Tennessee 12.5 favs over the gators

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

Just because of fsu their schedule is tougher ooc than vols..and isn't lsu-ark pretty much the same as bama-txam?

Bama and A&M is tougher.

Bama>LSU. Dont let the dumb media fool you.

And A&M>Arkansas this year.

 

[PowerSweep]

Bama and A&M is tougher.

Bama>LSU. Dont let the dumb media fool you.

And A&M>Arkansas this year.

maybe..it is close..bama/lsu are both picked 1/2 w most I have seen w bama on top and ark/am both 4th-7th w more having ark higher..not a huge difference imo

 

[sjt18]

True, but so many of our fans complain if we don't play the toughest teams every year.
Of course those same fans then turn around and compare the number of wins as if it's apples to apples.
So I'm at a loss.

That fan.... isn't me. I think either UGA or UF should be in the last month of the schedule.

I wouldn't be disappointed with a VT rivalry game or playing weaker OOC opponents. Honestly you need those games to develop young players and to rest your first line players.


I'm also part of what I am sure is a minority that would like to drop ALL of the permanent cross division rivalry games. I can respect that some consider the Bama game as a sacred tradition.... I'd just rather win championships.

 

[Lawrence Wright]

Possibly true, but this is the last year Florida will schedule any FCS schools. UF made the scheduling policy change in 2014 and this was the last year of any contractual agreements.

As a result our home schedule is garbage this season.

LSU and a bunch of meh.

 

[sjt18]

Just because of fsu their schedule is tougher ooc than vols..and isn't lsu-ark pretty much the same as bama-txam?

It isn't just the teams but the schedule itself.

You can argue the quality of opponents. I don't think you can argue that UF's schedule spaces those opponents so that they always have easy opponents between difficult ones.

 

[SaintLouisVol]

. . .I'm also part of what I am sure is a minority that would like to drop ALL of the permanent cross division rivalry games. I can respect that some consider the Bama game as a sacred tradition.... I'd just rather win championships.

I might have to agree with you. Plus, you have a pretty good chance of playing Alabama anyway in the SEC championship. It's not like you are dodging them. To win the SECCG this year, we may very well have to play them twice.

 

[ReaderVol]

I might have to agree with you. Plus, you have a pretty good chance of playing Alabama anyway in the SEC championship. It's not like you are dodging them. To win the SECCG this year, we may very well have to play them twice.

I hope the day never comes that we don't play bammer every year.

 

[sjt18]

Possibly true, but this is the last year Florida will schedule any FCS schools. UF made the scheduling policy change in 2014 and this was the last year of any contractual agreements.

Not that I don't hope that UF gets pounded into sand every time they take the field..... but WHY?

Until there is a real playoff, it simply doesn't make sense to abuse your roster that way.

 

[KBVol]

There are a number of Florida gator fansites.

Why do you wanna spend all your time here slobbering all over them?

How much of mommy and daddy's money are you gonna put on Tennessee to cover that line junior? Yeah, that's what I thought.

The point is not that one shouldn't bet on Tennessee to win champ. Everyone should this year. The point is no one in his right mind should take Tennessee and 12.5 points.

 

[ALGator]

Not that I don't hope that UF gets pounded into sand every time they take the field..... but WHY?

Until there is a real playoff, it simply doesn't make sense to abuse your roster that way.

Money and recruiting:

1.) Fans don't have any interest and won't pay to come see it
2.) You get no national coverage for playing an FCS. National coverage gets you noticed by recruits from areas outside the schools normal footprint.
3.) No upside - if you win, so what? If you lose you get roasted. Definitely doesn't help in the polls.

Next year Florida trades out UMass for a national kick off game against Michigan in Dallas.

 

[PowerSweep]

Money and recruiting:

1.) Fans don't have any interest and won't pay to come see it
2.) You get no national coverage for playing an FCS. National coverage gets you noticed by recruits from areas outside the schools normal footprint.
3.) No upside - if you win, so what? If you lose you get roasted. Definitely doesn't help in the polls.

Next year Florida trades out UMass for a national kick off game against Michigan in Dallas.

couldn't believe the number of non sellouts gators have had in the last 4-5 yrs..think athlon's said 2015 4 sellouts more than all of muschamp era...not just a uf phenomenon either..students don't go to the games in anywhere the numbers they used to, and ticket prices have probably doubled even accounting for inflation..throw in how great the tv experience is and perhaps not surprising

 

[DevilDoc]

Florida only lost to Vandy once. Once was enough

Don't worry, both of the Vandy fans will never let you forget it. I remember when Vandy beat UT twice in a row and Vandy fans were strutting around saying stupid crap like "I don't even know if we can consider Tennessee a rival anymore. They just aren't on our level."

The attending PsyD I used to work under was a Vandy grad and I never heard the freaking end of it.

 

[Lawrence Wright]

couldn't believe the number of non sellouts gators have had in the last 4-5 yrs..think athlon's said 2015 4 sellouts more than all of muschamp era...not just a uf phenomenon either..students don't go to the games in anywhere the numbers they used to, and ticket prices have probably doubled even accounting for inflation..throw in how great the tv experience is and perhaps not surprising

TV contracts and conference TV networks have resulted in a bloated inventory of games. Mobile distribution channels led to being able to watch the game somewhere other than in front of your television, without having to brave 90 degree heat in September.

Back in the 90s and early 2000s you didn't have the option of streaming games on your phone or tablet, and to your point the home viewing experience back then is nowhere near what it is today.

All that said, there's no excuse for students not to show up for games on time, if they bother to show up at all. UF's student section has gotten soft.

 

[GreveHaller]

Don't worry, both of the Vandy fans will never let you forget it. I remember when Vandy beat UT twice in a row and Vandy fans were strutting around saying stupid crap like "I don't even know if we can consider Tennessee a rival anymore. They just aren't on our level."

The attending PsyD I used to work under was a Vandy grad and I never heard the freaking end of it.

just remind that doc that even if Vandy went on a record setting winning streak over the Vols for the next 49 years, in the year 2065 we would just be even

 

[captennmike]

TV contracts and conference TV networks have resulted in a bloated inventory of games. Mobile distribution channels led to being able to watch the game somewhere other than in front of your television, without having to brave 90 degree heat in September.

Back in the 90s and early 2000s you didn't have the option of streaming games on your phone or tablet, and to your point the home viewing experience back then is nowhere near what it is today.

All that said, there's no excuse for students not to show up for games on time, if they bother to show up at all. UF's student section has gotten soft.

All that is true and a good point about lack of student participation, tho I wonder perhaps the florida athletic department is disconnected from the student body? IDK, just wondering. Also, don't most schools still provide student tickets included? Is Florida different? What does UT do , anybody? Students cant afford a whole lot as I recollect, and in my day tickets were covered by student fees, why wouldn't you go? Has that changed?

 

[Nasavol]

You guys do realize that lines are set to make the bettors go 50-50 don't you?

 

[Lawrence Wright]

All that is true and a good point about lack of student participation, tho I wonder perhaps the florida athletic department is disconnected from the student body? IDK, just wondering. Also, don't most schools still provide student tickets included? Is Florida different? What does UT do , anybody? Students cant afford a whole lot as I recollect, and in my day tickets were covered by student fees, why wouldn't you go? Has that changed?

Not sure what the student ticket policy is at UF these days.

When I was a student in the 80s, UF charged $30 for season tickets, or $5/game for 6 home games.

The recent lack of student participation is an odd phenomenon. Regardless of who we're playing there's always a noticeable hole at the top section of the east stands that doesn't fill in until midway through the first quarter. If we're playing a cupcake that section never fills in.

 

[tonybologna]

We will cover the point spread against Florida & more. We win by 18 points.

Also cover the spread vs VT & more. We beat VT by 20.

bammer favored by 3 over Vols.

UGA favored by 1 over Vols

Vols favored by 4.5 over A&M.

We beat Bama by 3
We beat the Bulldogs by 7
We have our only regular season loss to A&M by 1 on last second field goal

 

[joevol33]

We'll go 3-1 against FLA UGA TAMU and BAMA

We will be 11-1 heading into Atlanta against LSU

I'll take it.

 

[joevol33]

Not sure what the student ticket policy is at UF these days.

When I was a student in the 80s, UF charged $30 for season tickets, or $5/game for 6 home games.

The recent lack of student participation is an odd phenomenon. Regardless of who we're playing there's always a noticeable hole at the top section of the east stands that doesn't fill in until midway through the first quarter. If we're playing a cupcake that section never fills in.

Totally off topic, but I've seen a lot of gator fans here in Clearwater, and we stopped near Gainesville once on the way down. I've had Vols shirt/hat/glasses on the entire time, and not hot any remarks. Just kinda surprised by that.

 

[ALGator]

I watched some of em. Like the one Trey Burton scored that ridiculous TD.

I just knew we weren't good so I paid it no mind until Saturday and if no other good game was on I tuned in.

Why be invested if your team sucks?

Tennessee football gave me no reason to have any faith till 2014 when Butch signed that first top 5 class and Josh Dobbs emerged against South Carolina.

That's when I realized this team might have something special.

Went back and watched it.. that was the game Bray threw a laser to Dooley on the sideline :rock:

 

[KBVol]

Brent Hubbs just called the fact that Tennessee is a double-digit favorite over Florida right now "mind-boggling".

 

[Dobbs 4 Heisman]

Brent Hubbs just called the fact that Tennessee is a double-digit favorite over Florida right now "mind-boggling".

Well he's a battered vol fan like you that suffers from a disease called fear.

Impartial observers don't have a problem with it. Tennessee is going to be a lot better in 2016 than they have in 15 years. While Florida might be as bad as they've been in the last 15 years.

Rational people see the makings of a blowout.

Only battered fans like you are scared of the expectation.

 

[Homer J Gator]

Do you all think that your players are ready for the expectation that have been set on them?

I ask this because no Vol team has had expectations like this, in the last 5-10 years. How do you think you're team will respond when they have been patted on the back and told how great they are going to be, for the last 8 months?

I only ask this because it seems like UGA gets the same love every year and they can't live up to it.

 

[VFL-82-JP]

Do you all think that your players are ready for the expectation that have been set on them?

I ask this because no Vol team has had expectations like this, in the last 5-10 years. How do you think you're team will respond when they have been patted on the back and told how great they are going to be, for the last 8 months?

I only ask this because it seems like UGA gets the same love every year and they can't live up to it.

Well, that's UGa.

Look, Cam Sutton and Jalen Reeves-Maybin and Alvin Kamara didn't come back for the 2016 season so they could bask in the pre-season adulation. They came back with a mission. They are driven.

And they happen to be, along with Josh Dobbs, the captains of the team. The team's leaders. They will have all their teammates just as focused on the prize as they are.

They gave up a lot of NFL $$ for this mission. They're not gonna be distracted. Ready? Hell, yeah, they're ready.

That's how I think they'll do, Homer.