For two of the three traditional powerhouse programs in the Sunshine State, the 2024 college football season has not been too kind. While the Miami Hurricanes control their own destiny to the College Football Playoff, the Florida Gators and Florida State Seminoles are both at risk of missing out on the postseason. If they did, it would be the first time since 1978 that these two programs didn’t participate in the postseason in the same year.
While offering praise for Billy Napier and the Florida Gators, Mike Norvell and the Florida State Seminoles caught a stray at the hands of the three-time National Championship winning head coach.
“I’m going to tell you something, I’m a fan of coach Napier, and here’s why,” Urban Meyer said on The Triple Option podcast. “I don’t know him, I met him once or twice. They’ve been obviously really struggling, but the one thing they have not done like the team in Tallahassee is quit. They have continued to fight.”
Now it would be easy to accuse Urban Meyer of an anti-Florida State bias given his tenure as the head coach of the Gators. It would make sense if there were residual bad blood. However, before the 2024 season began, Meyer showed he could put that aside when he had nothing but praise for the Seminoles and their head coach Mike Norvell.
“I think Mike Norvell is one of the most underrated coaches. They were awful in 2020. I’m an old Gator, so I looked at that like, How did Florida State get so bad? But look what this coach has done. I really think he’s one of the top coaches in America. I think they’ll be there, standing in the top 10. I might even have them a little higher at the end of the season.” Meyer said.
Florida football just got a ringing endorsement from a 5-star cornerback who might flip his commitment. Billy Napier’s team is coming off an impressive win against LSU and now looks to continue its momentum into a Week 13 matchup against Ole Miss. Regardless of this coming Saturday’s result, quarterback DJ Lagway and company are already turning heads from prospective recruits. That includes Ohio State commit Na’eem Offord.
The top-ranked cornerback in the country has been sparking rumors about potentially flipping his decision over the past few weeks. Offord did nothing to quell those rumors with his recent take on the Gators and their future, according to On3Sports Transfer Portal reporter Hayes Fawcett. Offord confirmed that the Gators are a “legit contender” to land his commitment and offered this statement to Fawcett.
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