Florida's suffering is beautiful

[dobre_shunka]

This is UF's first non-conference out of state game in more than 30 years. You have to cut Napier some slack.

 

[bigorangepoppa]

The most surreal moment was when a Florida fan was defending Napier and the culture and saying that Florida fans should want their players to be life champions too. He said Napier is producing good men. Lol

Stealing Butch's quote? I see the same fate awaiting him if he makes quotes from such great failures.

 

[Kurtastrophe]

They're not going to fire Napier unless with cause. His buyout is tremendous.

But if you think this year is bad, look at next year.

Miami
Samford
UCF
@UGA
@FSU
Kentucky
LSU
Ole Miss
A&M
@Miss State
@tennessee
@Texas

That is as bad as it can be without adding Bama.

The team I watched last night would struggle to find 3 wins with that schedule.

 

[LordBolton]

I didn't realize until today that game was happening yesterday. I am pleased with the outcome, and when we lay the wood to them in a couple of weeks I will be more so. If the Gators played a team made of ISIS members, I wouldn't cheer for either side.

 

[08Vol]

amazing. college football coach price inflation is really producing some absurd outcomes.

UF just handled his contract in one of the worst ways possible. Look what we did with Heupel as a good example of how this should work. He initially signed a 6 year $4 million/year deal worth $24 million overall. He came in as one of the lowest paid SEC head coaches but knew that would change if he won. After a 7 win year one he got raised to $5 million, then after an 11 win year two he got raised to $9 million. Compare that to Napier who signed a 7 year $7.4 million/year deal worth $52 million overall. A deal like that only makes sense when you’re getting a coach with a history of winning at the P5 level. UF tripled his salary before he even coached a P5 game!

 

[OrangeTsar]

 

[OrangeTsar]

Game is still in Florida, so you never know. I have confidence in our team, but for some reason that damn place always seems to bring out the worst in us. Hopefully we will get up a few scores early and they will have to play from behind.

If Heupel goes into the swamp and gets a convincing win in a game that was never in doubt, he will solidify his standing as our best coach since the General IMHO. Not even Fulmer was able to pull that off. This is the undiscovered country for modern Vol fans. It is the longest lasting persistent monkey on our backs. Time to write a new era in Vols football

 

[08Vol]

Listening to them brings back bad memories. I used the same excuses, said some of the same things in the past. I am so happy with our current AD and coach!

I don't know what the future holds for Florida, but I don't believe that Stricklin or Napier are the answer. Is there something weird going on at Florida? How bad does the administration stink at UF? They hired Stricklin from Mississippi State and then Strickland hires Mullen. Stricklin and Mullen had Mississippi State humming, but Mullen lasted only a few years and Stricklin is probably on his way out the door if things do get better soon.

Mullen was a good coach and they fired him after one bad year. In 2020 they were a thrown shoe away from making the playoffs. In 2021 they only won 6 games but 4 losses were by 1 score, including to Bama. The administration over reacted and fired Mullen.

 

[Tnphil]

Rumor started last night after the game(and not from a UF fan) that the next coach at FL will be Urban Myer. Lol

 

[EZE]

I thought from the beginning, having been around some of Napier’s coaches at UL (they were my neighbors) … he is a fantastic and high character guy.. but I think it is a cultural clash with U of F.. these are not attributes that one naturally associates with that program or university.. not being mean, just being for real.. it will start to get on their nerves if it hasn’t already

Losing is what will get on their nerves. Fans will overlook a lot of things if a coach is winning.

 

[08Vol]

If Heupel goes into the swamp and gets a convincing win in a game that was never in doubt, he will solidify his standing as our best coach since the General IMHO. Not even Fulmer was able to pull that off. This is the undiscovered country for modern Vol fans. It is the longest lasting persistent monkey on our backs. Time to write a new era in Vols football

Heupel needs to win a natty to match Fulmer and with the expanded playoffs and NIL I think he might. The UF of Fulmer’s day is more like Bama or UGA today. They were always in contention for the national championship and if there was a playoff they likely would have won another 1 or 2.

 

[Big Orange#1]

Lol. The game is in the Seamp. Not in Neyland. When was the last time we hung 50 on Florida?

Sept. 16 2023

 

[bigorangepoppa]

Rumor started last night after the game(and not from a UF fan) that the next coach at FL will be Urban Myer. Lol

Yeah, we saw how that worked out the first time.

 

[wmcovol]

If we don't destroy them I will be disappointed

they wont play like that at home

 

[onevol74]

I think we should do it multiple times.

TWSS

 

[sjt18]

Did they take the link down?

 

[Shirleyudontmeanthat]

I am hoping we can pick up Etienne from the transfer portal. The UF OL looked pretty bad.

So he can sit behind Sampson and Seldon?

 

[txvol19]

They would have to really tank to fire Sun Belt Billy. I think they will be very mediocre this year, but still manage to win 5-6 games and they'll chalk it up as a "rebuilding year." But they'll find it hard to maintain that top 5 class with a losing record and a coach on the hot seat.

If THAT team wins 5 games with their schedule, I will be VERY impressed.

 

[rdk4121]

They're not going to fire Napier unless with cause. His buyout is tremendous.

But if you think this year is bad, look at next year.

Miami
Samford
UCF
@UGA
@FSU
Kentucky
LSU
Ole Miss
A&M
@Miss State
@tennessee
@Texas

That is as bad as it can be without adding Bama.

They legitimately could go 2-10 if they don't improve significantly between now and then.

 

[volscrazy65]

We went to church with the entire ULL football team lol, saying it without saying it, he is very ‘churchy’ as were all of his assistants (I’m not downing it, I think it’s great..

What a sad thing for that team to have to go through.

 

[1Big_Orange_Fan]

Mullen was a good coach and they fired him after one bad year. In 2020 they were a thrown shoe away from making the playoffs. In 2021 they only won 6 games but 4 losses were by 1 score, including to Bama. The administration over reacted and fired Mullen.

You can't take away a man's W / L record but Mullen is a WEIRD dude. I believe that's why you don't see him coaching anywhere right now. He brings a very strange culture to the program. We didn't hear much about it a MS ST but we all saw lots of weird stuff while he was at UF. He even seems very weird when I watch his analysis on TV.

 

[TNHopeful505]

They legitimately could go 2-10 if they don't improve significantly between now and then.

We can only hope.

 

[VolInDayton]

If Cam Rising was playing this would have been a 30 point loss. If Florida cleaned up all their mistakes and Utah played the same game with Cam Rising it's a still a double digit loss.

 

[TC 83]

Their o-line gave up 5 sacks, it is trash. Mertz doesn't have the escapabilty that A.R. had The opening 70-yard bomb had me salivating with what White and Thornton will be able to do.

Should have been picked. The one back pedaling totally misjudged it. The game wasn’t about how much Utah dominated but more of how UF totally screwed themselves with dumb penalties and bad red zone opportunities—that’s on Baby Billy.

 

[youcancallmeAl]

Should have been picked. The one back pedaling totally misjudged it. The game wasn’t about how much Utah dominated but more of how UF totally screwed themselves with dumb penalties and bad red zone opportunities—that’s on Baby Billy.

Count on them to clean a lot of that stuff up before they face us.