2021

There was potential for Florida to make a splash on National Signing Day, but that was not the case for the Gators. The battles for the top targets left on Florida’s board went elsewhere in a disappointing finish to Billy Napier’s first recruiting class.

National Signing Day is just a couple of days away and a strong finish is in the cards for Florida.

Florida is heading into the final official visit weekend for the class of 2022 with some big recruiting battles left.

Billy Napier adds to the 2022 class with a trio of three star commits. QB Max Brown, TE Hayden Hansen and DL Andrew Savaiinaea pledge to Florida after visiting Gainesville this past weekend.

David Waters joins Gators Breakdown listeners for a call-in style chat to discuss recent recruiting news and staff hires. Also, former Gators defensive lineman Antonio Valentino shares his history with Gators new co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach, Sean Spencer.

The first official visit weekend of 2022 for the Gators certainly paid off.

There’s a lot going on behind the scenes for the transition of the Gators football program under Billy Napier.

As soon as the 2021 season ended with Georgia winning the National Championship, publications started releasing “way-too-early” 2022 rankings.

As the Gators football team gets together for the first time under the Billy Napier era for offseason activities, we are still learning what players will be a part of the 2022 team. Trey Dean is staying for one more season, while Mohamoud Diabate is transferring out.

Who’s coming? Who’s going?

Look, SO much happened this year that it’s hard to believe 2021 is coming to a close. Are we still processing what went down in 2020? Absolutely. But 2022 is around the corner, and it’s time to reminisce about the year we just had.

It was quite a year in the sports world, was it not?

What a year 2021 has been.

In the last game of 2021, and under the Dan Mullen regime, Florida falls to UCF 29-17.

There’s still one more game left in the 2021 season as the Gators travel to Tampa to take on the UCF Knights on the Gasparilla Bowl.

David Waters joins Gators Breakdown listeners for a call-in style chat to discuss Florida’s finish to Early Signing Day.

He didn’t have a lot of time, but on Early National Signing Day, Billy Napier made a splash with a few players in a nine player class.

Billy Napier was able to host visitors for the first time as Florida head coach and will have to wait a few days to see just how much those visits will pay ff on Early Signing Day.

David Waters joins Gators Breakdown listeners for a call-in style chat. Topics include:

The first major domino in recruiting falls during the early stages of Billy Napier taking over Florida as quarterback Nick Evers decommits from Florida.

One day after Billy Napier makes his arrival in Gainesville, Florida announces the hires of Co-DC, RB coach, strength coach, plus an analyst.

David Waters joins Gators Breakdown listeners for a call-in style chat to look back at Billy Napier’s opening press conference.

There’s a lot to learn about Gators new coach Billy Napier. From his time as Louisiana’s head coach, all the way back to his days under Nick Saban at Alabama, he takes everything he has learned to lead the Florida Football program.

Billy Napier will take the podium for the first time in just a couple of days as the University of Florida’s head football coach and Gators fans are excited for him to get started.

There’s a lot to learn about Gators new coach Billy Napier. From his time as Louisiana’s head coach, all the way back to his days under Nick Saban at Alabama, he takes everything he has learned to lead the Florida Football program.

David Waters joins Gators Breakdown listeners for a call-in style chat to discuss Florida hiring Billy Napier as the program’s new head coach.

Florida Football is set to hire Billy Napier as the 28th head coach in program history.

Florida was able to salvage some part of the 2021 season by ending it with a win over rival FSU.

One last game of the 2021 regular season for the Gators and it is against rival FSU. FSU has been trending up while Florida has been trending down.

One of, if not, the main issues that plagued Dan Mullen’s tenure at Florida was recruiting. That aspect was just not at a high enough level for the direction the program was heading.

David Waters joins Gators Breakdown listeners for a call-in style chat to discuss Florida firing Dan Mullen. Also, Josh from the Ragin Review Podcast details what Billy Napier would bring as a head coach.

As losses pile up and sitting at 5-6 after a loss to Missouri, Florida is deciding to move on from Dan Mullen.

David Waters joins Gators Breakdown listeners for a call-in style chat to discuss Florida’s final road trip of the season at Missouri.

Florida goes on the road again in their final trip of the season to take on Missouri. Road games haven’t been too kind for the Gators.

With two games left, and after a disappointing showing vs FCS Samford, Dan Mullen says the matchup vs Missouri doesn’t add any more pressure as it is always there.

David Waters joins Gators Breakdown listeners for a call-in style chat to discuss the shootout victory over the Samford Bulldogs.

Even with all the change this past week for the Gators, hardly anyone saw a shoot out to struggling FCS foe Samford.

Now that Todd Grantham is officially out as defensive coordinator for the Gators, it is now time to take a look at who could be next.

Some may wonder why the moves to fire defensive coordinator, Todd Grantham, and offensive line coach, John Hevesy, weren’t made sooner by Florida head coach Dan Mullen. After Florida’s performance vs South Carolina, the luxury of waiting until season’s end was no longer there.

David Waters joins Gators Breakdown listeners for a call-in style chat to discuss the firings of Todd Grantham and John Hevesy.

One day after Florida suffers their fifth loss of the season, Bruce Feldman (The Athletic) reports Florida is firing defensive coordinator Todd Grantham and offensive line coach John Hevesy.

The November part of the schedule was supposed to be the chance Florida could find themselves and end the season on a high note. South Carolina had other plans as they dominate the Gators 40-17.

David Waters joins Gators Breakdown listeners for a call-in style chat ahead of Florida vs South Carolina.

Don’t feel like cooking this year?

Florida tries to get back in the win column with a road trip to South Carolina.

As the losses mount and the Florida sits at 4-4, Dan Mullen has stressed the importance of his team fixing turnovers and inconsistency this week in practice.

Gators Breakdown listeners sound off after Florida’s 34-7 loss to Georgia.

We all knew Florida had a tough task in facing the top-ranked Georgia Bulldogs and their dominant defense. It didn’t matter who started at QB for Florida, the Georgia defense was just too much.

David Waters joins Gators Breakdown listeners for a call-in style chat ahead of Florida vs Georgia.

It’s hard to believe, but Halloween is just about here.