UF game later in season? Others moved.....

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Since UT has played musical games with Vandie and UK over the years and moved Missouri back and UK up.....is it possible UT would consider switching Vandie and UF?

For some reason UT just can't seem to get it together every year for the UF game. I think playing more of a season before facing them would greatly benefit the Vols and prepare them for the matchup. Especially if the Vols are sitting in a position where that game would literally come down to deciding the East....
 
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UT needs to demand that this game be moved to November---UT will have a much better chance to beat fla after they play tough games like UGA.
 
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madbamahater said:
Since UT has played musical games with Vandie and UK over the years and moved Missouri back and UK up.....is it possible UT would consider switching Vandie and UF?

For some reason UT just can't seem to get it together every year for the UF game. I think playing more of a season before facing them would greatly benefit the Vols and prepare them for the matchup. Especially if the Vols are sitting in a position where that game would literally come down to deciding the East....
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Maybe after next year. Grier will be out if we play them at the same time as always.
 
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They'll move it to the end of the season next year now just enough for Grier to be eligible.
Just Tennessee luck.
 
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Other_Guy said:
We should continue to cancel tough OOC games too.
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I like playing tough OOC games though. Especially for the National attention.

I was just thinking today how cool it would be to schedule a home and away with Texas and Michigan.

Just maybe not the 2nd game of the season.....

But moving UF would be very beneficial, I believe.

Of course UF would likely never agree....
 
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I'm game. The one time we play it in December 2001, we win in the Swamp. I hate having it so early in the year as well.
 
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No way in hell UF schedules UT within 2 weeks of FSU in November. Not happening. Don't blame them. They typically get South Carolina in November as well.
 
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I'd like Missouri and Florida to switch places in the schedule and I wouldn't mind Tennessee playing a cupcake out of conference schedule(a lot of other teams do that)
 
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VolsRule said:
UT needs to demand that this game be moved to November---UT will have a much better chance to beat fla after they play tough games like UGA.
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Maybe FL doesn't want the game moved because they want a few easy games before FSU
 
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Nobody has a choice. The schedule comes from the SEC office. I do think radiographic be neat to move games around from season to season just so fans don't see the same stuff every single time.
 
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vols 30 said:
Maybe FL doesn't want the game moved because they want a few easy games before FSU
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So maybe move the South Carolina and UF game. That way it is later in the year and doesn't conflict with their FSU game. It would possibly benefit Tennessee and likely give more emphasis on the Eastern Division outcome. I think it would be a great move for the conference in general in may put more emphasis on rekindling what the game used to mean to the conference
 
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madbamahater said:
No. Because losing to Bama has just been about getting our asses kicked not so much a Psychological blunder
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Oh, so because Tennessee is mentally weak, the schedule should be changed.

"we don't do well" is not a quality reason to move the game.
 
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madbamahater said:
Since UT has played musical games with Vandie and UK over the years and moved Missouri back and UK up.....is it possible UT would consider switching Vandie and UF?

For some reason UT just can't seem to get it together every year for the UF game. I think playing more of a season before facing them would greatly benefit the Vols and prepare them for the matchup. Especially if the Vols are sitting in a position where that game would literally come down to deciding the East....
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Heard Coach Fulmer talk about this last Saturday on his Coach 2 Coach radio program. Said he tried to move the game back almost every year when he was UTs headcoach. Said Florida always balked and wouldn't agree to it because they always play Florida State late in the season and they wanted to space the games out. Takes two to tango.
 
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KBVol said:
Heard Coach Fulmer talk about this last Saturday on his Coach 2 Coach radio program. Said he tried to move the game back almost every year when he was UTs headcoach. Said Florida always balked and wouldn't agree to it because they always play Florida State late in the season and they wanted to space the games out. Takes two to tango.
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It's the age old thing too.

If Tennessee really thinks it's a factor in losing the game, why the heck would you help them out so they feel better about themselves.

It's one thing to move the game because of various conflicts.

But, you want an opponent to move the game so it will give the opponent a better chance to beat you.

No sane person would ever make that acomodation.
 
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Make a tackle and we win. I don't mind it early, and actually, I believe this year it may have been a week or two later than normal.
 
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Sorry guys, I can't use blue font on mobile lol

No, I was being facetious about it.

We need to stop trying to make our schedule like Ohio State and just start winning the dang games!
 
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I think playing them early after a few warm up games (and one tough game recently) gives us a good chance. It gives us the best chance to play them while healthy, as a season goes on injuries pile up. So,ermines I think we look so good towards the end of the season because we play uk, vandy and USC. We just need to man up and find a way to beat UF.
 
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Move it to the end of the year? Seriously? We have been so banged up by that point that we've gone 1-2 against Vandy over the past 3 years and we barely won last year
 
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People UF has same amount of time to get ready for us as we do for them
Yes it sucks it took a fluke Miracle play for them to win this year but it is what it is.
 
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