Florida Gators vs. Miami Hurricanes has MAJOR implications for Billy Napier & Mario Cristobal

Miami's going to the swamp this will be their first meeting since the week Zero game in Orlando a few years ago and I just feel like this game should be played every year it stopped in the 80s Florida stopped it their feeling was the SEC schedule's tough Miami is awesome you know this was when Miami was was on top of the world and Florida was not yet on top of the world Steve sper had not arrived yet and so Florida stopped the series but this really should be picked back up permanently I mean it I know everybody saying well don't make schedules more difficult and I realize if the SEC goes to nine conference games it's probably never going to happen but the excitement surrounding this game has been so much fun seeing those two fan bases go back and forth at one another because remember they recruit against each other they see each other all the time they live among each other but they rarely get to play so the bragging rights just pass back and forth you know every so often but it should be every year Florida Florida State play every other every year Miami and Florida State play every year why not add Florida Miami back to that mix but this particular meeting especially feels apocalyptic mostly because whichever coach loses is in deep deep dooo think about this think about this Billy Napier at Florida Mario crisal at Miami they were hired within eight days of one another in 2021 in both cases they were promised more resources than either school had ever devoted to football so that they could build a bigger staff than either of those football programs had ever seen so that they could compete in today's environment in today's college football for national championships in both cases the coach has not lived up to expectations the the degrees of disappointment are different I think Florida fans probably a slight bit more disappointed in Billy Napier's first two years than Miami fans were disappointed in Mario cristal's first two years but they were both disappointed neither one has gotten what they want there's really not a signature win I'd say Billy Napier's best win at Florida was his first game they beat eventual Pack 12 champ Utah at home Miami for Mario I guess it's beting Clemson last year but at that point I believe that was Clemson's fourth loss of the season I think that dropped Clemson a four- four so I don't know that at the time that was viewed as a signature win both of them better known for gaffs on field Florida repeatedly sending 10 guys out to the field field goal block team throughout the season Mario not taking a knee against Georgia Tech like those are the moments that everybody remembers this is the chance to create a positive affiliation this is a chance to beat somebody head-to-head that you got to beat the problem is only one of them can win the NCAA instituted overtime in 1996 so one of them is going to lose and it is going to be very ugly very ugly for the coach that loses I have a column about this on at on three and basically this is the Spider-Man meme playing out playing out on National Television these two guys came in in the same boat came in promising the same things and now they get to face off and and it's interesting because they been competing for recruits they've been compared to one another all this time they've never gotten to play and now they get to play and it is a fascinating scenario because it does not matter what happens there's a massively boiling hot take to come out of this game that may not ultimately mean anything because it's week one and we don't know like are these two really good teams playing are these two bad teams playing are these two mid teams playing is one significantly better than the other we don't know so we are going to extrapolate from from that one result all manner of things but I can tell you right now it's a 2 and a half point spread Miami's favored on the road but this feels like a game where any outcome seems possible like any outcome close Miami win close Florida win blowout Florida win blowout Miami win they all feel possible and all of them are going to produce lava takes because both these fan bases have spent and and the chat's a great way to to discuss this because so when Jesse and I picked the games the other day we picked Florida Miami and before we picked it and after we picked it the chat was just one after another Florida and Miami people going back and forth and that's how they feel so both programs both fan bases feel like their program is the ior program but also that the other coaches shortcomings will allow their program to win this game so the Miami fans think that Billy Napier will allow Miami to win this game and the Florida fans think that Mario Chris Ball's game management skills will allow them will allow the Gators to win this game you don't always see this sometimes it's like well my coach is just so much better he's gonna out you know out scheme your guy there nobody's saying that not a single person is saying that in this game it's your guy is going to mess this up somehow now this gives Mario chrisal and Billy Napier a chance to be the one who goes and takes it to be the one who does out scheme the other who comes away from this with some forward momentum like hey this is what we've been doing we're getting it right we're making we we've made changes our trajectory is where it needs to be that's what one guy is going to be able to say on Saturday night another guy is GNA get a bunch of questions that he just can't answer at that point he's like hey you've had three years to do this what is taking so long what is the problem Today's Show brought to you by roback the makers of the best hoodies polos crew neck long sleeve crew neck today love it RH o BAC the performance hoodie my favorite piece of clothing I've got a bunch of them two have been stolen by my daughter I've only got the one long sleeve crew neck and I'm a little concerned that my son might steal it he's he is growing he's 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big spending in the transfer Port cam Ward Damen Martinez Michelle Po these These are the guys that they've gotten out of the transfer portal that they feel like can help them immediately cam Ward is the big one there's a lot of excitement about cam W if you watch cam w at Washington State there are moments where you're like oh he's he's going to be the savior of the Miami program there are other moments where you're like he's going to throw the ball to the other team so the question for cam Ward is was that because of the talent around him at Florida at Washington State or is that the quarterback he is are we going to get that kind of Jackin hide situation at Miami we don't know at Florida the hope is pegged on DJ lagway who is a freshman quarterback who is not the starting quarterback grah Merz is the starting quarterback I do wonder if we're going to see DJ lagu some in this game but grah Merz is a capable quarterback he actually was pretty good at the end of the season for Florida last year now his season ended when he was dump trucking somebody at Missouri and broke his collar bone but I thought Graham Merz played well I thought Florida's defense was pretty terrible they gave up too many big plays they couldn't tackle that's that was the problem the hope is Shamar James back healthy you bring in pup Howard from South Carolina you bring in AA Turner from Washington suddenly you tackle better A lot of those bigger plays don't happen but we'll find out Mike G says this is the help by fallen and I can't get up Bowl I like that title I I've been going with pitchforks and torches Bowl because again the fan base of the losing team is coming after the losing coach they are going I don't know if this is work in here two different situations of course because Miami can't afford to fire Mario chrisal Florida can afford to fire Billy Napier so christall doesn't have to show Improvement but unless you want a situation where you're just sort of running out the string and everybody hates you you got to start winning some of these games for Napier it's a little more urgent like you gotta you got to win some of these and for Napier I I think reasonable progress is seven and five six- six you can you can make an argument especially if the six losses are close and you're competitive against teams that are making the playoff I think anything below that is unacceptable it's the University of Florida you don't go under 500 three years in a row you got to have a standard at some point you got to have a standard and I realize they've cycled through a bunch of coaches but if you go under 500 three years in a row including years where you had the the number four overall pick in the draft at quarterback that's who you are you you you've told us who you are but if you take the hardest schedule that we've seen in a long time and you go over 500 and you're competitive against teams that are going to the playoff then that is the upward trajectory you're looking for so that's Billy Napier's man is can you prove that you are on that upper trajectory that that when Bill that when DJ lague takes over it will be a team that is prepared to compete to be in the college football playoff that's the challenge there and I think Billy Napier would have a lot more optimism surrounding him if that class of 2024 had actually held together the one that they had over the summer that was ranked in the top five before six top 200 recruits flipped other schools had that held together I think there' have been a little more positivity but right now there's a lot of negativity and and worse with Florida than negativity is enwei that's your word of the day if you don't know what enwei means but I know all of you do because you're all nerds like me it is essentially eh oh well it's apathy it's a specific brand of apathy that that is really bad if you are in the college football business producer River asked how to spell on Wei that would be e n n UI that's our national spelling be situation ennui wait on Wei NN UI on Wei there did it that way so the apathy that has settled in over Florida is the worst part of all this because if they're still mad at you it means they still care you do not want everyone to stop caring so the good news I guess with Florida if they don't win this game is people will be very mad judging by how everybody's acting before this game so that's good everybody still cares that's a good sign Miami I think is is in danger of a little on Wei settling in if they lose this game I don't know that it it it goes M because again they can't fire Mario Christal so if they lose this game and they lose it badly and it looks like they're not even with that very easy schedule this year that they're still not going to be able to compete for the playoff that's when the Miami fans are like well we can't do anything about this what what what's going on here so again Miami's got a win Florida's got a win Mario Chris Ball's gotta win Billy Napier's gota win unfortunately only one can win now I picked Miami to win this game on our pick show the other day Jesse Simonson picked Florida we have a piece of new information on Tuesday Florida released its season hype video they made an editorial choice in the season height video that past schools have made and it has helped them producer River Play that video we hear you we hear all the doubt this is impossible the most difficult schedule anyone has ever seen we feel the weight of your expectation we sense the pressure the anticipation and we love it we welcome the challenge this is why you you come to the SEC this is why you play at Florida is for these matchup you want to play at the highest level against the greatest competition so go after like your life depends on like your family depends on it get on me get on 3 1 2 3 you're in a special place that has has history that has position flip the switch no fear we're just more looking to prove ourselves right we know what people are saying but we're here to strive together to go [Music] win that's right they put your boy in the hype video the last team that did that was 2021 Alabama before the SEC Championship game and they beat Georgia I believe I would they had a clip of me saying there is no no way Alabama can beat Georgia this was the Georgia team that went on and won won the National Title by beating Alabama in Indianapolis in the national title game but Alabama did beat the heck out of Georgia in the SEC title game there so again putting me in the hype video at least historically helps you win games just saying now I they may have just gone with graduates there because the other person in the video was ESPN's Jeff Darlington a fellow former independent Flor alligator gymnastics beat writer like me uh Jeff covers the NFL I'm not entirely sure what he was talking about there but they probably just making fun of him as a Florida grad because Florida had that schedule Lisa in the chat editing a video doesn't win games Miami has episodes two means nothing does Miami have any with me in a Lisa I don't think so now I know some of my friends down in cor GES might just cut something together real quick if if they're worried it it might cause a problem if they're worried that might actually mean something there's plenty of clips of me talking about Miami too so if that's a problem I think they can fix it but no Lisa historically and I realized my sample size is small but historically putting me in the height video leads to an upset just saying it's just math it's just science the truth asks are you the good luck charmand or are you a bad Omen for others this is like a glass half full CL glass half empty situation or the classic talk radio thing was it a great comeback or the other team choke I think we know the truth to this truth the truth I'm I'm a bad Omen it's I I'm not a good luck show I I Jinx Georgia in that game Willie says if y'all want any any more videos in any fashion hit the like button that's right now I'll keep making them even if you don't but we do want we do want to make some hype videos like we'll say some outrageous stuff this season we will wind up in other hype videos don't worry this show will find its way into multiple hype videos but so far just Florida we'll see if my record is intact will it stay perfect when Miami visits the swamp or do I drop to 500 that would allow my pick to be right if Miami wins so I I don't know where to go on this one but I do know that Mario chrisal has to win Billy Napier has to win only one of them can win so come back Saturday night for the molten blazing hot takes either way the swamp will be electric and either it will continue to be electric and they will play Party Like a Rockstar by the shop boys while everyone sheers or it will be very quiet and the shot boys won't get played we don't know what's going to happen yet that's the beauty of all this now wait for Saturday cannot wait thank you so much for watching just a 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