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Speaker 1: Welcome to a peek inside Gator Football Alley Peek here.
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Speaker 1: Today we're chatting with Zach Blastein of 247 Sports. I
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Speaker 1: let's start big picture first.
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Speaker 2: Florida's 4-0.
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Speaker 1: Ranked in the top 10. They just beat a top
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Speaker 1: five Ole Miss team in front of a huge group
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Speaker 1: of recruits. You were there. I was there. How much
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Speaker 1: has the perception of this program changed on the recruiting
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Speaker 1: trail in just the first month of the season?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, a lot in short, but it's been
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Speaker 2: pretty incredible to watch what John Summerall has done so
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Speaker 2: far in his short tenure at Florida. I mean, he
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Speaker 2: had a top 10 S recruiting class before ever playing
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Speaker 2: a game. Right. And then, and then they go and
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Speaker 2: have the start that they've had, um, including that, that
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Speaker 2: dominating win over a top five team in the swamp. Um, yeah,
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Speaker 2: I mean, I, I just love that they bet on
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Speaker 2: themselves in this game. And what I mean by that is,
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Speaker 2: you know, they go and load the swamp with over
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Speaker 2: a hundred recruits that they're, you know, top priorities right
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Speaker 2: across the country. Um, and go and have that, you know,
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Speaker 2: have the confidence to go have that type of performance
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Speaker 2: against a very talented Ole Miss team led by, you know,
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Speaker 2: one of the Heisman favorites. So, um, yeah, just love
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Speaker 2: to see that from, from a new head coach. And, um,
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Speaker 2: absolutely the, uh, the perception around Florida recruiting is, has
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Speaker 2: changed in a great way the last couple of weeks.
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Speaker 1: You mentioned all of those highly regarded prospects that were
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Speaker 1: on campus for that game. It is the largest prospect
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Speaker 1: list that I can remember for Florida. I mean, it's
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Speaker 1: been a very long time if there is a list
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Speaker 1: that is longer. Coming out of that past weekend, who
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Speaker 1: are the two or three names where you think Florida
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Speaker 1: maybe made the biggest move?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean— I think there's, there's a couple to, to,
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Speaker 2: to know. I mean, Bryson, right. The number one receiver
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Speaker 2: recruit in the country was there. I think they made
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Speaker 2: a big move with him. I mean, I've talked with
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Speaker 2: his camp plenty just about what matters to them in
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Speaker 2: the recruiting process. And, you know, number one is, is
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Speaker 2: proof of concept and playing for a team that could
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Speaker 2: compete at the highest level. And I think Florida proved
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Speaker 2: both of those to be true for, you know, in,
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Speaker 2: in John Summerall's first year, right. First month, um, of coaching, uh,
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Speaker 2: real on, on field football. So yeah, I mean, I
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Speaker 2: think they made a big move. I had Miami and
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Speaker 2: Texas kind of in that lead group for him. I
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Speaker 2: think Florida's right there, um, contending with those two schools
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Speaker 2: as his, his recruitment progresses, uh, into the rest of
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Speaker 2: the season. Um, but yeah, just seeing, seeing what they
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Speaker 2: were able to do, especially when VB three went down
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Speaker 2: in that game, um, and still find so much success offensively, um, um,
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Speaker 2: kind of spreading it around to, to some other receivers, um,
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Speaker 2: kind of shows kind of the development, um, that I
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Speaker 2: think Marcus Davis, uh, has done with that group. So yeah,
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Speaker 2: huge visit with him. Um, there, there's a ton of
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Speaker 2: other names I could go to. I mean, Samuel Bailey
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Speaker 2: would have been one, um, offensive tackle that, that committed
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Speaker 2: to the Gators. Um, but yeah, I mean the Xander Edwards, uh,
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Speaker 2: a big time running back up there in Jacksonville. I
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Speaker 2: think we talked about him previously. Um, I had Miami
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Speaker 2: leading for him entering this visit, but I think Florida's
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Speaker 2: now neck and neck with Miami in that race. Hudson
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Speaker 2: West is who I would consider a top quarterback target
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Speaker 2: for the Gators. I'm hearing that one is trending very nicely,
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Speaker 2: and we could potentially see a decision in the not-so-distant
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Speaker 2: future for who I consider probably Florida's top target at
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Speaker 2: that spot.
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Speaker 1: We'll talk about him a little bit more in a minute,
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Speaker 1: but when you watch Bryson Wright as a prospect, what
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Speaker 1: do you think makes him such a priority for Florida? And,
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Speaker 1: you know, I know you said Texas and Miami is
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Speaker 1: kind of how you, who you had slated in those
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Speaker 1: top two, but do you think that if they keep winning,
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Speaker 1: there is a chance this could really swing towards the Gators?
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Speaker 2: Uh, yeah, I mean, first of all, him as a prospect,
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Speaker 2: I mean, just a freak of nature when it comes
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Speaker 2: to just the build and the movement ability. And then
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Speaker 2: obviously it seems like anything remotely within his radius he's
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Speaker 2: coming down with, right? It's more of an 80-20 than
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Speaker 2: a 50-50 ball when you're throwing to Bryson Wright. And
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Speaker 2: what makes him interesting to me is just how much
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Speaker 2: of a social following, social media presence he has. I mean,
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Speaker 2: he's He's maybe the most marketable high school athlete right
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Speaker 2: now in the country, which I think adds kind of
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Speaker 2: another intriguing layer to his recruitment. But, yeah, I mean,
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Speaker 2: I think if Florida continues to produce the way they
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Speaker 2: produced offensively and obviously continues to stack wins, I don't
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Speaker 2: see why they can't be one of, if not the,
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Speaker 2: you know. favorites in that recruitment when, when it's time
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Speaker 2: for him to make a decision. I think they're right there.
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Speaker 2: I think the visit could not have gone any better. Um,
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Speaker 2: and yeah, I mean, I absolutely view them as a
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Speaker 2: true legitimate contender for the number one receiver recruit in
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Speaker 2: the country.
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Speaker 1: You mentioned Hudson West and he really is a name
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Speaker 1: that Florida's gaining momentum with. Um, is he the guy
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Speaker 1: Florida would like to build the 2028 offensive class around
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Speaker 1: at quarterback?
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Speaker 2: I think so. I've heard some stuff this week that
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Speaker 2: makes me think that Florida is aggressively trying to get
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Speaker 2: that one done because I think they realize they want
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Speaker 2: to start to build that class, to your point, around him.
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Speaker 2: you know, they've started, they've got the premier offensive tackle. Um,
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Speaker 2: and I think that's appealing obviously as a quarterback, right. Um,
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Speaker 2: to come into a class with, with one of the
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Speaker 2: best players that at that position, um, in the country. Um,
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Speaker 2: but yeah, uh, I think, um, especially with the start
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Speaker 2: to his junior season that he's had, I think it's
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Speaker 2: 23 touchdowns over 1700 yards to two interceptions. Um, he's
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Speaker 2: had an amazing start to his junior year. I think
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Speaker 2: he's going to send further in the rankings. And he's
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Speaker 2: a guy that I think Florida made an early evaluation on,
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Speaker 2: has prioritized heavily over the last couple of months. And
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Speaker 2: I think, you know, he was obviously in the stands
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Speaker 2: for that game, said it was one of the coolest
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Speaker 2: experiences of his life. And I think we could see him,
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Speaker 2: you know, make a decision sometime this season.
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Speaker 1: Florida already has Davin Davidson committed in the 2027 class.
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Speaker 1: How much does having Davidson in the room actually help
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Speaker 1: Florida with West? And what does the staff's quarterback plan
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Speaker 1: look like across those two classes?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's definitely interesting, right? Because they're also both from
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Speaker 2: the same area in Sarasota.
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Speaker 1: And have a relationship a little bit.
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Speaker 2: Yes, yes, you're right. They kind of grew up together
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Speaker 2: playing football against one another and have known each other
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Speaker 2: for a long time. They're close, and the families are close.
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Speaker 2: So it's an intriguing dynamic that way. I think both
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Speaker 2: of those guys are wired in the way that It's
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Speaker 2: not one of these situations where, hey, one guy commits
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Speaker 2: and maybe it impacts the other in a negative way.
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Speaker 2: I think they're both competitors. So I think if Florida
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Speaker 2: ended up with both Davin and Hudson, I think both
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Speaker 2: of those guys would be excited about the opportunity to
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Speaker 2: go and compete against one another in Gainesville and try
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Speaker 2: to win that job.
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Speaker 1: Jacoby Paisley was one of the more interesting visitors on
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Speaker 1: last week's list because he's committed elsewhere. How legitimate is
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Speaker 1: Florida's chance to flip him after that official visit?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's kind of what Florida decides to do, right? Like,
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Speaker 2: I think Florida has a lot of momentum right now.
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Speaker 2: I think he's one of their receiver targets in that
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Speaker 2: 27 class. I think, you know, they're obviously looking still
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Speaker 2: at a guy like Easton Royal. It was also on campus.
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Speaker 2: I've heard that they're trying to work to get Jim
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Speaker 2: Aaron Simmons, the five-star wide receiver committed to Clemson, on
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Speaker 2: campus at some point. So I think they might still
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Speaker 2: be big game hunting at that position specifically. So maybe
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Speaker 2: not a huge rush, but they absolutely stand in a
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Speaker 2: great spot for Paisley, who was, I think, the lone
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Speaker 2: official visitor on campus this past weekend.
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Speaker 1: The 2027 class is.
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Speaker 1: Largely built and really was before the season started. And,
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Speaker 1: you know, you talked about big game hunting. Do you
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Speaker 1: think that's the goal of this class? I mean, I
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Speaker 1: think your first goal is originally focusing on holding the
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Speaker 1: class together, but when your season is going as well
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Speaker 1: as it is, do you get to kind of, you know,
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Speaker 1: maybe shift away from, okay, let's hold this together and
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Speaker 1: move more into like, can we upgrade at certain spots?
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Speaker 1: Is there a couple of true difference makers out there?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's, it's what you're saying, right? Like they're, they are,
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Speaker 2: they have the momentum. They've shown the proof of concept
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Speaker 2: early on. Obviously they still need to, you know, go
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Speaker 2: and handle business the rest of the way. but that's
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Speaker 2: what they're doing right now. They're going, you know, maybe
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Speaker 2: looking at Texas A & M' s class a little bit.
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Speaker 2: They had Fred Ards, the top 100 edge rusher out
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Speaker 2: of Orlando on campus. I went by his school this week.
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Speaker 2: He's definitely considering the Gators. I wouldn't describe him as
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Speaker 2: a true, you know, flip target as of right now,
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Speaker 2: but that one will continue to progress. And A &
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Speaker 2: M' s obviously had a struggle to start the season. So, Um, yeah, they're,
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Speaker 2: they're definitely looking at some of those classes. I've heard
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Speaker 2: that they're talking with the Florida state commit the four
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Speaker 2: star out of South Florida, Zachary Johnson. They're evaluating him. Um,
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Speaker 2: that's more of what's going on right now. I don't,
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Speaker 2: I don't wouldn't describe as any of these flips imminent,
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Speaker 2: but it's more, you know, reawakening some of those recruitments
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Speaker 2: now that they have that first year proof of concept
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Speaker 2: under some, some role. And you got to remember all these,
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Speaker 2: all these guys that maybe they lost out on that
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Speaker 2: they're circling back on are guys that, you know, they
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Speaker 2: were trying to sell a vision. Well, now that vision's
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Speaker 2: come to reality, so they can point to that and
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Speaker 2: be like, hey, look, what we told you over the
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Speaker 2: summer when we were trying to land you over whoever
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Speaker 2: else you committed to, it's come to fruition. And I
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Speaker 2: think that buys a lot of goodwill with prospects who
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Speaker 2: they were heavily involved with previously.
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Speaker 1: A few minutes ago, you talked about Florida landing Samuel
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Speaker 1: Bailey in the 2028 class after he was on campus
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Speaker 1: last Saturday.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 1: The offensive line has become one of the bigger stories
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Speaker 1: on the actual football team. How much is the way
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Speaker 1: that Florida is playing up front helping Coach Troutwine and
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Speaker 1: his staff recruit elite offensive linemen?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think it's massive. Troutwine is obviously
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Speaker 2: his reputation speaks for itself with the guys that he's developed.
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Speaker 2: He's always been known as an excellent recruiter. That's certainly
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Speaker 2: come to fruition early on in his tenure in Gainesville. Um,
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Speaker 2: and yeah, I mean the proof of concept with, with
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Speaker 2: that unit, um, seeming to improve significantly year over year, um,
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Speaker 2: I think is a big deal. Um, and it certainly
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Speaker 2: helped in the recruitment of, of Sam Bailey, um, and,
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Speaker 2: and multiple other offensive linemen that, that Florida's hot and
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Speaker 2: heavy with in that 28 class. Um, yeah, I mean,
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Speaker 2: I can't say enough good things about, about trout wine. Um,
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Speaker 2: and I, I think the world of, of Sam Bailey,
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Speaker 2: I think he, I watched him at Florida's Friday night
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Speaker 2: lights camp over the summer. Um, And I was just
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Speaker 2: taken aback almost with how good he looks as a
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Speaker 2: true tackle prospect. That's what it's supposed to look like.
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Speaker 2: And the way he moves at that size is extremely impressive.
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Speaker 2: So I would not be surprised to see him continue
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Speaker 2: to trend up in all things and just in the
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Speaker 2: industry as a whole.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I do think there's a great chance he finishes
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Speaker 1: as a five-star. I know they haven't quite put those
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Speaker 1: out for the 2028 class, or not all of them anyway.
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Speaker 1: Sion Smith also committed on Saturday, and he joins Bailey,
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Speaker 1: and then Armani Strong, who was already committed to the
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Speaker 1: 2028 class. Is Florida unusually far ahead in that 2028
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Speaker 1: cycle compared to where other programs normally are this early?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they're kind of reacting to the changes
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Speaker 2: in the college football recruiting calendar. I think.
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Speaker 2: Every year we see the process get expedited. Um, and
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Speaker 2: you know, what, what happens is, you know, I don't,
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Speaker 2: I don't know that everyone entered the year expecting the
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Speaker 2: 27 class to be largely done and fully committed, um,
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Speaker 2: by June or July. Usually there's, there's more guys that,
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Speaker 2: that entered the season uncommitted, but there was pretty much none. Um, so,
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Speaker 2: you know, what is your attention turned to? It's that,
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Speaker 2: that next year's cycle. And, Um, it's about, you know,
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Speaker 2: getting ahead and making sure that you're in a great position, uh,
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Speaker 2: with a lot of those, those current, uh, high school
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Speaker 2: juniors that, um, will be making decisions, you know, not
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Speaker 2: long after the season ends. So, um, yeah, I think they're,
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Speaker 2: they're kind of, um, in a good spot when it
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Speaker 2: comes to reacting to that expedited expedited timeline. Um, and they're,
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Speaker 2: you know, they're pushing for some guys to, to, to
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Speaker 2: make decisions that I think, you know, kind of, they're
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Speaker 2: focusing on those no doubters, right guys that they've watched
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Speaker 2: enough film on, they feel great about their evaluations. Like, Hey,
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Speaker 2: this is a guy, um, we don't, we don't need
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Speaker 2: to see his senior season or, or, or even more
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Speaker 2: of his junior season to know that this is a
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Speaker 2: guy we want in our class. Um, and I think
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Speaker 2: that's kind of their, their focus on who they're trying
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Speaker 2: to push for right now.
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Speaker 1: Of those early 2028 commits, Bailey, Strong, Smith, which one
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Speaker 1: do you think is the biggest recruiting win for Florida
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Speaker 1: so far and why?
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Speaker 2: I think it's undoubtedly Bailey. I mean, you go into
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Speaker 2: the state of Alabama, a prospect that Bama and Auburn
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Speaker 2: don't want to lose and go win that battle. Obviously,
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Speaker 2: Summerhall has a lot of ties to that state. I
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Speaker 2: think that mattered. in that battle. Um, but yeah, that's
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Speaker 2: undoubtedly the, the, the best recruiting win, uh, so far that,
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Speaker 2: that cycle for them.
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Speaker 1: Um, Ashton Guitto is one of the premier defensive prospects
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Speaker 1: in the 2028 class. He's an in-state guy from Jacksonville bowls.
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Speaker 1: Where do you think Florida stands with him right now?
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Speaker 1: And how important is he to this staff's defensive recruiting board? I,
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Speaker 1: you know, we talk all the time about how important
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Speaker 1: it is to keep local guys home. And this is,
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Speaker 1: As local as it gets.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah. I think we talked before about how important
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Speaker 2: that Jacksonville area is going to be for Florida in
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Speaker 2: that 28 class just because it's historically loaded with premier talent,
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Speaker 2: including a guy like Bryson Wright we mentioned before, and
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Speaker 2: then Asher Giotto, who I think they lead for right now.
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Speaker 2: You know, he's got Miami high on his list. Georgia's
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Speaker 2: also in the mix. Florida, he took that visit. He
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Speaker 2: wasn't even at the Ole Miss game. He was at
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Speaker 2: a Georgia game, but he took a visit for the
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Speaker 2: FAU game, and that visit truly blew him away. And
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Speaker 2: the thing that I'm noting with that recruitment is he
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Speaker 2: comes back to Florida for the Vandy game, I want
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Speaker 2: to say, which is maybe the second to last game
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Speaker 2: of the season. And I think a decision might come
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Speaker 2: soon after that. So, you know, you have a chance
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Speaker 2: for Florida to be his final visit. It would be
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Speaker 2: the second visit he takes to Gainesville this season, which
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Speaker 2: I believe would be more than any other school is
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Speaker 2: currently set to get him on campus this year. So
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Speaker 2: some data points to track there. And he's also, you know,
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Speaker 2: like I said, a possible early decision relative to some
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Speaker 2: of his peers, just because he's been on the recruiting
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Speaker 2: scene for a long time. And Florida's done an excellent
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Speaker 2: job there. I think they currently stand the best shot,
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Speaker 2: but still some ways to go before they cross the
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Speaker 2: finish line.
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Speaker 1: Florida is clearly recruiting outside the state aggressively as well,
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Speaker 1: but how would you evaluate where Coach Summerall and the
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Speaker 1: staff stand right now with elite talent inside of Florida?
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Speaker 1: You know, we– Ash is one of them, but we–
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Speaker 1: We want to keep good talent home. We talk about
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Speaker 1: that all the time. Is there an area in the state,
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Speaker 1: maybe it's Miami, where they need to make more headway?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think recruiting South Florida is always important.
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Speaker 2: But then you look at kind of that 28 class
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Speaker 2: and where the talent is concentrated. It's really in Jacksonville
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Speaker 2: and Tampa. And I think those two regions will be
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Speaker 2: very important. You know, we talked before about Carolwood Day School.
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Speaker 2: That's kind of just loaded with 2028 talent that Florida loves.
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Speaker 2: And there's a couple of those guys that were on
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Speaker 2: campus for the Ole Miss game that have been on
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Speaker 2: campus before this season. So that's certainly a school they
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Speaker 2: want to excel at. They want to land a number
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Speaker 2: of those guys. And then, you know, Asher, Bryson, Xander Edwards,
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Speaker 2: the running back at Bowles is another one that was
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Speaker 2: on campus over the weekend, who I think they're neck
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Speaker 2: and neck for with Miami right now. And yeah, those
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Speaker 2: are the two spots I would think are the more
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Speaker 2: important regions, especially in that 28 class for Florida to
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Speaker 2: kind of dominate.
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Speaker 1: Do you think Asher and Xander are tied to each
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Speaker 1: other in any way? Like, do you think one committing
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Speaker 1: to one place makes the other more likely to potentially follow?
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Speaker 2: Potentially. I haven't heard anything that would suggest it's anywhere
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Speaker 2: close to a package deal. We always talk about that
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Speaker 2: in recruiting. Those tend to not happen as much. I
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Speaker 2: think they're independent recruitments. They're both going to evaluate the
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Speaker 2: things that matter to them equally, but they're also very
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Speaker 2: close friends, so it doesn't hurt if Asher chooses to
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Speaker 2: go to Florida. I don't think it hurts Florida's chances,
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Speaker 2: and I think it probably helps to your point.
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Speaker 1: If Florida keeps winning like this through October, what is
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Speaker 1: the recruiting ceiling? Are there national-level prospects who probably weren't
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Speaker 1: realistic Florida targets maybe a month ago, and suddenly they
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Speaker 1: become a possibility because of the proof of concept that's
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Speaker 1: being shown?
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Speaker 2: I absolutely I think there are. I mean, I think
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Speaker 2: Bryson Wright's a perfect example to point to a guy that,
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Speaker 2: you know, I don't think anyone entering the season was
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Speaker 2: was thinking that Florida had a good shot to land
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Speaker 2: him in the end. And I think they certainly do now.
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Speaker 2: And I think that can be the case, you know,
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Speaker 2: if they continue to win and stack. Really good performances.
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Speaker 2: I don't see why they couldn't recruit pretty much any
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Speaker 2: prospect in the country. I mean, Florida just has a
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Speaker 2: lot to offer as a program, the university. I think
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Speaker 2: a lot of parents of recruits, top recruits across the
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Speaker 2: country understand that. It's just about finding that consistency.
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Speaker 1: Right.
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Speaker 2: That they've lacked in recent times, uh, on the field.
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Speaker 2: And if John Summerall can, can have a first season, like, like,
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Speaker 2: you know, it seems like he can, um, I don't
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Speaker 2: see why they couldn't get into pretty much any national
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Speaker 2: recruitment and contend.
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Speaker 1: All right. Well, Zach, we appreciate it. Tell everybody where
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Speaker 1: they can follow your work and check you out on
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Speaker 2: I'm on XZBlosting247 and on 247sports. com.
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