ESPN’s Paul Finebaum was on the show McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning and was discussing whether Florida or Tennessee is under more pressure heading into next season. Both teams have high expectations with new quarterbacks at the helm and want to make some noise in a wide-open SEC in 2024.
“I think in the Tennessee case, there’s an expectation with a new regime at quarterback. When Nico [Iamaleava] took over, I think everybody felt very positive,” Paul Finebaum said . “I would hate to see Tennessee backslide, but I don’t think they’re going to.”
Finebaum is less enthralled with Florida however and hasn’t been too impressed with head coach Billy Napier.
“Greg, everyone is whispering about Billy Napier. There’s no reason to whisper about it. He had a terrible season. No matter how many times his AD comes out and tries to say there’s nothing here, there’s a lot there. There is an apathy at Florida that concerns me more than the record. I talked to Steve Spurrier a couple weeks ago, [he said], ‘Ah, there’s not much buzz going on around here.’ I talked to a reporter the other day, said the same thing. Talked to a former player, Thaddeus Bullard, last week and everyone’s saying the same thing. There’s just no excitement,” Finebaum said.