Florida coach Billy Napier said after Saturday's 49-17 loss at No. 5 Texas he was appreciative of the chance to continue trying to straighten out the program's woes.

It was the Quinn Ewers show in Austin as No. 5 Texas dominated Florida 35-0 in the first half. Ewers posted 297 passing yards and four touchdowns in the

It was an ugly scene in Austin during college football's Week 11, where the Texas Longhorns whipped the Florida Gators, 49-17, in the two schools' first meeting since 1940 and as mutual members of the Southeastern Conference.

Florida coach Billy Napier earned a major vote of confidence from his school's athletic director on Thursday. The Gators then spent Saturday laying one of the ugliest eggs of the college football season against Texas,

The Florida Gators surprised the entire college football this week when they announced their intent to retain head football coach Billy Napier. Napier is

Athletic director Scott Stricklin recently gave Napier a ringing endorsement, indicating that he will be Florida’s head coach moving forward. During his press conference on Saturday, Napier spoke about what it meant to get that vote of confidence from Stricklin.

Napier was a member of Saban’s staff at Alabama from 2013-16 when he was the Crimson Tide’s wide receivers coach. In December 2017, he became head coach at the University of Louisiana and would compile a 40-12 record in four seasons in Lafayette before accepting the Florida job.

Billy Napier offered a status update on Florida quarterback DJ Lagway on Saturday, following the Gators' brutal 49-17 road loss to Texas.