The problem is personnel. Can UT slow down Florida's spread? Yes! We can and we have!
Can Florida's spread be slowed enough to lose? Ask Ole Miss. But in general it is a tough offense to match up against. The thing is that unlike Nebraska under Osborne, Florida will not be able to continue to find a new Tebow to stick in there. He is seriously a QB at the college level who we will be talking about in awe 20 years from now. He is also going to be successful in the NFL only if he changes positions (see Scott Frost, Matt Jones). Tebow if he tries to be the next Rex Grossman will not enjoy the NFL.
The fact that Kiffin will be able to send Prater to the NFL, or Ambles, or Bryce Brown, and Oku etc means that we will be able to attract more and more great players. Kiffin will make UT, USC east. When we have players coached by NFL coaches, drafting high and playing well in the NFL, success will breed success.
Florida cannot offer that to its players because they are not learning how to do something on offense that carries over to the next level.
Finally...OUR OFFENSE SUCKED BECAUSE OUR OFFENSIVE LINE WAS HORRID! Come on guys! The Clawfense meant offensive shifts that the line did not understand leaving them confused and hesitating every down. They will run the ball on Florida and you will see how much easier that makes it for our defense to go out after an Ed O speech and play like their pants are on fire. If Florida scores 24 this year on 250 yards of offense, TN will win a close game. I hope the margin is a pick six by Eric Berry again (he did it as a freshman). He needs to do the Heisman pose in the end zone.