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Post by SoTxCaiman on Mar 7, 2024 13:18:35 GMT -5
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Post by tapsgator on Mar 7, 2024 13:28:31 GMT -5
Don't sleep on Jackson, George, and Waites gaining 12-15 lbs. a piece. All those guys needed to lose weight. Big Des should be cut at this point. It is not medically safe for him to be playing football. |
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Post by SoTxCaiman on Mar 7, 2024 13:34:55 GMT -5
I have to believe Dez's family has already had multiple meetings and strategy sessions with their attorney and keep him on speed dial. If Dez passes a physical and is cleared to play something is seriously wrong. Where are the University attorneys in all this? The liability of letting him play can not be acceptable. There is no way this turns out well, at the press conference after the disaster happens, there is no way the family thanks the University for giving him the chance to go out doing what he loved. For Gods sake by the end of the season last year the man couldn't be subbed in or out of a game without a time out. This is going to turn out bad and I don't want to watch.
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Post by tapsgator on Mar 7, 2024 13:54:01 GMT -5
It really has passed the point of amusement, it is absurd to let someone who gained at least 30 lbs. and weighs 464 lbs. in the offseason to continue practicing football in Gainesville.
If the Dynamic Delta Duo allow him to participate in Spring Practice it will be the worst judgment call of their respective tenures far outshining Rashada, secret words, 2 guys wearing the same number, and even hiring at least 2 coaches who abused female athletes and ignoring multiple reports/complaints about the same.
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Post by Mojave Gator on Mar 7, 2024 15:17:36 GMT -5
Watson's weight gain is frightening. I looked up his recruiting profile, and he is listed at 6'5", 315. This means that he has gained 150 pounds since signing.
He was apparently very highly thought of during recruiting. He was offered by Alabama, Florida Atlantic, Florida State, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Miami, Michigan, Mississippi State, Nebraska, North Carolina, Rutgers, South Florida, Tennessee, Central Florida, Toledo and West Virginia.
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Post by g8rfan on Mar 7, 2024 15:48:36 GMT -5
464 lbs wtf. That is dangerously overweight. This is craziness.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 7, 2024 17:54:06 GMT -5
And he is wearing #1, not a number reserved for a non-starter (unless you count special teams where we will have multiple wearing #1). No way he doesn’t start.
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Post by tapsgator on Mar 8, 2024 11:40:03 GMT -5
And he is wearing #1, not a number reserved for a non-starter (unless you count special teams where we will have multiple wearing #1). No way he doesn’t start. Naw, he's not wearing number 1, I had a buddy say that but it's Justus Boone who is one of CWT's favorite players of ever because he's very transparent and of course Montrell Johnson because he's Montrell Johnson. The 1 in the article just means it's the most notable, and I guess I'll give them that. There was nothing about him in any of the Spring Practice Day 1 reports I've seen, just lots about how Graham Mertz is back and on a mission and serving as a great mentor for Lagway. I don't know if that means he didn't practice or they just don't want to talk about it. Either way it's comical that they allow him to continue being on the roster and taking up 1 scholarship and 3 seats on the plane. |
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 8, 2024 13:21:58 GMT -5
And he is wearing #1, not a number reserved for a non-starter (unless you count special teams where we will have multiple wearing #1). No way he doesn’t start. Naw, he's not wearing number 1, I had a buddy say that but it's Justus Boone who is one of CWT's favorite players of ever because he's very transparent and of course Montrell Johnson because he's Montrell Johnson. The 1 in the article just means it's the most notable, and I guess I'll give them that. There was nothing about him in any of the Spring Practice Day 1 reports I've seen, just lots about how Graham Mertz is back and on a mission and serving as a great mentor for Lagway. I don't know if that means he didn't practice or they just don't want to talk about it. Either way it's comical that they allow him to continue being on the roster and taking up 1 scholarship and 3 seats on the plane. Oh, my bad. I totally misread the article and thought they were reporting jersey number changes as well. You have to hand it to him, though. He was motivated to becoming the heaviest player in the country after being surpassed last season by that TCU freshman. If I am not mistaken, this makes him the heaviest to ever play college football, correct? The heaviest NFL player was Gibson at 410, so there's another goal Des could set his sites on if he doesn't die on the field. |
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Post by Mojave Gator on Mar 9, 2024 22:14:49 GMT -5
If CWT somehow manages to survive the season, Des has a shot at cracking 500 by the 2025 season opener.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 10, 2024 14:51:04 GMT -5
Normally I would say, yes, he can. But considering he is fully “bought in,” I believe it is possible for him to hit the 500 mark when he reports in August of 2024.
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Post by g8rfan on Mar 11, 2024 12:54:34 GMT -5
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Post by tapsgator on Mar 12, 2024 10:53:14 GMT -5
This is the second thing I've seen that has hailed the "size up front" as a good thing. I guess maybe when we had even mediocre football coaches the media seemed less stupid? I feel like the entire culture from the fanbase to the media has become about as uninformed and delusional as any in the country. It's 20 year old men crying and holding each other during a loss, YouTubers saying "stop being so mean," and writers alternately not following up when he spits garbage or flat false statements and then trying to spin news as a positive. It's an alternate reality. "Florida certainly has plenty of bulk at defensive tackle, as Des Watson weighed in at 464 pounds in camp, while Cam Jackson weighed in at 374 pounds. That mass could come into handy stopping the run, though it's questionable whether both are suitable playing weights in the SEC dealing with mobile quarterbacks. It will be up to new strength coach Tyler Miles and nutritionist Jake Sankal to determine suitable playing weights for both going forward." Wow. Just wow. |
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Post by Mojave Gator on Mar 12, 2024 23:49:05 GMT -5
464 and 374 are "questionable" as suitable playing weights? They could only stop the run if a running back ran headlong into them and fell over.
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Post by wahhappen on Mar 13, 2024 8:40:18 GMT -5
This is the second thing I've seen that has hailed the "size up front" as a good thing. I guess maybe when we had even mediocre football coaches the media seemed less stupid? I feel like the entire culture from the fanbase to the media has become about as uninformed and delusional as any in the country. It's 20 year old men crying and holding each other during a loss, YouTubers saying "stop being so mean," and writers alternately not following up when he spits garbage or flat false statements and then trying to spin news as a positive. It's an alternate reality. "Florida certainly has plenty of bulk at defensive tackle, as Des Watson weighed in at 464 pounds in camp, while Cam Jackson weighed in at 374 pounds. That mass could come into handy stopping the run, though it's questionable whether both are suitable playing weights in the SEC dealing with mobile quarterbacks. It will be up to new strength coach Tyler Miles and nutritionist Jake Sankal to determine suitable playing weights for both going forward." Wow. Just wow. I think the media is so incredibly desperate to keep things positive heading into the Orange and Blue game. Surely (stop calling me Shirley) they will run out of ways to spin things and create make believe stories. It has become an embarrassment. Luckily for us we are only nationally relevant when there is a scandal. |
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Post by tapsgator on Mar 13, 2024 9:44:20 GMT -5
464 and 374 are "questionable" as suitable playing weights? They could only stop the run if a running back ran headlong into them and fell over. Don't worry it's in the capable hands of a former intern Tyler the disciple of the guy who "gave him his first job" as literally an intern, not an analyst, an actual intern, I'm guessing he was one of the jackasses that went to grad school in movement science and worked at LA Fitness who would constantly stalk me and ask "how do you do that?" when I used to be strong. Sankal is actually a qualified and seemingly good nutrionist but is used to working with professional athletes who don't generally gain 100 lbs. when told they need to lose 30 (his Freshman I think redshirt year the company line was "he can be an effective player at 350 when he was listed at 380-85). So between the two of them I'm sure they'll be able to accomplish what nobody else has and make Big Des an effective player not a national punchline until it inevitably turns tragic. I think the media is so incredibly desperate to keep things positive heading into the Orange and Blue game. Surely (stop calling me Shirley) they will run out of ways to spin things and create make believe stories. It has become an embarrassment. Luckily for us we are only nationally relevant when there is a scandal. I really don't think so, their propensity and willingness to peddle bullshit is matched only by the part of the fanbase that runs to the fertilizer store to buy it. Steve Spurrier basically put CWT on blast and the vast majority of these assholes (media and fanbase) are siding with the Dynamic Delta Duo and saying "that was out of line, who is he to criticize the program." It's unfuckingbelievable. Napier lost me remarkably quickly given that I was excited about the hire, but the fanbase and media "calling out" the greatest Gator of all-time because he thinks maybe some things need to be cleaned up given the 3 straight losing seasons for the first time in 75 years and very real possibility of the first time in the history of the program that it becomes 4 is really next level. It's always great to be a Gator, but that ain't being a Gator, that's being a dumbass and Napier fan. More Power to them, I'll support the program in all kinds of weather and supporting the program in the current shitstorm means accepting that CWT is not fit for the job and Starkville Scottie even less so. |
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Post by Mojave Gator on Mar 14, 2024 15:17:33 GMT -5
Our DLine is Beefy porky… Fixed. |
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