That series has definitely seen "consistency" although not what sunshine pumpers want to admit. We have 8...EIGHT...wins vs UF since 1976! Hell, we've done way better vs Bama over the same period of time if you can believe that. We have one more win vs Florida than Kentucky has against us in that same period of time. UK has 7 wins against us since 1976. Let that sink in, but hey, we got 2022!!
Then re-frame and try again. Say something like, "My BVS makes me irrational" as opposed to claiming you'll need to see us beat them, when we just beat them.
I’m not saying we can’t beat them once in a blue moon. Florida fans usually consider that an automatic win. It’s much the same as we consider the Kentucky game an automatic win each year. It would’ve been nice to string together a consecutive win this past year but if we can at least string together some home wins vs them it would be a start.
It's funny. I assume everyone on VN would say that they don't believe in voodoo. They won't try to read the future with chicken bones, or stick pins in a doll hoping to give their boss pancreatitis. But they see this staff beat UF last year at home and then say they won't believe it's possible--all based on superstitions from decades past, the results of players and staffs that are no longer here, against players and staffs that are no longer there.
Well, UK beat the brakes off us in 2020 in Knoxville. Should I base my assumptions on that result in that series or look at the history of the rivalry? Are UK fans "irrational" when they count us as a loss? Or are our fans "irrational" when they count the UK game as a win every year no matter the venue or the team records/rankings? Which is more rational....looking at a history over the course of nearly 50 years with multiple coaches or basing one's expectations on a single game in 2022?
Why on earth would you look at past results to form expectations as opposed to looking at the current staffs, rosters, etc to form expectations?
Come on. You know darned good and well that this board crows every single year about UK being an automatic W. Same for Vandy. Every...single...season. Look back at the posts. You know it's true. So if it's ignorant for me to look at the UF series the same way, then it's just as ignorant for every UT fan to see the UK game that way. But is it so ignorant when history is there for the viewing? Look at it from a betting standpoint. If you'd made your bets based on history, how would your winnings look vs if you just looked at who had the better team on paper or what the rankings said? How many times have we had the better team on paper only to lose to "that trash UF program"? How many times have we beaten a superior UF team? Same deal with UK but in reverse. You can spout off about being realistic with expectations and taking a logical look at each team each year, but you simply cannot deny history. And yes, we now have Nico, but we also had Manning who turned out to be one of the greatest of all time in college/pro football. A sure HOF guy. How did his record look vs UF? How many NFL players did UT churn out during his time at UT? So, again, I'll believe a win vs UF when I see it...on an annual basis, but hey, you do you.
