Not long ago it felt like a reset had arrived for Florida’s college football titans.

In the opening weeks this season, each program flashed signs of life: Florida opened the year with a 55-0 rout of Long Island University, a tidy tune-up that fed optimism in Gainesville. Florida State began the season 3-0 — including a signature 31-17 win over Alabama that had Tallahassee buzzing. Miami, too, looked the part early, riding a run of convincing performances that put the Hurricanes into the Top 3.

Fast forward to the present and the storyline has reversed.

Florida pulled the plug on Billy Napier this week after a 3-4 start and a body of work the program decided wasn’t trending upward. Athletic officials instead installed longtime receivers coach Billy Gonzales as interim while t

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