From: Jay Cicone Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 2:29 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: RE: [gatornews] GatorNews From The Gainesville SUN For 2/7 at 1:00PM, Courtesy of Shane Ford
Mom sounds like a class act. It's no wonder how these kids act today. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Ford Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 2:12 PM To: GatorNEWS Subject: [gatornews] GatorNews From The Gainesville SUN For 2/7 at 1:00PM, Courtesy of Shane Ford <http://www.gatorsports.com/global/graphics/blogs/gx/hdr/The+Scout+Leade r.gif> February 7th, 2011 11:43am Class of 2011 complete; Brissett's LOI is in <http://recruiting.blogs.gatorsports.com/10998/class-of-2011-complete-br issetts-loi-is-in/> by Edward Aschoff <http://recruiting.blogs.gatorsports.com/author/aschoff/> (Gaiensville SUN) Florida is finally finished with its 2011 recruiting class. The Palm Beach Post first reported Monday that Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer quarterback Jacoby Brissett and his mother, Lisa Brown, signed his letter of intent and faxed to UF, giving the Gators 19 signees. Brissett made his decision to attend UF public before his high school basketball game Friday night. However, his mother wasn't on board with Brissett's decision. She expressed her disappointment with her son's decision to chose UF over Miami to reporters Friday. "Not my choice," Brown said. "I'm very disappointed. I didn't like the way Florida handled the process. I've never been able to meet the head coach ... I've never met (Will Muschamp) face-to-face and I find that very disrespectful and I'm just hurt with the whole process with the Gators. I was hoping that he would respect me and go to 'The U' because 'The U' showed respect to his mom." Brown was upset that an in-home visit wasn't conducted with Muschamp, but, it appears he didn't have the chance to make that visit with Brissett and his mother. Per NCAA rules, a head coach may make in-person, off-campus contact with a prospect or the prospect's relatives or legal guardian(s) only during one calendar day. This contact can occur both at or away from his school. A coach can visit the school and then make an in-home, but it has to be on the same day. A source told The Gainesville Sun on Saturday that during the time in which Muschamp visited Dwyer he was unable to make an in-home visit with Brissett during the contact period. Because he made his trip down there he couldn't make an additional trip to Brissett's home. Brown could have visited Muschamp and UF, but didn't. The signing of Brissett gives Florida two All-America quarterbacks in its class. Florida already has the consensus No. 1 quarterback in Oviedo Hagerty's Jeff Driskel enrolled on campus. During Muschamp's National Signing Day press conference last week, he expressed his concern with UF's depth at quarterback. "Our numbers at quarterback aren't very good," Muschamp said. "We're short still at numbers at quarterback. So those are things we've got to continue to look at so we know we're building depth on our football team." Comments <http://recruiting.blogs.gatorsports.com/10998/class-of-2011-complete-br issetts-loi-is-in/feed/> 11 Comments http://recruiting.blogs.gatorsports.com/10998/class-of-2011-complete-bri ssetts-loi-is-in/ <http://recruiting.blogs.gatorsports.com/10998/class-of-2011-complete-br issetts-loi-is-in/> ======================================================================== =========================================================== Gators jump back in AP poll at No. 17 By Kevin Brockway <mailto:[email protected]> Gainesville SUN Staff writer Published: Monday, February 7, 2011 at 1:11 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, February 7, 2011 at 1:11 p.m. The Florida men's basketball team continued its in-again-out-again affair with The Associated Press weekly poll Monday. The Gators (18-5), sparked by wins over Vanderbilt and Kentucky last week, jumped back into the Top 25 <http://www.gainesville.com/section/TOPIC01011/> at No. 17. They were unranked last week. "I think our team has gotten better," UF coach Billy Donovan said. "I think we've gone through some phases. ... I think we are becoming more of a team in terms of understanding how to utilize each other's strengths and weaknesses. "I think on any given night we can play with anybody and I think on any given night a Jacksonville, a Central Florida can beat us. That's who we are. But I think we are a better team today than we were when we played those guys. And I still think we have some room for improvement." UF moved up on the USA Today coaches' poll from No. 23 to No. 19. "I don't look at us being a top-10, top-20 ranked team right now. I think you've got to go out and play the games. I think hopefully our guys understand right now there is such a fine line being 7-2, three overtime games, we were fortunate to be on the winning side of those. It could be totally different right now." Ohio State (24-0) remains as the No. 1 team in the land. Florida returns to action Wednesday at South Carolina. ======================================================================== =========================================================== Parsons named SEC player of the week The Associated Press Published: Monday, February 7, 2011 at 1:13 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, February 7, 2011 at 1:13 p.m. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Florida's Chandler Parsons is the Southeastern Conference men's basketball player of the week. Alabama point guard Trevor Releford was named freshman of the week by the league on Monday. Parsons averaged 17.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists in the Gators' wins over No. 23 Vanderbilt and No. 18 Kentucky. It was Florida's first back-to-back wins over ranked teams since 2007. He scored four of the Gators' final seven points in overtime against Vandy and grabbed a defensive rebound to seal the win. Releford averaged 14.5 points and six assists in the Crimson Tide's wins over Mississippi State and at Tennessee. That included 16 points, eight assists and eight steals against Mississippi State. ======================================================================== =========================================================== AP men's poll: Ohio State still a unanimous No. 1 By The Associated Press Published: Monday, February 7, 2011 at 1:07 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, February 7, 2011 at 1:07 p.m. Ohio State is a unanimous choice as the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 for a second straight week. The Buckeyes are 24-0 and the only unbeaten team. They are No. 1 for the fourth consecutive week and received all 65 first-places votes Monday from the national media panel. They are followed by Kansas, Texas, Pittsburgh and Duke. San Diego State and BYU moved up one spot to sixth and seventh. The next five teams are from the Big East: Notre Dame, Villanova, Connecticut, Georgetown and Syracuse. With Pittsburgh, the Big East has six of the top 12 teams and eight overall. Florida moved in at No. 17 after falling from the rankings last week. Temple is back in at 24. Minnesota and Washington dropped out. -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
