It's time to put the Gator kool-ade down and I mean quick. #4 in the nation (in the CFN pre-preseason rankings)? They'll be lucky to be top 4 in the conference next year. They lose A TON. Way too many players gone for them to be top 5. Tim Tebow hasn't shown he can do anything that he'll need to do next year. Florida does have a favorable schedule but Georgia, LSU, FSU have much brighter short term futures than the Gators do. UF has not out-recruited any of those programs no matter what you may have heard. Keep in mind UF has a mental battle as well as a physical battle. They will be in Gator hell I mean heaven down in Hogtown and all that patting on the back will hurt them in the off season. They scraped by games in the regular season in 2006 that they will lose this time around. – JK A: I’ll give you that LSU looks nasty (that’s why we have the Tigers No. 2), but you’re wrong on the recruiting side of things. Urban Meyer and his staff have done a whale of a job and are bringing in big talents all over the place. In the SEC, you have to take your turn since so many teams are fantastic, and Florida, LSU, or anyone else can all but forget about dominating the entire league on a yearly basis like USC can do in the Pac 10 and Oklahoma and Texas do in the Big 12; the league is just too good. I’m with you that Florida might be overranked by everyone at the start of the year, but it's not a bad team by any stretch.
What are your thoughts on Gary Crowton going to LSU as the offensive coordinator? Are we talking a complete overhaul of the LSU offensive or do you think Crowton and Miles will try to join their two mindsets? With Flynn and Perriloux waiting their turn for 2007, this could be very interesting considering both of them are pretty mobile guys. Do you think this changes the way recruits (such as Joe McKnight and others) look at the LSU system? – MS A: He certainly is qualified. I’d be a bit concerned about the way the Oregon offense died down the stretch last year, and I hated the way the quarterback situation was handled (although that was Mike Bellotti's doing more than Crowton's), but he’s a fantastic assistant and a great hire. I’m not so sure the Tigers will go to a pure spread attack right off the bat, but it’ll certainly use more elements of it. The offense isn't going to struggle. http://cfn.scout.com/2/610989.html
