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Five days in the air, on the road embedded with the Florida Gators on the recruiting trail: Part II
The second installment of our two-part series. CBS Sports was embedded with new Florida Gators coach Todd Golden and his staff as they hit the recruiting trail for five days in July. <strong>Read Part I.</strong> Day 3: Gainesville to Atlanta to Augusta … GAINESVILLE, 6:37 a.m. — The Army-green Dodge Charger is right on time. Florida player development assistant Jordan Talley scoops me up en route to campus. He’s calling players to make sure they’re awake. The 7 a.m. lifting session is minutes away. Alex Fudge, a sophomore transfer from LSU, is next. No answer. “Uh-oh,” I say. “He didn’t pick up?” “No,” Talley says. “But I know just what…
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‘We have the talent:’ Five days in the air, on the road with the Florida Gators on the recruiting trail
CHICAGO — Summer basketball recruiting is an ethos built on, among many other things: being a walking/talking logo; showering with your wristband(s) on; inevitable wasted time; unavoidable wasted money; paying hundreds of dollars just to look at a roster; bad eating habits; worse sleep cycles; a continuously sore ass; and most treasured of all, story-swapping with coaching brethren all morning, all afternoon and all night long. Along the way, maybe you find a player or two who changes the course of your career. Even better: Maybe you get to do the same for them. The final run of the summer live period has arrived. This Wednesday-to-Sunday sprint prompts thousands of…
