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Billy Napier doesn't care about noon kickoffs; Mark Stoops needs Kroger Field loud

Kickoff times don’t matter to Florida head coach Billy Napier. Noon, afternoon or evening, whatever, his focus is on winning football games. Everything else is above his pay grade.

The early kick in Lexington this weekend simply is what it is. That’s out of his control. He’s told where to be and when to get there. This time it just happens to be at Kroger Field with a 12 p.m. ET kickoff.

“I don’t view it that way (if it’s harder to play in the early time slot),” Napier said. “We don’t get to decide that, we’ve got to play at different times.