Not getting the Florida Fear/Hype going into 2025

[Jaxon_Vol2017]

I won't believe we can beat them in the swamp until I see it. We always play like hot garbage in that dump.

 

[LegionnaireOfTheMiserable]

2-1 vs sun belt billy

year 1 was a loss to mullen but year 1 was year 1

Why does Sunbelt Billy’s Year 1 count but Heupel’s doesn’t?

 

[Mccage]

I know they had a good run against us during the dark years, but now they are in their dark years and quickly heading towards being a bottom feeder in the SEC for a long long time. But when talking about next year, I've seen many fans on here pencil in @UF as a loss (despite us playing them in late Nov, which, the last time we played them at the Swamp after Nov 1, we won...and that was when they were still actually good!). I also see people talking about them being "on the rise" in different ways in many different threads and disucssions.

Don't forget, Big Josh owns UFail and has a winning record against Sunbelt Billy, winning 2 of the last 3. Nico is coming back and will be better than ever. And we just brought in a top 10 team off a playoff appearance and are in good position to go on a real run next year.

And where did all this arrogance and confidence come from the Lizard fans?

For the last three years all we heard from Lizard fans was how Sunbelt Billy was hot garbage and they were ready to can him. Now, it’s like they’re hoping we all have amnesia and they’re ready to crown him as the second coming of Saban and they wanna erect a statue in front of The Swamp for 5 loss seasons. Those jort-wearing fools have gone from calling Billy clown of the century to GOAT literally overnight.

I just don't get where all this is coming from considering that they're hot off a 5 loss season with a terrible coach with a 19-19 record there.

They are going to be a tough out for anyone

 

[Vol865]

It's always a close game. Can't say I'd take them lightly until we start winning by a bigger margin.

 

[Hulavol]

That’s the toughest game on our schedule next year - bar none.

You’re putting a gun to my kid’s head and ask me to pick the winner ? Florida.

 

[super MOM]

Date	Opponent	Location
Aug. 30	Long Island	Gainesville
Sept. 6	South Florida	Gainesville
Sept. 13	LSU	Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sept. 20	Miami	Miami Gardens
Sept. 27	Open Date	Open Date
Oct. 4	Texas	Gainesville
Oct. 11	Texas A&M	College Station, Texas
Oct. 18	Mississippi State	Starkville, Mississippi
Oct. 25	Open Date	Open Date
Nov. 1	Georgia	Jacksonville
Nov. 8	Kentucky	Lexington, Kentucky
Nov. 15	Ole Miss	Oxford, Mississippi
Nov 22	Tennessee	Gainesville
Nov. 29	Florida State	Gainesville

2 warmup games before going to Baton Rouge

Everyone saw what Miami looked like with and without Cam Ward at QB

Miss State is in Gainesville - KY is a mess

Ole Miss is starting over after renting a bunch of good players

FSU is rebooting with a bunch of new rented players

Florida has to replace 2 WRs and an OT, while getting their best WR (Tre Wilson) back from injury
On defense, Florida loses their starting DT and Edge, starting LB and CB.

Due to injuries last year, Florida played a lot of young guys on defense the last half of the year.
All total, Florida returns 15 starters from an 8-5 teams that finished the year on a 4 game win streak.

 

[JohnWardForever]

Threads like this have a history of putting feet in mouths.

Yep, he should refer to this next November just to see how it went.

 

[Jax_Vol]

I see 5 almost automatic wins, Long Island, USF, MSU , Kentucky and FSU. One more among 3 or 4 tossups gets them over the Hump.

Long Island?

 

[RDU VOL#14]

The truth is that it will be game 11. So much can and will happen between now and then. Some us might even have the Christmas decorations back up that we just took down . The good news for us is that even though the game will be down there, they will be playing UGA, @ Uk , @ Ole Miss the 3 weeks before playing us. We will play NM State after a bye week before the Gators. We should be well rested and possibly have more to play for than them comparing the 2 schedules. We could have 2 losses or less and Florida could be in a situation similar to this season given their tough schedule .

To me there’s some things working in our favor considering we don’t even know what our roster is for Spring practice let alone for next November .

 

[sonofUT62]

I can tell that not by that small sample size but by a much larger sample of 3 years where Sun Belt Billy has yet to reach 8 wins in regular season. 5-7, 6-7 and 8-5 is what Butch type guy had. Recall end of 3rd year of Butch. His 2015 team finished season 9-4 with 6 game winning streak as well with same Vibes.

Ok. The next year he beat Florida and Georgia. Does that mean Napier will beat Heupel and Kirby next year. No it doesn’t. Your vibe doesn’t = transitive math. If they went 8-4 with that schedule next year he would keep his job and get to coach Lagway as a Junior with an easier schedule. They were one OT against us away from being 8-4 this past year. I’ll believe we beat them there when I see it.

 

[Rocky Top T]

I will believe we win in Gainesville when I see it, same for Tuscaloosa .

 

[volmandu]

Ok. The next year he beat Florida and Georgia. Does that mean Napier will beat Heupel and Kirby next year. No it doesn’t. Your vibe doesn’t = transitive math. If they went 8-4 with that schedule next year he would keep his job and get to coach Lagway as a Junior with an easier schedule. They were one OT against us away from being 8-4 this past year. I’ll believe we beat them there when I see it.

Ifs and buts .. oh that reminds me Butch also lost to playoff bound OU in 2 OT and FL by last minute pass and also nearly beat AL that year lol
I wasn’t referring to transitive math but rather to a larger sample size of his body of work .. Saying he won his past 5-6 sounds good (thats what Butch used to talk a lot ..) but when you look at overall body of work here is the truth:
Since Billy was hired, Huepel in his worst year has won more games than Billy in his best year !!

 

[CPVOL]

They have one heck of a schedule next season.

 

[Jaws]

Mertz got hurt on a no contract injury. What hurt Florida more was when Lagway got hurt when they played Georgia.

100%. Florida was in control of that game before Lagway went out. The injury also affected his play the rest of the year. He was completely immobile, could barely run at 3/4 speed and with a noticeable limp, yet somehow beat LSU and Ole Miss. When he can incorporate his run game with what we’ve already seen from his passing, he’s got a chance to be really good.

 

[Volizona]

This has a lot to do with it. 7 wins since 1993, including just 2 in The Swamp.

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Couldn’t you have gone back to 1990 at least? You could have added two more orange cells To your table

 

[Volizona]

I still remember that 10-9 fiasco in 2014.

Butch lost that one + 2 more on Hail Marys. Should have won 14, 15 and 17. Painful. This is classic ‘curse’ material right here

 

[Mid Tenn Vol]

Florida is definitely trending in the right direction. I never count that game as a W, we have found the worst way to lose to them even when we were the better team especially in Gainesville that place is like a black hole down there for us.

 

[Go47]

They beat us soundly there last year (with what was a bad team for them) . . . In 2022 we almost let them come back and beat us at home (one of our best teams in a long time), and this year at home they took us to overtime (again - they were not as solid early as they were late this year . . . And if their starting QB had not gotten injured or if they had gone for 2 at the end of the game . . . They very well could have beaten us at HOME this year). We are not a good road team, and we historically struggle against UF - especially at their place. They have talent.

For these reasons I think we lose that game. I hope to be wrong . . .

 

[Lawrence Wright]

I know they had a good run against us during the dark years, but now they are in their dark years and quickly heading towards being a bottom feeder in the SEC for a long long time. But when talking about next year, I've seen many fans on here pencil in @UF as a loss (despite us playing them in late Nov, which, the last time we played them at the Swamp after Nov 1, we won...and that was when they were still actually good!). I also see people talking about them being "on the rise" in different ways in many different threads and disucssions.

Don't forget, Big Josh owns UFail and has a winning record against Sunbelt Billy, winning 2 of the last 3. Nico is coming back and will be better than ever. And we just brought in a top 10 team off a playoff appearance and are in good position to go on a real run next year.

And where did all this arrogance and confidence come from the Lizard fans?

For the last three years all we heard from Lizard fans was how Sunbelt Billy was hot garbage and they were ready to can him. Now, it’s like they’re hoping we all have amnesia and they’re ready to crown him as the second coming of Saban and they wanna erect a statue in front of The Swamp for 5 loss seasons. Those jort-wearing fools have gone from calling Billy clown of the century to GOAT literally overnight.

I just don't get where all this is coming from considering that they're hot off a 5 loss season with a terrible coach with a 19-19 record there.

0-12

 

[Volizona]

0-12

Well thanks for rubbing it in by sharing our record in the Swamp since our last win.

 

[loosecannon]

The last three years UF had the defense on skates all night. Billy knows how to attack our defense with presnap motion and isolates our linebackers into bad matchups. A lot of teams have figured this out. We were fortunate to win this year. If Mertz doesn’t go down, we lose that game.

 

[GAV4L]

Butch lost that one + 2 more on Hail Marys. Should have won 14, 15 and 17. Painful. This is classic ‘curse’ material right here

Luckily Billy is their Botch

The tide has turned

 

[orangemadam]

Hasn't it been like 147 years since we won at the swamp?

Why will it be different, especially with Napier with the momentum?

 

[TheVolunteer002]

I got a feeling that we will beat them by at least 2-3 TDs.

Based on what?

 

[Volwonder1]

They are so good the vols actually dropped in the rankings after beating them…