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Lane Kiffin is reportedly top target in Florida's coaching search, but there's a better Billy Napier replacement

Reflective but clearly exhausted, Billy Napier took to the podium Saturday night after Florida’s 23-21 win against Mississippi State. It was their second-most impressive victory of the year, a sentence that would’ve drawn laughter if you’d said it back in August.

But here we are, in the middle of The Swamp, with fans clinching their seats tighter than their jaws, and the familiar “Fire Billy” chant echoing through the fourth quarter like a fight song no one really wants to sing anymore.

"I’m going to enjoy this one tonight,” Napier said.

Everyone in the room knew it was his curtain call. Florida’s new era was already being scripted behind the scenes.

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