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Florida football has been in rumors that head coach Billy Napier is on the hot seat since Week 1. While the rumors are fair, considering the Gators record (4-3), it hasn’t all been on the head coach. He’s dealt with a variety of injuries across both sides of the ball. “If they are competitive through […]

Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart gave an honest opinion on the future location changes to the Georgia-Florida rivalry. Smart and the No. 2 ranked Bulldogs are set to face embattled coach Billy Napier and the Gators on Saturday in the rivalry’s 103rd meeting. Since 1996, the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” has been played […]

Two days after an overtime loss last Saturday to the Tennessee Volunteers, Florida football coach Billy Napier noted that the injury that knocked Gators running back Montrell Johnson Jr. out of the game was not, “a long-term issue.” But as promising as that prognosis may sound, it was at least a little vague, because nearly a […]

Florida football coach Billy Napier is in the position every coach dreads: on the hot seat. The Gators are 3-3 to start the 2024 season, Napier’s third year in Gainesville, and with a tough Southeastern Conference (SEC) schedule ahead and without his starting quarterback, Napier’s time as Florida’s coach may be coming to a close. […]

Billy Napier and Florida football have been trying to get the best of both worlds from their quarterback situation over the first four games of the season. Graham Mertz gives the Gators experience as a pocket passer, while freshman DJ Lagway offers some of the explosiveness and playmaking that Mertz lacks. Since Mertz returned from […]

Florida football legend Emmitt Smith isn’t holding back — he knows the team is off to a rough start and head coach Billy Napier’s future is in clear doubt. The Gators are off to a 1-2 start, fresh off home losses to their in-state rival Miami and most recently SEC rival Texas A&M. The Gators […]

It appears that Florida football could be making a significant change soon. Head coach Billy Napier has the Gators sitting at 1-2, on pace for their third consecutive losing season. Rumors have circulated recently about potential coaching replacements for Napier, and a recent development suggests that a plan is in place for the program. The […]

It’s no secret that Florida football has been “down bad” for a while now, as the kids say. The Gators suffered convincing losses to both No. 8 Miami and Texas A&M at home and yet head coach Billy Napier claims he’s not worried about his job. Former Florida running back Emmitt Smith is skeptical, though, […]

In a bit of surprising news on Wednesday, former Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden expressed interest in returning to the sidelines—but this time, potentially as a college football coach, according to Brando Marcello of CBS Sports. “Yeah, I’m interested in coaching,” Gruden said during a recent interview. “My dad was a college coach, I […]

The Florida football team has gotten off to a dreadful 1-2 start this season, and there are a lot of Gators fans that wanted head Billy Napier fired. There’s no doubt about it, Napier is on the hot seat, and he needs to do something to figure things out if he wants to keep his […]

The Florida football team has not gotten off to a good start this season, and because of that, head coach Billy Napier is on the hot seat. This was a crucial season for him and the Gators as his seat was already hot coming into the season. Now, after a disastrous 1-2 start, Napier is […]

We’re just now out of Week 3 of the season, and already are some college football coaches on the hot seat. Of course, this isn’t uncommon. After all, some coaches, like Florida’s Billy Napier, entered the season on the hot seat after finishing with a losing record last season. Now sitting at 1-2 with lopsided […]

The Florida football team lost their second game of the season on Saturday, falling to 1-2 on the campaign. The Texas A&M Aggies came into the Swamp and tamed the Gators, winning 33-20 over the home team. The score looks better than it actually was for UF, as the Aggies dominated the game behind backup […]

Florida football had another humbling outing on Saturday, as Texas A&M came into The Swamp and controlled the Gators from start to finish in a 33-20 win. The loss was the latest in a series of disheartening losses for Florida under Billy Napier as the head coach’s seat continues to get hotter in Gainesville. The […]

It was the legend John Madden who once wisely declared, “If you have two quarterbacks, you have none,” and history has taught us that one of the game’s greatest ambassadors is correct more often than not. However, folks in Gainesville are hoping that their Florida Gators are the exception to this long-held football rule, because […]

Leave it to the ol’ ball coach to stir the Florida football pot. With Graham Mertz still recovering from a concussion, DJ Lagway played and made an impression on Steve Spurrier. His latest quote, via Pat Dooley of ESPN WRUF, about Gators’ true freshman DJ Lagway is sure to have a ripple effect that will […]

Florida football head coach Billy Napier and his Gators will be looking to get over the .500 mark for the first time this season on Saturday with a home game vs the Texas A&M Aggies. Napier’s squad opened this season with a dismal home loss to the Miami Hurricanes, but Florida bounced back last week […]

The Florida football team has a couple good options at quarterback this year as they have returner Graham Mertz and five-star freshman DJ Lagway. In week one against Miami, Mertz got the start, but he went down with an injury. Lagway came in to finish the game, and then he got the start in week […]

Florida football is going through a difficult season, but there does seem to be a silver lining in their dark cloud. Florida’s young quarterback DJ Lagway set a first start school record with 456 passing yards on Saturday against Samford. That impressive statistic made his coach Billy Napier quite happy. “He is what we thought […]

Legendary football coach Nick Saban is giving some advice to Florida football’s leader Billy Napier. Napier and the Gators lost their Week 1 matchup to Miami Florida, 41-17. Saban says Napier has some things to fix moving forward. “Well, I think he’s gotta change the culture,” Saban said on the ESPN College GameDay show, and […]

The Florida football team is reeling after a 41-17 loss in The Swamp to rival Miami football, a game that has cast major doubt on the status of head coach Billy Napier. Now, the Gators are in for more challenges after it was announced that a contributing wideout from last Saturday’s game has gone down […]

The Florida football team will be starting true freshman five-star quarterback DJ Lagway this weekend when the Gators take on Samford. Graham Mertz got the start last Saturday against Miami, but he is currently in concussion protocol. The Gators didn’t look good in their 41-17 loss to the Hurricanes, and it is now Lagway’s job […]

The state of Florida is the breeding ground for most college football stars. When they grow up and eventually choose to play close to home, they are faced with a tough decision. These blue chips can either join Mario Cristobal’s Miami football program or suit up for the Florida football team led by Billy Napier. […]

Florida football head coach Billy Napier told ESPN about freshman DJ Lagway possibly playing in Week 2 against Samford.  “We would play a brand of football that reflects his experience and his strengths, no different than we do each week,” Napier said. “But I’ve got a ton of confidence in DJ. We’ve had him [on […]

Not all Week 1 matchups in college football are created equal. Some teams get the benefit of starting the season with lower-level, out-of-conference “cupcake” opponents to ease into the new season. The Florida Gators (0-1) weren’t afforded such luxury for their season opener this year. The Gators hosted longtime, though rarely faced, rival Miami Hurricanes […]

Billy Napier and his Florida football team have a crucial season ahead, and it didn’t get off to a good start on Saturday. The Gators opened the season at home against rival Miami, and it wasn’t pretty. The Hurricanes have a critical season ahead as well, and they were the team that came ready to […]

Florida football head coach Billy Napier probably needed a big season opening win over their in-state rival Miami Hurricanes to quiet the hot seat rumors that have emerged. Unfortunately, the results did not favor the Gators on Saturday. They lost to the visiting Hurricanes 41-17 in a game where the visitors dominated in all three […]

Dan Mullen’s tenure as head coach of Florida football didn’t last long. At this rate, the same might be said about current Gators head coach Billy Napier. But Mullen led the program from 2018 to 2021 before being ousted for failing to meet Gainesville, Florida’s high expectations. Brett McMurphy, a popular college football insider with the Action […]

With the conversation of Florida football head coach Billy Napier being on the hot seat, it seems as if the program themselves are confident in the future with him at the forefront. Before fans are recording their predictions for the Florida football opener against the University of Miami, Gators Athletic Director Scott Stricklin was on […]

For the first time since 1948, the Florida Gators are entering the year having endured three straight losing seasons. Two of those seasons have come under the regime of Billy Napier, who after a 40-12 four-year stint as the head coach at Louisiana, signed a seven-year, $51.8 million contract to come to head to the […]

Even though this is a battle of ranked versus unranked teams, it doesn’t get much bigger in Week 1 of college football than the Miami Hurricanes against the Florida Gators. The No. 19-ranked Hurricanes will travel north to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, or “The Swamp,” to meet their in-state rival for the first time since […]

The college football offseason is almost over as we are halfway through July. The season will get going in about a month and a half, and college football fans everywhere are eager for the new beginning. College football fever is rampant across the country as we get closer to the season, but also because of […]

The recruitment wars are only going to heat up as fall nears. One prospect got the eyes of Kalen DeBoer and his Alabama Crimson Tide along with Ryan Day’s Ohio State Buckeyes squad. He goes by the name of Vernell Brown III. This elite wide receiver is probably one of, if not, the most coveted […]

The Florida football program is not what it once was under legendary head coaches like Urban Meyer and Steve Spurrier, and now Coach Billy Napier is feeling the heat. The Gators coach is in charge of turning around a program that has lost seven games in three consecutive seasons and hasn’t won ten or more […]

The 2024 season is a crucial one for the Florida football team. The Gators are traditionally one of the best teams in the SEC, but it hasn’t been like that in recent years. Last season, Florida failed to qualify for a bowl game as they only won five games. If that happens again, head coach […]

Georgia football and Florida football are rivals on the field, and now they are facing each other in court in a way. Georgia quarterback Jaden Rashada recently filed a lawsuit against Florida and Gators head coach Billy Napier after he claimed that he was lied to about NIL while he was being recruited. Rashada just […]

Florida football coach Billy Napier has commented on the lawsuit that was filed by former signee Jaden Rashada. “I’m comfortable with my actions,” Billy Napier said at the SEC Spring Meetings, via Trey Wallace. “I’m thankful for the university’s support and we’re going to keep it at that and let the process take its course.” […]

Former Florida football recruit Jaden Rashada is suing the school’s football coach, one of its boosters, and others, per ESPN. Rashada is alleging that he was defrauded of an NIL deal with the Gators that cost a total of $13.85 million. Rashada is arguing he is owed the money because he turned down offers from […]

The Florida football team is coming off another disappointing season. The Gators finished just 5-7 in Billy Napier’s second season as head coach, so the pressure is on to win more games this upcoming season. One positive step is the return of quarterback Graham Mertz, who decided to play one more year of college and […]