Florida football earned the “loser” title in two of the three first weekends of the 2024 campaign from USA TODAY Sports after another weak showing on the collegiate gridiron. On a rainy day in the Swamp, the Gators were whipped by the Texas A&M Aggies, 33-20, falling to 1-2 on the season and 0-1 in SEC play.
Paul Myerberg composed his weekly winners and losers column on Sunday, with the Orange and Blue headlining the loser’s section. What he had to offer was not much consolation to Florida fans.
“This is getting uglier and uglier, leaving almost no doubt whatsoever that Florida is about to embark on yet another coaching search after yet another failed hire in four seasons or less,” Myerberg begins.
“If you’re keeping track, every UF coach since Urban Meyer resigned (again) in 2010 has been canned within that time frame: [autotag]Will Muschamp[/autotag] (2011-14), [autotag]Jim McElwain[/autotag] (2015-17), [autotag]Dan Mullen[/autotag] (2018-21) and now [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag]. Saturday’s 33-20 loss at home to Texas A&M was never even competitive despite being as close to a must-win game as you’ll find on the schedule,” he continues.
“Getting to a bowl game without beating the Aggies? The 1-2 Gators have essentially no chance at getting to six wins given the nastiness of this year’s schedule and the team’s obvious lack of talent, drive, consistency. And hope. Hope is also in very short supply.”
Up next for the Gators
Florida will play their first road game of the season as they travel up to Starkville to play against the Mississippi State Bulldogs on Saturday, Sept. 21. Kickoff is set for noon ET and will be broadcast on ESPN.
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