Three SEC fanbases with their hands on the panic button ahead of Saturday's matchups

3 SEC Fanbases with Hands on the Panic Button:
Florida Gators

If the LSU and Kentucky fanbases are on the brink of panic, the Florida Gators faithful are on the verge of needing padded walls and straitjackets.

Opening the year with a blowout loss to the rival Miami Hurricanes put a nasty taste in the mouth of the collective Florida fanbase, and an easy win over Samford did nothing to rinse things clean. Billy Napier might be on the hottest seat of any coach in the country, and the will-he-won't-he decision about starting freshman quarterback DJ Lagway has only angered Gator fans more.

Every game for the rest of the season is against a power-4 opponent, and only two or three of those games have a realistic chance of having Florida listed as the betting favorite. This weekend, UF is a slight underdog to the Texas A&M Aggies in Gainesville, and some analysts (including SEC Network personality Paul Finebaum) have opined that a loss could mean the end of Napier's time in orange and blue.

Panic already has set in for most Florida fans, but with a loss and potential Napier dismissal, there is real concern that the recruiting class (one with 12 players considered 4-star prospects by at least one major recruiting outlet) would fall apart.

Panic isn't a strong enough word for what the feelings would be in Gainesville at that point, but maybe an offseason hire of Lane Kiffin can "fix" the problems that caused four-straight losing seasons for the first time in Florida football history.