Florida has about 3 games left they can win; Samford, Miss State, UCF. I’m not sure I see any others, and Miss State and UCF certainly aren’t guaranteed.
So the question becomes, who is the next coach? I’m way past the “never Lane Kiffin” stance I once held firm to. I’d take Kiffin with hat-in-hand humility at this point. I’d also at least speak with Urban Meyer, something tells me he’s not done and doesn’t want his career to end with the Jaguars debacle. If he wants back in to coaching, find out.
Rumors from places I trust were that Lincoln Riley made overtures to Florida people before taking the USC job. For reasons known only to God, our AD chose Billy Napier without even returning a phone call to Lincoln Riley. That ship has likely sailed but at least make contact. I’ve also heard that through the end of last year, he wasn’t thrilled at USC or the west coast and wanted to come back east. That’s probably wishful thinking, but find out.
One name I edited in: Dan Lanning. Yes, I’m aware he has the world in his palm at Oregon, all the money and resources he could hope for. But I’ve also heard he wants to compete in the SEC at a head coaching level. Again, find out. If he’s an SEC guy and misses the southeast, you need to find that out.
Outside of that, you’ve got guys like Gus Malzahn, Jedd Fisch, Mark Stoops and some others.
A Hail Mary would be Deion Sanders. I know, I know, but could you imagine him recruiting in Florida? He’d amass talent if nothing else.
We’re in the worst stretch of Florida football in my adult life. Not only are we going to lose between 8-10 games, we’re going to get f*****g throttled. 63-10 type scores.
I’ll end with this; Napier is 1-8 vs rivals (FSU, UGA, TN, LSU, Miami). That record will be 1-11 after this season. No way he survives that.
