February 10th, 2010 01:27pm
by Robbie Andreu
Earlier in the week, Tim Tebow’s agent, Jimmy Sexton, said Tebow would not have any other engagements between now and the Feb. 24 NFL Combine in Indianapolis so he could focus on football only and his workouts in Nashville.
Now, however, that game plan has apparently changed.
Tebow will be in Daytona on Thursday to give the start your engines command for the first of two qualifying races for Sunday’s Daytona 500.
Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew will give the command for …
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February 10th, 2010 01:26pm
by Robbie Andreu
The National Football Post reported late Tuesday night that Arizona Cardinals defensive back coach Teryl Austin would be in Gainesville, likely today, to interview for the Gators’ vacant defensive coordinator’s position. The NFP attributed the information to an NFL source.
As UF has done throughout coaching searches under Urban Meyer, virtually no information is coming out on the process from Florida’s end.
Smith has been the Cardinals’ secondary coach for the past three seasons. Before that, he held the same …
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February 9th, 2010 04:24pm
by Robbie Andreu
Now that signing day has come and gone and we’ve had a chance to better analyze this Florida recruiting class, I thought it would be a good time to predict which five true freshmen will have an immediate impact this season. I’ve done these in order, meaning the No. 1 guy is the most likely to play.
1. Gerald Christian, tight end: He’s an early enrollee and he’ll have a chance to battle redshirt freshman Desmond Parks not just for playing …
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February 9th, 2010 01:29pm
by Robbie Andreu
There’s a new name floating around out there as a possibility for becoming the new defensive coordinator at Florida: Charlie Harbison, the co-defensive coordinator at Clemson.
Before going to Clemson after the 2008 season, Harbison was the defensive coordinator at Mississippi State for one year. Before that, he spent four years as the wide receivers coach at Alabama.
He’s a relatively young guy and he has a reputation for being a strong recruiter (and strong family man), qualities Urban Meyer …
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February 8th, 2010 05:00pm
by Robbie Andreu
Tim Tebow’s agent says the former Florida quarterback has no more engagements of any kind between now and the start of the NFL Combine on Feb. 24 in Indianapolis.
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February 8th, 2010 04:23pm
by Robbie Andreu
Steve Addazio has been named the college football recruiter of the year by ESPN.
Addazio helped put together the consensus No. 1 class in the nation despite the uncertain status of Urban Meyer and all the changes on the coaching staff.
Addazio is presently the interim head coach while Meyer takes a leave of absence to address heath issues that worsened during last season.
When Meyer makes his return, which is expected to be for the start of spring practice on March 17, …
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February 5th, 2010 10:49am
by Robbie Andreu
I know this is a football blog, but because National Signing Day has come and gone and Urban Meyer is on his indefinite leave of absence, I thought it would be OK to step outside the box just this once.
I can’t help myself. I have to get this off my chest.
I WILL NEVER WATCH A COLLEGE BASKETBALL GAME ON ESPNU AGAIN! NEVER. EVER.
Trying to watch the Florida-Alabama game on the network Thursday night was an absolutely painful and excruciating experience. …
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February 4th, 2010 02:46pm
by Robbie Andreu
When I went to bed Wednesday night, the Florida Gators were Rivals.com’s recruiting national champions. When I woke up Thursday morning, they were No. 2 behind Southern Cal, which jumped UF with the late addition of five-star offensive lineman Seantrel Henderson, who committed but did not sign with the Trojans.
Many Gator recruitniks are upset about this, even though Florida still has the consensus No. 1 class in the nation.
Why is that?
Maybe it’s the Lane Kiffin factor. His late surge with …
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February 3rd, 2010 03:06pm
by Robbie Andreu
On National Signing Day (and on paper), Urban Meyer and his staff have put together the best recruiting class Florida has ever had. Had the No. 1 offensive linemen in the nation,Seantral Henderson, pulled the trigger for UF, this class would have shot right off the charts and into the stratosphere.
“It would have been the best recruiting class in the history of college football,” said Allen Wallace, the publisher of SuperPrep and the national recruiting editor for Scout.com. “I really …
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January 29th, 2010 02:24pm
by Robbie Andreu
MOBILE, Ala. — Back in 1992, when I first saw Danny Wuerffel on the Florida practice field, I quickly formed an opinion about the true freshman quarterback. My thought was: this kid can’t play. His throwing motion was short and awkward. His passes fluttered off target. He didn’t look like much of a prospect at all.
Then a few days later, the Gators scrimmaged — and the real Danny Wuerffel emerged. When it meant something, he elevated his game to another …
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