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Is Billy Napier a fired-coach-in-waiting at Florida? Yes. All that’s left is the writing of the check, so unleash the hot boards.
That's what USA Today's Blake Toppmeyer insisted Wednesday morning.
Web traffic at Gambling911.com for a Billy Napier firing was heating up at Gambling911.com throughout the day Tuesday and into Wednesday.
When, Not If, and the Bold Prediction From USA Today
"When Florida fires Napier, he’ll become the fourth consecutive Gators coach to be axed before the end of his fourth season. Stricklin argued before the season that Florida can’t keep cycling through coaches at this rate. True. So, get the next hire right. The only thing worse than firing Napier in Year 3 and paying him a buyout of more than $25 million would be sticking with a hopeless coach for a fourth season that no Florida fan wants to pay to see. It’s over."
Betting Market for the Next College Football Head Coach Fired
BetOnline.ag has updated its NCAAF first coach fired numbers following Week 1, and after the Gators were dismantled by intrastate rival Miami, Napier is now the odds-on favorite.
Below, you can compare the numbers from last week to today.
First Coach Fired
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First Coach Fired |
Odds 8/29/24 |
Odds 9/2/24 |
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Billy Napier (Florida) |
4/1 |
2/3 (-150) |
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Sam Pittman (Arkansas) |
2/1 |
2/1 |
|
Dave Aranda (Baylor) |
6/1 |
7/1 |
|
Shane Beamer (South Carolina) |
12/1 |
12/1 |
|
Justin Wilcox (California) |
14/1 |
12/1 |
|
Kalani Sitake (BYU) |
10/1 |
14/1 |
|
Scott Satterfield (Cincinnati) |
14/1 |
14/1 |
|
Dabo Swinney (Clemson) |
25/1 |
16/1 |
|
Neal Brown (West Virginia) |
16/1 |
16/1 |
|
Tony Elliott (Virginia) |
14/1 |
16/1 |
|
Mario Cristobal (Miami FL) |
6/1 |
20/1 |
|
Pat Narduzzi (Pittsburgh) |
15/1 |
20/1 |
|
Ryan Day (Ohio State) |
25/1 |
20/1 |
|
Clark Lea (Vanderbilt) |
8/1 |
25/1 |
|
Brent Venables (Oklahoma) |
33/1 |
33/1 |
|
Brian Kelly (Notre Dame) |
N/A |
33/1 |
|
Mike Locksley (Maryland) |
16/1 |
33/1 |
|
Deion Sanders (Colorado) |
40/1 |
40/1 |
|
Lincoln Riley (USC) |
25/1 |
40/1 |
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