Meyer happy despite drop in rankings
So much for that No. 1 recruiting ranking.
With the loss of two key former oral commitments, Florida dropped from No. 1 to No. 3 in the Rivals.com national rankings behind Notre Dame and Alabama. The Gators fell to No. 12 on the Scout.com list.
Early Wednesday, Lakeland offensive lineman Ricky Barnum changed his mind and decided to sign with Michigan. And Melbourne Palm Bay defensive back Ramon Buchanon is expected to announce withing the next 30 minutes that he's going to Miami. Both were 4-star commitments according to Rivals.com.
Meyer said although he glances at the rankings, he's not all that concerned with them overall and that he's happy with the class the Gators put together.
"We closed really well,'' he said. "Not that I'm into rankings but every time I visited a site like Rivals.com and see where we were ranked I was concerned myself. We were not ranked very high (in early January) and then seven recruits later and you are. I think at one point we were No. 1. I saw that some teams are signing like 35 players and we have 22. I am not concerned about rankings, but a part of me likes to check. When you start adding people like Omar Hunter and T.J. Lawrence, who came in late, it became a good day for us.''
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Ramon is going to be riding Miami pine. Good luck dude! See you in September...on the bench.
Posted by: Mike | February 06, 2008 at 01:03 PM
Uncommitted prospect TJ Lawrence from Kathleen just signed. This guy is a great receiver and athlete and a Rivals 4-star. Welcome to the Gator Nation TJ!!
Posted by: | February 06, 2008 at 01:12 PM
I saw the Gaytor nation last night in Knoxville. Gaytors got killed. Might want to let that nation part drop off now that losing is a common thing.
Posted by: tj | February 06, 2008 at 04:42 PM
"now that losing is a common thing"??? who are you a fan of tj?
Posted by: | February 06, 2008 at 05:05 PM
18-5. 13-10. 15-6. Guess which one is Florida. Yeah, we'll be in the torney. Where will you be? NIT.
tj can you say BACK-TO-BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS?
Posted by: Mike | February 06, 2008 at 07:10 PM
Mike, you have got to be kidding. UF sucks this year and you know it. They might want to enter a 3 point shoot out because thats all they do.
Posted by: tj | February 07, 2008 at 09:13 AM
tj have you even watched a Florida basketball game this year? What are you talking about?
Posted by: Mike | February 07, 2008 at 04:16 PM
I have Mike....the one where the Noles waxed the lowly SEC Gators!
Posted by: Leroy | February 07, 2008 at 05:14 PM
Mike what exactly is a "torney"? You said above that Florida would be in the torney, but still not sure where that is. Tourney might be where you want to be.
Posted by: Thomas | February 08, 2008 at 07:05 AM
You know I go to the Seminoles blog and I don't see one comment on any article with "Leroy" or Thomas" posts. So if you are fans of that school why don't you have anything to say? Or is it that you just are closet Gator fans and are waiting for acceptance? Oh and Leroy what again is fsu's record? what's their chances of making it to the Tourney? (sorry for the typo thomas) Yeah win at least one ring and get back to me you clowns.
Posted by: Mike | February 08, 2008 at 09:26 AM
As a matter of fact you need start by recruiting some players higher than a 3* and you might have a better shot at getting past the NIT. Talk to Coach Donovan about it. #1 recruiting class AGAIN!
Posted by: Mike | February 08, 2008 at 09:31 AM
Get a JOB Mike....you're embarrassing yourself and all of us other Gator fans
Posted by: Mike | February 08, 2008 at 11:33 AM
Another bandwagoner.
Posted by: Mike | February 08, 2008 at 12:22 PM
You are a moron Mike. How did anything I wrote come across as embarrassing? I give you facts because I actually follow Florida football & basketball. Give me some insight, please? And if you are indeed a Gator then man up and act like it. Be loyal to your team instead of befriending the losers that hate on us!
Posted by: Mike | February 08, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Mike: "Ramon is going to be riding Miami pine. Good luck dude! See you in September...on the bench."
That, my friend, is embarrassing....you are talking trash (on a blog nonetheless) to an 18 year old KID....
The way you talk about the Gators, I would think that you are single handedly responsible for their recent success. You = Joke.
Posted by: Mike | February 10, 2008 at 08:28 PM
You know its funny because you all were all about bashing Meyer for his recruiting tactics. Now you have a kid that flip-flops between UM and UF and burned Meyer and Florida because he could not make up his mind. I am not trash talking (well maybe a little) but simply stating the facts. Miami landed several LB's in this years class that are ranked way above Buchanon. His intrique in Florida had a lot to do with him playing at the safety position where he could see immediate playing time. Therefore he will most likely be on the bench.
Posted by: mm | February 11, 2008 at 11:38 AM