So less than 24 hours after his team’s embarrassing loss at Texas two weekends ago, Florida freshman quarterback DJ Lagway went to his coach to declare — not discuss or deliberate — his status for the next game. “He came in the building Sunday (and) said, ‘I’m playing this week,’” Billy Napier recalled.

At the end of the third quarter at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, of course, the PA system plays the Tom Petty hit song, "Won't Back Down." Even before the game kicked off, Napier had his team thinking about that moment.

Florida football head coach Billy Napier scored what may have been the most important win of his Gators career on Saturday night when his team overcame the top-25 ranked LSU Tigers inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium,