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Speaker 4: Welcome in to the week eight edition of the Florida
Football Insiders podcast.
Speaker 2: Mid October is here.
Speaker 4: We're getting a little cooler weather here in the state
of Florida. The action is heating up. The coaching carousel,
speculation is heating up, not just in Gainesville, but now
in Tallahassee and all the rest. We're gonna recap, give
you a quick recap of last week's games. Preview this
week's games to Florida State, Miami, USF Central Florida FAU
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But this podcast, we're gonna talk all things football here
in the state of Florida, including a little NFL with
the Buccaneers. Another big win over the weekend Jacksonville. And
you have some more turmoil into Miami with Tua's comments
post game last week. So let's again appreciate.
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Speaker 4: Florida loses on the road last week in College Station.
They lose. They called a two to four again. Billy
Napier got off to a good start in that game
against the Aggies, but just could not sustain and that
has been kind of the recipe of his.
Speaker 2: Tenure in Gainesville. Mope.
Speaker 4: Flashes of brilliance, flashes of good play, but the abilities
to sustain high quality play for multiple quarters, multiple games
has just not been there in the Billy Napier era
so far. A report came out this week, very credible report,
very very open report that Boosters have reached out to
Scott Strickland, the athletics director in Florida at Gainesville and
basically said the pipeline is getting turned off unless Billy
Napier is fired sooner rather than later. Speculation that he
could be fired this weekend following the Mississippi State game.
No matter what happens, remember, Florida does have an open
date prior to the game against Georgia here in a
couple of weeks, so all in, When that kind of
news gets out and broadcasted as quickly as it did,
that makes you believe that again it's just a matter
of when, not if Billy Napier is relieved of his
duties in Gainesville's the head coach again, not good, Not
a good sign when again, again we don't know how
many boosters. But again, when those kind of reports are
being made public basically the day of or the day
after these kind of meetings occur, not a good sign for.
Speaker 2: For Billy Napier.
Speaker 4: I want to throw out to you a couple you know,
what should the Gators do? Should they go offensive coach?
Should they go defensive coach? Should they go established coach
that's had a winning track record at a big program.
Should they go assistant coach but not assistant but a
a a coach who's won at a smaller level at
a at A at a you know, the American Conference
kind of guy, guy like Alex Goldish, guy like John
Sumral at Tulane. Or should they go big, big fish hunting,
big game hunting for for for a guy James Franklin
relieved of his dues at Penn State.
Speaker 2: I don't love that.
Speaker 4: I wouldn't love that higher at all, but he does
have a track track record of winning. Do you go
for a guy a little bit off the radar, guy
like John Gruden, who's who's obviously itching to get back
into the coaching world. You know, those are the kind
of decisions that you have to be that have to
be thought out. Again, how much influence do the do
the big money n i L funders have in this decision?
That's another huge question in this equation because as we
all know, the n i L funding is as important
as anything in this equation. The ability to raise money
to pay you know, for the n i L collective,
for the for the all the all the financial commitments
that are needed from a player personnel standpoint, so huge, huge, huge, Next,
you know, four or five six weeks in Gainesville ahead
for Scott's trickland that athletic administration about which way they go?
Do they do you fire Napier now so you can
get way ahead of the curve. As far as beginning
to talk to people, do you wait till the bye
week at Georgia? Obviously if he were to lose, If
coach Napier were to lose this week at miss home
to Mississippi State, I don't think he would be the
coach by Sunday afternoon. I think that move would be
made on Sunday morning if that were to happen. You
saw what happened up at Penn State last week following
the catastrophe losing a back to back UCLA and Northwestern.
James Napier was Billy James Franklin, excuse me? Was let
go in his owe what somewhere around forty five to
fifty million dollars in in buy out money? I think
Napier's number is somewhere in the twenty million dollar range. Again,
that's something that the University of Florida could come up
with if they needed to to be able to make
this happen. So again, probably just a matter of when,
not if or billion Napier if you're gonna do it,
you might as well do it sooner rather than later.
Probably at the bye week is probably the time to
do it, from a little bit of a stability perspective
and all that. But but again, the other part of
this equation is too you have to be able to
retain your roster. So I think Florida needs to get
the ball roll in here. As far as on the phone,
I'm sure that kind of stuff is happening third party wise,
behind the scenes that we probably those calls have probably
been are being made to those agents of the people
they're interested in to seeing if there would be interest
on the other side to potentially come to Florida. Lane
Kiffin's name will also be mentioned as well as a huge,
huge fish.
Speaker 2: I just don't think.
Speaker 4: I'm not sure that money will not be a factor
in this decision, meaning Florida will pay what they got
to pay, but oh miss for a guy like Lane Kiffin,
I think will pay whatever they have to pay to
keep playing Kiffin.
Speaker 2: So I worry that unless Lane.
Speaker 4: Kiffin has a absolute desire to coach in the Euarsity
of Florida, to be back in the state of Florida,
I think that will be a tough get.
Speaker 2: Talking to some.
Speaker 4: People in and around that Old Miss program who cover
Ole Miss, they say he is Kiffin is super happy
in Oxford. They can they can get to the playoff
in Oxford. So be interesting to see what happens with again.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 4: The news that leaked out of Gainsville that it's not
a matter of when, it's not a matter of if,
but when Billy Napier gets let go as the head coach,
Let's head up to Tallahassee, where the where the heat
the oven has been turned up even higher and as
hot almost as Billy Napier. With Mike Norvell and Florida
State third straight acc loss over the weekend, they lose
to pit at home. They've now lost three in a
row Virginia, Miami, Pittsburgh the uh. The win against Alabama
seems like a eons ago.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 4: Florida State now falls to three and three again away
game at Stanford this week if they were again UH.
A lot of talk, a lot of chatter here in
the state of Florida about Mike Norvel's future. His buy
out situation is higher than Billy Napiers in Gainesville. But again,
does Florida State have the financial resources to do this.
That's a that's a big question. They are not the
most They're not the most rich program in the Southeast
by any means. They have money, But again, do you
want to pay somebody forty five, you know, thirty five
or forty million dollars not to be the coach and
then have to turn around and hire another coach at
six or seven eight million dollars to be the coach?
I don't know Florida State has those kind of resources
on top of the nil money that's needed. Again, I
thought Norvell was getting had figured it out, and but boy,
the defense did not play great. Tommy Castellanos was was
so so in this game not great. Boy, have things
changed since six weeks ago when Florida State looks so
good beating Alabama an opening day in Tallahassee. Tough situation
of what's gonna happen there. I don't think a move
would be made there until the end of the year.
But pressure is mounting on Mike Norvel in this Florida
State program just to the inability again kind of like
Napier to consistently again be consistent Virginia. You could understand
losing to Virginia. But you can't lose to Pittsburgh.
Speaker 2: You can't.
Speaker 4: They got manhandled by Miami. That was not That score
was nowhere near indicative of how dominant Miami was in
that game. And again, you can't lose to a true
freshman quarterback at pitt I know Pitt's a good team,
but a home game, you can't lose that game. And
god forbid they lose at Stanford. They're a big favorite
on the road. It will be a sleepy environment Saturday
night in Palo Alto. Not again, very very important for
Mike Norvel to have a bounce back performance and for
them to play well. I don't know if again you
don't know what the culture is in that locker room.
You don't know what the what the what the status
and mood of that of that program is. But again,
a lot of a lot of chatter in and around
Tallahassee this week about Mike Norvel's future.
Speaker 2: Let's sit down of Tampa.
Speaker 4: University of South Florida UH impressive win last Friday night
in Denton, Texas against North Texas, an undefeated North Texas team.
Speaker 2: UH.
Speaker 4: They moved USF moves to five and one a dominant
performance by the Bulls and again a game a lot
of people thought North Texas potentially could win. But give
Alex gouls and that in the Bulls program massive credit
for going on the road and take care of business
in a game that they needed to win. Memphis coming
up here, not this weekend, but next weekend. Us F
will be home to FAU this weekend, a game they
will be their heavy favorites in, and again a huge
game in Memphis next week. You can't look, you can't,
you can't bypass this FAU team yet. We'll get to
them here in a minute. But Florida US have setting
up setting themselves up for a monster game next Saturday
in Memphis against the Memphis Tigers for AAC supremacy and
again college football playoff implications go Lore in that game
next week. But you got to take care of business
this week against FAU. Alex Golish having to answer questions
this week about possible job opportunities coming up for him again,
I think it'll be very tough for USF to keep
Alex Golish no matter how this year ends. With all
the big jobs that are open that will be open,
already currently open, I think Alex Golish will be on
a lot of people's lists, high on people's lists for
some of these jobs. So get ready USF to potentially
have to make another coaching higher because I do think
Alex Golish will have a tough time staying at the
University of South Florida with the opportunities he potentially could
have on his plate here in a few weeks. University
of Miami off week last week. They have a fright
game at home against Louisville. Tricky game, A little bit
of a tricky game. Louisville's again pretty good team lost
their first game of the year last two weeks ago
against Virginia, who's showing out to be a really good
acc team. Again, if you're Mario Cristobal, everything's in front
of you, you're gonna be heavy favorites in every game
you play this year. The rest of the way, UH,
take care of business. Be professional. They've not They've not
shown any propensity to slip up yet, which is a
great sign for the Hurricanes. But you got to keep
keep putting stacking wins on top of wins. They should
win this game, but again, Louisville's a formidable opponent. We've
seen Miami slip up in these situations in past years,
but I do think this is a different mentality of
a different team. I do like Miami, but again, they're
they're they're gonna be heavy favorites the rest of the
way on their schedule down in Miami. So, uh, there's
your first there, there's your recaps of your Florida, Florida state, Miami,
USF Before we get to UCFFAU and FIU.
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falls last week on the road to Cincinnati. They fall
to zero to three in the Big Twelve. They lose
twenty to eleven on the road in Cincinnati, competitive game.
Cam Fancher, the quarterback, plays, I don't know if something
must have. He threw for two hundred and twenty two yards,
ran for one hundred and eight in a losing effort
in Cincinnati. Three and three on the year. Again, this
is what we told you kind of what was going
to happen the UCF. Kind of a rebuild year for
Scott Frost, re establishing his recruiting connections here in the
state of Florida. Kind of a quarterback. A unclear quarterback
situation has been. They've been back and forth at quarterbacks
all year due to injury and due to due to
lack of quality play. But again I think this is
a situation. A winnable game this week at home against
West Virginia. Rich Rodriguez brings his Mountaineers to Orlando. Again,
he's in year one.
Speaker 2: This is uh.
Speaker 4: This is the coaching reboot two point zero Bowl here
with Scott Frost in Orlando and Rich rod back in
Morgantown at West Virginia. So again, winnable game here this
week for UCF. This is a game they probably need
to win. I shouldn't say. They are zero to three
in the conference, and again West Virginia has struggled in
the conference as well. So again this is a game
that the UCF can can get a WN and probably
should win. This game at home against West Virginia on
Saturday in Orlando.
Speaker 2: FAU three and three.
Speaker 4: Nice win over the weekend home win against UAB fifty
three to thirty three. If you didn't see the news,
Trent Dilfer, the former Tampa Bay Buccaneer quarterback who was
the head coach at u A B. He was fired
on Sunday after this game again, FAU give them full credit.
Veldt Camp the quarterback of FAU two hundred ninety seven
yards three touchdowns. Cadence Shields Dutton ran for seventy seven
yards and three more touchdowns for the for the Owls.
As FAU moves to three and three on the schedule
or on the calendar, FAU will travel to Tampa to
see us F this week in an American Conference game. Again,
there's been a little bit of a rivalry here. There
were some heated moments between Alex Gouls and Tom Herman
in the last couple of years, a little running up
the score beef. Obviously, Tom Herman is not the coach
anymore at FAU, but Alex Goldish.
Speaker 2: Again will look to put up a big score to.
Speaker 4: Establish again to continue there they're good play at USF
and again FAU will be visiting Tampa at Raymond James
Stadium on Saturday night as the Owls come a call
in to say the USF Bulls. As the FAU has
moved to three and three after a nice win fifty
three to thirty three over ua B. Last recap of
the week in preview will be FIU. FYU had a
game over the weekend, a midweek game, a nice win,
very dominant win, to move to three and three, winning
at Western Kentucky twenty five to six. Kean Owens has
been a star for FIU and the Panthers. Twenty two
carries one hundred ninety five yards. He's been a very
reliable running back for the Panthers as we moved through
this year. Nice job by him and that Panther program
to get off the snide win a big, nice conference
road game. So good job there by Willy Taggart and
that FIU Panther program. F I you this week, give
me one second. I'm looking up something here FIU football.
Next game for FIU Tuesday night, the twenty first Kennesaw State.
They will play home game to Kenessas State will be
their next one, coming off the Tuesday night game at
Western Kentucky.
Speaker 2: Where they take again take care of business on the road.
Nice job there.
Speaker 4: They are part of this these Tuesday Wednesday night episodes
here that you're seeing pretty much, you're seeing games every
night of the week somewhere in the CUSA. FIU, that
conference is very much a part of that Tuesday Wednesday
night schedule.
Speaker 2: And again, nice.
Speaker 4: Job by Willy Taggart, not Willy Tyrone, I'm saying Willie Simmons.
I'm thinking of Willy Taggart of the Baltimore Ravens, former
USF coach, Florida state coach Willie Simmons. Nice job to
get them to three and three on the year down
in Miami. So there's your Florida Football Insiders recap preview again.
Turmoil up in Tallahassee inevitable, probably what's gonna happen in Gainesville.
Those are the two big headlines of the week. Reach
Out to me on Twitter and x at JPO Sports.
Love to hear your comments again, big big game for
you again USF FAU little in state rivalry this week
NFL circuit. The Bucks travel to Detroit on Monday night.
Nice win over the weekend. On Sunday at home to
against San Francisco forty nine ers. They do lose a
Mecca Buca to a hamstring injury, maybe potentially getting back
Mike Evans this week. Chris Godwin Bucky Irving will not play,
but again a tough, big time game Monday night in
Detroit to face the Lions, the four and two Lions
as the five having one bucks head to the Motor City.
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The Dolphins, they fall on the they fall over the weekend.
They lose yet again as they throw three. They lose
a tough one at home against the Chargers. The comments
by Tua calling out his teammates for lack of attention
to detail, not coming to team meetings, showing up late.
A lot of blowback there by, you know, against Tua
for for calling out his teammates. I got no problem
with it. If that's the case, I got no again.
Maybe should you keep some of that stuff under wraps,
but good for good for Tua for calling out those
guys on that. I know Tua didn't play great in
the game, He's not had a great year. But you
want this guy to be a leader. He's trying to
show some leadership calling out guys that are screwing around,
not doing what they need to do. Just a matter
of time when Mike McDaniel gets fired from all indications, uh,
probably potentially at the bye week if not at the
end of the year. His days in Miami will be
over sooner rather than later. Again not sure. Again, the
culture down there has not been great, The physical play
has not been great. Again, can he call you know, McDaniel,
Maybe a little bit over over his head as far
as being a head coach. Probably be a really good
offensive coordinator, but again, just not had the ability to
establish that that team bonding, that togetherness that all the
really good teams have.
Speaker 2: There's been a lot of fractured players down there.
Speaker 4: Tyreek Hill in company, all the off season stuff with him,
just not in two as well. So the other thing,
Jacksonville heading to London this week. They lose a tough
game over last weekend twenty to twelve to the Seattle Seahawks.
Speaker 2: They will travel to London to play the La Rams. Again.
Speaker 4: Trevor Lawrence played okay over the week Over the last weekend,
we just was not able to killer pen only on
a touchdown called back on an illegal on an illegal
shift situation. But Liam Cohen again, if you're four and two,
you're Liam Cohen, you couldn't have asked for a better start. Again,
they travel to London to play the Rams.
Speaker 2: We'll see.
Speaker 4: The Rams are in need of a win as well,
so it should be a very competitive game in London
on Sunday morning. Rams Jaguars in London, NFL Network. Check
it out as the Jaguars try to continue their good
play in the AFC South. All right, appreciate you finding
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