Gap Down Backer.

[Captain Canada]

Damn, you ran through that off-season, goddamn. Just played catchup.

This season's step back going to be a lil wild. Sucks that the game hoe'd you out of Skyler Williams.

[Soapy]

Bubba Mack lost his recruiting touch!

We're about development here.

Damn, you ran through that off-season, goddamn. Just played catchup.

This season's step back going to be a lil wild. Sucks that the game hoe'd you out of Skyler Williams.

We still got some offseason, bro. Bringing the stories back. You can thank Caesar.

Skyler would have been a fun storyline but the game hoed him from developing so he's still like mid 70s and then went to Texas to be a third stringer

[Soapy]

Florida running back Jamarice Wilder no longer with the team
ESPN News Services
April 23, 2029, 11:02 AM ET

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GAINESVILLE, Fl. — Former Kennesaw State running back Jamarice Wilder is no longer enrolled at the University of Florida and is no longer part of the football team according to school officials when contacted by ESPN.

Wilder, who transferred to Florida this past winter during the transfer portal window, had twelve rushing touchdowns for Kennesaw State in the 2028 season, leading the Owls to their second consecutive Conference USA Championship. Wilder rushed for 1,173 yards during the 2027 season when Kennesaw State made it to the College Football Playoffs after transferring from Louisville.

A Florida native from the southwest region near Venice, was linked to the in-state Gators early on in his recruitment as well as Tulane along with Stanford due to his relationship with the Cardinal's head coach Bubba Mack who recruited and coached Wilder at Kennesaw State.

[Caesar]

Buddy pulled a Cam Newton and tossed a laptop out a window?

[Soapy]

Buddy pulled a Cam Newton and tossed a laptop out a window?

recession indicator.

[Soapy]

Stanford's offensive line is beginning to look a certain way under Bubba Mack
Kam Seidu-Harris
June 18, 2029

"That's where your Outland Trophy is going to go."

Those words stuck with Neil Pryor as he flew back home to Utah to make his next college decision. The top ranked left tackle in the transfer portal was deciding between Oklahoma, Tennessee and Stanford.

He had visited Stanford early on in the process and during his visit, with head coach Bubba Mack by side nearly the entire time he was in Palo Alto, they had toured the Home of Champions, Stanford's sports hall of fame that features 115 NCAA Championships, a total of 139 National Championships and 558 individual titles. In the football wing, there's a section dedicated to each era of Stanford football, most recently the David Shaw era with two Rose Bowl trophies and three Pac-12 titles.

"He sort of pointed to an empty space by the corner," Pryor says of the visit with Mack, "He told me that's where my trophies were going to be and where I'd be leading this next era of Stanford football. I think as an offensive lineman, you hear coaches talk about how you are a priority but with [Coach Mack] and Stanford, the [offensive line] isn't a priority, it's the priority."

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Pryor had tried to bring with him two of the portal top players in Alabama's Jaylen Labinjo and Cory Komora to form an embarrassment of riches along the offensive line. Labinjo picked Florida and Komora, after Pryor spurned them for Stanford, went to Oklahoma. Looking back at it, Pryor said they made the right decision.

"We've got eight guys that would start anywhere in the country," Pryor, a third-year sophomore says with confidence after starting all twelve games as a redshirt freshman for a program in Wisconsin that is known for their offensive line play.

You don't need to be at a practice for an extended period to notice the shift since Mack took over from his mentor Jim L. Mora. The projected starting unit features Pryor, listed at six-foot-eight and 331 pounds, at left tackle. At guard, in the spring, it's primarily been last year's starting right tackle Peyton Joseph who is up to 325 pounds according to Mack. Opposite of him is Alexander Mixon, a 323-pounder from the portal that started thirteen games last season at Toledo and behind him is Texas A&M transfer George Vallos (six-foot-eight, 335) who Mack says might be their most impressive athlete and a future NFL player. J.J. Sauer is a third-year starter and All-ACC selection at center and Jameson Flood, last year's starting left tackle, is now at right tackle.

The depth is also impressive with Mack crediting the infusion of talent, such as Pryor, Mixon and Vallos in raising the level of play for everyone across the board. Shaquille Marks, who Mack says he was worried would "wash out" after his first practice last year when Mack took over, is an elite tackle prospect that he would have no problem playing in a pinch and would feel comfortable doing so. Sergio Silvestro would start at most programs says Mack and that he thinks Silvestro could factor in at some point this season and says Jalen Freeman, the backup right tackle, might end up being the highest draft pick of the bunch once he gets on the field.

"I think by nature it's a position group that is very dependent on each other," Mack says, "It goes beyond just the field of play but also in their development, how serious they are taking the strength and conditioning, their nutrition. When a guy like [Pryor] walks into a room, you're not okay with just squatting half of what he's squatting or not putting in the work that he's doing. It's really hard to be a good offensive lineman on a bad offensive line, it almost doesn't happen, not at the college level at least. That level of play is infectious and we really saw it this past spring to where the guys just kept getting better and better, building off of last year's success and feeding off the momentum we by bringing in some really talented guys."

The Cardinal will lean on an experienced offensive line that returns three starters from last year's team and two starters from the portal in Pryor and Mixon to help guide them through a tough early slate of the season that features road trips to Michigan and UCLA with a first-time starter at quarterback that has yet to be named.

[djp73]

starts in the trenches

[Soapy]

starts in the trenches

Mack Tough.

[Soapy]

Florida, Kennesaw State file tampering charges against Stanford over RB Jamarice Wilder
Michael Harrell
August 1, 2029, 04:01 PM ET

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PALO ALTO, Calif. — Florida and Kennesaw State have jointly filed tampering charges against Stanford, alleging improper contact between Cardinal head coach Bubba Mack and former Owls running back Jamarice Wilder.

Wilder, who transferred to Florida during the winter portal window, is no longer enrolled at the university and has left the Gators’ football program, school officials confirmed to ESPN back in June prior to enrolling at Stanford in August, which prompted the joint investigation between Florida and Kennesaw State.

According to Kennesaw State, Mack tampered with both Wilder and former KSU running back Greg Burrell shortly after the Owls faced Stanford last season. School officials say they became aware of those conversations shortly before Wilder’s decision to enter the transfer portal and believe that had Burrell not declared for the draft, he would have entered the portal as well.

Florida officials allege that Wilder only signed with the Gators as part of a plan to eventually reunite with Mack at Stanford, describing his brief time in Gainesville as evidence of a “backdoor deal.”

In a statement, Florida pointed to Wilder’s “actions inconsistent with that of a student-athlete acting in good faith,” citing multiple missed practices and team meetings while claiming injury, as well as failing to attend team-assigned physical rehab for said injury.

Wilder, a Florida native from Venice, had been a standout at Kennesaw State, rushing for 1,173 yards in 2027 when Mack was the head coach of the Owls and scoring 12 touchdowns in 2028. He played a central role in back-to-back Conference USA titles and the Owls’ historic College Football Playoff run. He originally began his career at Louisville before transferring to Kennesaw State.

Wilder was also linked to Stanford during his recruitment due to his relationship with Mack, who coached and recruited him at KSU before leaving for Palo Alto last winter.

Stanford has not publicly responded to the allegations.

[Captain Canada]

It would be them folk in Gainesville making a problem