9 Gator Starters Gone (Rubbing Hands)

#30
#30
Rudy123 said:
Florida & Alabama will occasionally make a bad hire but a few years later, they will fire that coach and hire a homerun coach.

Spurrier left and was replaced by the bad hire of Ron Zook. Internet petition and horrible record helped get Zook fired. Then they had a homerun hire with Urban "Crier"

The cupboard was beginning to get bare so Urban "Crier" left.

Then they made a bad hire by hiring Muschamp.

In a few short seasons, Muschamp will be fired and they will again make a homerun hire.

Even in a bad year for Florida, we have to play a PERFECT game to beat them. When they are good, we lose by a large margin. When they are not good, in order for us to win, we have to play a perfect game.
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You are just talking about our games with them since 2004 though...We beat them in the Swamp in 2001 and that was a very good Gator team coached by Spurrier and we were anything but perfect in that game....We also beat them pretty handliy in 2003 in Gainesville while not playing even a good game.
 
#31
#31
1982Alum said:
Tennessee has more than a talent gap against UF. Tennessee goes into each Gator game expecting to lose. And for the most part, they do.

Tennessee needs to improve talent recruiting certainly but the bigger issue is getting the ideas that they are going to lose again out of their heads.

Last year was a classic case. That Gator team was beatable, just not by Tennessee.
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And the new coach kept the tradition of choking up.. No way qb should have seen the field after the 2nd turnover.. That loss and the vandy loss is on the coaches
 
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#33
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I always thought fla played above their heads, got lucky and most part had officials on their side which has killed tennessee momentum and confidence.
 
#40
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BowlBrother85 said:
You are just talking about our games with them since 2004 though...We beat them in the Swamp in 2001 and that was a very good Gator team coached by Spurrier and we were anything but perfect in that game....We also beat them pretty handliy in 2003 in Gainesville while not playing even a good game.
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Maybe he is, but go back to the CPF era...was it any different during that time?

For instance...

1993 - Remember the talent on the roster then? James Stewart, Heath Shuler, Charlie Garner and the list goes on....41-34 was the final and it really wasn't that close.

1994 - The 0-fer game. Shutout @ home. Granted the VOLS were riddled with some injuries at the time and breaking in new QB's but a goose egg?

1995 - Another game at the swamp. Had them down 30-14 with a few minutes to go before half-time. They get a quick score then the rain hit, followed by humidity I've never experienced before. The gators come back out and unmercifully scored at will against the John Chavis led defense. 35 unanswered points until we had one more score during mop up play.

1996 - We were #1 in some polls and #2 in others. Top 5 match-up and @ home. Remember the 1st half? I do.

1997 - @ the swamp again and completely psyched out, coaches included. Jamal Lewis didn't play because as the coaches stated "he wasn't ready with the blocking schemes." Well, neither was Mark Levine at the time.

1999 - Alex Brown just sacked Tee Martin, again. In addition, two NFL caliber RB's with Henry and Lewis and that team manages 7 points in three quarters of play.

2000 - How many FG's did we settle for again?

2002 - Playing against a Zook led team and they forced 7 turnovers...in Neyland.
 
#41
#41
WiseOlVol said:
Acc to ESPN:

Easley
Roberson
Watkins
Powell
Purifoy
Harrison
Halapio
Patton
Burton [really glad he's gone]
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I was excited for a minute but I just realized that's offense and defense, looks like they lose 5 on defense and 4 on offense. So, they return 13 starters, 6on defense and 7 on offense. Not sure that's enough to get all that excited about, especially considering their whole damn roster got playing experience last year due to injuries.

The last 3 years has been UTs best chance to beat UF, so aggravating that they havent been able to. They beat us when they're great, good, and terrible, so it seems. And they beat us when we're great, good and terrible.
 
#42
#42
Rudy123 said:
Florida & Alabama will occasionally make a bad hire but a few years later, they will fire that coach and hire a homerun coach.

Spurrier left and was replaced by the bad hire of Ron Zook. Internet petition and horrible record helped get Zook fired. Then they had a homerun hire with Urban "Crier"

The cupboard was beginning to get bare so Urban "Crier" left.

Then they made a bad hire by hiring Muschamp.

In a few short seasons, Muschamp will be fired and they will again make a homerun hire.

Even in a bad year for Florida, we have to play a PERFECT game to beat them. When they are good, we lose by a large margin. When they are not good, in order for us to win, we have to play a perfect game.
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I'm afraid you're right, they're always just a good coach from being not just good, but annual national contenders.
 
#43
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sjt18 said:
This comes down to coaching and UT has a prime opportunity right now. UF has more talent but not overwhelmingly so. They are still unsettled on O, have D holes to fill, and... they have Muschamp.

Another door flung wide open for Jones if "he's the man".
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Isn't Muschamp 3-0 against us? And 1-0 against Butch?
 
#44
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BowlBrother85 said:
You are just talking about our games with them since 2004 though...We beat them in the Swamp in 2001 and that was a very good Gator team coached by Spurrier and we were anything but perfect in that game....We also beat them pretty handliy in 2003 in Gainesville while not playing even a good game.
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We're 6-22 against them since 1975, and you pick out two games both over a decade ago to hang your hat on?

:eek:k: :good!:
 
#45
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ETV said:
Maybe he is, but go back to the CPF era...was it any different during that time?

For instance...

1993 - Remember the talent on the roster then? James Stewart, Heath Shuler, Charlie Garner and the list goes on....41-34 was the final and it really wasn't that close.

1994 - The 0-fer game. Shutout @ home. Granted the VOLS were riddled with some injuries at the time and breaking in new QB's but a goose egg?

1995 - Another game at the swamp. Had them down 30-14 with a few minutes to go before half-time. They get a quick score then the rain hit, followed by humidity I've never experienced before. The gators come back out and unmercifully scored at will against the John Chavis led defense. 35 unanswered points until we had one more score during mop up play.

1996 - We were #1 in some polls and #2 in others. Top 5 match-up and @ home. Remember the 1st half? I do.

1997 - @ the swamp again and completely psyched out, coaches included. Jamal Lewis didn't play because as the coaches stated "he wasn't ready with the blocking schemes." Well, neither was Mark Levine at the time.

1999 - Alex Brown just sacked Tee Martin, again. In addition, two NFL caliber RB's with Henry and Lewis and that team manages 7 points in three quarters of play.

2000 - How many FG's did we settle for again?

2002 - Playing against a Zook led team and they forced 7 turnovers...in Neyland.
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Sickening, didn't need those reminders. But great examples of why im not confident this year, even as crappy as they were last year.
 
#46
#46
Since the team that included those 9 starters went 4-8 last year how is it a good thing for anyone in the SEC they are gone?
 
#47
#47
ETV said:
Maybe he is, but go back to the CPF era...was it any different during that time?

For instance...

1993 - Remember the talent on the roster then? James Stewart, Heath Shuler, Charlie Garner and the list goes on....41-34 was the final and it really wasn't that close.

1994 - The 0-fer game. Shutout @ home. Granted the VOLS were riddled with some injuries at the time and breaking in new QB's but a goose egg?

1995 - Another game at the swamp. Had them down 30-14 with a few minutes to go before half-time. They get a quick score then the rain hit, followed by humidity I've never experienced before. The gators come back out and unmercifully scored at will against the John Chavis led defense. 35 unanswered points until we had one more score during mop up play.

1996 - We were #1 in some polls and #2 in others. Top 5 match-up and @ home. Remember the 1st half? I do.

1997 - @ the swamp again and completely psyched out, coaches included. Jamal Lewis didn't play because as the coaches stated "he wasn't ready with the blocking schemes." Well, neither was Mark Levine at the time.

1999 - Alex Brown just sacked Tee Martin, again. In addition, two NFL caliber RB's with Henry and Lewis and that team manages 7 points in three quarters of play.

2000 - How many FG's did we settle for again?

2002 - Playing against a Zook led team and they forced 7 turnovers...in Neyland.
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We have self destructed so many times against UF, that it has become a mental block.
 
#48
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BowlBrother85 said:
You are just talking about our games with them since 2004 though...We beat them in the Swamp in 2001 and that was a very good Gator team coached by Spurrier and we were anything but perfect in that game....We also beat them pretty handliy in 2003 in Gainesville while not playing even a good game.
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It is odd but I notice that we beat them when the game is NOT played in September.

There was a major storm one season and the game was delayed and the game was played much later in the season and we won.

In 2001, the 911 attacks caused the game to be rescheduled and we played them later in the season and we beat them again.

We seem to be better as the season progresses and they often get the better of us early in the season.
 
#49
#49
every time tennessee has lost to florida, it never had anything to do with florida having the better team.

tennessee has been better than florida every single year.

and even in the years where florida "ran up the score", tennessee should have won.
 
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#50
#50
A Junior Pro team could show up to neyland stadium dressed in gators jerseys
and our boys would F up a special teams play, have some inexpiable turnover and give up every 3rd and long.
 
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