[Cactus Jack]

Florida obviously hasn't been the same since Urban Meyer left.

This was a destination job, one that you took you could retire from, not so much anymore and it's just wild to see how it changed in a quick amount of time.

Unless Florida makes a godfather offer to Kiffin, don't see him leaving Ole Miss. He has built something pretty special there through recruiting & especially transfer portal.

After I'd posted this, I actually saw an article in a Gainesville newspaper listing Kiffin and Eliah Drinkwitz of Missouri as two of the top names on wish lists.

Florida needed to upgrade facilities when Napier came in (I think I'd read that their locker room was a quarter or half-mile walk from their practice field and that they had to cross a roadway to get there), but those improvements are already underway.

With the shape that Florida State is in (not playing well, likely looking for a new coach, and trying to sue to exit) and with Miami (who isn't a public university and has one of their biggest NIL donors facing federal charges) also stuck in the ACC, I think you can still make a case for Florida being one of the best coaching jobs out there.

Biggest obstacles are probably seeing the facility upgrades through, having to get out of the shadow that Meyer will always cast (especially if he's only in the broadcast booth), and having to rebuild your image to compete with Georgia.

The most intriguing factor in any courtship may be how the school has to negotiate with a coach whose team is in the college football playoff, especially considering recruiting deadlines that will pass.