After what we saw last week in The Swamp, I have a hard time seeing Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier making it through the 2024 college football season. This was a team I projected to go 4-8. It was not going to be entirely his fault, as Florida entered the year with the hardest schedule in the Power Four. However, the brutal home loss to in-state rival Miami has sounded a five-alarm fire.
We may only be entering Week 2 of the season, but nobody’s seat is hotter in the Power Four than Napier’s right now. I don’t like to put a coach on blast and have him out of a job before the end of the season, but we may have reached the critical point of no return when it comes to Napier. The fanbase has just about had it with him and we have to wonder if Scott Stricklin will be safe if Napier were to go.
There are a few games on here where I think it could be Napier’s last game leading Florida. The Ain’t No Sunshine Showdown at Florida State feels like an obvious one, but there is a chance he may be gone before we even get to that point. I have six more where I think it could be a possibility: After Mississippi State, UCF, Kentucky, Georgia, LSU and Ole Miss. Which of those makes the most sense?
Let’s unpack those seven games in question to come to the right conclusion of when it may happen.
Florida football: When could Billy Napier be coaching his last game?
I would say after Florida State is pretty likely. There is a chance Stricklin and the administration may want Napier to keep taking all those L’s while the find his eventual replacement. For the sake of this exercise, let’s just say it is the second-most likely, as that may be too late in the season. It is an easy point of separation, but again, we may be reaching a point of critical mass where change must come.
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