Billy Napier delivers impressive performance in Swamp debut at Florida
By Keith Farner
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Billy Napier saw his debut in The Swamp quickly become a memorable one.
After Napier drained the clock late ahead of a fourth down call in the fourth quarter, several fans and media questioned the call. But that quickly ended after Anthony Richardson delivered the latest strong play in an impressive night with a touchdown that put the Gators up by 3 points.
But it all turned out orange and blue thanks to a late interception to seal the win for the Gators.
Here’s a sample of the reaction from fans and media:
We’re all playing checkers. Billy Napier is playing chess.
— Josh Graham (@JoshGrahamRadio) September 4, 2022
billy napier what a guy…how can you not cheer for him
— Josh Brasher (@joshbrasher) September 4, 2022
That was a ballsy move by Billy Napier to play the clock game and take it down before calling the timeout ahead of the 4th down. But, I respect it a ton. He has Anthony Richardson, and Utah doesn’t. The QB has been absolutely tremendous in closing time.
— John Fanta (@John_Fanta) September 4, 2022
Can anyone explain to me wtf Billy Napier was doing right there running 30 seconds off the clock down 4?
— Tanner Banks (@Tbanks859) September 4, 2022
Billy Napier celebrating Florida’s go-ahead touchdown in the final minutes.
Including a big hug & chat with Jabbar Juluke. pic.twitter.com/6lIdQ79lsB
— Jerit Roser (@JeritRoser) September 4, 2022
Billy Napier pulling off a W1 upset of a top-10 team at home in his first game as the coach of UF would be really cool. I know ULL misses him ?
— Carter Brantley (@CTBrantley12) September 4, 2022
Jumping onto the Billy Napier bandwagon. Great initial outing by the new coach. https://t.co/Sp2riccRU8
— NOLA JT (@NOLA_JT) September 4, 2022
Anthony Richardson. That’s the tweet. In fact, it’s most of our tweets tonight. That’s how good the #Gators QB has been.
Florida on the verge of an important win to open the Billy Napier era…
— Pro Football Network (@PFN365) September 4, 2022
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
