Leading up to the Florida Gators' matchup against Mississippi State, former UF players and college football experts have given their input on the state of the program.

College football analyst and former Florida Gators head coach Urban Meyer shared on "The Triple Option" podcast a fact that many Georgia Bulldogs fans would love to hear about former Florida head coach Steve Spurrier.

Tim Tebow knows what it will take for Florida to improve. Tebow, who played football at Florida followed by three years in the NFL, has experience of what it takes for a football

Florida’s ball security has generally been good under Napier. The Gators ranked in the top 25 in fewest turnovers in both of Napier’s first two seasons. His worst season (14 turnovers in 2022) matched the best by his predecessor, Dan Mullen. But only 14 teams have lost more turnovers this season than UF (six).

Florida Gators head coach Billy Napier is, by most accounts, a dead man walking. The Gators are 1-2 to start Napier's third season, bringing his career

Napier, widely-presumed to be on the SEC's hottest seat this fall outside of Sam Pittman at Arkansas, is signed through the 2028 season on a deal he first inked in December 2021 worth $51.8 million