really go down to Miami and South Florida the way
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  Speaker 3: Miami's going up to Jacksonville, I think that will follow
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  Speaker 3: some success. So Summerall gets, you know, the Gators still
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  Speaker 3: have a chance to make the playoffs this year. Or
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  Speaker 3: did they just finish strong and have a positive upward momentum?
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  Speaker 3: And then next year, maybe their preseason top 10, whatever
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  Speaker 3: it is, that will give them a better chance, I think,
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  Speaker 3: to come down to South Florida and grab some of
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  Speaker 3: these guys. Because Miami is a little stronger now than
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  Speaker 3: they were when Florida and Florida State were really stacking
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  Speaker 3: their championship teams with a lot of South Florida guys.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and what you just brought up is kind of
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  Speaker 1: where I want to go next with this. You know,
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  Speaker 1: Summerall is at Florida now. Mario Cristobal obviously established himself
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  Speaker 1: at Miami. How are the two staffs different on the
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  Speaker 1: recruiting trail? Like when both programs are recruiting the same guy,
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  Speaker 1: what is each school selling that the other can't?
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  Speaker 3: I think they're pretty similar. You know, Summerall is known
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  Speaker 3: for being a real personable guy. I remember I read
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  Speaker 3: a story on him. I think it was in the
• 15:16
  Speaker 3: athletic and like, that's what everybody that knew him. That
• 15:18
  Speaker 3: was like the first thing they said, which is not
• 15:20
  Speaker 3: always what you hear from a head coach. Right. But
• 15:22
  Speaker 3: everybody said that, uh, Mario, although, you know, he's tough guy, um,
• 15:27
  Speaker 3: obviously a disciplinarian, but he's also personable, particularly with recruits. Um,
• 15:31
  Speaker 3: and they're, they're both, and we've talked about this on
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: state and state. They're both very personally involved, which I think, yeah,
• 15:37
  Speaker 3: that's a, that's been a differentiator for Mario at Miami
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: since he's been there. And now Summerall has a chance
• 15:42
  Speaker 3: to to do that himself, where if your head coach
• 15:45
  Speaker 3: is the one calling you, it's a different level of
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: love that you're feeling from the staff. So I think
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: that's certainly a selling point. The swamp, the environment, that's
• 15:54
  Speaker 3: always going to be a big selling point in the SEC.
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: You know, a lot of these kids grew up in
• 15:58
  Speaker 3: eras of SEC dominance. Being able to sell the SEC
• 16:01
  Speaker 3: is big. But I think really a lot of it's
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: going to come down to getting prominent players. Like, so
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: for example, Vernal Brown, who's on campus right now and
• 16:09
  Speaker 3: playing well, obviously been injured. But like, if he becomes...
• 16:12
  Speaker 3: Kind of like how Malachi is for Miami. Malachi helped
• 16:16
  Speaker 3: recruit Amir Sears, helped recruit Nick Lanier. Not just Bryson Wright,
• 16:23
  Speaker 3: not just personally calling him, but also just like, hey,
• 16:25
  Speaker 3: I want to be that. I want what he has.
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: A guy like Vernal Brown or Dallas Wilson, Miami recruited
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: both of those guys extremely hard. Talk about recruiting battles.
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: Those were two that took place under Napier that were
• 16:37
  Speaker 3: big losses for Miami, big wins for Florida. So those
• 16:40
  Speaker 3: guys have success, go first round, whatever. I think that's
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: going to help someone like Summerall really, really crank it up.
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: He can't do it as much now because he just
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: got there. But would you worry if Morrow's selling more
• 16:54
  Speaker 3: proof of concept? But guys like Baugh with the continued
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: success of the two I mentioned, that'll make it a
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: lot easier going forward.
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: Well, and I do think, you know, we do talk
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: a lot about proof of concept. And I think Florida
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: fans thought It was going to take a little bit more.
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: Florida's sitting at 5-2, though, with two top-10 wins. And
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: so I do think that there's– it's not the same
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: level of proof of concept because Miami has made it
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: to the playoffs under Cristobal, and that is the ultimate
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: proof of concept, I think. But I do think that
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: some of the early winning that has taken place is showing, like, okay,
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: this is headed.
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: In the right direction.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: If we're sitting here a year from now looking back, though,
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: at this 2028 recruiting cycle– Which Florida-Miami head-to-head battle do
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: you think will have been the biggest and.
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: Who wins it?
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: So 27, I think the quarterback's going to be a
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: big thing, right? You know, the quarterback, how does Davidson
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: develop if he ends up being like a first round
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: stud that really helps elevate Florida's program? That's going to
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: be something you go back and look at because Miami
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: was involved there. The offensive line, if Florida has a
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: better offensive line than Miami in three years, certainly Mario
• 18:01
  Speaker 3: Cristobal is not going to be a happy camper because
• 18:02
  Speaker 3: that's something he prides himself on. But That would be
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: a major statement from the Florida Gators. We know that
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: Florida is prioritizing the offensive line in everything they do,
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: whether it's the hiring of assistant coaches. I don't know
• 18:13
  Speaker 3: the assistant coach salaries. I guess they're public, right?
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: They are. Because we're a public school, they're public.
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: Right. Imagine offensive line coach is being paid pretty well.
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Phil Trotwine is making a pretty penny for sure.
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: So that and then, of course, the investment in the recruits,
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: both defensively. You have a junior college elite recruit as
• 18:33
  Speaker 3: well on top of the high school guys. So if
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: those guys end up really turning this Gator offensive line
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: into the best in the state, I think that's going
• 18:38
  Speaker 3: to be something you go back and look at. 2028
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: is going to come down to, we'll call it the
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: Battle of Jacksonville. Who's going to win the Battle of
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: Jacksonville with those three kids? There's a couple other guys
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: that are good too. That will be defining for the
• 18:50
  Speaker 3: 28 class. I think 27 is going to come down
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: to who's the best quarterback in the state and who
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: has the best offensive line in the state. And we
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: won't know until a few years down the road.
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: Well, Danny, I appreciate it.
• 19:00
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• 19:03
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• 19:06
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• 19:36
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