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Billy Napier says Florida needs to take a ‘good look in the mirror’ after loss to Kentucky
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Billy Napier and Florida need to go back to the drawing board after being embarrassed by Kentucky on the road.
Napier went to the podium after the 33-14 loss. He opened the post-game presser by saying that Florida needs to take a good look in the mirror at itself. Fans will probably agree with him.
The Florida head coach was especially disappointed with the lack of physicality his team showed. He admitted that the Gators were beat in all aspects of the game.
Napier also had an injury update for receiver Caleb Douglas. Douglas will be out for a significant amount of time with a lower leg injury, according to Napier.
Ray Davis shredded the Florida run defense for 280 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns. The Kentucky offense as a whole had 329 yards rushing when it was all said and done. Napier promised that the run defense will be better in the future.
Mark Stoops has now won three consecutive games against Florida in his tenure in Lexington. Napier stated that Florida deserves every bit of criticism it gets.
There were lot of things that didn’t go Florida’s way in the game, but Napier said the fundamentals were not present as well.
Here are some of Napier’s post-game comments:
#Gators coach Billy Napier: ‘We’ve got to take a good look in the mirror from an operational standpoint.’
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) September 30, 2023
#Gators coach Billy Napier: ‘That’s my job, to have this football ready to play. We weren’t physically ready. All parts of the game they were more effective.’
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) September 30, 2023
#Gators coach Billy Napier: ‘Not a lot of positives out of today.’
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) September 30, 2023
Billy Napier on Kentucky run game: ‘300 on the ground. That’s not who we are or who we want to be. We’re going to get it fixed.’
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) September 30, 2023
Napier “We deserve every bit of criticism we get today.” #Gators
— KevinBrockwayGators (@KevinBrockwayG1) September 30, 2023
Napier on leaping penalty said it was shown in a meeting, “just a young kid making a mistake” said it was a pivotal mistake from a momentum standpoint #Gators
— KevinBrockwayGators (@KevinBrockwayG1) September 30, 2023
Napier said Florida was dominated on line of scrimmage and did not play a sound fundamental game #Gators
— KevinBrockwayGators (@KevinBrockwayG1) September 30, 2023
Caleb Douglas is out for a significant amount of time with a lower leg injury, Billy Napier said.
— Edgar Thompson (@osgators) September 30, 2023
Grant Bricker was a former freelancer for The News TN in his hometown of Nashville, Tennessee. He now freelances for Saturday Football. Follow on Twitter @GrantBricker.
