Vols Open 9.5 favorite against Florida

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#101
9.5 points? This could be some easy money! I may call my man in Tahoe and double my usual bet for that weekend!!
 
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KBVol said:
More like, it's gonna take GOD himself to ride his chariot from the heavens and come to Neyland to run the offense for us to actually finally beat Florida.
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I'm down with a little Divine intervention to finally beat these guys. I hear John the Baptist is quite the guard on the line.

I still believe we end the streak this year.
 
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I hope Vegas is right. I honestly think it would be the hardest sports loss I would have ever absorbed as a fan in the past three decades. I mean going away and easily.
 
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\Long, long time Vol fan , but if I can take FLA and 10 pts for 5 G's it a done deal. That's not a bet against TN but the spread is too wide based on the performance of the Vols. Take the orange glasses off!
 
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KBVol said:
More like, it's gonna take GOD himself to ride his chariot from the heavens and come to Neyland to run the offense for us to actually finally beat Florida.
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Saw this post on Reddit about another cfb team, it seems to fit here

When I was burned on that post route, I looked behind me and saw only 1 set of footprints. And when I asked god where he was when I needed him most, he said "I f-ing bit on the slant."
 
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ScornedPapaVol said:
So far, Dobbs has hit JJ & Malone over the top in both wins. I'm not sure if we can do it against Florida or not. But I am sure that if we can throw it up the sidelines successfully we will blow them out of Neyland next week.

Not sure if Via Tech feared our passing game before the BoB. Ask them how they feel now.
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Do you really think VT fears our passing game even now? I would say no. They may fear our running game but not the passing game.

UF has one of the best DBs in the country who has the ability to completely shut down any of our WRs. Debord is going to have to come up with something ultra, mega creative special for this offense to have success against the UF defense.
 
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Butch better find a way this year or I have no use for him. We had them beat the last two years. I was this close to texting my bro in law a hearty "hahahahaha..eat it" message when we were up 27-14...in the 4th damn quarter.

I like Butch...until I think of the Florida games....

He MUST, MUST, MUST beat them this year or he can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.
 
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scottchatt said:
I couldn't agree more. Our running game should have made us one of the best passing teams in the country, our WRs are rarely in more than single or zone coverage.

I think the part that is going to make it work is how bad they are running the ball. We don't even need to worry about it. They line up in empty backfield sets a ton. With our secondary and strong push on Dline I think we are going to see Del Rio forcing it, and turnovers resulting from that. I have read on here all day that we have the worse of two really bad Olines, but honestly, I don't think so, and I think we have the better Dline to match up to it. Keep their defense on the field, wear them down, and running should get easier as the game goes on.

Ten more days, we get to find out I guess. I'll be in Neyland Saturday (and of course the 24th). I hope I see enough improvement on Oline to feel even more optimistic. Dobbs is OK when he has time. He isn't going to scare anyone through the air, but if he can complete just enough 5-15 yard passes to keep the box open we run all over them.

I just hope we aren't so beat up from it that we lay an egg in Athens the next week. This really is a brutal 4 game stretch.
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Dobbs also misses picking out guys that are wide open too.
 
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EZE said:
And that, my friends, is what is called a sucker line. When it seems obviously too high, the boys in Vegas are begging for the money to go to Florida. Beware such a line. I'm not saying that Florida doesn't cover or win the game, I'm just saying watch out.
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:lolabove: I was going to post the same exact sentiments before running into your comment. Definitely a sucker line. Which, probability-wise, bodes well for the Vols.
 
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jakez4ut said:
i hope you're right, but i think your underrating the defensive match up we have in front of us. as it stands right now, we're very one dimensional, and if that remains the same, we're an easy offense to defend.
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Our o-line has always looked bad when we try to run coventional offense.

However, if we run the zone read with Dobbs, we can effectively move the ball on Florida. Just look at the game last year. Dobbs killed them on the zone read.

As long as our D-line dominates, we'll win cause we'll score more than Florida.
 
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volballs1 said:
Being favored against FL is the death knell. Pack it up fellas, this game's over. We lose.
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What???

We have only been favored TWICE against Florida in the last 10 years. 2014 and 2015. Both games we were 1 point favorites. Both game we lost by 1 point. Florida has typically been the favorite almost every game during the losing streak and mostly by huge margins.

Vegas is rarely off by this much. If we're 9.5 point favorites, that means we're likely to have a commanding victory.
 
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ScornedPapaVol said:
So far, Dobbs has hit JJ & Malone over the top in both wins. I'm not sure if we can do it against Florida or not. But I am sure that if we can throw it up the sidelines successfully we will blow them out of Neyland next week.

Not sure if Via Tech feared our passing game before the BoB. Ask them how they feel now.
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I highly doubt it. They probably wake up with cold sweats dreaming about fumble after fumble after fumble, but worrying about Dobbs throwing the ball isn't likely to keep many opponents up at night.
 
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ScornedPapaVol said:
So far, Dobbs has hit JJ & Malone over the top in both wins. I'm not sure if we can do it against Florida or not. But I am sure that if we can throw it up the sidelines successfully we will blow them out of Neyland next week.

Not sure if Via Tech feared our passing game before the BoB. Ask them how they feel now.
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I did notice that after Malone beat them deep they kept their safeties out of the box for the most part. We have some tall receivers that can easily beat shorter corners.
 
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djohnnyg said:
Butch better find a way this year or I have no use for him. We had them beat the last two years. I was this close to texting my bro in law a hearty "hahahahaha..eat it" message when we were up 27-14...in the 4th damn quarter.

I like Butch...until I think of the Florida games....

He MUST, MUST, MUST beat them this year or he can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.
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Wow. Go to hell?
 
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1974Vol said:
I like your logic. It all comes down to how clean they can keep Dobbs. If he has some time he's actually a pretty descent passer. And we saw some signs of a scamble drill when he hooked up with Kamara for the TD Saturday night. But you are dead on with what Florida would like to do, 8 in the box and singled up on the outside. Maybe this can be Crooms coming out party. If they are singled up outside he would be man up on a safety in the seam. Might have some LB help underneath but down the field would be open if Dobbs has time to get it off.
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They need to go to a two step and out.
Find wolf and croom in the middle and the outside will open up by default.
Every throw doesent need to be a TD
Florida will try to bait Dobbs he's got to be smart.
 
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