4. The schedule has winnable games
One of the major storylines for the Gators in 2024 is how difficult their schedule is. Depending on the metric one wants to use, Florida not only has one of the most difficult schedules of anyone in the country in 2024, but it is one of the hardest schedules anyone has faced in the last decade.
This perception actually works in Napier's favor when it comes to job security because a 7-5 campaign probably keeps him around for 2025.
And in reality, a 7-5 campaign isn't as impossible as one may think.
Yes, the gimmie games that teams like Missouri get to load up on don't exist, but as we have argued over the past couple of months, there is no singular game among Florida's first seven that the Gators could win and it would create shockwaves across college football.
Miami, Samford, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, UCF, Tennessee and Kentucky are all opponents that are coin flip games at worst.
Yes, the back end of the schedule is brutal, but if Napier can start out 5-2 like he did last season and find a way to flip a couple games over the last five, it would be just enough that Napier can keep his job for another season.