Gators: Hottest Team in the Nation?

Colorado had a nice stretch landing a lot of top notch talent. Ty Willingham and U of W are putting together a really nice class after a strong few months. Illinois, Minnesota and Oregon are all riding high right now as well. Down south it has been the Miami Hurricanes, Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Tide.

After a slow start, relatively speaking of course, the Florida Gators have come on with full force over the past few weeks.

It started with a pair of really nice wide receiver prospects. Super-sleeper, super speedy Frankie Hammonds and the polished, naturally gifted Omarius Hines both committed to the Gators.

Urban Meyer followed that up by signing the nation's top offensive JUCO prospect in wide receiver Carl Moore. Moore is a freak of an athlete with huge upside and potential to start right away. Another stellar wideout at Florida...shocking.

They were not satisfied though. They picked up two role players in defensive tackle Bryan Jones, who has great size at 325 lbs, and o-line prospect Sam Robey. They went into Kentucky for Robey leading me to believe that Meyer really likes what he brings to the table.

Then the Gators pulled somewhat of a recruiting upset. Seffner (Fla.) offesnive tackle Matt Patchan is arguably the best tackle in the nation and is a Miami legacy. Patchan's father played at Miami. So for Florida to snag this talented young blocker was a bit of a surprise.

The dominence is far from over. Wednesday night South Lake's Jeff Demps committed to Florida over Tennessee. The talented young running back picks the Gators over the Vols despite UT head coach Phil Fulmer recently hiring Sean Drayton away from Gainesville. Drayton was the running backs coach.

Demps has a lot of slot receiver in his game as well so it will be interesting to see where Meyer inserts him. They also have Savannah, GA product Franklin Green committed as well. The recent complaints about not having a true running back will not be answered by these two though. USC tranfer Emmanuel Moody looks to change that. Moody could be the starting tailback next year.

Memo to the rest of the SEC: the Florida Gators are not slowing down either. Big time defensive tackle prospect Omar Hunter has recently re-opened his recruitment. Florida looks to be the favorite for the 5'11" 320 hole-plugger from the Peach state.