Miami coach Mario Cristobal and Florida counterpart Billy Napier will be in the spotlight — under interrogation lamps, really — as much as quarterbacks Cam Ward and Graham Mertz when the No. 19 Hurricanes play at the Swamp on Saturday.
Florida coach Billy Napier looks at the scoreboard during the first half of the team's NCAA college football game against Utah on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, in Salt Lake City. –
“There’s a new team in the weight room, on the practice field, then you have the same ambition and the same goals. … This game is the start of the story of the 2024 Gators.” The Gators dropped five in a row to end 2023 and missed a bowl for the third time since 1990. Napier responded by layering nearly every aspect of his program.
The Hurricanes, meanwhile, looked poised to compete for the Atlantic Coast Conference crown in Cristobal’s second year. But then they squandered a seemingly sure victory against Georgia Tech — few have forgotten “Mario Kneel the Ball” — and lost four of five down the stretch.
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