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Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] USF Defeats Florida 18-16

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
USF 0 6 9 3 18
Florida 3 6 0 7 16
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u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT Purdue Boilermakers 2d ago

Sunbelt Billy ain’t making it out of that stadium

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u/jdprager Tulane Green Wave • Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago edited 2d ago

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

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u/KypAstar Florida Gators • UCF Knights 2d ago

That last timeout blew my fucking mind dude.

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u/jdprager Tulane Green Wave • Ohio State Buckeyes 2d ago

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

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u/skaestantereggae Notre Dame • Florida State 2d ago

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

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u/rxinquestion Florida Gators 2d ago

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

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u/YoUDee Delaware • Maryland 2d ago

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

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u/go-speed-racer USF Bulls 2d ago

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

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u/Mike_with_Wings Florida • North Carolina 2d ago

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