The Gators (4-4, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) have made strides since lopsided losses to Miami and Texas A&M during the first month of the season. Napier shored up his shaky defense, found a potential star in freshman quarterback DJ Lagway and developed young talent on both sides of the ball.

"The tune continues to change around Billy Napier’s future," Nakos wrote. "After Florida was embarrassed 33-20 in Gainesville by Texas A&M in September, it appeared to just be a matter of time until Napier was fired. But the Gators have played Tennessee and Georgia close and are 2-3 in the SEC ."

Florida Gators freshman quarterback DJ Lagway was carted off the field with a hamstring injury during Saturday's 34-20 loss to Georgia.

How do you not feel bad for embattled Florida coach Billy Napier? For some reason, a song from "Hee Haw"— the old cornpone country variety show — popped into my head as I looked down on the field Saturday and saw the grim-faced Napier as injured quarterback DJ Lagway was carted away with an inspired Gators team leading mighty Georgia.

Three of the team's final four opponents are ranked within the top 16 teams in the country, and as of Monday, it's unclear who they'll be starting at quarterback. After Graham Mertz went down with an injury earlier in the year, they turned to five-star freshman DJ Lagway.

Florida football might have a silver linning this season, after head coach Billy Napier announced positive progress on DJ Lagway.

Florida football head coach Billy Napier hasn't "completely ruled out" DJ Lagway for Saturday's matchup against the Texas Longhorns. Napier met with the media on Monday and mentioned that Lagway's inj

The Florida Gators want to win, and Billy Napier’s future is pretty much sealed after Saturday’s loss to Georgia has them sitting at (4-4) with Texas, LSU and Ole Miss up next. The Gators have lost 18 of 33 games under Napier,