Florida has laid down the gauntlet.

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We pretty much have to beat them convincingly now. After what they just did to Utah...if we dont drop, as many here love to say, fiddy in the first half somethings broken.

First half all punts and FG attempts. I'm thinking meh 2nd half SEC depth shines through. Nope. Second half a pick 3 and 3 turnovers on downs oh and a TD with 2 point conversion early on. Napier got desperate fast and their QB situation looks quite glim.

Now some arsetard is gonna point out Utah was ranked 14th. I say this willing to eat a bushel of crow if im wrong. They will lose 3-4 games regular season in the pac freaking 12. They didn't beat Florida, Florida imploded. I am no Florida fan and hate them vigorously. I am however very respectful of the SEC. There is a certain talent level and a playstyle even the worst SEC teams uphold in OOC games. I have never seen and SEC team get manhandled like that in my almost 50 years of life. The game was way worse than the score shows.

We cannot allow that game to be competitive after that show they put on. Our guys need to come out and destroy them. After of course we handle these 2 games before them.
 
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If you e never seen an SEC team get manhandled in an OOC foe before-either your memory is failing or you must not watch much football.

Hell, even if we restrict things to UT-I only have to go back to 2019.

Georgia State made us look like Florida last night.

If I'm gonna get thumped, I would rather it be by Utah than a football team from a commuter school.
 
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stolitonic said:
If you e never seen an SEC team get manhandled in an OOC foe before-either your memory is failing or you must not watch much football.

Hell, even if we restrict things to UT-I only have to go back to 2019.

Georgia State made us look like Florida last night.

If I'm gonna get thumped, I would rather it be by Utah than a football team from a commuter school.
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Yes us vs Cal in 07
 
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pimo1 said:
We pretty much have to neat them convincingly now. After what they just did to Utah...if we dont drop, as many here love to say, fiddy in the first half somethings broken.

First half all punts and FG attempts. Im thinking meh 2nd half SEC depth shines through. Nope. Second half a pick 3 and 3 turnovers on downs oh and a TD with 2 point conversion early on. Napier got desperate fast and their QB situation looks quite glim.

Now some arsetard is gonna point out Utah was ranked 14th. I say this willing to eat a bushel of crow if im wrong. They will lose 3-4 games regular season in the pac freaking 12. They didn't beat florida florida imploded. I am no florida fan and hate them vigorously. I am however very respectful of the SEC. There is a certain talent level and a playstyle even the worst SEC teams uphold in OOC games. I have never seen and SEC team get manhandled like that in my almost 50 years of life. The game was way worse than the score shows.

We cannot allow that game to be competitive after that show they put on. Our guys need to cone out and destroy them. After of course we handle these 2 games before them.
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There was a time for the Vols when beating Florida was about as newsworthy as beating Kentucky. It was just something we did.

Florida spent about 100 of their 130 years as a football program sucking. They were one of the worst teams in the SEC, for all our granddaddy's lifetimes. Their entire lifetimes, cradle to grave. Even if they lived to 90. The Gators just sucked.

Then: Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer. Florida got good. Real good. Real fast.

But since Meyer left, they've been back to mediocre. We just didn't take real note of it because we were busy being even more mediocre. They at least won the East a few times while sucking (that's more a comment on how the East was until UGa got good than it is any statement on the prowess of the Gators); we couldn't even accomplish that.

While we were suffering through

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They were suffering almost as badly, through

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We were caught up in our own troubles, and mostly didn't notice, but the Gators were only marginally better than us all those years.

Losing seasons? Yeah, they've had a handful of those. Four-win seasons? Yep, even a couple of those.

And here's the thing: look back up at those photos. Notice the big difference between our Dark Ages mug shots and theirs? That's right. The last fella on their lineup, he's still there. And probably will be at least another two seasons. And who will they find after that? Another Jim McElwain?

I'm not worried about the Gators this year. We're going to march into their stadium and rip them apart.

And honestly, I'm not worried about them next season, either. Or the year after. As long as we're led by Josh Heupel, we have the advantage.

We're back to the pre-Spurrier relationship. Let's keep it that way for the rest of all our lives.

Go Vols!
 
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I saw the game and, yes, FL looked terrible. Shot themselves in both feet. Some of that was stadium noise—100+ decibels. Bigger issues was lack of running game and no downfield passes. I’m sure they will be laying for us. Noise will be out the roof. If we can play clean football, we’ll be good. I do think we should win this year, but it won’t be easy.
There are 31.9 million reasons why Napier won’t be fired this year.
 
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We won some good games last year and got curb stomped by SC. Judging Fla by the first game of the season isn’t a good idea. It’s just one game and the first one. Not many teams look good in their opener. I don’t believe they’re very good but I’m not writing them off until there’s more proof.
 
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pimo1 said:
We pretty much have to neat them convincingly now. After what they just did to Utah...if we dont drop, as many here love to say, fiddy in the first half somethings broken.

First half all punts and FG attempts. Im thinking meh 2nd half SEC depth shines through. Nope. Second half a pick 3 and 3 turnovers on downs oh and a TD with 2 point conversion early on. Napier got desperate fast and their QB situation looks quite glim.

Now some arsetard is gonna point out Utah was ranked 14th. I say this willing to eat a bushel of crow if im wrong. They will lose 3-4 games regular season in the pac freaking 12. They didn't beat florida florida imploded. I am no florida fan and hate them vigorously. I am however very respectful of the SEC. There is a certain talent level and a playstyle even the worst SEC teams uphold in OOC games. I have never seen and SEC team get manhandled like that in my almost 50 years of life. The game was way worse than the score shows.

We cannot allow that game to be competitive after that show they put on. Our guys need to cone out and destroy them. After of course we handle these 2 games before them.
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Florida's coaching in critical situations was incompetent
 
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pimo1 said:
We pretty much have to neat them convincingly now. After what they just did to Utah...if we dont drop, as many here love to say, fiddy in the first half somethings broken.

First half all punts and FG attempts. Im thinking meh 2nd half SEC depth shines through. Nope. Second half a pick 3 and 3 turnovers on downs oh and a TD with 2 point conversion early on. Napier got desperate fast and their QB situation looks quite glim.

Now some arsetard is gonna point out Utah was ranked 14th. I say this willing to eat a bushel of crow if im wrong. They will lose 3-4 games regular season in the pac freaking 12. They didn't beat florida florida imploded. I am no florida fan and hate them vigorously. I am however very respectful of the SEC. There is a certain talent level and a playstyle even the worst SEC teams uphold in OOC games. I have never seen and SEC team get manhandled like that in my almost 50 years of life. The game was way worse than the score shows.

We cannot allow that game to be competitive after that show they put on. Our guys need to cone out and destroy them. After of course we handle these 2 games before them.
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It’s a road game in the SEC. Drop the style point stuff. Just win.
 
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pimo1 said:
We pretty much have to neat them convincingly now. After what they just did to Utah...if we dont drop, as many here love to say, fiddy in the first half somethings broken.

First half all punts and FG attempts. Im thinking meh 2nd half SEC depth shines through. Nope. Second half a pick 3 and 3 turnovers on downs oh and a TD with 2 point conversion early on. Napier got desperate fast and their QB situation looks quite glim.

Now some arsetard is gonna point out Utah was ranked 14th. I say this willing to eat a bushel of crow if im wrong. They will lose 3-4 games regular season in the pac freaking 12. They didn't beat florida florida imploded. I am no florida fan and hate them vigorously. I am however very respectful of the SEC. There is a certain talent level and a playstyle even the worst SEC teams uphold in OOC games. I have never seen and SEC team get manhandled like that in my almost 50 years of life. The game was way worse than the score shows.

We cannot allow that game to be competitive after that show they put on. Our guys need to cone out and destroy them. After of course we handle these 2 games before them.
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We barely beat a bad Florida team last year and had our best season in over a decade. Utah barely beat them last year and won their conference.

It’ll be fine
 
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Florida beat themselves in all honesty. Had many chances to close the gap but penalties, turnover etc. killed them. Utah is a decent enough team but they weren’t exactly boat racing the gators. If Florida cleans up the mistakes they will be a much tougher team. Not a great team but not as bad as they were last night.
 
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I may still go to the game but at this point would be surprised if Florida can keep it within 25 points.
 
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pimo1 said:
We pretty much have to neat them convincingly now. After what they just did to Utah...if we dont drop, as many here love to say, fiddy in the first half somethings broken.

First half all punts and FG attempts. Im thinking meh 2nd half SEC depth shines through. Nope. Second half a pick 3 and 3 turnovers on downs oh and a TD with 2 point conversion early on. Napier got desperate fast and their QB situation looks quite glim.

Now some arsetard is gonna point out Utah was ranked 14th. I say this willing to eat a bushel of crow if im wrong. They will lose 3-4 games regular season in the pac freaking 12. They didn't beat florida florida imploded. I am no florida fan and hate them vigorously. I am however very respectful of the SEC. There is a certain talent level and a playstyle even the worst SEC teams uphold in OOC games. I have never seen and SEC team get manhandled like that in my almost 50 years of life. The game was way worse than the score shows.

We cannot allow that game to be competitive after that show they put on. Our guys need to cone out and destroy them. After of course we handle these 2 games before them.
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