Last week, though Gators fans were still team “Fire Billy,” a win over Texas out-roared the calls for Napier’s firing. However, after a 34-17 loss to Texas A&M on Saturday, the chants of “Fire Billy” have resumed and continue to get louder with every loss.
The Gators ran for 157 yards in the first quarter and did not pass 139 yards in the remainder of the game.
FLORIDA 17 TEXAS A&M 34 FINAL
— WRUF: By the Numbers (@WRUFBtN) October 12, 2025
Entering Q4 the Gators trailed by 7 but lost TOP 12-3 in the quarter and the defense ran out of gas. After the 157 yard Q1, the Gators only scraped together 139 yards. Gators' 3rd down% was 1/11 with an average distance to go of 9.5.
The fact of the matter is, Florida is 2-4 to begin the season for the first time since 1988 under head coach Galen Hall, and Florida fans are furious and continue to lose more and more hope in Billy Napier the longer Scott Strickland keeps him. And the fans continued to make their disappointment and frustration known in their post-game reactions after Florida’s loss to Texas A&M.
“In All Kinds of Weather” pointed out a couple of important notes: The Gators are 21-23 (under .500) in the Napier tenure; Napier is the third head football coach the Gators have gone through in nine years, a stat no team should have to mention.
The Florida #Gators should never be 2-4 to begin a season.
— InAllKindsOfWeather.com (@AllKindsWeather) October 12, 2025
The Gators should never be 21-23 in a coach’s tenure.
The Gators should never be stuck with an AD who hires three football coaches in the span of nine seasons.
But the #Gators are all of that— the definition of broken. pic.twitter.com/0dHPLPAFgm
In his post-game press conference Napier noted that the team was competitive, and in the first half they were, but fans, probably disrespectfully, thought otherwise about the entirety of the second half. They scored just three points in the second half.
One fan stated the Gators will never go to the playoffs with that “content” attitude regarding the Gators’ competitiveness, and it’s probably true. Napier always seems content in his responses and doesn’t make fans believe he cares.
One account pointed out that Napier is 0-14 in games in which Florida has played a ranked opponent outside of Gainesville.
Billy Napier is 0-14 in games which his Florida Gators are playing a ranked opponent outside of The Swamp pic.twitter.com/f2IawjwEHZ
— Unnecessary Roughness (@UnnecRoughness) October 12, 2025
Here are the 2025 Florida Gators. They have a former five-star quarterback, an elite running back and two of the best freshman receivers in the nation.
— Donavon (@KeiserDonavon) October 12, 2025
The downside? They have Billy Napier calling plays. pic.twitter.com/LFH3sDHGNx
Billy Napier is the human embodiment of playing not to lose AND as a result all he does is lose. The biggest joke ever was the "Scared Money Don't Make Money".
— Brett Hastings (@hitbacklawyer) October 12, 2025
3rd and long and Billy Napier calls a screen pass. Again. And again. And again pic.twitter.com/7c0dG7a4xb
— David Biddle (@davidebiddle) October 12, 2025
Billy Napier is 0-14 vs ranked opponents on the road 😬
— Florida Gators 🐊🔥 (@gatorsszn) October 12, 2025
That is… not good. pic.twitter.com/n5vWQZTrx1
This needs to be over. Please for the love of God make this stop.
— Graham Marsh (@GrahamMarsh904) October 12, 2025
Billy Napier does not deserve to be the head coach at Florida. He’s had 3+ years and never shown anything to prove it is going to get better.
I am begging those that have influence to make this nonsense stop.
For what it is worth, all four losses this year have come against coaches who were either hired at the same time as Napier (LSU and Miami) or after Napier (USF and Texas A&M)
— Hail Florida Hail (@HailFloridaHail) October 12, 2025
So yeah… just Sun Belt Billy and the boys….
Knowing that the Florida boosters have a hand in decisions, some fans are calling on the boosters to pay out Napier to get him to leave. It’s been reported that it would be cheaper for the Gators to finish out the season and fire Napier during the offseason, but fans do not wait that long to turn things around and make the Gators a team to watch.