BREAKING: Florida Gators Land MASSIVE OT! Philo Set to START vs Kentucky!

Florida Gators land themselves a 6'7", offensive tackle for the 2027 recruiting class. Aaron Filo, set to be the starter for Kentucky. Let's get into it, baby. Come on. Boys and girls, ladies and gents, good to see you. Welcome back to High Top Sports. We're talking commits. We're talking starters today for the Florida Gators. First on the order here is Mr. Fisher has committed to the Florida Gators. Marino Fisher, the 6'7 tackle out of Charlotte, North Carolina, was committed to Virginia. Mr. Fisher was visiting this past weekend. We heard some rumblings about him visiting. There was a lot of rumblings that he could possibly commit during the game. As we know, the game wasn't necessarily sexy. Fun, as we all would have liked to be. Maybe that was for the reason for the delay. I don't know. Doesn't really matter because here we are. We stand with Mr. Fisher committing to the Florida Gators. Now, let's go ahead and get some things out of the way. I know people are going to talk about and complain. Three-star, what's going on? But let's take a step back and let's kind of look at this class as a whole before we maybe start taking some shots at Mr. Fisher here. Again, love the size, 6'7". I think it's about 290, depending on where you look. And for me, we've got to kind of... We do have to reset our brains a little bit, okay? I don't necessarily think we should agree to be okay with accepting three-star offensive linemen, although we love these kids no matter what they want to do and what they want to commit. But as Florida fans, we've ran out of patience of waiting on three-star guys to be developed, okay? So I think the initial response, if there is frustration, is probably warranted because of what we've been through for the last couple of years. This class is a bit different, and I also would like to see what Troutwine can do. We've got one of the best... Developers and recruiters in the country in Troutwine. And so if you got a guy that's 6'7", excuse me, that Troutwine loves. Then I'm all ears. I'm willing to go after it. Because not to mention, not only is he going after a guy that's, quote unquote, let's say a project guy. Who knows? He could have a fantastic offseason. He's got a lot of great qualities about him. Great at pass block. The big thing that's going to factor to him is if you go look at his film, plays against a lot of smaller competition. So has he been truly tested? No. And most high school kids haven't been. A lot of that plays a factor into what their ranking is, right? Size and stature. Obviously matters, but who are they being measured up against also plays a factor, and I think that could be alluding to why the ratings are low as well. Also has a hard time being consistent and kind of going a run block as well as an issue for pressure, which again. Work in progress, no big deal on that one, but I want to see what Troutwine can do. I'm willing to see these guys go through the mix and see how it works again. I know where Florida fans are. I know that because I'm one of them, and I'm ready to see this thing turn around. But I want you to take a look at this class as a whole, okay? So when you look at the recruiting class as a whole from an offensive line perspective, it's much different than what it used to be in the past. I actually took a look back to last year, and Tavarius Dice was our biggest commit last year, which no shot towards Tavarius Dice, but that was our highest rated guy. Right around where Elijah Hutchinson was, and then the other two commits or three commits were three stars, non-nationally ranked guys. What I love about this, and if you take a look at some other schools that do well in the trenches, let's say Miami and Georgia, these are blueprints we want to go after. And as much as I hate those schools, they're doing a very good job with those things. So you may say, we're not Georgia or Miami. Well, they're crushing recruiting and they're crushing the offensive line. So let's take a look and see what they're doing in this blueprint. emulates that very closely. Their three top guys are all within the top 200. All three of these guys are, Maxwell's the number two player in the country. Peyton and Elijah are all top 160 at worst players in the country. And then, of course, you have Marino. Now, the only difference between us right now and those two schools that I just mentioned, Georgia and Miami, is they have seven offensive line commits compared to four. But their three top guys are all within the top 200. And then after that, it goes to three-star nationally ranked guys that have great size that you have, obviously, for scout team and developing. Now, why not for seven offensive linemen? We need it. We're going to have to go up after it. Well, we've heard, we've talked to Corey Bender, we've talked about this recruiting, and there's been a lot of mumblings and rumors about how aggressive Florida is going to be in this portal cycle. So I think that plays a factor as well, too, of maybe they're going to go, I would expect them to go especially heavy. And this next cycle around, not to mention if there are some guys they want to keep from this current class, I don't know where they stand, but this offensive line room is young. So that may be playing a factor too, of why the, the quantity doesn't emulate what the other schools are going after. The big thing that I'm focused on right now is the quality and the quality of this offensive line room is exceptional. The best we've had, I think we've talked about before, even without Marona fish, Marino Fisher committing, it was one of the best offensive line class as a whole committed to the university of Florida in quite some time. Love the addition with the size that he comes in. That's, again, 6'7", 270. I have to put on some muscles, put on some LBs, and see how that transitions, and somebody to watch. But I will say, we've had, for the first three-star commit that John and company have is Steve Bentley, who's been crushing it. And, again, he came in extremely late. So, look, if this class is made up of a couple of good three-star guys, I'm all for it. The issue is we can't be building. I have the full building block with a bunch of three-star, you know, finding the gems in the rough. We've tried it. It was no fun. No bueno for all of us here. So we get it. But congrats to Mr. Marino Fisher. Very excited to have him added to the team. Was looked at by a lot of good schools along with Virginia, Clemson as well. So and Auburn was eyeing him on his offer sheet. So fantastic addition to this class, which again, 2026 is one of a very top. A healthy class for the Florida Gators. 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If it gets close to that, It's all rigged, all right? Tinfoil hat, full-blown theory. It's all simulation because at no point and no reason, VB3's not back. Where are you getting this number from? And it's not, well, Kentucky's going to go score 42 and we're going to only score seven. No, because you're saying it's a two-point differential. So I don't know what's going on, what they're feeling. I would love it. I would love to see us put up 25 points, all right, and then put up 20 or whatever. Whatever the math needs to be us, 28, 25, to hit that 52 line that they've got rocking and rolling. Maybe they knew Philo was starting beforehand. They felt that maybe they can get back to their ways of what they were back a couple weeks ago during the Ole Miss and Auburn era, what a time that was. But hopefully we can maybe, the time off for Aaron Philo. Obviously, we know that he did have that injury. I don't know how much that was nagging him, but maybe some time off. Maybe now that this back-and-forth quarterback debacle has been settled, maybe some pressure will be relieved because for the first couple of weeks, obviously, Tramiel's kind of knocking on the door. What can we see? What can we expect if Tramiel were to start? Well, now that's kind of out of the way, so maybe this takes, again, some pressure, not only on Philo, but maybe Buster as well, right? Because I'm sure they may be questioning themselves from time to time. I honestly couldn't tell you. We don't know what to expect with this Florida team. But we'll love to see some progress this week versus Kentucky. I know Florida fans are a little apathetic with how things are going right now in regards to the offense. So maybe we'll see a new spark in the team with Aaron Filo starting for the Florida Gators. Let me know your thoughts, your comments and thoughts in the comment section down below on Aaron Filo being named the starter. Excited, indifferent, doesn't really matter to you. You're just kind of back where y'all want to be and just go back to winning some damn football games. And finish this season strong. That's, I think, what we're all looking forward to. If we're able to pick one up against Kentucky, you've got Vanderbilt, Florida State coming up the next couple of weeks. Could finish the season in an upper mentality going into this offseason with a very healthy recruiting class. And then, of course, the portal opens up January 4th, which a lot of talk about that. Florida is expected to be aggressive there. Aggressive in what sense is what I'm looking forward to? Aggressive compared to Florida's past teams? Or are they going to be aggressive in comparison to the rest of the market? It's going to be the questions that I have for the next couple of weeks and as we get closer to the transfer portal. But until then, y'all smash the like button, subscribe. We'll see you guys tomorrow, live tonight, 8:30 Gator Summit. Be there or be square. 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