Question on how Vol fans feel about "beating Florida"

#26
#26
Brave Volunteer said:
They're 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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I'll give you 2 reasons why that won't happen again.

1. Derek

2. Dooley
 
#27
#27
To me it is about psychological hurdles. Historically, we had Vandy as the team we couldn't beat, so we hired Neyland to take care of them. Once we could beat them, then we were able to beat anyone on any given Saturday. Then it was Bama for many, many years, when we had coaches that could beat Bama, we were unstoppable. Jump forward to today. To me, currently Florida is the big psychological hurdle. Not only are they key to winning the East, they are key to beating anyone. Once we get over that hurdle, then I think our boys will have the confidence to take on anyone and win.

So, yeah, I want to beat Bama(and Vandy) but currently Florida is the more important victory in my view.
 
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#28
#28
We have a deeper rivalry with Bama so they get the nod. I've gotta say though, after living in SFla for four years, nothing makes me happier than shutting up their ridiculous fan base...
 
#30
#30
The team I'm focused on beating is AP. Changes week to week as the season goes. But I'm a woman, we change our minds often.
 
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#37
#37
For me beating Florida is better than Bama. Prolly because i've seen us beat Bama twice as much over the past 20 years.
 
#38
#38
You have to win them all so it doesn't matter. It's just as bad, maybe worse, to lose to a Vandy or KY, as it is to beat Bama and FL, or any team for that matter that is weaker than you are.
 
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#40
#40
Fla and bama pretty interchangeably I love beating either of em
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#41
#41
TNHopeful505 said:
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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Vandy would have to be on up there for me just cuz they're an in-state team that we have to hear about for a whole year if we lose (just a handful of times EVER) & the rest toward the top of the list gets split more often than not (not so much here lately). jmo
 
#42
#42
My view has changed over time. In college(90-94) it was Bama because we couldn't beat them. In the late 90's to early 2000, it was Florida because we could't beat them. For the last 8-10 years its been Georgia because I live in Ga and can't stand those Bulldog fans...
 
#43
#43
1A Alabama
1B Florida

2 The rest. All important, but not quite as big as these two IMO.
 
#45
#45
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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#47
#47
All I know is Manziel is a 20 year old student and we are running a 4-3 off. and we are now team#11. Id rather beat Bama than a Gator

oh and Butch did UT proud today
 
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#48
#48
You're not above Alabama, but let's be honest...Florida AND Tennessee aren't beating Bama anytime soon. With that said, I am disgusted more at how we keep losing to Florida more so than the fact that we have lost 8 times. I'd rather see this team give 100% and get beat down than to see players AND coaches giving up.
 
#49
#49
I honestly put UF a notch above Alabama; it's mainly because in my time following UT football, Florida has owned us. 95-97 is still painful for me because every one of those years, we thought "This is the year we get them" and we'd walk away with our tail between our legs again. The biggest memory for 1998 for me is still beating Florida. In fact if I had to pick out my Top 5 SEC victories from the past 15-20 years, 3 of them would be Florida victories.
 
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