Sep 4, 2021; Gainesville, Florida, USA; Florida Gators former head coach Urban Meyer and Steve Spurrier on the sidelines during the first quarter against the Florida Atlantic Owls at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
College football analyst and former Florida Gators head coach Urban Meyer shared on “The Triple Option” podcast a fact that many Georgia Bulldogs fans would love to hear about former Florida head coach Steve Spurrier.
“I said ‘were you in the game’ and he (Steve Spurrier) said he left, you know, ‘to beat the traffic’ but he said ‘it was bad,'” said Urban Meyer.
It is hard to blame Spurrier or any other Florida fans for leaving the Gators’ 33-20 loss to the Texas A&M Aggies. Florida trailed 20-0 at halftime and 33-6 late in the third quarter. Florida is an abysmal 11-26 against Power Five opponents since the Gators’ infamous shoe throw against LSU.
Many Florida fans and alumni are starting to turn on their current head coach, Billy Napier. Things have turned sour in Gainesville. Miami absolutely demolished Florida in the Swamp in Week 1.
Billy Napier’s seat is red hot right now. Things aren’t getting any easier for the Gators. Florida faces the nation’s hardest schedule and would be doing well to make a bowl game at this point.
“I mean, I’m getting a little bit stressed out here thinking about what’s happening there,” said Meyer. “Because the momentum is gone. It’s been gone for a while there and that’s hard to imagine.”
The Gators are unlikely to meet Steve Spurrier’s modest expectations for the season. “I picked them to go 8-4 and win a bowl game, and if we do that, we can do cartwheels and somersaults around here,” said Spurrier before the season. “We’ll be a happy bunch of Gators.”
Right now, one thing is for sure. Florida fans aren’t a happy bunch of Gators.
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