Ryan Shazier has de-committed from Florida and has committed to Ohio State. Shazier a 4 star Linebacker from Plantation Florida announced his decision tonight at his graduation party. Shazier took his official visit this week to Columbus but before he left he had the chance to meet the new Gator coach.
The de-commitment isn’t what has most gator fans fired up it’s the way Ryan de-committed. Sources tell us that Shazier sent Coach Muschamp a text telling him he de-committed and that he would be taking his skills to Columbus.
Shazier is expected to enroll in Ohio State in January. Ryan was expected to come to Gainesville and compete for playing time next year in a backup roll.
Since the recent hire of Coach Muschamp a lot of people have questioned whether Shazier was big enough to play linebacker in his system as Ryan is only 200lbs. But Shazier makes up for his lack of size with his explosiveness and ability to rush the passer.
Coach Muschamp was quoted as saying” Let’s worry about the kids that want to play for Florida and not the ones that don’t”. Muschamp still has 16 recruits most of which has stated as being solid commits.
Just about a half hour ago Shazier updated his status; “i shock the world tonight but i guess we all no now im going to the ohio state university”.
I asked Shazier if he had anything he would like to say to Gator Nation, Shazier replied; “Thanks”.
Make no mistake about Florida wanted Shazier but Coach Muschamp will find someone to replace him and Shazier will always be GATOR BAIT!!!
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bye bye ryan, dont let the door hit you on the way out kid!
It woulda been nice to have this kid. He’s a stud. I can understand his decision though. Columbus is a big city and OSU is like the New York City of college campuses. We need to work on keeping these recruits from taking official visits up there because it seems like when we allow Jim Tressel and co. to come across our borders, he leaves with some damned good talent. Same goes for the rest of the SEC but the case is especially true with Ohio State.
We’ll regroup and Muschamp will find a new stud to take his place, but mark my words he won’t be as athletic or explosive as Shazier would have been.
And I think we need to worry about winning some games instead of prematurely saying the kid will be Gator Bait. Show some class, the kid would be ours if it weren’t for the unfortunate departure of Meyer. The way our offense looked this year, I think we’d be more or less buckeye bait if the two teams went head to head.