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It hasn’t exactly been a banner 48 hours for Billy Napier and the Florida Gators football program.

When you’re being trolled by the head coach you replaced while failing to open up water bottles after getting trounced by your in-state rivals, the only place you can go up. And for Napier’s program, that involves not listening to those in rural Central Florida who are criticizing the team from their basements

That part of the Sunshine State isn’t exactly the epicenter of basements, but that’s beside the point here.

Napier’s basement quip came from a long-winded answer in which the Gators’ head coach was asked about flushing the emotional part to remain even-keeled and present the side he wants to present to the team, even after losing 41-17 at home to the Miami Hurricanes.

“Yes, it is probably one of the bigger challenges you have as a head coach in terms of turning the page,” says Napier. “How do you filter the results? How do you evaluate the game? Especially when it’s negative. And I would tell you one of the other bigger challenges when you do win, but maybe you were sloppy and didn’t play well; that’s another big challeng

“I think, ultimately, a loss early can be a blessing if you don’t waste it…One thing I can say is that we have a group that’s working hard. I do think that we have character. We have to go to work on the football part. And I think we have to become a more consistent team, and we have to execute better. If we can focus on those things and not necessarily what some guy in his basement is saying in rural Central Florida on social media, then we got a chance to get better.

“I think that’s the key, but sometimes you deserve criticism. And I think that’s one of those things I’d say I have no excuses. We gotta go get it fixed.”