Florida has laid down the gauntlet.

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butchna said:
Would you rather have Napier or Heupel coaching your team in those revisionist matchups?
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What does that have to do with my post?

What I said was that if I am gonna get embarrassed on the field-I would rather it be by Utah than Georgia State. Let's not forget we have endured more than a few OOC stinkers in the last few decades. The aforementioned GSU and Cal games-the embarrassment at Tiger High, Wyoming, the collapse vs BYU. I'm sure there are others I have blocked from my brain as a defense mechanism.

I'm sure Florida knew when they added Utah to the schedule that it was gonna be a tough game. You think for a minute when we added GSU to the schedule there was much of a thought in the AD that we could actually-you know lose the game and even worse get ran off the field?
 
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GAVol said:
It’s a road game in the SEC. Drop the style point stuff. Just win.
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Yes. It is.

But I remember '94 when UT had their own roster problems and Spurrier came in and gave us the goose egg.

Get the win but if given the chance, run it up.
 
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I mentioned in another thread a few weeks back that Utah would be a physical team and UF would walk out of that game limping. Utah always plays a physical brand of football not seen in the PAC12 except for when Stanford has the hosses. You could easily exchange Utah and Stanford Head Coaches as both are good, sound, and their teams play physical even if they do not have the most talent on the field.
 
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GAVol said:
It’s a road game in the SEC. Drop the style point stuff. Just win.
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Fla. will be at their very best at the swamp. If we bring our best, we will win, however, the swamp is a very hard place for a visiting team to play their best.
 
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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.
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We should win, but it won't be a blowout. They're not as bad as they looked at Utah. They will play much better in the swamp. I hope I'm wrong, but I wouldn't bet on the Vols winning by more than 10.
 
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I grew up in west TN, and spent my time on the hill starting 2005.

I only have one wish for football season, and that’s Florida wins every single game except ours, and we kick their teeth in. That’s it.

If we put it to them in the swamp, I’ll sleep just fine until the next time we see them, no matter what else happens.
 
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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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I'm good if we win every game we play by one point including the SEC Championship and the NCAA Championship.
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
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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VFL-82-JP said:
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

View attachment 574514

They were suffering almost as badly, through

View attachment 574515

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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Yes, I remember when they were mediocre to terrible, before Spurrier.

Just hit me today, if FSU doesn't get Coach Prime, will he go to Fl?? I still like Hueple in that contetst.

Go Vols!
 
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pimo1 said:
Other than the idea of napeir being there another 2 years heck yeah preach on. Honestly they pretty much have to beat the brakes off Mcneese (not out of the question) and beat us. If either of those games they look really bad he is shown the door immediately I think. If he makes it through week 3 he has a fairly easy stretch until they play UGA then it's a lot of L's for them. I think unless last night's game was an abberation he won't make it to next season.

The box score of the UTAH game looks bad but the game it self looked way worse. They sucks in every single phase of the game. I am amazed Mertz ended up with 300 passing yards but they were chucking an ducking second half.. totally abandoned the running game and still only had one drive to show for it. Their defense was not terrible but it wasn't good. They got o turnovers, 0 sacks and only 4 tfls for 4 yards. Does that sem like any Florida defense in the last 30 years? I think Vandy would have given Utah a better game and thats sad. FL might be the worst team in the SECe this season.
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Napier buyout this year is $31M. If they lost a major qb recruit because they welched on their NIL money to him, how can they afford that buyout plus another $8-10M to hire someone decent the following year, plus staff costs and a new AD? I recognize AD and NIL funds are separate but that’s a lot of cash.
 
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#68
Screw UF. I usually take a cautious attitude into the game but they are terrible. We are not. The only way we lose the UF game is if the whole team wears their helmets backwards and even then I'm not sure we'd lose.
 
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#69
UTFanHades said:
Napier buyout this year is $31M. If they lost a major qb recruit because they welched on their NIL money to him, how can they afford that buyout plus another $8-10M to hire someone decent the following year, plus staff costs and a new AD? I recognize AD and NIL funds are separate but that’s a lot of cash.
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Wow thats nice man its like dejavu wahahahaha. Schools gotta stop giving these huge buyouts to these coaches
 
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VFFL@THE BEACH said:
Yes, I remember when they were mediocre to terrible, before Spurrier.

Just hit me today, if FSU doesn't get Coach Prime, will he go to Fl?? I still like Hueple in that contetst.

Go Vols!
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Well, they have not had a full time Head Coach with a losing record since before Bob Woodruff ( long time Vol AD) was winning in the 1950s. And do not forget Doug Dickey in the 1970s followed by Charlie Pell and Galen Hall. If not for NCAA infractions they would have had championships. They did have Coach of the Year in 1960, 1980 and 1984. They were not doormats in my grandfathers day. I hate them, but they sit in a rich talent pool and every time we beat them should be celebrated.
 
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I don't care what score is as long as we win. Also I don't read as much in Utah game as most teams that travel cross country stink. We lost to Cal and UCLA when we went. Georgia lost to Colorado.
 
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stolitonic said:
What does that have to do with my post?

What I said was that if I am gonna get embarrassed on the field-I would rather it be by Utah than Georgia State. Let's not forget we have endured more than a few OOC stinkers in the last few decades. The aforementioned GSU and Cal games-the embarrassment at Tiger High, Wyoming, the collapse vs BYU. I'm sure there are others I have blocked from my brain as a defense mechanism.

I'm sure Florida knew when they added Utah to the schedule that it was gonna be a tough game. You think for a minute when we added GSU to the schedule there was much of a thought in the AD that we could actually-you know lose the game and even worse get ran off the field?
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The Utah game there was a repayment for hiring Urban Meyer. They were supposed to play it in 2020 but Covid delayed it.
 
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