Exactly 10 years ago this week, then- Florida head coach Will Muschamp walked into the postgame press conference in Jacksonville and literally mimicked ripping an invisible monkey off his back after the Gators upset a Top-10 Georgia .
“Let me lift this thing off my back,” Muschamp said, very emotionally.
I remember because I was there.
Florida was a mess in 2014, and Muschamp entered that Halloween weekend a dead-man walking. But then he seemingly rose from his hot-seat grave after UF, which had lost three of four, pulled off the stunning upset.
Except the fairy tale ending didn’t actually happen.
Two weeks later, the Gators choked away a win at home to South Carolina, sealing Muschamp’s fate. The Year 3 win over Georgia only carried so much weight. He was fired the next day.
A win over this Georgia team would dramatically change the job-security status for Billy Napier , though.
Why a win over No. 2 Georgia could mean everything for Billy Napier
Similar to Muschamp, Billy Napier enters the Cocktail Party with most of the college world convinced he’s headed straight to the unemployment line at the end of the season.