We will kill Florida.

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CAVPUT said:
Can't believe it's been 32 years ago....THIRTY TWO! Then again our record against them has been lackluster over the past 50 years or so....
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It bothers me that you gathered that stat sheet from the FLORIDA perspective, you know where gator wins are marked Green and gator losses are Red.

You need to go to more stats services typing search criteria as if you were a Tennessee fan, imo.

Go Vols!
 
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bluevols27 said:
Those of you who are too young or those who have not paid attention for the last 25 ish years need to understand something: There is an aspect to this series that is karmic is in nature.
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We cannot say things like “we will kill Florida” because we frankly never do.
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We can say any damn thing we want.

We are going to smash the gators this year. And for years to come.

See?

Go Vols!


p.s. I'm old enough to remember when beating Florida was more expected than not. We're heading back there. Just hang on.
 
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I am cautiously optimistic. Let's face it. There is talent on that Florida team; however, all the stars are aligning just right for us. (Home game, Florida has new coach, we have a blue print on how to beat them.) If we execute our game plan and eliminate mistakes, I feel like we can win. I agree with bluevols27. Let us stay humble and support our team with all our strength. One game at a time.
 
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It’s going to take a great game from Tennessee group of LBs

Akron WRs running wide open should be a concern for everyone moving forward

Tennessee speed at WR should be on display all night in any way they can get it to

Can Tennessee get enough out of the running game to make Florida respect it.

Truth is Tennessee has a long way to go on defense before anyone should pencil this in as a convincing victory.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
It bothers me that you gathered that stat sheet from the FLORIDA perspective, you know where gator wins are marked Green and gator losses are Red.

You need to go to more stats services typing search criteria as if you were a Tennessee fan, imo.

Go Vols!
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Color them any shade you like. The only "perspective" that matters is that of wins vs losses. 1 win in the last 17 seasons. I'm not expecting a win much less seeing us "kill Florida" as the OP is crowing about.
 
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WoodsmanVol said:
USF beat themselves with unnecessary miscues. If we get Tillman, Sampson, and Small back, I like our chances. Otherwise, the game will be a mud wrestling event that can go either way.
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USF nutted up twice on the last drive. Their nerves got the best of them.
 
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Dudleys87 said:
It shouldn’t be that close but it’s Florida.
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THIS!!! Lots of youngsters have no clue how many times we were favored heavily or UF would roll into the game with us with very weak teams and issues what is it, 3 victories in the last 20 years for us? We SHOULD win, no doubt about it. Will we? Time will tell. By the way Kentucky has beaten Florida 3 out of the last 5 years my eye doctor reminded me this week. Also telling me we/UT are to UF as UK is to us/UT as he's a UK undergrad.
 
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UF has talent, but they are thin. We need to control the run and we win the game. They have really good talent at RB and a running QB. Their D is thin and tired out later in all 3 games.
 
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Matt2496 said:
We say this every year and yet somehow we always find new ways to choke. Don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched.
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We usually found old ways to choke, like missed blocks and tackles, defense allowing big plays with missed sacks and lousy coverage on third and long, etc. Mistakes will be made in every game, but I think this Tennessee team shows up to play well come Saturday. Regardless of what happens, they'll keep fighting and getting their licks in. Hopefully, they will make enough good plays to win. I think they will.
 
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TartanTurff said:
The secondary for Tennessee remains problematic and they have not faced any SEC receivers yet, the hoped for improvement from game one isn't there and could potentially create 4 SEC losses unless they can figure out a way to play pass defense back there
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The secondary was fine last night. Charles is an upgrade from Burrell at CB. Hadden and McDonald are playing well. Honestly, the Akron QB and WRs might be better than what Florida has. I’m not worried about their passing game. Shut down their running game and Tennessee wins easily.
 
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Dudleys87 said:
It’s going to take a great game from Tennessee group of LBs

Akron WRs running wide open should be a concern for everyone moving forward

Tennessee speed at WR should be on display all night in any way they can get it to

Can Tennessee get enough out of the running game to make Florida respect it.

Truth is Tennessee has a long way to go on defense before anyone should pencil this in as a convincing victory.
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That Akron QB wasn’t too bad and neither was that WR, Saint-Louis it sounded like they were saying. Our D is decent but not great. I’m confident we will give up some plays to a big time athlete like AR but I’m also confident we will force some negative plays and I think, overall, handle them pretty well.
 
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Our secondary needs a lot of work. Akron was throwing on us with routes Fla likes to run and we have a horrible habit of letting receivers run free in space. I’d like to see us stunt, bring extra pressure often and keep a spy on AR like KY did. We play vanilla D and we’re only keeping FLA in the game.
 
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Dudleys87 said:
It’s going to take a great game from Tennessee group of LBs

Akron WRs running wide open should be a concern for everyone moving forward

Tennessee speed at WR should be on display all night in any way they can get it to

Can Tennessee get enough out of the running game to make Florida respect it.

Truth is Tennessee has a long way to go on defense before anyone should pencil this in as a convincing victory.
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Akron had 28 yards of offense in the first 20 minutes before Tennessee started subbing in backups, with a very vanilla game plan. And a good chunk of those yards came on a tunnel screen to Jones

We know how Tennessee’s defense is, but Akron game shouldn’t make you more concerned
 
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Smokey123 said:
Akron had 28 yards of offense in the first 20 minutes before Tennessee started subbing in backups, with a very vanilla game plan. And a good chunk of those yards came on a tunnel screen to Jones

We know how Tennessee’s defense is, but Akron game shouldn’t make you more concerned
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It should because we didn’t cover well in spots. I doubt very seriously Fl has worse athletes than Akron. If Tennessee can cover simple slants across the middle it will create problems getting off the field on 3rd down.
 
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Dudleys87 said:
It should because we didn’t cover well in spots. I doubt very seriously Fl has worse athletes than Akron. If Tennessee can cover simple slants across the middle it will create problems getting off the field on 3rd down.
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Like I said tho, it was a very vanilla game plan on defense and nobody was getting open until we started subbing in backups in the 2nd quarter.
Tennessee has been great on 3rd down all year, even against pitt. I’m sure Florida will make plays, but if we play defense like we did against pitt we’ll be fine

Run game is much more of a concern imo
 
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