I agree. It's almost like what Alabama did in the first ever playoffs. Poor Saban.
Likely scenario.
Since you like facts so much, here's some winning percentages:
1 Knute Rockne .8811 Notre Dame
2 Frank Leahy .8643 Notre Dame
3 Urban Meyer .8473 Ohio State
4 Barry Switzer .8368 Oklahoma
5 Tom Osborne .8355 Nebraska
6 Fielding Yost .8333 Michigan
8 Bob Neyland .8287 Tennessee
9 Jim Tressel .8281 Ohio State
10 Bud Wilkinson .8258 Oklahoma
11 Chris Petersen .8247 Boise State
12 Percy Haughton .8171 Harvard
13 Jock Sutherland .8118 Pitt
14 Frank Thomas .8116 Alabama
15 Bob Devaney .8064 Nebraska
16 George Woodruff .8032 Pennsylvania
17 Bob Stoops .7983 Oklahoma
18 Henry Williams .7850 Minnesota
19 Nick Saban .7811 Alabama
20 Fred Folsom .7806 Colorado
21 Bear Bryant .7800 Alabama
22 Bo Schembechler .7752 Michigan
23 Andy Smith .7712 California
24 Dabo Swinney .7698 Clemson
25 Fritz Crisler .7675 Michigan
As far as Gainesville, all I can say is that from my fam who lived there a good portion of their lives, they left gladly. I have no personal experience though.