Here are some selected quotes from Billy Napier’s postgame press conference on Saturday:
“I don’t have a ton of excuses.”
“There’s no excuses.”
“I’m not here to make excuses.”
“I have no excuses for you.”
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I’m old enough to remember when Florida vs. Iowa in the Outback Bowl was a brief running gag. The Gators played their bowl in Tampa three times in four years, following the 2002, 2003, and 2005 seasons. They faced the Hawkeyes in the latter two games. It was a mild form of gallows humor to talk about the disappointing results of the Zook years that briefly bled into the Meyer era.