In the past for the Gators, they have never had such of a big recruiting weekend towards the end of the season until now which is a first. There are twelve prospects who are visiting this weekend and most are already committed to Florida, but there is still a couple of big names who could have a change in mind after the weekend visit if everything goes well.

There are several big name players who are taking a trip to Gainesville and two of the twelve are rated 5-stars.

Darious Cummings, a Florida State commit will not appear this weekend anymore, FSU will return their DL coach Odell Haggins, and along with not having Strong on board anymore for UF because he was a major factor in recruiting around the Florida area.

Offensive Tackle Chaz Green and Christian Green, both from Tampa Catholic in Florida will not be able to make the visit this weekend due to a state championship game on Saturday when they face Jacksonville (FL.) Bolles. The Florida coaches are expected to have an in-home visit with Chaz on Thursday.

And other news from Rivals, running back Mack Brown has rescheduled his visit to the second week of January.

Here are the twelve who are visiting this weekend, along with a little bit of information on each one.

* Neiron Ball, 6-4, 210 pounds, 4.5 (4 stars)
Jackson (Ga.)
Interest level- Committed
- Ball had some interest in UGA but ended up choosing Florida instead, even though his older brother played for the Bulldogs as well. The future looks like he would be a solid DE for the Gators.

* Trey Burton, 6-3, 203 pounds, 4.62 (3 stars)
Venice (Fla.)
Interest level- Committed
- Burton is a solid dual threat QB and is one of the top players in the Nation without a question. Not only did he play football for Venice but he also played a little basketball until his senior year because he will be graduating early. He is a great kid and will be an excellent add to the Gator offense.

* Robert Clark, 5-9, 170 pounds, 4.5 (3 stars)
West Palm Beach (Fla.) Dwyer
Interest Level- Medium
Other interests- WVU, ISU & TN
- Even though Clark is visiting while he is committed to WVU, I wouldn’t be too surprised if he came out a Gator by the weekend is over to be honest. Teammate Matt Elam is committed to Florida and Clark may have a change in mind before too long.

* Chris Dunkley, 5-10, 164 pounds, 4.4 (4 stars)
Pahokee (Fla.)
Interest Level- High
Other interests- ALA.
- It doesn’t matter what goes on this weekend in Gainesville for Dunkley, he has said he will not make any announcement or decision until the Under Armour game which will take place in January. He has been interested in the Gators all along but has kept Alabama right next to them as his choice.

* Matt Elam, 6-0, 205 pounds, 4.45 (5 stars)
West Palm Beach (Fla.) Dwyer
Interest level- committed
Other interests- UGA, FSU, WVU, TN
- Elam has been committed to UF for a good amount of time now, but it still hasn’t slowed him down for looking around at other schools. He has taken four other official visits and Florida will have his last one this weekend. His decision is just around the corner.

* Jordan Hicks, 6-2, 220 pounds, 4.58 (5 stars)
West Chester (Ohio) Lakota West
Interest Level- High
Other interests- TEX, OSU
- There are some good things but there is also bad things about Hicks visiting this weekend. Let’s start off with the bad. As we all know Charlie Strong took the head coaching job at Louisville and without really knowing about his new coach might have an impact. The good is that Florida is the last school to get a shot at Hicks. In a few weeks when his decision will be made, it will all be between Texas, Ohio State, and the Gators.

* Justin Hunter, 6-4 172 pounds, 4.4 (4 stars)
Virginia Beach (Va.) Ocean Lakes
Interest level- Medium
Other interests- LSU (committed)
- Hunter is already committed to the LSU Tigers but taking a last visit in Gainesville never hurts. Hunter is from the same part as former Gator wide receiver Percy Harvin and is a late addition to the list of visitors.

* Brandon Linder, 6-6, 290 pounds (4 stars)
Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) STA
Interest level- Medium
Other interests- MIA, ND
- After having several schools for his choices, Linder has lowered his list down to Miami, Notre Dame, and Florida. It looks like he has the Gators as his No. 3 choice but lets hope a trip to the Swamp will give him second thoughts.

* Morgan Moses, 6-7, 347 pounds
Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy
Interest level- Medium
Other interests- VIR, SC, LSU, OSU, UNC
- He has been a Virginia commitment for a good time now but since Al Groh has been fired, he has opened up his list. Moses has already took a visit to South Carolina and has talked about LSU, Ohio State, and North Carolina as possible future visits.

* Ian Silberman, 6-5, 257 pounds, 5.13 (4 stars)
Fleming Island (Fla.)
Interest Level- committed
- He has been committed to UF for a long time, just like Trey Burton, and also has really assisted the coaches with recruiting to fill up the spots for the class of 2010. Meyer took an in-home visit on Wednesday.

* Travon Van, 5-10, 175 pounds, 4.45 (4 stars)
New Berlin (N.Y.) Milford Academy
Interest Level- Committed
- Van had a awesome year in San Diego but wasn’t very consistent on offense. He should have a chance at the CB spot for UF.

* Jaylen Watkins, 6-1, 172 pounds, 4.44 (4 stars)
Cape Coral (Fla.)
Interest level- committed
- There has been a rumor going around saying that Charlie Strong is trying to take CB coach Vance Bedford over to Louisville with him, but I don’t think should have any impact on Watkins commitment.

The Alabama Crimson Tide Running Back, Mark Ingram, has been declared the 2009 Heisman winner. Ingram is a major part of Alabma’s undefeated season, and as Gator Nation should know, he can take over a game on anyday. Against Florida in the SEC Championship game, Ingram piled up three touchdowns in the onslaught of Florida. On the season, he has rushed for 1,542 yards and 118.6 yards per rush. He is the first Running Back to win the award since Reggie Bush in 2005, and only the second one in the last 10 years.

Florida Gator Quarterback, Tim Tebow, had his hope for a second Heisman trophy crushed with last week’s defeat to Alabama, and ended up finishing fifth in the Heisman voting. Tebow had a pretty good year, but was overshadowed by the play of Mark Ingram, Toby Gearhart and Colt McCoy throughout the year. Despite not being able to secure his second Heisman, Tebow can still say that he has one Heisman, which is something that not many college football athletes can say.

Heisman Voting

1. Mark Ingram - 227 1st place votes
2. Toby Gerhart - 222 first place votes
3. Colt McCoy
4. Ndamukong Suh
5. Tim Tebow

It hasn’t been long since the Florida Gators lost defensive coordinator Charlie Strong so he could be the new head coach at Louisville, and now there is another one who will not be on the Gator staff for the 2010 season.

Head coach Urban Meyer started to let the prospects who have committed know that wide receiver coach and recruiting coordinator Billy Gonzales has chosen a position with LSU. Meyer told the prospects that he will not be here next year, just hopefully it doesn’t effect the 2010 recruiting class. It’s crazy how Florida has lost two great coaches just 2 months before signing day.

I’m still curious to know why they would leave when they have it made at UF? Maybe this is what happens when you have so much talent, they benefit from all of the success and move on to bigger and better things.

GSN will release more on this soon. Stay tuned.

There are six high school seniors who have already gave their commitments to the University Of Florida who are placed on the roster for the 2010 Under Armour All-Star game that will take place on January 2 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. It will also be televised live on ESPN.

Ted Marchibroda and Sam Wyche who are both former NFL head coaches will be the coaches for the All-Star game. Marchibroda will be coaching team Blur and Wyche will be the head coach for team Nitro.

There is just one recruit playing on team Blur, Joshua Shaw who is a solid 6-2 CB out of Palmdale, California.

Here are the rest of the Florida recruits who are going to be playing on team Nitro. Demar Dorsey, Boyd Anderson who are both safeties, WR Solomon Patton, Murphy (Ala.), DT Leon Orr, Gulf; running back Mack Brown from Martin Luther King (GA.), and offensive tackle Ian Silberman, Fleming, Island Florida.

This event is hosted for the top seniors around the whole country.

(Info gathered by Antonya English from Gator Report.)

Well Gator Nation. It’s official. Florida is set to face undefeated Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl on New years day.

This will be the Gators eighth Sugar Bowl appearance, and also the fourth most in bowl history.

The game is set and ready for 8:30 pm and will be shown live on FOX. Here is an interesting fact for you. This is the first time ever that two top five teams have faced in a non-championship Sugar bowl since back in 1977.

“We are very much looking forward to the opportunity to host the No. 3 and No. 5 teams in the country, as well as their fans, for the 76th Allstate Sugar Bowl,” Sugar Bowl President Richard R. Smith said. “Florida and Cincinnati have both had great seasons with thrilling games that have gone to the last minute to preserve their place in the Sugar Bowl and we are confident that the 76th chapter in our illustrious history will maintain our tradition of staging the greatest game possible.”

After the 32-13 loss to Alabama on Saturday, Florida dropped from the No. 1 spot to No. 5.

(Quote/info gathered from Antonya English/Gator Report.)