Kentucky vs. Florida (33- 14)

Florida football coach Billy Napier’s job performance has been the subject of intense scrutiny.

During games like Saturday’s 33-14 loss at Kentucky, it ramps up that much more.

The Gators’ second-year coach turned Louisiana into a winner, taking a program that went 5-7 the year before his arrival and going 33-5 in the final three years of his four-year tenure at the school, and has found occasional success at Florida, most notably a season-opening victory against a top-10 Utah team in 2022 and a 29-16 win on Sept. 16 against then-No. 9 Tennessee this season.

Ray Davis had a historic day for the Cats, rushing for 280 yards on 26 carries to go with three touchdowns on the ground. He also caught one pass for nine yards and scored through the air. Ray Davis might be leading the SEC in rushing after this game and all but secured a 1,000-yard season. The Kentucky tailback is one of the best in the SEC, and he showed why in this game against the Florida Gators. 

Despite the Florida Gators’ continued struggles through their first 17 games under head coach Billy Napier, it was not until Saturday’s listless 33-14 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats where his future with the program should have been considered a legitimate conversation point. Not only did the Gators lose the game — to a long-time rival they used to dominate — in decisive fashion, they did so in a humiliating and historic manner with Napier once again making the same mistakes and failing to provide any answers — on the field or off of it.

This terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad performance allows Napier’s fitness for his position to be questioned — not because of the loss itself or the scoring margin but rather due to the way Florida played in the game.

The Vanderbilt transfer established a career rushing best with 206 yards before the break alone with his last first half touchdown going virtually untouched after bursting through a hole on the left side.

Davis also charged hard for a 9-yard TD reception that made it 10-0, getting a little assist at the goal line from guard Eli Cox. He added 2-yard TD run early in the third quarter on the way to a 26-carry day for the third-highest single-game rushing total in program history.

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 Sarah H

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