If I asked you to draw a parallel between the 2025 Gator football season and another year in recent program history, I’d guess you would say 2014. In that season, Will Muschamp was in a prove-it situation. Win big, or be fired.
I would contend that in addition to having some 2014 vibes, there also is more than a bit of 2017. Jim McElwain had just gone to back-to-back SEC Championship Games, but he’d lost the second one 54-16. Though no one had Mac on preseason hot seat lists, it was a live question as to whether he’d already hit his ceiling as a head coach in Gainesville.