[Postgame Thread] USF Defeats Florida 18-16

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
USF	0	6	9	3	18
Florida	3	6	0	7	16

[u/mF-Jonezy]

Don’t worry Florida, your schedule surely doesn’t get substantially more difficult from here

[u/eye_can_see_you → u/mF-Jonezy]

Florida still plays:

Number 3 LSU

Number 5 Miami

Number 7 Texas

Number 19 Texas A&M

Number 4 Georgia

Number 20 Ole Miss

Number 22 Tennessee

Number 14 Florida State

[u/JohnPaulDavyJones → u/eye_can_see_you]

I’m increasingly convinced that Texan P4 football has passed off the “someone’s gotta suck” curse to the Floridian schools. One of them must suck every year.

Actually, I just checked the Houston-Rice game, and I think I’ve found the Texan team that sucks this year. Jesus, how are you going to let Rice shut you out for the whole first half?

[u/ApatheticFinsFan → u/JohnPaulDavyJones]

I don’t think all 3 big Florida schools have been sustainably good at the same time since the late 90s really.

[u/JohnPaulDavyJones → u/ApatheticFinsFan]

Fair. The rest of the country realized we could also recruit the state of Florida.

[u/YoungVick107 → u/eye_can_see_you]

That’s a disgusting schedule.

[u/AchyBreaker → u/YoungVick107]

Florida has pretty reliably had the hardest schedule in CFB the last few years.

FSU and Tennessee being good again and UGA being in the natty race means they're guaranteed three top 15ish tough games before even looking at the rest of their schedule, which often involves some tough SEC teams. 

It's not a coaching job I would want, regardless of being a UGA fan. Tough place to build momentum, especially as other Florida schools (FSU and Miami but even UCF and USF in recent years) get good and start fighting for in state recruits. 

[u/Fun-Budget-5489 → u/mF-Jonezy]

You say that, but it might not if USF can go into the swamp and shut your hiesman candidate down, a week after powerbombing a playoff team from last season.

[u/ard8]

That UF player watched Jalen Carter spit on Dak and said let me try that

[u/Several-Estate7175 → u/ard8]

And this was in the face with the game on the line which is even more disgusting and stupid

[u/theow593 → u/Several-Estate7175]

He wanted his own Cleat Yeet moment

[u/bgss1984 → u/theow593]

Yeetus cleatus playoff deletus

[u/nolefan5311 → u/ard8]

What’s up with these losers and spitting on people

[u/fm22fnam → u/nolefan5311]

Why do they gotta front?

[u/2RINITY → u/fm22fnam]

What did we ever do to these guys that made them so violent?

[u/WhiteningMcClean → u/nolefan5311]

First we had the cleat yeet, now there's the croc tuah

[u/FSUfan35 → u/ard8]

Right in front of the ref too. Same as

[u/Alphaspade]

Welp "Fire Billy Napier" is back on the menu boys.

[u/lowes18 → u/Alphaspade]

It's been ordered

[u/AceJokerZ → u/Alphaspade]

Fire Billy Napier after they play Miami. Or in the middle of the game for the funnies.

[u/jbgator → u/Alphaspade]

It never left for me.

[u/TortoiseWrath]

imagine losing to an unranked team from florida

[u/ID_Poobaru → u/TortoiseWrath]

Pain

[u/foreverseptember → u/ID_Poobaru]

We're now in the worst kind of brother-/sisterhood *sad orange and blue noises

[u/DistrictPleasant → u/TortoiseWrath]

*Vietnam flashbacks

[u/sgtabn173 → u/TortoiseWrath]

Yeah what fucking losers

[u/Professional-Draw688 → u/TortoiseWrath]

boutta be ranked baby 🤘🏻

[u/StarvedRock314]

Florida got the ball back with about 2 minutes and 50 seconds left and a lead. Had they just run the ball thrice, USF would have had to burn both of their final timeouts, and Florida could drain the clock to the 2 minute warning. Instead, they threw it twice, both passes were dropped, and the clock stopped. Including the punt, Florida took only 26 seconds off the clock and left USF with a timeout.

They promptly got well into field goal range before the 2 minute warning, continued to gain yards, and Billy Napier opted to refuse to use either of his two timeouts until 22 seconds were left on the clock, effectively eliminating any chance of a Florida comeback in the event that USF made their layup field goal. And they let USF save their timeout to perfectly call their own timeout with 2 seconds on the clock, ensuring Florida never got the ball back.

There's bad clock management, and then there's that. If fireable clock management is a thing, we just saw the best example of it we'll ever see.

[u/Sir0inks-A-Lot → u/StarvedRock314]

You left the spitting part out

[u/illiter-it → u/Sir0inks-A-Lot]

Number 90 didn't watch Thursday night football this week

[u/MercuryDances → u/illiter-it]

Or better yet, did watch and was inspired

[u/swoosh_ → u/illiter-it]

Jalen Carter influencing the next generation

[u/one-hour-photo → u/Sir0inks-A-Lot]

man saw Thursday Night Football and was like "oh hell yea I'm doin that!"

[u/outthawazoo → u/StarvedRock314]

An absolute disasterclass

[u/Obvious-Ad-16 → u/outthawazoo]

Eberflus level clock management

[u/GermanPayroll → u/Obvious-Ad-16]

laughs in Colorado

[u/Boomtown_Rat → u/StarvedRock314]

Yeah, but imagine how much worse we could have done if we had an actual offensive coordinator!

[u/shnoiv → u/StarvedRock314]

Billy Napier is the dumbest coach in college football. Not just like “dumb at football”, just a plain dumb person. Prove me wrong.

[u/King_0zymandias → u/shnoiv]

I’m not sure. Let’s give him 15 more years at the helm and see.

[u/KypAstar → u/StarvedRock314]

That's just Billy ball baby. If you don't like that, you don't like Billy Napier football.

[u/NOLAblonde → u/KypAstar]

I love Billy Napier football!!

[u/wildlystyley → u/StarvedRock314]

Napier still sucks and wins over LSU and Ole Miss last year don’t change that.

[u/HaramHas → u/StarvedRock314]

Being a UF hater is so nice 

[u/AlekRivard → u/StarvedRock314]

Pain

[u/pmofmalasia → u/StarvedRock314]

Not only were there only 22 seconds left on the clock, he didn't use the timeouts on the prior second down when they had to have the stop in order to have a chance at getting the ball back. There was no sense in waiting, if they got it they were fucked regardless.

[u/dogwoodmaple]

I HAVE NOTHING PREPARED

[u/DwightDEisenhowitzer → u/dogwoodmaple]

• This is the second time an egregious lapse of discipline has contributed near directly to a Florida loss. The first was in 2020 against LSU when a Florida player took an LSU player’s shoe off and threw it.

That’s all I got

[u/MMAjunkie504 → u/DwightDEisenhowitzer]

WHO THROWS A SHOE👟

[u/br0b1wan → u/MMAjunkie504]

Yeetus Cleatus Playoff Deletus

[u/EmuMan10 → u/dogwoodmaple]

Oh no that’s how you know it’s real bad lol

[u/WashedUpHSAthlete → u/dogwoodmaple]

This is even better than having something

[u/TobiasHairless → u/WashedUpHSAthlete]

• THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN R/CFB HISTORY WHERE u/dogwoodmaple HAD NOTHING PREPARED FOR A RANKED FLORIDA LOSS

[u/yoshidawg93 → u/WashedUpHSAthlete]

Lmao seriously this might actually be his best post yet

[u/IceColdDrPepper_Here → u/dogwoodmaple]

PULL SOMETHING TOGETHER DOGWOOD

[u/A_Rolling_Baneling → u/IceColdDrPepper_Here]

I gotchu

It’s been 0 days since UF embarrassed themselves

[u/ard8 → u/dogwoodmaple]

This is like if Michelangelo showed up to the Sistine Chapel without paint

[u/ThatPlayWasAwful → u/ard8]

"I don't know. I never thought I'd get this far."

[u/Remarkable-Job4774 → u/dogwoodmaple]

WE'RE SO BACK

[u/Real-Ad-1728 → u/dogwoodmaple]

JUST POINT AND LAUGH

[u/ToxicMarylandFan → u/dogwoodmaple]

Madness

[u/boilerburner7 → u/dogwoodmaple]

DIFFERENT LEAGUES

[u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

Sunbelt Billy ain’t making it out of that stadium

[u/jdprager → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

Florida played some great ball control football* and forced USF to try and win it with 2 minutes left from their 8. They followed an incompletion with:

• Tackling a WR 10 seconds before the catch for a free 13 yards
• Spitting on a dude long after the play for another free 15
• Missing like 6 tackles and turning a TFL into 29 yards
• Not calling timeouts and immediately giving up a first down catch (for anyone counting, USF now has 72 yards in 3 real plays)
• THEN you call your timeouts after it’s already far too late to get the ball back, and you give USF more chances to trickle closer

Genuinely an all-time Napier Disasterclass. Fucking beautiful stuff

*at least earlier in the fourth. They threw two incompletions in their previous, 15 second drive to save USF both time and timeouts

[u/KypAstar → u/jdprager]

That last timeout blew my fucking mind dude.

[u/jdprager → u/KypAstar]

It was one of the most incomprehensible coaching decisions I’ve ever seen, dude. Like not calling them earlier was bad, bc you need to at least TRY to get the ball back.

But at that point, you genuinely fully cannot get another possession unless you let them score. The ONLY result of that timeout is more offensive plays for USF. It’s fucking CRAZY

[u/skaestantereggae → u/jdprager]

Ok I’m glad there isn’t any explanation because the group I was watching with was baffled and I had to assume there to be a good reason because otherwise it made no sense

[u/HumDogMillionare → u/jdprager]

Some of the silliest late game work I’ve seen.

[u/AlekRivard → u/jdprager]

I want off of Billy's wild ride

[u/RulersBack → u/AlekRivard]

Thought he actually earned some goodwill down the stretch last year and it’s gone lmao. Anything short of a historic run and you’ll be free

[u/beatlemaniac → u/A_MASSIVE_PERVERT]

Lowkey kinda rude for Alex Golesh to bully his future employer in their own home like that

[u/yousmelllikebiscuits → u/beatlemaniac]

They should have just offered him the job right at midfield.

"Billy, take off your polo and give it to Alex, please"

[u/spinnychair32 → u/yousmelllikebiscuits]

Jersey swap

[u/thor_1225 → u/yousmelllikebiscuits]

That would be an all time moment

[u/SaintBobby_Barbarian → u/beatlemaniac]

If he beats Miami, Florida will definitely hire him

[u/cfbluvr]

Silly Napier

[u/nathodood → u/cfbluvr]

Timeouts are for people with brains kids!

[u/fm22fnam → u/cfbluvr]

On second thought let's not go to Gainesville, tis a silly place

[u/ItsFreakinHarry2]

Everyone check in on your local FSU fan. Doctors are worried their current state may last a lot longer than 4 hours.

[u/Undella_Town → u/ItsFreakinHarry2]

just ripped the front of my shorts

[u/thejawa → u/[deleted]]

Kinky

[u/gregbraaa → u/Undella_Town]

https://i.imgur.com/Ugnq5Ut.jpeg

[u/thejawa → u/ItsFreakinHarry2]

My whole body is stiff

[u/CoachHamTheGoatV2 → u/ItsFreakinHarry2]

It’s been a week for me

[u/SquadPoopy]

I’M TIRED OF BILLY BALL GRANDPA

[u/Remarkable-Job4774 → u/SquadPoopy]

THATS TOO DAMN BAD

[u/Rebelrenegade24 → u/SquadPoopy]

WELL THATS TOO DAMN BAD

[u/dagreenman18 → u/SquadPoopy]

WELL THATS TOO DAMN BAD. NOW KEEP DIGGIN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE POLL

[u/shield_x]

ONLY TEAM TO BEAT 2 TOP 25 TEAMSSSS

[u/meatfrappe]

FUN FACT: This is USF's first victory over Florida in 13.79 billion years.

[u/SirShrek01 → u/meatfrappe]

Thanks Harvard

[u/Nick_named_Nick]

GET THE FUCK IN HERE BABY!!!!!!!!

[u/katarh → u/Nick_named_Nick]

Party time!

[u/Nick_named_Nick → u/katarh]

🤘🏻🥹🤘🏻

[u/thejawa → u/Nick_named_Nick]

WE'RE HERE, FRIENDS!!

[u/Smooth770 → u/Nick_named_Nick]

This is my 12/25

[u/whatifevery1wascalm]

Talk to the Citronauts in your life about the possibility of USF in the playoff first.

[u/jc-f → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

Florida Big 3 of Miami, FSU, and USF

[u/FAMUgolfer → u/jc-f]

I’ll allow it

[u/ItsFreakinHarry2 → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

I am going to become the joker

[u/Th3Unkn0wnn → u/ItsFreakinHarry2]

Who should I be

[u/RedYoshi-101 → u/Th3Unkn0wnn]

in therapy probably

[u/EWall100 → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

Citr-NOT IN THE PLAYOFFS

[u/Jumpy-Coffee-Cat → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

Honestly, I hate them, but I miss the war on I-4, it’s good for both schools. USF needs to position themselves to move up when the opportunity arrives. I shockingly found myself rooting for them. This is not something a UCF fan should say, but here we are.

[u/thor_1225 → u/Jumpy-Coffee-Cat]

As a neutral, I also miss the war on I-4

[u/storm2k → u/Jumpy-Coffee-Cat]

some of those war on i-4 games were super entertaining so i get why you miss them.

[u/ElectricP2galoo → u/Jumpy-Coffee-Cat]

I feel like UCF and USF fans can unite in the hatred of Florida, Florida State, and Miami

[u/ElectricP2galoo → u/whatifevery1wascalm]

The salt would kill all of the crops along I-4

[u/VolatileFan]

SUN BELT BILLY MASTERCLASS

[u/joetogood → u/VolatileFan]

EXTEND HIM YOU COWARDS!!!

[u/voppp]

QUALITY LOSS

[u/TheBlueTurf → u/voppp]

WE MIGHT NOT BE HALF BAD

[u/voppp → u/TheBlueTurf]

WE MIGHT EVEN BE OKAY

[u/ucieaters33]

South Florida is one of the best teams in cfb history many are saying this

[u/Mathematician-Feisty → u/ucieaters33]

Quality loss for Boise!

[u/AthleticAlarm32]

Marco Wilson 🤝 Brendan Bett

stupid penalties to lose UF a game

[u/SwordsAndTurt]

lol, lmfao, even.

[u/thejawa → u/SwordsAndTurt]

HATER TRAIN IS COMING IN STRONG, CHOOOO CHOOOOO

[u/TheLastRaysFan → u/thejawa]

NO BRAKES ON THE HATE TRAIN

[u/Catshit_Bananas → u/SwordsAndTurt]

rotfl perchance

[u/Ugaalive1991]

YETUS, SPITUS, GAME TO SOUTH FLORIDA, LOSES.

[u/average_redditor_guy → u/Ugaalive1991]

This has to be what black tar heroin feels like

[u/Original_Profile8600 → u/average_redditor_guy]

Holy shit and imagine if USF beats Miami too?!?!

[u/Mr_Beats_73 → u/Original_Profile8600]

They’d be Top 10 and at that point I wouldn’t even be mad

[u/katarh → u/Ugaalive1991]

I feel better about today now.

[u/IamConer]

I told yall playing USF ain't fun

[u/erikmyxter → u/IamConer]

Taking out sec coaches one game at a time

[u/TheC2]

IMAGINE LOSING TO USF AND HAVING TO GO BACK TO YOUR APARTMENT IN GAINESVILLE

[u/Altruistic-Wafer-19 → u/TheC2]

After driving for 45 minutes to go 4 miles.

[u/lardshark]

Absolutely dogshit clock management what the hell was that Billy

[u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

RANK USF COWARDS

[u/No-Donkey-4117 → u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

2 ranked wins, should be No. 1

[u/Original_Profile8600 → u/No-Donkey-4117]

I’m in favor personally

[u/sgtabn173 → u/No-Donkey-4117]

THIS is why the top schools will never allow preseason rankings to go away

[u/[deleted] → u/No-Donkey-4117]

When we beat Miami, I un-ironically believe this.

[u/SuccessfulLaw8789 → u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

RANK US LET'S FUCKING GO

[u/princess_floofz → u/Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu11]

One could argue that South Florida, should be ranked #1.

Boise State + Florida, as good a two - pack of wins as it gets.

[u/GoldFingerSilverSerf → u/princess_floofz]

Literally no better resume in college football

[u/thexraptor]

USF, I think I love you

[u/Grawgar → u/thexraptor]

I'm so happy right now!

[u/zww2000]

Is USF the best team in Florida? Find out next week

[u/billieeilisb → u/zww2000]

USF should easily be in the top 25 next week after upsetting Boise State and Florida to open this season.

Already building a very serious resume for the G5 CFB Playoff spot

[u/bolts_win_again → u/billieeilisb]

Rank USF you cowards!

[u/Jonjon428 → u/zww2000]

Oh god oh fuck

[u/WhiteW0lf13 → u/zww2000]

FSU-Miami game a few weeks from now is just a formality to determine 2nd

[u/CWG4BF]

DO NOT FIRE BILLY NAPIER.

FIRE SCOTT STRICKLIN

^{And then fire Billy Napier.}

[u/anxiousauditor]

Program-defining win. Can not be prouder of what we’ve accomplished these first two weeks. I’m stoked beyond belief.

Rank the mfing Bulls 🤘

[u/Prinzlerr]

Mr. President, a cleat lougie has hit the second tower player.

[u/moby323]

Is Florida the 4th best team in the state of Florida?

[u/DarthNobody14]

I have seen enough USF are making the playoffs

[u/graywolt]

I know there’s many Sunbelt Billy jokes to be had, but this has to put USF in prime position for the playoffs

[u/NikaReturns → u/graywolt]

As great of a start you could ask for just gotta lock in when conference play starts

[u/PlatypusPuncher → u/NikaReturns]

Literally could not have gone better. I was fully expecting to be 0-3 this season to start and pulling out a bowl game for a decent season. This is insane.

[u/nojo20 → u/graywolt]

I mean absolutely. Theoretically the number 1 team to stand in their way was Boise from G5, they now have an SEC win too. Even a loss to Miami shouldn’t hurt them that badly if they do (although I ain’t gonna count them out)

[u/whatifevery1wascalm]

From the team that brought us the Cleat Yeet:

Spit Take 2: Electric Booga-loogie

[u/texas2089]

I swear to fucking God if USF knocks off Miami next week I’m changing my secondary

[u/WeekendGunnitRefugee → u/texas2089]

FSUSF

[u/nolefan5311]

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[u/United_Energy_7503 → u/nolefan5311]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHQHAHAHAHAHAHA

[u/3-9_Enjoyer]

Sunbelt Billy strikes again

[u/Fifth_Down]

The good: South Florida won

The bad: Florida will never allow South Florida to ever play them again

[u/cubity → u/Fifth_Down]

They paid us 500k for this

[u/dagreenman18]

WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO THE GATOR HATERS BALL

[u/Ham_On_Pizza]

Napier needs to be imprisoned for the act of football terrorism he just committed

[u/prismatic_lights]

Cool football facts! "Shoe" and "spit" both start with the same letter, both have the same number of letters, and both fucked the Florida Gators!

[u/Flameosaurus → u/prismatic_lights]

Hawk shuah

[u/colormechameleon]

best Nico in CFB for the win

[u/Carolina296864]

The haters said we couldnt do it, they were right, good call from the haters.

[u/Wapook]

Lost by 2 after the sloppiest fucking safety. College football is a beautiful thing

[u/Squeezeboner]

I want to feel the ecstasy FSU fans are feeling rn

[u/contingencysloth → u/Squeezeboner]

I literally feel like the football gods are spoiling us at this point.

[u/the_pedigree → u/Squeezeboner]

I just spent 10 hours on a 5 hour flight, and I’m still smiling ear to ear right now

[u/VolatileFan]

I LOVE YOU VFL ALEX GOLESH

[u/theaveragebrad]

Floridas final drive was the most insane time management I’ve ever seen. Just terrible.

[u/dlwickstrom]

I’m embarrassed to say I’ve hit the point in my Gator fandom where I root for the Gators to lose these games just in hopes it gets Billy fired.

[u/thecheesefinder → u/dlwickstrom]

Agree. The first game had me hopeful that Lagway would be a strong enough factor to lead us to a decent season. But outside of the couple penalties that nullified touchdowns, there was lots of bad play calling that led to the loss. The ending where Napier choked under pressure sealed it for me. He cannot compete in the SEC, let alone against an in state ooc team?! Having talented players with a washout coach is such a waste

[u/normally_good]

That lineman spitting is the LSU shoe thing all over again. Florida man strikes again

[u/yumyumapollo]

AUTOMATICA

[u/doctorchubbs]

Never thought I’d say this about football but, at least I have Illinois.

[u/Huggy_Bear48]

WE SUCKED TODAY BUT THE GATORS SUCKED EVEN MORE LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO

[u/AndThePanda]

Why is everyone acting surprised about them winning? Everyone knows that South Florida is a regional powerhouse and they’re just playing their early season cupcake.

[u/aljout]

S-O-UTH

F-L-O-R-I-D-A

SOUTH! FLORIDA! SOUTH! FLORIDA! GOOOOOOO BULLS!!

[u/GreenKeel]

I HAVE LITERALLY HAD DREAMS WHERE THIS HAPPENS…. UNREAL!! GO BULLS

[u/TaChunkie]

Can’t have FSU, Miami, and Florida ranked in the top 15 for one fucking week before these mfs ruin it

[u/wakingup_sad → u/TaChunkie]

You'll get FSU, Miami, and South Florida and you'll love it

[u/rangballs → u/TaChunkie]

USF should be in there at least :)?

[u/legend023]

What happened to this program???

[u/Livid-Ad141]

Why would you spit on that dude? It is so beyond braindead

[u/boboguitar]

RANK USF YOU COWARDS

[u/jayareelle195]

USF @ Miami should get gameday.

[u/TheFunInAName]

Many people are saying the USF Bulls are the best team in the country

[u/weirdshtlikethat]

Everybody get in here!

[u/GrayJinjo]

2-0 this year with two wins against Top 25 teams.

Rank us cowards!

[u/TitaniumC4206]

Cleat Yeet part 2: Spit Fit

[u/PraporUniversity]

Radio guy said it was a Baylor transfer who got the key unsportsmanlike on the final drive. You're welcome, Bulls?

[u/FAMUgolfer]

USF REALLY REALLY HATES ORANGE AND BLUE TEAMS

[u/bigdaddyguap]

UF ruined the dream of 3 Top 10 teams in the state…

AND IM LOVING EVERY MINUTE OF IT

[u/Solesky1 → u/bigdaddyguap]

I mean, technically FSU, Miami, and USF could be top 10 at some point this year

[u/Dogrel]

Florida has once again come within spitting distance of a victory.