National Signing Day update thread

G8rMom7 · Post by **G8rMom7** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:04 am

I have no information, but I wanted to start a thread for you "in the know" to post to...

TheTodd · Post by **TheTodd** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:11 am

No big surprises so far, which is good. Kitchens is in which is somewhat of a surprise but one people thought would happen.

G8rMom7 · Post by **G8rMom7** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:17 am

You mean Kitchens is in for UF I assume?

TheTodd · Post by **TheTodd** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:30 am

radbag · Post by **radbag** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:37 am

is there a live UF ticker somewhere on the web?

TheTodd · Post by **TheTodd** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:59 am

not that I know of

radbag · Post by **radbag** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:04 am

i'm particularly interested in dominique easley from curtis high in staten island....my buddy charlie was his head coach there.

G8RKyle · Post by **G8RKyle** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:31 am

He signed his letter this morning rad.

G8rMom7 · Post by **G8rMom7** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:37 am

Bill is watching ESPNU this morning...they have live coverage. They were just talking about how FSU is closing strong getting Christian Jones in the last hour or so. Maybe they'll finally give us some actual competition in the next few years?

TheTodd · Post by **TheTodd** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:03 am

Early entries
Neiron Ball, OLB, (6-3, 205, Jackson, GA Jackson)
Trey Burton, QB, (6-3, 215, Nokomis, FL Venice)
Gerald Christian, TE, (6-3, 230, Palm Beach Gardens, FL Dwyer)
Robert Clark, CB, (5-9, 170, Palm Beach Gardens, FL Dwyer)
Matt Elam, ATH, (5-11, 205, Palm Beach Gardens, FL Dwyer)
Jordan Haden, S, (5-11, 195, Fort Washington, MD Friendly)
Leon Orr, DT, (6-5, 315, New Port Richey, FL Gulf)
Solomon Patton, WR, (5-10, 175, Mobile, AL Murphy)
Joshua Shaw, CB, (6-2, 181, Palmdale, CA Palmdale)
Ian Silberman, OT, (6-6, 260, Orange Park, FL Fleming Island)
Jaylen Watkins, CB, (6-0, 175, Fort Myers, FL Cape Coral)

Faxed In:
Gideon Ajagbe, OLB, (6-2, 205, Coconut, FL Ransom Everglades School)
Mack Brown, RB, (5-11, 185, Lithonia, GA Martin Luther King)
Jonathan Dowling, safety (6-3, 184, Bradenton, FL Southeast
Quinton Dunbar, WR, (6-2, 168, Miami, FL Booker T. Washington)
Chris Dunkley, WR, (6-0, 178, Pahokee, FL Pahokee)
Dominique Easley, DE, (6-3, 266, Staten Island, NY Curtis)
Sharrif Floyd, DT, (6-4, 310, Philadelphia, PA George Washington)
Michael McFarland, TE, (6-5, 230, Tampa, FL Howard W. Blake)
Cody Riggs, CB, (5-9, 160, Fort Lauderdale, FL St. Thomas Aquinas)
Michael Taylor, OLB, (6-0, 200, Atlanta, GA Westlake)
Lynden Trail, DE, (6-7, 210, Miami, FL Booker T. Washington)
Derwin Kitchens

TheTodd · Post by **TheTodd** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:24 am

http://www.onlygators.com/live-coverage-2010-national-signing-day/

Toothy · Post by **Toothy** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 4:10 pm

Damn, 2012 is gonna be nice.

IHateUGAlyDawgs · Post by **IHateUGAlyDawgs** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:24 pm

We got everybody we were supposed to get and added Kitchens, Coxson, and Chaz Green. Good day for UF. Easy the best class this year and arguably the best ever assembled (on paper, of course).

FSU added Christian Jones and Christian Green, no big surprises on either account. However, they did miss on Deerling, Dorsey, and Lemonier - big swings and misses there. They only got one OL (a 3* they stole from the Zooker).

Here's some more numbers for you, for those of you w/ nole friends crowing about their class:

Scout Top 300: UF - 20, FSU - 7
Rivals Top 250: UF - 19, FSU - 6
ESPN Top 150: UF - 17 (a record), I don't know FSU's # yet.

Miami's class is just putrid. Georgia regressed. Tennessee actually faired pretty well.

AdGator02 · Post by **AdGator02** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:58 pm

So I was hoping we could steal that Seantrel Henderson guy, but it wasn't meant to be and that was just greed on my part.

Anyway, can anyone please explain to me why the 'experts' were saying it was such a big announcement right before it happened as if it was a huge surprise. About an hour or so before all of the other schools (aside from usc) in the running for him had already announced their classes. Then he signed with usc - shocking!

Once a class is announced, it's set, right?

IHateUGAlyDawgs · Post by **IHateUGAlyDawgs** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 10:49 pm

No. The year we signed Avery Atkins (if memory serves correct) Meyer had done his press conference before the LOI came in.

radbag · Post by **radbag** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:43 am

how did USCw do with Lamo? I'm told by my west coast accounts that Lamo managed to keep Pete Carrolls guys AND add his own guys from Tenn...anyone?

G8rMom7 · Post by **G8rMom7** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:24 am

^^^I saw them loose TWO to UCLA yesterday...two guys that were big enough that they had the press there to cover their decisions and they put on Bruins hats. Bill and I were giddy about that.

texgator · Post by **texgator** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:46 pm

It sounds like the Henderson kid just verballed to Lame. Looks like dad is waiting to see how the NCAA hearings shake out before they sign on the dotted line.

texgator · Post by **texgator** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:50 pm

On another note, have you seen the youtube highlights for Leon Orr? Some joker posted them at GC and the kid is unbelievable. I think he's coming in as a 6'5" 300 lb DT, but played a lot of tight end in high school. The kid goes up and makes some serious aerial catches and runs routes! Freakin' amazing athlete!

radbag · Post by **radbag** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:53 pm

is there a link that shows we're number 1? apparently rivals has us number 2

can that be.

MinGator · Post by **MinGator** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:50 pm

We're #1 according to ESPN which follows Scout I believe. They have UF #1 and Texas #2 with USC #6. Rivals has USCw #1 and UF #2.

AdGator02 · Post by **AdGator02** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:23 pm

It'd be great to see Lane barred from bowl games for a couple years.