Billy Napier is 20-20 in four seasons coaching Florida.

Napier survived hot seat last season before squandering goodwill with Gators' loss to South Florida.

Hugh Freeze, then Brent Venables, put up heat shield with big wins.

It’s Billy Napier vs. The Field in the race within the SEC to claim the season’s first buyout check.

Florida ’s embattled fourth-year coach coughed up the goodwill he built at the end of last season when the Gators lost, 18-16 , at home to South Florida in Week 2. Fans exited The Swamp chanting for Napier’s firing.

On this edition of “ SEC Football Unfiltered ,” a podcast from the USA TODAY Network, hosts Blake Toppmeyer and John Adams reset the hot seat sweepstakes.

Before the season started, Toppmeyer listed Napier at No. 4 on his SEC hot seat list

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