Time and time again in the Billy Napier Era, we've heard "Just wait until he gets his guys." And yet, as the Dan Mullen players have cycled out and Billy Napier has a hand-picked roster, the results haven't changed.
Don't get it twisted, there is more than enough talent on Florida's roster to take advantage of a wide-open SEC in 2025.
But the man in charge of maximizing that roster is out of ideas and hopefully soon to be out of time.
Florida falls to 2-4 on the season
Florida's opening drive was actually quite nice. We saw an array of concepts we don't typically see in a Billy Napier offense, and Florida marched down and scored.
But in true Billy Napier fashion, the defense got burned in two plays on the ensuing drive.
From there, the recurring flaw of a Billy Napier-led offense took hold:
Unless his five stars go out and make five-star plays, nothing good happens.
Florida scored a TD on its third drive because DJ Lagway made a couple of elite throws, and Dallas Wilson showcased why he is so highly regarded.
But once Texas A&M adjusted, and Napier was out of scripted tricks, the remaining three quarters were predictable to anyone who has even pretended to pay attention to the Gators this season.
The sequence that best sums up the failure of the Billy Napier Era was after Florida got the ball back around midfield with less than two minutes in the first half. Florida ran a play and then proceeded to let 35 seconds run off the clock with zero attempt to even try to score a touchdown.
At one point, Florida broke the huddle with five seconds left on the play clock, was forced to call a timeout, and then took a sack coming out of that timeout.
Austin Barber was a traffic cone all night, and Napier couldn't be bothered to help him out with a TE or RB chip.
Napier ran a draw on back-to-back third and long.
Napier has a five-star QB, two five-star wide receivers, a future NFL running back, two offensive line coaches, and he managed three points after the first quarter.
The man is in over his head, and either he was too naive or too narcissistic to seek help this offseason.
The end result is that he is now 2-4 on the season, with all four losses coming against coaches who were either hired at the same time as Napier (LSU and Miami) or after Napier was hired (USF and Texas A&M).
It will all be over soon.
It will all be over soon.