Muschamp talked about that a lot in February when he was signing this year's class. He mentioned signing quality players instead of filling up the roster.
This, of course, makes a case for over signing classes because of inevitable attrition. Oliver Barry CRS,GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks Realty 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 Phone: 615-826-4040 Fax: 615-822-2027 Mobile: 615-972-4239 _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Manuel Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 10:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [gatortalk] Numbers Speak for Themselves Fellow Gators, I heard something on talk radio this morning that struck me as odd about this year's team. Dan Hicken stated that UF has fewer Seniors on this year's rosters than in any year since that late 50's. I couldn't believe that but I decided to do some research. I came up with the following article. Take a look. Some key points from the article. UF currently has only 71 players on scholarship, that includes walkons like Dave Lerner the punter. That's 14 fewer than the limit. UF entered the LSU game with 67 players available, 4 were hurt or suspended for some reason, John Brantley, Jeff Driskell, Jeremy Brown, and Quinton Dunbar. During the LSU Game, 3 players, Jeff Demps, Ronald Powell, and Josh Evans were injured, in the 2nd half UF started with 64 available players. The 64 players includes players already designated for redshirts, like JaJuan Story and the OL we signed last February, meaning we only had in the mid-50s available. I don't remember the exact numbers, but even during the probation years of the 1980's stemming from the Charlie Pell era, we had more players available than we do now. Mike Bianchi made the point in a recent article that Ron Zook left Urban Meyer more talent than Urban Meyer left Will Muschamp, I can argue both sides of that issue, but it does make the point that UF is down on talent because we are REALLY down on numbers and no COACH can make up for that, it will take 1-2 years of solid recruiting to make up for 2-3 bad recruiting years. Thanks for listening. http://www.teamspeedkills.com/2011/10/10/2481539/where-did-all-the-gators-go Stephen Manuel From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Vega Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [gatortalk] What do we think now? On Oct 10, 2011, at 6:52 PM, Helen Huntley wrote: I actually think some good could come of this mess. If Jacoby Brissett is the QB of our future, it's a great idea to get him meaningful game action now when we can all agree that we are not going to win the SEC championship. But, if it is Driskell that is the QB of the future, then we don't even have that as solace. >From recruiting rankings, Driskell seems more likely; the whole #1 player in the country thing. -Zeb -- 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 -- 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
