Question on how Vol fans feel about "beating Florida"

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The Waco Kid

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I have a great friend on this very board who just told me the following:

"There is not more focus on Florida than any other team we play in the SEC."

I told him he was nuts, that Vol fans would rather beat Florida more than any other team save Alabama.

Who is right?
 
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This was in discussion because of CBJ statement below:

"Butch Jones being asked if fans mention Tennessee's eight consecutive losses to Florida. "Hear it all the time."
 
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I always look at it this way.

1. Bama
2. Florida
3. Georgia
4. Gamecocks
5. Vandy
6. Kentucky

After that, it's just an SEC game.
 
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For me, beating Florida is a notch or two above my desire to see UT beat the rest of the field in the SEC with the exception of Bama. My desire to see UT beat Bama is light years ahead wanting to see them beat UF.
 
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of course he hears it. He probably also hears "kick Franklin's ass", "when ya gonna beat bammer", "screw Spurrier", "send Richt to hell", "start another quarter-century streak against UK", "can we play Kiffin in a bowl", etc.

beat them all but bama is at the top of my list
 
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At this point in our programs history every sec game is very, very important for determining our future. However, I would say that personally my team to beat that shows we have arrived is florduh.
 
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My hatred for Bama and the Gators is the same. That fourth quarter heart break last year against the turds still stings. It was the game of the week. College freaking gameday and we melted. That was the day I lost faith in Dooley. Yes it took me that long. Driscoll was slaw and we let that baseball player beat us. Embarrassing. Freaking embarrassing!
 
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Florida and Bama equally. Maybe Florida just a bit more because when I was young and a kid, Florida still beat us all the time and we usually handled Bama, thus the seed of hate for Spurrier and the Gators was sowed early on for me.
 
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darkgable said:
My hatred for Bama and the Gators is the same. That fourth quarter heart break last year against the turds still stings. It was the game of the week. College freaking gameday and we melted. That was the day I lost faith in Dooley. Yes it took me that long. Driscoll was slaw and we let that baseball player beat us. Embarrassing. Freaking embarrassing!
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At least it wasn't a wide receiver from Kentu... Crap.
 
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And I couldn't give a damn about Vandy and I'm embarrassed when any Vols even acknowledge their existence as a football team.
 
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I hate Florida and Bama equally, and more than any other teams we play. I don't really have a stance against the rest of the SEC other than I want us to win every game against them.
 
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Waco...

Your freind has a point...this year.

After the last couple of seasons we owe pretty everybody an a$$ whooping.
 
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The Waco Kid said:
I have a great friend on this very board who just told me the following:

"There is not more focus on Florida than any other team we play in the SEC."

I told him he was nuts, that Vol fans would rather beat Florida more than any other team save Alabama.

Who is right?
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It seems that when we have more talent than Florida and we are playing well enough to win, we lose confidence.

Sorta like someone walking a high wire, then they pause and look down. Then they are struck with doudt.

It is the same way in the Florida games that we play. Think for a moment of all of the times that we have had them beat, then we fell apart.

One season, at the Swamp, we had them beat at 1/2 time by 21 points and then they beat us 62 - 35.

One season, we had them beat, and Colquitt threw a pass, rather than punt the ball. I missed the game because I was in Iraq, but I heard about it.

Last season, we had them beat, then Sal messed up things and we let a scat back have the game of his career.

In 1999, we had them beat. End of regulation in the 4th quarter, Jamaal runs to the wrong hole and doesn't get in the end zone, and they end up winning, as time expires.
 
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could care less about Vandy - if we are where we are supposed to be then that one is not an issue

Florida is #1 for me - way more important to beat florida if you want to make the SEC championship game
 
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volatil said:
What? I'm 40 (insert I'm a man joke), I think we have lost to Vandy 3 times in my lifetime.
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So? Our record against Florida since 1990 is something like 4-20. Would you say that's not much a rival either?
Vandy is still our in state rival and have been in the SEC for far longer than USC. And in case you haven't noticed, we got shellacked by them last year and it could very well happen again this year!
 
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