GAINESVILLE — Everybody gave up on Billy Napier.

The fans gave up on him.

The media gave up on him.

You wonder if some in his own administration were starting to give up on him, too.

But you know who didn’t?

His players.

His team.

And himself.

When the outside noise was deafening – when the seat was hotter than a Gainesville sidewalk in July – Napier’s players still believed. And on Saturday, that belief turned into something beautiful.

Florida 29, No. 9 Texas 21.

It wasn’t a fluke. It wasn’t luck. It was downright domination – a statement from a team that refused to quit on its embattled coach even when the rest of the world already had.

“We see all the stuff on the Internet, but we don’t let it define us,” said Florida running back Jadan Baugh after carrying the ball 27 tim

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