IOL transfer deciding between UF and "one other school"

[tapsgator]

gatorswire.usatoday.com/lists/florida-football-recruiting-jason-zandamela-ucf-knights-gators/


This article is hilarious because:

1) We're in a duel with UCF presumably because FSU flipped our top OL and overall commit a couple weeks ago which largely went unreported since it's pretty much expected at this point, but now our battles are with UCF not real programs.

2) The writer refused to use UCF in the title. Like some sort of Harry Potter thing, can't mention the big bad Golden Knights.

Hopefully we get this kid so that Kiffin has a chance to develop him.

[SoTxCaiman]

Losing a kid like this to UCF could be one of those low water marks that makes people shift their focus and energies to Friday Night football.

[wahhappen]

There is no way he chooses to play for one coach when we had two OL coaches that told him they pretty much wanted him to be a Gator. Word is getting around how we run NFL style practices, and I thought it would have for sure sealed the deal when he saw our former center was in the top 4-rated UDFA centers. Perhaps he is waiting until 10/5 when they-who-shall-not-be-named come to town, you know, for dramatic effect. The rivalry will be heating up at that point.

[SoTxCaiman]

You hit the nail on the head Wah. He may be waiting to let 10-5 make the decision for him, winner takes all. I hope CWT makes sure to let everyone know what is really riding during his pre-game speech.

[wahhappen]

May 1, 2024 13:48:48 GMT -5 SoTxCaiman said:

You hit the nail on the head Wah. He may be waiting to let 10-5 make the decision for him, winner takes all. I hope CWT makes sure to let everyone know what is really riding during his pre-game speech.

You got it. The key is to continuously lower the bar, leveraging your own incompetence as a catalyst to show marginal improvement in areas nobody cared about before. That ain't workin', that's the way you do it. Money for nothin' and your chicks for free.

[SoTxCaiman]

We should get "Zandamela" helmet stickers or jersey patches for the UCF game just to keep everyone focused on the prize. I wonder if that would be a recruiting violation?

[g8rfan]

I’m dyin over here! You guys are out of control and I’m here for it!

[wahhappen]

That would be a great idea except I read that we have already reserved that space for commemorative “Fitz: Gone but not Forgotten” patches. But maybe they could do stickers in his image and hand them out for big plays like the Buckeyes and Seminoles do leading up to the big game.

[tapsgator]

247sports.com/college/florida/article/florida-gators-football-recruiting-uf-lands-commitment-from-usc-trojans-ol-transfer-jason-zandamela--231014992/


We won! Great victory over UCF! There I said it, WE BEAT THE UCF GOLDEN KNIGHTS ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL!


For serious, this is a good get and the kid should maybe start right away, we'll probably wait so he can learn under Damien George who is playing Guard for the first time in his college career, but if an elite athlete with a cannon can learn from GGTCDM then the top rated Guard by some services can learn from a guy who has played tackle his whole life. Because that's a thing you do when you're doing the things. Right?