re: ***2015 Recruiting Discussion Thread (OP UPDATED 1/16)***

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Holland, yes. Ivey, no

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I posted this because you need ESPN insider to read entire article. Based on this we got some work to do in securing Ivey.

Per Derek Tyson

Just hours earlier, the No. 3-ranked player in the nation talked to new Auburn defensive coordinator Will Muschamp, who had been recruiting Ivey when he was the head coach at Florida. Florida and Auburn have been Ivey’s top two schools for some time so with Muschamp heading to Auburn, could the momentum have shifted in the Tigers' direction?

"I talked to Muschamp this morning,” Ivey said. "I like Muschamp as a head coach, but you can’t go to a school off of coaches. You can’t let that affect your decision. It’s a business at the end of the day. You get paid to win, you don’t get paid to lose. You never know what might happen. You might have a down year one year, and they fire the entire staff so I’m not going to a school off a coach.”

Also working in Auburn’s favor is Ivey’s best friend and teammate Chandler Cox has been committed to Auburn since May, but again, Ivey said he has to make a business decision for his future.

"That’s my best friend. I can’t even express how much I love him. I’d do anything for him,” Ivey said of Cox. "Like I said though, it’s a business decision. Hopefully, I want to go play in the NFL one day, and I want to make a choice that’s going to benefit me and what’s going to get me there. So when it comes down to picking a college just because he’s at Auburn and he committed there, I can’t let that affect me."



Ivey, the No. 1-ranked offensive tackle in the country, also had a chance to meet new Florida head coach Jim McElwain this week. The new coach appeared to have made a good first impression on the talented lineman.

"I like the confidence in what he had and what he had to bring,” Ivey said. "He was just being himself. He wasn’t trying to be like extraordinary and just go out of his way and just try to recruit me. He’s just going to be that guy who he is and he wants me there because of who he is and he doesn’t want to sell fake recruiting to me.”

Despite having visited LSU last week, Auburn and Florida remain Ivey’s top school and he says a decision is near.

"I’ll hopefully make a decision soon,” Ivey said. “I’m going to think about it over Christmas break and hopefully think about it and pray about it and just hopefully I'll make the right decision. Whenever I feel right and I feel comfortable. Whenever I get that feeling. I’ve been getting certain feelings lately that I’ve never had before about colleges but I was focused on my high school team and accomplishing a job, so now I can’t hold it no more, I can’t push it back.

"I got to narrow it down, but that’s no surprise. I’m not sure yet, I’m still shaky, I’m still 50/50."

The 8A game was pretty cool to watch...Apopka and Columbus..the single wing T is what made Spurrier come to UF because his home state school, UT was running a single wing back in the early 1960s.

Of course Martez Ivey is on the Apopka team and he is pretty quick for a large dude. He did a lot of pulling ...which is par for a single wing offense...Chandler Cox is a beast and he would make great safety/lb. very athletic.

If we somehow end up with a threesome of Ivey, Cowart and Jefferson...recruiting would be hitting a slam.

@ZachAbolverdi: RT @MistaAlderman: Scarlett on Jim McElwain: "Great guy. He seems like a people person. He wanted to tell me there's a place for me at #UF"

@holland_jeffery: ???????? LINK

'15 LB Jeff Holland

'15 TE Daniel Imatorbhebhe should be committing to UF soon as well. He and his brother are probably a package deal. His brother is a '16 WR.

sounds good.

Supposedly a really good WR in '16.

I like Cowart, but holy shite is he gonna get a reality check wherever he goes.