[Postgame Thread] Florida Defeats FAU 66-21

[u/CFB_Referee]

Box Score provided by ESPN

Team	1	2	3	4	T
FAU	0	14	7	0	21
Florida	17	21	14	14	66

[u/LightningDusty]

I'm so glad we didn't need a phantom second to "defeat" Florida Atlantic.

[u/QuitWhinging → u/LightningDusty]

That WMU-Michigan game legitimately ruined my night despite our solid win.

[u/smor729 → u/QuitWhinging]

As a Michigan state second team fan, im legit fighting to not feel bad. But hey. 624 yards of offense. Im sold

[u/Crasino_Hunk → u/smor729]

Yeah man, I should be elated right now as a WMU alum. ☠️

[u/Mediocre-Dog-4457 → u/QuitWhinging]

I think it ruined everyone's.

Which sucks, because it was a great day of football for the most part.

[u/NanoBuc → u/Mediocre-Dog-4457]

That's what sucks about this. There was a lot of good games and player performances today. However, 90% of the news will be covering the Michigan debacle, 9% covering the Lane Trane, and 1% for everything else.

[u/EmuMan10 → u/Mediocre-Dog-4457]

I mean we’re up 49-7. I’ll move on

[u/mynameiszack → u/QuitWhinging]

Uh yeah. Tell me about it.

[u/UnluckyDuck58 → u/QuitWhinging]

Yep

[u/ubiquitous_archer → u/QuitWhinging]

That's quite funny

[u/ninjapanda042 → u/LightningDusty]

Imagine rushing the field after you "beat" a directional/regional school.

[u/Edgemaster1423 → u/ninjapanda042]

They deserve the next two years of Napierham’s offense

[u/UnluckyDuck58 → u/ninjapanda042]

Imagine rushing the field

[u/idroled → u/LightningDusty]

I texted my family earlier in the day that I had a weird feeling Florida would have a close win and Michigan would not cover but win. Nope, Florida dominated and Michigan lost, fair and square.

[u/Particular-Fill5211 → u/LightningDusty]

finally a game where my heart dont need to recover after

[u/Will071]

Biggest thing only 3 penalties. Team never looked this disciplined under Napier.

[u/Intelligent-Iron5545 → u/Will071]

Also tons of other things… more hustle to get on and off the field, defense committed to chasing a loose ball whether it’s a fumble or incompletion (best practice to go for the ball anyway!), correct number of guys on the field, no issues with the same jersey number on the field at the same time…

[u/yinyin123 → u/Will071]

Yes, they did, in the first game of last year, 0 penalties. Then the rest of the year happened

[u/tripsd → u/yinyin123]

“Looked” I agree that even with 0 penalties napiers team didn’t look this crisp

[u/yinyin123 → u/tripsd]

Oh, true, I only was saying that because the context was penalties

[u/Ameri-Jin → u/Will071]

I really liked both auburns hire and Sumrall for yall. I can’t wait to see what the upcoming game looks like…for the reason you mentioned. I feel like we had some fight in us in adversity and yall looked like a vintage Florida too.

[u/UsedandAbused87]

Tonight we:

Produced 50% of our rushing TDs compared to last year.

2025: 10

Tonight: 5

Produced 25% of our passing TDs compared to last year.

2025: 16

Tonight: 4

[u/Herewego27 → u/UsedandAbused87]

Yeesh.

[u/jgtengineer68 → u/UsedandAbused87]

Wow it was that bad?

[u/wtfElvis → u/jgtengineer68]

Yes

[u/meatbulbz2 → u/UsedandAbused87]

Fuck me running

[u/tripsd → u/meatbulbz2]

And throwing

[u/Syctris → u/UsedandAbused87]

that is absolutely insane...

[u/MurDoct]

Fuck Michigan

[u/calling-all-comas → u/MurDoct]

Hope Oklahoma hangs 50 on them next week

[u/Prowindowlicker → u/calling-all-comas]

That would make me very happy

[u/Herewego27]

Offense good, defense less good.

[u/Edgemaster1423 → u/Herewego27]

We got our nationally lauded offensive coach in a visor calling plays and also he isn’t a complete trash human who makes winning and rooting for your team literally unfun

[u/xXBadger89Xx → u/Herewego27]

Glad they settled in a bit but hopefully it was just struggling with the tempo and they get better as year goes on

[u/meatbulbz2 → u/xXBadger89Xx]

That’s what I’m saying. FAU was the fastest team in the nation last year, with the highest YPG also. Obviously we could’ve been prepared for it, and I’m guessing they were. But that’s a tough first game and I think they showed up just fine. Napier loses that game lol

[u/Gators1992 → u/meatbulbz2]

Nah, defense has a lot of work to do. Coach even said so at halftime and after the game. There was no pass rush until late and that involved blitzing and the secondary was just conceding the curl and out routes. We were told the defense would be aggressive but got that bend but not break bullshit. Not saying it's White's fault as the players choose how aggressively they cover.

[u/GetsThruBuckner → u/Herewego27]

Genuinely just watched a game from the Kyle Trask days

[u/brandon_siler_smile → u/GetsThruBuckner]

🥹

[u/Herewego27 → u/GetsThruBuckner]

I'll go to my grave saying Kyle Trask deserves a statue.

[u/LegionXIX → u/Herewego27]

yeah you will definitely go to your grave on that one.

[u/FloridaManActual → u/Herewego27]

recency bias, my dude. Great player, but a statue? nah.

What about Rex Grossman? Chris Leak? (only listing "modern" ones for fairness).

[u/Herewego27 → u/FloridaManActual]

Rex deserves a statue too.

[u/Gators1992 → u/Herewego27]

And Rex

[u/LawStudent989898 → u/Herewego27]

He would’ve won Heisman if not for the shoe.

[u/trekfan1013 → u/GetsThruBuckner]

Man, I'm glad I'm not the only one that saw that. Philo has some Trask in him, I really like the way he plays and carries himself.

[u/bullsci → u/trekfan1013]

We had like 9 players receive the ball tonight, that’s Trask all over

[u/cmanonurshirt → u/Herewego27]

Gainesville Tech’s Buster Faulkner will do that

[u/GoodGuyNixon → u/cmanonurshirt]

Gainesville Tech Gatorjackets reporting for duty 🐊🐝🫡

[u/CoachHamTheGoatV2 → u/Herewego27]

Kittley is an offensive prodigy. Might not be too telling for yall just yet

[u/NotABurner2929 → u/CoachHamTheGoatV2]

People forget the air raid had KENTUCKY putting up 36 PPG in the the late 90s. It’s a tough scheme to defend when you don’t see it all the time.

[u/Mike_with_Wings → u/CoachHamTheGoatV2]

Yeah that’s an offense that put up a ton of yards last year and returned a ton of players and staff

[u/szboy422 → u/Herewego27]

Will like to see to how they improve. It’s hard to play week 1 against an uptempo air raid O. They also looked better as the game went on

[u/derbra]

In four years here, Billy Napier orchestrated a 50+ point win only once (Eastern Washington). Sumrall did it in only one game.

[u/SamoanEggplant → u/derbra]

I mean we beat LIU 55-0 last year but it wasn’t nearly as fun as this game

[u/cobo10201 → u/SamoanEggplant]

Man I remember coming out of that game feeling so dejected. We looked so bad. I didn’t know it was possible to win a shutout and feel bad about your team after.

[u/invisiblewar → u/SamoanEggplant]

We still looked like trash in that game. Our wins against easier teams always looked bad. We looked like we struggled despite putting up some points 

[u/NanoBuc → u/derbra]

Technically the LIU game last year as well

[u/derbra → u/NanoBuc]

oh rip in my head it was 45-0 for some reason

[u/xXBadger89Xx]

I know it’s FAU (no offense to them) but man it feels good to see such an explosive offense after Napier ball. 66 points on anyone is impressive

[u/Edgemaster1423 → u/xXBadger89Xx]

This staff of young maniacs definitely stressed needing to have more points and yards than any Napier game all week in meetings

[u/tcos17 → u/xXBadger89Xx]

Hey man I’m pretty happy we got 21 haha

[u/xXBadger89Xx → u/tcos17]

Really think you guys look good. That high speed offense is tough!

[u/tcos17 → u/xXBadger89Xx]

Yeah thanks, at a minimum we should be fun to watch. My time as a student was bad teams that were boring, I’ll take this.

[u/Metzgy → u/tcos17]

As you should, gonna be a real problem in conference play! Will be pulling for y’all! GGs

[u/Mike_with_Wings → u/tcos17]

Your offense is legit

[u/Luigis_vacuum → u/tcos17]

That one defender looked way past gassed on the third touchdown, I think you might win an extra game or two if you can maintain the hurry up offense all game throughout the season, definitely will make sure to watch future FAU games

[u/kingBoggler → u/xXBadger89Xx]

Although it's FAU, their offense is actually really good. Like not just good for a G6 team, but actually good even comparing to P4 teams. I was actually concerned we could have a night like Michigan did albeit high scoring, especially considering our defensive track record the past few years against teams that play fast. The fact that our defense was prepared and played well against that offense has me excited for what is possible this season with this team.

[u/yinyin123]

Baugh for Heisman.

[u/GoodGuyNixon → u/yinyin123]

He hit the pose!

[u/meatbulbz2 → u/yinyin123]

I think Malachi is gonna be such a monster in the ACC. Might be his to lose after wk 1

[u/DB473 → u/meatbulbz2]

Yeah didn’t he break Miami’s single game receiving record in just the third quarter the other night? He is unreal, crazy good. I do think there will be three non-QBs as Heisman finalists this year. If UF and Baugh can keep it up maybe he’ll be one of them!

[u/GetsThruBuckner]

We stand with Western Michigan!!!

[u/smor729]

Baugh is that fucking guy. I knew he was. But he is.

[u/Drumblebore]

Why didn’t FAU get the extra play after the clock runs out that teams apparently get now?

[u/kojfefe → u/Drumblebore]

$$$

[u/Conscious_Text_3716]

624 yards of offense and 0 punts. That's all I need for tonight!

[u/1nteger]

Florida Fans Like Scoring Points

[u/jorts_are_awesome → u/1nteger]

Insightful analysis there Aaron Murray

[u/JeffGoldblumsChest]

We are so back

We needed this so badly

[u/Edgemaster1423 → u/JeffGoldblumsChest]

Thank you Jon for not taking the Auburn job when every online Gator fan trashed you and wanted the hire revoked because he coached in the same state as Napier

[u/kojfefe → u/Edgemaster1423]

Oh I think they still do over on the Gators sub for letting FAU put up 21. First drive they wanted to fire the DC and shut down the program.

[u/Mike_with_Wings → u/kojfefe]

The doomers on our sub keep me away from it most of the time.

[u/kojfefe → u/Mike_with_Wings]

Yep I gave it a chance but life is too good to waste in such a miserable place.

[u/Much-Anything7149 → u/Edgemaster1423]

I admit the concept of hiring another Louisiana coach not from LSU made me nervous after Napier. I just had to assume we knew the optics and picked our coach despite it. Let's just hope he keeps it up and isn't a McElwin or Zook, or Napier.

[u/ianfw617 → u/JeffGoldblumsChest]

Cathartic for sure

[u/AdaAstra]

Something something Michigan rigged a game.

Also congrats Florida.

[u/Dry_Car_1568 → u/AdaAstra]

Thanks, guys! Sorry about your game.

Fuck Michigan.

[u/Prowindowlicker → u/AdaAstra]

I guess cheating is just the Michigan Way.

[u/pinoygator]

Sumrall must have a chauffeur. Man doesn't take his foot off the gas.

GG FAU

[u/Herewego27 → u/pinoygator]

Loved throwing for that last TD.

[u/nathodood]

Don't let this beatdown distract you from the fact that Michigan "won" their game against WMU

[u/Conscious_Text_3716 → u/nathodood]

It was such a big upset that Michigan fans had to rush the field

[u/nathodood → u/Conscious_Text_3716]

It's shameful that the field storm wasn't even the most shameful part of the game tonight lol

[u/g8trjasonb → u/nathodood]

That's a lot of shame

[u/pinoygator → u/g8trjasonb]

Props for having the decency to feel shame, though.

[u/sincewedidthedo → u/nathodood]

Feel bad for those WMU players, man. You go into the big house as 28 point underdogs against the 16th ranked team in the country, but you manage fight your way to the upset, only for the refs to bend you over like that. What a crock of shit.

[u/foreverseptember → u/nathodood]

The entire game thread for this game was distracted by the Michigan insanity, trust we will not forget 

[u/_Nilbog_Milk_ → u/nathodood]

Don't worry, this entire sub and every thread is flooded with discourse about Michigan... let us appreciate our corner alongside it.

[u/szboy422]

Don’t let a wire to wire dominating and exciting win in Sumrall’s UF debut distract you from the fact that the referees gave Michigan a phantom second and thus gifted them the win against WMU.

[u/ubiquitous_archer → u/szboy422]

Did they gift them converting the hail mary?

Edit: can't even get me to -150. Losers

[u/iuy78 → u/ubiquitous_archer]

yes by allowing them to throw it

[u/ubiquitous_archer → u/iuy78]

Still had to complete it, so how did they gift them the conversion?

[u/Real_Guarantee_4530 → u/ubiquitous_archer]

Found the one neutral that hates western Michigan more than Michigan

[u/ubiquitous_archer → u/Real_Guarantee_4530]

Maybe I just enjoy watching Ohio State fans be pissed off

[u/Real_Guarantee_4530 → u/ubiquitous_archer]

Oh I’m not that pissed off, I’m just disgusted and appalled. Michigan lost and then rushed the field after being bailed out by the worst call in college football history, that’s hilarious!

[u/ubiquitous_archer → u/Real_Guarantee_4530]

Yeah, you don't sound it lol

[u/Mike_with_Wings → u/ubiquitous_archer]

The play shouldn’t have happened

[u/ubiquitous_archer → u/Mike_with_Wings]

Ok and? How does that impact what I fucking said?

[u/smor729 → u/ubiquitous_archer]

Yes.

[u/OPsMomIsAThrowaway → u/smor729]

No reason to argue with that person who can't even attend Michigan

[u/ubiquitous_archer → u/OPsMomIsAThrowaway]

Says who?

[u/OPsMomIsAThrowaway → u/ubiquitous_archer]

It's for higher education

[u/ubiquitous_archer → u/OPsMomIsAThrowaway]

If that's what schools are for, how come Florida can play then?

[u/OPsMomIsAThrowaway → u/ubiquitous_archer]

Thanks for proving my point

[u/ubiquitous_archer → u/OPsMomIsAThrowaway]

Where does it say I couldn't get into Michigan?

[u/Cudizonedefense → u/ubiquitous_archer]

This would make sense if UF wasn’t one of the best public universities in the country

[u/ubiquitous_archer → u/Cudizonedefense]

And their response would make sense if I didn't have a master's degree. But whatever

[u/Cudizonedefense → u/ubiquitous_archer]

No it wouldn’t? They said you didn’t get into UMichigan. No one cares if you have a masters degree, there’s no proof that’s true, and that doesn’t mean you’d have gotten into UM lol. We do have the facts about UF being an elite school

[u/ubiquitous_archer → u/smor729]

Oh yeah, how so? Ref boxed out the defenders?

[u/VanDenIzzle → u/ubiquitous_archer]

I mean yeah it was finally a good throw from Underwood and it was a good completion. But it still shouldn't have ever happened

[u/ubiquitous_archer → u/VanDenIzzle]

At least somebody can admit it

[u/TehBaconBitts]

Very happy for my wife after this game. Not thrilled for us to be rooting against each other when we go see the Tigers vs the Gators on the Plains in a few weeks 🫩

[u/pinoygator → u/TehBaconBitts]

Looking forward to playing you guys again. Should be annual.

[u/TehBaconBitts → u/pinoygator]

Can’t say I’m as excited for that matchup as I was 8 hours ago lol. Sumrall was my dream pick for AU in the last two coaching searches. I definitely think he can get UF back on track

[u/Rich1926 → u/TehBaconBitts]

Make it fun, make a friendly bet

[u/Muffinnnnnnn]

Michigan is 0-1 after their 12-7 loss to Western Michigan (1-0)

[u/FunRich1804]

Defense needs work but it's been a long time since we had a game with only 3 penalties.

September 19th should be a good one.

[u/Bshild94]

Was nice to win but I’m so pissed off at the Michigan game that it ruined my evening

[u/Prowindowlicker → u/Bshild94]

I kinda wanted LSU to fall flat on their face but watching Dabo get murdered on national television is ok

[u/IammYourDAD → u/Bshild94]

It annoyed me too but ultimately they are hot ass. Michigan won’t win more than 7 games with that schedule, they’re toast.

[u/bdougy]

Cool, we’ll chat later guys, I’m still pissed off about Second Gate

[u/Metzgy → u/bdougy]

Fair enough

[u/Tduhon]

Offense is back on the menu boys.

[u/Smooth-Majudo-15]

Holy shit, offense

[u/Worthless__Commenter]

This was to be expected…

1) Veltkamp moves the air raid offense, but goes color blind and throws pics like candy

2) Defense doesn’t get off the bus

3) Average five million points a game and still lose 5 games.. Anyways… Good game UF bros. Good luck the rest of the way.

[u/tcos17 → u/Worthless__Commenter]

Hey I’d rather average 5 million points and lose than go back to the days where we were losing and it was boring

[u/Young-Viiperr → u/tcos17]

That's what watching Mahomes football was like at Texas Tech

[u/Zloggt]

A new day in Gainesville…

[u/Thelastbarrelrider]

Jaiden Baugh -14 carries, 160 yards 11.4 YPC, 3TDs. Oh yeah, and that was only in 3 quarters

[u/composer_7]

That GT offense looks great, weird uniforms tho. Don't know why the GT is missing

[u/luke15chick]

Soo Beautiful!!! Goo Gators!!!

[u/FanaticalBuckeye]

Nows not the time Florida, we got bigger fish to fry

[u/mynameiszack → u/FanaticalBuckeye]

Not the bittersweet night I expected it to be.

[u/Andy51]

Oh nice go Gators

[u/goldenface4114]

Defense has some things to work on, but it’s tough not to be overjoyed with how the offense played. Great game, Gators!

[u/dirtehscandi]

I SAID ITS GREAT

[u/pinoygator → u/dirtehscandi]

TO BE

[u/LegionXIX → u/pinoygator]

PISSED OFF ABOUT THE MICHIGAN GAME

[u/Metzgy → u/dirtehscandi]

TO BE

[u/FormalBasket9509 → u/Metzgy]

A FLORIDA GATOR

[u/SchizoidMan1989]

At least Florida didn't need to have a second added back to put FAU away.

Fuck Michigan!

[u/Icy-Taste-3096]

Michigan lost

[u/Luigis_vacuum]

Go away, (Gator) batin’

[u/Metzgy]

Billy could never.

[u/trekfan1013]

Great game from the offense, they were fantastic at most of what they wanted. Philo was legit, looking forward to seeing his performance in-conference play.

The defense, I can't say the same for. They only gave up 21 but I never felt they really had control of the opponent; FAU just shot themselves in the foot too many times. That's a deceptive 21 given up. The defense did get better in the second half but I have serious concerns with the d-line and our secondary matching up against good receivers like FAU #2.

[u/Just-Plain-Dan]

Defense has some work to do, but at the very least, tonight went a hell of a lot better than the last time they were up against an in state G6 team 

[u/Thelastbarrelrider]

ITS GREAT

[u/Dry_Car_1568 → u/Thelastbarrelrider]

TO BE

[u/Noobfroobs → u/Dry_Car_1568]

A FLORIDA GATOR

[u/sincewedidthedo]

Defense looked absent a little more often than I prefer, but man, the offense was fun to watch.

[u/zcgentryUAB]

Where is that FAU fan that was calling UAB ass in the Illinois game thread at? I wanna compare some notes

[u/fernnotficus]

This defense concerns me

[u/Intelligent-Iron5545 → u/fernnotficus]

Definitely not gonna hold up against sec teams unless there’s some improvement but I can’t be mad at the first sumrall game! The team was way more disciplined than under Napier, that’s for certain.

[u/LawStudent989898]

Baugh for Heisman

[u/Impossible-Curve5558]

Welp… glad Wheaton beat mount union because all I have are sad owl noises

[u/Doogitywoogity]

Happy with our offense, defense is questionable at times. Hopefully the solidify over the next couple of weeks.

[u/brolygta4]

Congrats, fuck Michigan!!

[u/as0rb]

Depressing… and we play navy next week

[u/HotDawgConnoisseur]

Feels good to be from Billy Napier

[u/Intelligent-Iron5545]

Please someone who was watching on tv or otherwise has more knowledge and insight explain to me wtf fau did at the end of the first half with that time out then short run to end the half??? I was sitting there baffled

(Btw idk if they showed the drone show on tv but it was super cool! I am hoping drone shows start to replace fireworks at large events, though Florida had fireworks too lol)

[u/Dry-Peach-6327]

Well that was refreshing

[u/DEPORT_PULISIC]

Great game gators. Not you defense. Fuck michigan

[u/HermitageHermit]

It’s going to be some fuck shit if Sumrall’s Defense is as irrelevant as Napier’s Offense was in SEC play.