Florida, FSU, and Miami walk into every cycle knowing they’ll lose the top 5 players in the state. And no one’s mad enough about it.
Florida’s main export used to be oranges. Now it’s 5-star recruits to the SEC.
What quietly hollowed out college football recruiting was the rise of the modern day “handler,” often a 7-on-7 coach turned power broker/micro influencer. Self-appointed gatekeepers whose main credential is knowing a college assistant’s cell number and being able to wear