Texas A&M Aggies dominate Florida Gators for first SEC win - ESPN

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Backup quarterback Marcel Reed accounted for three touchdowns in his first college start and Texas A&M dominated Florida 33-20 on Saturday in what might have been coach Billy Napier's final game with the Gators.

Reed, filling in for injured starter Conner Weigman, threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score as the Aggies won a road game for the first time in nearly three years. Texas A&M (2-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) had dropped 10 straight on the road.

«He was lights out,» first-year A&M coach Mike Elko said. «He was calm. He was confident. He made throws.»

This one will go down as a signature win for first-year coach Mike Elko and could end up being Napier's swan song with the Gators (1-2, 0-1).

Florida looked inept on both sides of the ball and overmatched for the second time this season in the Swamp. The first one, against Miami, turned up the heat on Napier. The latest one could result in Napier getting the boot.

«Ultimately, at some point, it becomes about production,» Napier said.

Napier fell to 12-16 at Florida, including 12 losses in his past 15 games against power conference opponents. This was his seventh consecutive setback in those games, including four at home.

Napier is now 10-6 at Florida Field, giving him more losses in the Swamp in two-plus seasons than Steve Spurrier (68-5) and Urban Meyer (35-5) had in their highly successful stints in Gainesville.

If Florida does fire Napier, it would owe him roughly $27 million. His 28-game tenure would be the shortest in 100 years for the program; James Alward Van Fleet coached 19 games over the 1923-24 seasons, went 12-3-4 and then left to continue his military service and eventually became an Army general.

The low point for Napier