ESPN Insider Says UF Officials Don't Have Same Urgency As Fan Base To Fire Billy Napier

by Staff Reporter

September 17, 20244 Comments

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ESPN College Football Insider Pete Thamel discussed the situation at Florida and Billy Napier's hot seat during an appearance on College Football Live.

Thamel shared that Florida officials don't seem to have the "same urgency" as the fan base to fire Napier. Per On3:

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“I had a big story on ESPN.com today looking at what’s next for Florida, and there’s an aura of inevitability that Billy Napier will get fired at some point this season,” Thamel said on College Football Live. “From calling around and talking to different people, there does not appear to be the same urgency at Florida that there is maybe in the fan base right now to fire Napier. Part of that is Napier has the locker room. This isn’t a completely undisciplined team or a team that’s tuned him out."

“And the other part is if you’re going to make a change in your coach this early in the season, you’d better have some sort of obvious upgrade or a capable coach on the staff. There’s nobody on the Florida staff right now that would be an obvious target to be an interim coach. So look for the season to continue to play out. They obviously go to Mississippi State this weekend, and then there’s a bye after that.”

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