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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/blackwhitetiger on 2025-09-25 02:32:45+00:00.
In the nine game SEC era, the only thing more expensive than losing is resetting. Florida has tested coordinator swaps, portal cyclones, and buyouts large enough to qualify as infrastructure. The one variable the lab hasn’t really tested since flip phones: time.
Here’s the math nobody enjoys. Converting eight figures of buyout into road wins after dark has a historical exchange rate of $19M → 0. Baton Rouge does not take receipts.
Quarterbacks aren’t instant oatmeal, even when they come with five stars. Real development is measured in offseasons, not press conferences: same playbook, same position coach, mostly the same receivers. That’s when third downs start looking intentional. Cut the cord now and you rerun the tutorial level while the schedule speedruns you.
Comparatives exist if you squint at recent history: programs that waited looked mid, then respectable, then annoying to play; programs that didn’t waited in line for a new hoodie and a slogan. One path produces a January headline. The other produces linemen who know the cadence.
So give him three more years. If it fails, Florida remains undefeated at paperwork. If it works, you get a team that looks like it practices on purpose. Either way, at least you’ll have tested the only strategy you haven’t already tried.