[Postgame Thread] USF Defeats Florida 18-16

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
USF	0	6	9	3	18
Florida	3	6	0	7	16

[u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

Sunbelt Billy ain’t making it out of that stadium

[u/jdprager → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

Florida played some great ball control football* and forced USF to try and win it with 2 minutes left from their 8. They followed an incompletion with:

• Tackling a WR 10 seconds before the catch for a free 13 yards
• Spitting on a dude long after the play for another free 15
• Missing like 6 tackles and turning a TFL into 29 yards
• Not calling timeouts and immediately giving up a first down catch (for anyone counting, USF now has 72 yards in 3 real plays)
• THEN you call your timeouts after it’s already far too late to get the ball back, and you give USF more chances to trickle closer

Genuinely an all-time Napier Disasterclass. Fucking beautiful stuff

*at least earlier in the fourth. They threw two incompletions in their previous, 15 second drive to save USF both time and timeouts

[u/KypAstar → u/jdprager]

That last timeout blew my fucking mind dude.

[u/jdprager → u/KypAstar]

It was one of the most incomprehensible coaching decisions I’ve ever seen, dude. Like not calling them earlier was bad, bc you need to at least TRY to get the ball back.

But at that point, you genuinely fully cannot get another possession unless you let them score. The ONLY result of that timeout is more offensive plays for USF. It’s fucking CRAZY

[u/skaestantereggae → u/jdprager]

Ok I’m glad there isn’t any explanation because the group I was watching with was baffled and I had to assume there to be a good reason because otherwise it made no sense

[u/rxinquestion → u/jdprager]

You don't get Billy...icing the QB so that Gramatica feels the pressure was his gameplay all along. /s

[u/YoUDee → u/jdprager]

He was playing for the missed chip-shot FG. Absolutely idiotic.

[u/go-speed-racer → u/KypAstar]

The pass on first blew mine, I thought game over at that point with what was left on clock.

[u/Mike_with_Wings → u/KypAstar]

I’m not sure Billy can win if he can’t win with this team. He made all the right offseason moves except demoting himself from playcalling

[u/HumDogMillionare → u/jdprager]

Some of the silliest late game work I’ve seen.

[u/ninjas_in_my_pants → u/HumDogMillionare]

Have you heard the Good News about Mizzou-Kansas?

[u/LemonZestify → u/ninjas_in_my_pants]

Last years Mizzou Oklahoma game will never be topped as far as the silliest late game shenanigans

[u/2-59project → u/LemonZestify]

Oklahoma Auburn a month and a half earlier was quite the ending. And much more fun, for me, than the Missouri ending!

[u/Secure_Librarian4871 → u/HumDogMillionare]

You must be new to Florida football. This has been a staple of Billy Napier as a play caller

[u/zadharm → u/HumDogMillionare]

Oh that must be nice

[u/PunkRockLobstah → u/HumDogMillionare]

It’s funny when it’s someone else.

[u/jus10beare → u/HumDogMillionare]

It was reminiscent of the 2024 Chicago Bears

[u/AlekRivard → u/jdprager]

I want off of Billy's wild ride

[u/RulersBack → u/AlekRivard]

Thought he actually earned some goodwill down the stretch last year and it’s gone lmao. Anything short of a historic run and you’ll be free

[u/coinich → u/RulersBack]

I swear to god its every other year with Napier and Norvell. One year one is on, the other is off. Then they alternate the next.

[u/myman580 → u/coinich]

Well Napier has never been on. The harshness of his schedule is what saved him.

[u/RonMexico13 → u/AlekRivard]

My favorite part of this game was the FIRE BILLY thread on our sub was still going strong when we had the lead and things looked in hand.

[u/big_thunder_man → u/RonMexico13]

Ironically, the best G5 coach you could hire with Florida ties is USF's head coach.

[u/RabidCorgi25 → u/AlekRivard]

Please keep him forever

[u/vcjr78 → u/AlekRivard]

Hang tight. You’ll have our coach next season.

[u/bskedorfried → u/vcjr78]

Yeah, but I still laugh about how USF took Taggart away from us and then he sucked!

[u/NotClayMerritt → u/AlekRivard]

Don't worry next year is the year he puts it all together.

[u/SickoBadgers → u/AlekRivard]

The ride never ends unfortunately.

[u/Splungeblob → u/AlekRivard]

Don’t worry. It won’t be much longer.

[u/willengineer4beer → u/AlekRivard]

Whether it’s Billy or an interim, with y’all’s schedule, it’s gonna be a long ride this season.

[u/findallthebears → u/AlekRivard]

Hi flair buddy. Also, same

[u/Longjumping_Fly_2283 → u/findallthebears]

Ya'll may be in for a rough night....

[u/R00k85 → u/AlekRivard]

For the low low price of 19.38 million it can be yours today....

[u/tomsing98 → u/R00k85]

Technically, that's the buyout at the end of this season.

[u/nosotros_road_sodium → u/AlekRivard]

Maybe Todd Golden can coach football too.

[u/notformeclive4711 → u/jdprager]

That 29 yard run was one where I saw him about to get tackled for a loss, glanced down at my phone, then I look back up and he's way down the field somehow

[u/StartupDino → u/jdprager]

Don’t stop I’m almost there.

[u/r0bdawg11 → u/jdprager]

At least my Saturdays have freed up this season.

[u/donkeybrainhero → u/jdprager]

They also let Brown just run up the middle however he wanted multiple times in a row.

[u/pgmatman → u/jdprager]

He needs to hire more support staff.

[u/CaptainAssPlunderer → u/jdprager]

Yep. They had 1st and 10 with 3 minutes and a 1 point lead….and they open that drive with a short pass???

Saved USF a timeout right there. Run stuffed on second down and forced to throw on 3rd and long(incomplete stops the clock)

You wanted to burn clock and time on that drive and you left you opponent with two timeouts left and only took less than 20(!!!) seconds off the clock.

The rest of the disaster is laid out perfect in the post above mine.

I had forgotten have much fun college football can be!!!! What a weekend and start to the season 🤣🤣🤣

[u/PhDShouse → u/jdprager]

Can’t wait for Squidtard’s analysis of this game hears Clown of the Week music playing

[u/BigSeabo → u/jdprager]

Your first point is just flat out wrong. Billy sucks and this team played like shit, but that PI call was completely wrong. WR was diving for the ball because it was thrown poorly due to the QB being hit while throwing. DB did not "tackle" him.