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  1. Escambia94

    2025-2026 Florida Gators Men's Basketball

    The Florida Gators victory over Prairie View A&M was the second largest margin of victory in NCAAM tournament history.
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    2025-2026 SEC Awards

    SEC Awards: Coach of the Year: Todd Golden Defensive Player of the Year: Rueben Chinyelu Sixth Man of the Year: Urban Klavzar First Team All-SEC: Thomas Haugh Second Team All-SEC: Rueben Chinyelu Third Team All-SEC: Alex Condon Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Rueben Chinyelu
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    2025-2026 Florida Gators Men's Basketball

    Florida currently holds a 2 game lead over #18 Arkansas, Alabama, and Tennessee. 2 wins and Florida clinches at least a share of the SEC regular season title.3 wins and Florida wins the SEC outright.
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    Florida Gators as a blue blood football program

    I will add a new term, true blue blood, meaning a program that has won a national championship in at least two of those eras, indicating an ability to change with the times and win using multiple paths to the national championship. The Florida Gators are a top 20 true blue blood, meaning they...
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    Florida Gators as a blue blood football program

    There is plenty of talk about college sports teams being blue bloods or maybe new blue bloods. I will offer my definition: a blue blood program is one with sustained success across multiple eras of the game, culminating in national championships. The reason I break it up this way to to balance...
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    Top 25 Gators of All Time

    My Top 25 List: Edited to include contributions throughout this thread. Thanks everyone! I learned a lot here! Edited again with new scoring rubric: impact on national championships and Final Fours (30%), individual accolades (25%), statistics and records (20%), longevity/ consistency (15%)...
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    Florida Gators now a top-10 basketball program all time

    The Florida Gators are on top of the college basketball world after winning the 2025 NCAA championship. That gives UF three titles, which puts it in really good company. But where does Florida rank almost the best programs all time historically? The Florida Gators men’s basketball program’s...
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    Top 10 Hits by Gators

    Someone created a video ranking the top 10 hits by Gator defenders. For those cannot see the video, I will list out the hits. Lawrence Wright vs Tennessee, 1995 Jarvis Williams vs Miami, 1986 Major Wright vs Oklahoma, 2009 Reggie Nelson vs LSU, 2006 Vosean Joseph vs LSU, 2016 Johnathan...
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    2026 NFL Combine

    Nine former Gators have been invited to the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine: Current Florida Gators: • WR J. Michael Sturdivant — Transfer portal year: 2024 (committed to Florida in December 2024 from UCLA; high school class of 2019, but not applicable as a transfer). • OL Austin Barber — High...
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    2026 Recruiting Class

    Only 6 teams signed both a top-15 transfer class and a top-15 recruiting class in 2026. • Notre Dame — Recruiting: No. 2 On3 industry, No. 4–5 247Sports composite; Transfer: No. 17 in 247Sports. • LSU — Recruiting: No. 11–13 ESPN/247Sports); Transfer: No. 1 by ESPN, The Athletic...
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    UF vs. FSU: Navigating Debt in College Athletics – A Tale of Caution and Aggression

    In the high-stakes world of college athletics, where stadium renovations and state-of-the-art facilities can make or break a program's competitiveness, debt has become a hot-button issue. A recent Sportico article spotlighted Florida State University (FSU) as the "Debt King" among public FBS...
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    Growth of Florida NIL

    We lived through the best of times (1996, 2006, 2008) and the worst of times (1979). Those days of college football are gone. I still love my Gators, but not the same way. From here on out, we are going to treat college football players like mercenaries and we are going to hang price tags on...
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    Predictive Assessment of Jon Sumrall's Career at Florida

    More specifically, Lagway wanted to stay *and* keep his $3.7M NIL valuation. An elite QB starts off at $2.5M, and Lagway's numbers were nowhere near elite. Buster Faulkner is familiar with Aaron Philo, and the Gators brought him in at about $1.5M. Faulkner favors familiarity over raw skill, and...
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    Growth of Florida NIL

    Note that Florida ranks #4 in terms of booster donations across all sports at $763M per year, the key donors are not as fixated on football as donors at other schools. The heavy hitters at Florida in terms of donations: Gary Condron Hugh Hathcock Bryan Kornblau Lee Fixel Rodney Rogers Chris...
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    Growth of Florida NIL

    Here is the estimated 2026 rankings for NIL value and football roster value. Note that there is variability in the values and rankings, but for this chart I needed to settle on the conservative side of the estimates. Rank Program Est. Total Roster Value Est. Football Rev. Share Primary...
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    Growth of Florida NIL

    The University of Florida has seen a steady upward trajectory for its NIL program, primarily through collectives like Gator Collective (2022), followed by consolidation into Florida Victorious (post-2022). Year Estimated Florida NIL Budget Estimated National Ranking Key Comparables and...
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    Transfer Portal 2025-2026

    Florida's transfer ranking dropped a bit, but is still in the top 20. PLAYER Depth GRADE NOTES Jayden Woods EDGE 1 95.30 (withdrew, Florida from Florida) DJ Lagway QB 1 94.50 (Florida to Baylor) Grayson “Pup” Howard LB 1 94.00 Transfer from South Carolina 2024; (Florida to USF) Eric...
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    Transfer Portal 2025-2026

    I would not worry too much about Lane Kiffin and his portal moves. Yes, I did want him at Florida. Yes, I did think he had matured a lot since the old days. I am happy to be wrong about Lane being the best candidate for Florida. However, there is no guarantee in this day and age that his...
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    Transfer Portal 2025-2026

    The transfer class rating has jumped from #52 on Jan 4 to #20 on Jan 8 to #12 on Jan 11. Name Position Grade Class From To Jayden Woods EDGE 95.3 2025 Florida Florida D.J. Lagway QB 94.5 2024 Florida Baylor Eugene Wilson III WR 92.5 2023 Florida LSU Aidan Mizell WR 92.0 2023 Florida...
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    College Football Playoffs 4-Team vs 12-Team Format, BCS, and Bowl Alliance

    This was the first year of the 12-team CFP format, and it certainly delivered a lot more variety than in years past. Here is a quick summary of this year's CFP. First Round (December 19-20, campus sites) No. 9 Alabama 34, No. 8 Oklahoma 24 No. 10 Miami 10, No. 7 Texas A&M 3 (defensive battle on...
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