Napier blew another game with horrible clock management. One more first down and we would have killed the clock when Miissouri got the ball back after our go ahead field goal. Instead, as soon as we got close enough for Smack, he went conservative and settled for a one point lead with 1:40 left in the game. The D almost saved him but allowed the 4th and 17 pass which ended the game. This loss is on Napier's head. The effort deserved better.
Winey fucking gator fans your unreal. This team is young. There is going to be bumps in the road along the way. Quit bitching and get behind the team. Good things are coming..
@@smokey_gator_239he’s a CMR with less talent. His aww shucks at least we hustled demeanor isn’t gonna get it done in the SEC with the current competition.
I feel bad and have respect for Mertz. Yeah I didn’t like him at the beginning, but every game he grinded his ass off. I hope he recovers fast and he can be proud to that he played for Florida.
There were some really good plays from guys I hadn’t heard much about until last night. It’s frustrating as a fan to see mistakes that lose games but they are young and still learning. And they are playing hard and getting better. Next year they will be older and more experienced and frankly bigger. Napier is a good football coach and I think he’s moving the team in a good direction.
Armstrong with his zone crap needs to be disciplined. No confidence in playing man to man and letting the tigers get 20 yard pass chunks to win the game.
Our two biggest rivals are going to the playoffs. We haven't been revalient in over a decade, and we aren't going bowling this year. But yeah, the team played with heart. But wait, he can recruit... watch how the recruiting goes this offseason. I hope im wrong...
No ballers on defence. Should have won this game. You have one more year. Do not kid yourself . They will not give you another after another like this. And I really do like ,G M. He's a dang good QB. We were lucky to get him. But defence let us down again . This year. Will never be gators again like this. We need ballers to come in and play good D. Because they can. I have serious doubts going into next year about D again. Can't win without it ladies and gentlemen. We seem to leave it somewhere else everywhere we go.
Well said and accurate. The Gators fought last night. These young men are getting experience and learning a lot along the way. I think Coach Napier should stay the course. We will have a stronger team in the fall of 2024.
I hope Mertz returns next year to allow Lagway time to get his feet underneath him. Plus Mertz is projected to go in the 7th round. He needs to return and have a Heisman run to boost his chances for 1-3 round.
Mizzou fam/alum here. I was so impressed by your Gators tonight. They showed so much character and they punched the Tigers back where a lot of teams have folded - see last weeks Tennessee game for example. Your players and coaches showed a lot to class, even in a disappointing loss. You came to Columbia and had us on the ropes on national TV. One or two lucky breaks that go the other way and the Gators very easily come out victorious. You should be proud of your program. I think you guys will be very scary in the coming years.
I wish you guys had shown the same class. Great team but was confused by their actions at the games end. Maybe there’s more to it but to run to your opponents bench after a game and do their know celebration instead of attempting to shake hands was quite embarrassing to watch. Usually things like that are a reflection of the head coach.
Much respect for the way this team played today! Yeah, losing sucks but you guys never gave up and that speaks a lot about the team and the coaches. Best wishes to Merz and a speedy recovery. Go Gators!
This has been a bad year for us Gators, not where alot of us thought we'd be nearing the end of the season! I will say as tough as it has been losing so many games this season, I have to give much respect to all the players who continued to play with heart game in and game out!! We fans have been very critical of coach Napier ( myself included ), I can only hope and pray that things will be waaaaay better next year and down the road!! If this Gator team can come back next year and play with better experience, and the same heart they've played in all these games, God help anyone who has to play us!! Go Gators!!
@@taylormolitoris9131I’m with you. Don’t understand how and when our fans become OK with 3 seasons in a row of below .500 never in my 40 years of watching the gators have a seen us have a skid this bad for this long. It’s unreal. Unacceptable. We have too much money, too much talent, and too much support for us to EVER have 3 losing seasons in a row. If we had 1 losing season and 2 8-5 seasons? Ok I can live with that downswings happen. But 3 sup .500 years is inexcusable at a program as prestigious as Florida
Hey Billy. We don’t need the same story over and over. At the end of the day, the preparedness comes from YOU. It looks like there is a common denominator here.
I agree, Even with Max nd u got a chance to score 6 got conservative nd scared, when u kno the defense struggles thats on coaching, gotta kno your team nd put them in the best position to be successful
If I simply saw the score, a 2 point loss, I would feel pretty good. Knowing how winnable this game truly was. Stings. Sigh. Go Gators. Better times ahead. Let’s have a victory party at the swamp against FSU.
@@ivansalazar5448Stop lying, y'all just want them to keep letting yall exploit them. 😂 Brian Kelly eyes get that glow when he see UF coming up on the schedule.
Imagine finally making it to the SEC and using sunbelt level spending for an unknown DC. Just incompetence all around that Stricklin is responsible for.
Was Armstrong supposed to make the play on 4th and 17? Literally schemed 3 dbs in the area of Luther and they didn’t make a play on the ball if anything that 4th and 17 conversion is on Raymond
Too many mistakes. Coaching staff looks foolish. Way too many mistakes to win football games consistently. Can’t get a play off to start the 4th quarter, 10 pre snap penalties, allowing a 4th and 17. Napier looks clueless
Everyone knows with everything that went on during that game, that 4th and 17 killed us. Regardless of everything that happened in the game. That 4th and 17 was the biggest let down of the year for me. I still love my Gators though. GO GATORS!!!!!
I feel so bad for Mertz and I hope he gets well soon 🙏 But our defense gave up a 4th&17 to Missouri with the game in the bag that shows we need to make some adjustments
First off he’s being disingenuous! I’m pretty sure this isn’t the first time these guys playing football and it’s not your first time coaching. The development isn’t where it should be. Overall the game was decent it’s some things Napier could’ve did on offense to ramp it up and the defense kept giving the game away. Where’s the progression? I’m tired of the philosophy shit he gives instead of winning the games that’s in your hands. He’s the leader so Napier needs to lead. The players and coaches answer to you. Its not going to get easier either by the look of the schedule so he need to figure this shit out
I agree with Napier and will say what he won't ... for the Mertz haters at the start of the year who said he would drag the Gators down and was a bad pick can kiss his ass. If Mertz stays next year we will be in good shape.
the schedule is brutal though, so even with improvement florida will be lucky to go 6-6 and Napier may still be on the chopping block. "just wait till next year" works, but "wait till 2025" is pushing it for a lot of fans.
@@acct5910 A lot of these freshman will be older, bigger and stronger, esp on defense. If the recruiting class holds ... we will lose some and gain some ... those kids will be filling gaps and get playing exp. We should be much better next year but to consistently make the top 12 for the playoffs is still a few years away.
@@acct5910 Yes and the sky is falling, the world is coming to an end and we all will die horribad deaths from ... whatever. This is where others might comment on the "glass half full or half empty" cliche but I always thought the glass was twice the size it needed to be in order to perform it's function. I would rather think positive thoughts. For me, negative thoughts are self defeating and if you want to find something wrong with anything, you don't have to look very far. That's a life I won't go back too. It wasn't very fun always looking for the worst possible outcome, but that's just me. I'll do me. You do you. It's just a game.
@@synitarthrax5618 I’m not looking for the worst possible outcome, im being realistic. Even Napier said in a recent interview that he expects guys to leave. You can’t act like your entire depth chart is going to return every year these days.
Even though its a loss that was one of the best games this yr. They gave mizzo a fight to the end. If they can play like that every game the wins will come.
That was where we lost. Not ETN going out of bounds, not giving up the 4th down conversion. It was scared money playing for fg rather than going for the knockout. It's a mindset and he showed a complete lack of confidence but also leadership with the play calls
Maybe this is Strickin's scam... Hiring bad coaches over the last 8 years and when they get their termination payouts he gets a percentage... Just saying folks...
This loss is on Billy. Clock management lost this one. The players played hard, but this one is on Napier’s horrendous clock management and no sense of urgency to end the first half, more bad clock management at the end of the fourth to give Mizzou the ball with 1:40 left, and the defense giving up 500 yards and not covering Burden on a 4th and 17…
I wouldn’t blame Billy. Etienne needed to stay in- bounds on that last run. I don’t know what he was thinking running out of bounds. Missouri would have had to use their last timeout, which would have increased UF’s likelihood of winning at 99%.
I’m honestly getting tired of the “Awe shucks” routine from Billy after every single game. We clearly arnt “learning” anything from these games, or else we wouldn’t keep losing them in the SAME FUCKING WAY for 2 years now! Bad clock management, bad late game play calling, and horrible horrible defense. It’s been the reason we’ve lost every single game for 2 years in a row. I’d honestly enjoy watching us lose do to a shoe throw again, because at least it means we didn’t lose due to horrible defense and coaching ineptitude!
I have watched(when i was watching), lazy players on D side of our field this year. And it got worse as the year went on. Guys giving up on plays? Really? And out there again the next week? And the results have been the same. And this guy from Lsu coaching backfield? Are we sure about that? It's been two years for him guys. And i do not call what he's done improvement. Good coachs wouldn't allow that travesty @ Lsu last week. It's pathetic.
Yall failing dem kids 1000%, come off-season changes on staff need to be made 1000% particularly DB's coach Corey Raymond hell start with him (he trash)! I have a lot of love for our kids but 🫵 & your staff need to tighten up!
If you had told me before the game we'd only lose by 2 id be happy but the way we lost that game is inexcusable coaching. We are never doing to develop under this coaching staff and Billy will be gone in 2 years. We are 2 stupid coaching decisions from being 7-4 and now we are having back to bad losing seasons for the first time since the 40's
Not a chance with Napier. He finds excuses but cannot find solutions, and his non emotional personality fails to offer any example of how true winners act. Gotta go, the only issue is how much inferior play and losing will be tolerated. Hope is an evil mistress.
Why are we satisfied with the bare minimum, we know what Florida football should be and it should be consistently contending for sec and national championships! We have to make changes
The defense is the glaring issue right now. Youth & injuries are one thing. Defense looks unprepared, tackling, wrapping up & effort have been a season long issue & that reflects coaching
Folks respect Mertz, Coach. However, you’re right. We’ve got a problem. You don’t adequately prepare your team to win! We lack physical toughness! Our DBs are terrified to hit or be hit! Fix it!!!!
I wish Mertz a speedy recovery, I'm proud of the way our team showed up and played their butts off. While the result wasn't what we wanted. I think the future is certainly bright in Gator Nation
This was the best game florida has played this year! Fought hard through adversity in a tough environment against a very good football team that should have beaten ga, they played lights out and if not for a few costly mistakes, they win this game!
I think Tennessee was the best game y'all played this yr. But y'all definitely tried to win this game which says a lot being on a losing steak and coming off such an ugly loss to LSU. And to even be in the game with a back up QB. There's promise still. Beating us would do wonders for Billy right now. Losing to us right now though puts an exclamation on the season's failure, and next yr the schedule gets even tougher.
@@antonyrogers265 tenn was certainly a great game for the gators , Florida seems to be the albatross for tenn, could be one reason why they have steadily gone down ever since that loss, but given the environment and level of competion ,I have to still say this was their best ,of course a real test will be next week against the noles, it's sad they lost their quarterback to such a bad injury it would have been a better game with him there!
Still believe in Billy! Still believe in this team! If you look at how we are now compared to the start of the year, such progress! We lost to the 9th rank team by 2 points when they were favored by 12.5 and we had 3rd stringers!! One heck of a game! Love it, excited to see what Florida football is going to be under Billy in the future!
I entered U of F as a freshman in 71... I've seen a fair amount of coaches come and go... Napier needs to go... Loosing is loosing... Young teams can win, ours can't... But I do give this team an A for effort...
There’s no chance you’re a real fan if you watched the ending of that game and thought “Love it!!”. We had the game won, simple as that. Coaching screwed us. It would be different if we lost to Mizzu in a hard fought game and they just happened to get the last possession. But no, we GAVE THEM the ball with 2 minutes left when we could have run the clock down and hit a walk off field goal. Then our defense gives up a 4th and 17! No chance in hell you watched that sequence and thought “LOVE IT!!”
We fucking suck. Last year we at least had an elite QB that gave us a chance to win games. We look so much worse this year. I’m tired of fans saying to “wait”. I understand we’re not going to win 10 games and go to the playoffs. But I want to see improvement! We looks worse than we ever had
Credit due, coach, you boys are fighting hard, overcoming injuries and battling adversity. But still though dude, 4th and 17??? Come'on. Just do what the Eagles do, put everyone at the first down marker w/ 2 deep safeties if you're only rushing 4. You had LB'ers coving space that was irrelevant on the play and let their all-american WR run free down the seam. That's unacceptable. Get in your DC's ass while he's not making a fool of himself on the sideline. And then dont get me started w/ the presnap penalties...every week! Go Gators!
The bottom line is winning. In the famous words of Herm Edwards “you play to win the game”! 4 and 17. End of story! Btw, does Napier realize that the UF colors are ORANGE and BLUE? Why the heck is he always wearing black?
When we were down in their end after the long run by our 2nd string QB, I said we need to go for the TD because I didn't want it coming down to the foot of the Missouri kicker. When we played for a field goal and a 1 point lead, I predicted we would lose on a field goal by Missouri's kicker. To think that our defense could keep them from getting into field goal range is just pathetic. The kid posing as a D coordinator, needs to be let go tonight.
Mad respect for Max Brown for doing his part in this game. It’s not the d that cost us that game. It was that T Ettienne went out of bounds at the end. Can’t help but realize all the improvements Fl has made since Fl vs Ga. Go Gators and prayers up to Mertz
Florida played hard the entire 60 minutes and it took every second for Missouri to beat them. When mertz made that play watch the sideline. Plays like that inspire teams. That's one of the things that made Tebow so great. Mertz showed out the 15 jersey. That game was awesome last night I don't even care that we lost because I know the wins are coming now. Max brown isn't getting talked enough either. He fumbled the ball in the red zone so how does he respond to that ? He leads them to 2 straight scoring drives to take the lead on the road against a top 10 team.
Like I told the Miami fans, you can't end the season on a losing streak and expect people to think you're progressing. You have to find a way to win the close games. You have more talent on your team than most the teams on your schedule, you should not have a losing record in yr 2 barring extreme circumstances, you should not have extended losing streaks at the end of the season. Pointing to closely contested losses against teams you should beat based on talent level doesn't show progress, it just shows that you're not fulfilling your potential. You can't blame other fans for being unhappy. You have Oklahoma and Texas joining the conference next yr and somehow you still have to win more games and 1 extra victory next season is not gonna be enough even though every thinks you will do worse. Its a tough position to be in
@@EUC_DeathRayI could be wrong about the talent bc I haven't actually looked it up, but I'd bet money the UF has more blue chip talent on its roster than everyone on your schedule not name UGA, LSU. Maybe Tennessee edged you out but I doubt it. The other teams are just better coached. If I am wrong, correct me and I'll recant my statement.... Actually I just looked it up. I was right, you're even higher than Tennessee.
Maybe if you spend +$400 Million on a new stadium we'll start winning again? Gator Football is all about money... that's why tons of us don't care any more. Instead of taking a knee, go back to the roots before we ever won the SEC. It really is stupid to rip down the iconic stadium, especially since no one will go there for a team that can't stop fourth and 15 and a possible win. We all love the Gators, but these last few seasons are unwatchable and headed away from the fans while pandering to corporatism. Also, a real coach would go a long way after the past few that walked away millionaires while screwing over some really excellent players. Honestly, who would want to sign up to play here anymore? But a half-billion dollar stadium that will end up half-filled, that'll help us revive our championship ways. lol.
Understand what you are saying about young men but you are measured by your record….that’s why we keep score. They need to produce Billy and SO DO YOU !!! On occasion it looks like 2 monkeys and a goat calling plays in the red zone.
Way to freaking go Scott Stricklin. I’d rip every damn tribute to Jeremy Foley down if it were up to me. How that guy casual fans to think he was amazing AD is just so baffling.
It's sad when the standard now is morale victories. True Gators fans know this is unacceptable, and last night should've been a W. The team showed a ton of grit, but bottom line its 4 L's in a row, and FSU w/o Travis and us now w/o Mertz doesnt look so good.
It’s Sunday at 1:30 pm and I keep looking at my phone for breaking news. 😂😂. What is taking so long? Are they really going to wait for him to lose next week before firing him?!!!!!
We're going to be fine. Gators fans are impossible to please and expect _way_ too much and expect it way too fast. The sky isn't falling. The Gators are going to be just fine. Tons of injuries and tons of very young players. Be patient, Gators fans.
2 yrs is patience. We had the best player in the country on our team last year. Lost Vandy, UT, GA, fla state, Kentucky and South Carolina last year. KY again this yr and they suck. GA blew us out. Lost to 2-6 Arkansas. We are ass. One of the worst fla teams in a while. Fired Mullin to early. Don't know what happened behind the scenes. Bill can recruit but can't coach to save his life. Fla is supposed to be a top 5 in the country. Billy is not a top 5 coach. Time to move on and get a real legit coach.
Zero progress has been made. If anything they’ve regressed at multiple positions. It’s been 2 years and we have a historically bad defense. But yea gator fans expect way too much lol What’s our record the last 2 years? Gtfo with the impossible to please bs. We run 3 times after zone read gets us to the red zone then we just don’t run it again. Or we play soft zone when cover 2 got us to the 4th down and long and go away from it. You must be a champion of life kinda of person and winning means nothing to you. A lot of it is coaching that’s been bad for us and that’s a problem
@@alexfarsian744 It was AR's first year starting, first year with a new coach, in a new system No telling how many wins this team would have if he came back. If Mullen wasn't fired, Emory Jones would be starting to this day. 🤣
@@alexfarsian744best player in the country?😅😅😅 that's comical 😅😅dude lost at Vandy! Great players put teams on their back & make it happen. The following week, he went 9-27 vs FSU, then threw the ball out of the end zone to end the game. Billy didn't go 9-27 & throw it out of the stadium, AR did. Only thing AR left behind is a highlight film, not a Legacy. Great players leave a Legacy. And then the bum bailed on the bowl game, GTFOH with that crap
This guy is so happy that he only lost by 2. We’re almost as good as Mizzou and Sun Belt Billy couldn’t be prouder! What a loser program we’ve become….
All you Gators fans please get your medical marijuana cards renewed the team is not going to a bowl FSU will dominate on both sides of the ball just dont get 700 yds hung on you at home ..Mr 2bits
Funny how all the gator fans in the comments still defend him when he does and says the same thing every week. How are we gonna be okay or how are we gonna get better when week in and week out it’s the same thing. I just honestly haven’t seen any improvement from when Dan Mullen was here. And I don’t think there will be. The best thing he has going is a recruiting class and even then I doubt he’ll do Anything with it. All this man talks about is improvement and there is none….
This is a young team that's learning about toughness and overcoming adversity. People hate on Billy but this is genuinely the best way for these guys to develop. I'm excited for the future
