Talk about in dream land...

#151
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Lawrence Wright said:
I think 8 wins is the ceiling with our schedule.

I also think barring injuries UF gets it done again in Knoxville.
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I might give you nine, but only adding UT under the toss up category.

No matter what, the UT-UF game this year should be one to watch. Barring injuries (on both sides) of course.
 
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#152
Lawrence Wright said:
I think 8 wins is the ceiling with our schedule.

I also think barring injuries UF gets it done again in Knoxville.
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Agreed, especially with UF's deficiencies at WR. As for what happens in Knoxville, it will go along way in determining what happens the rest of the season for both teams.
 
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#153
#153
Lawrence Wright said:
Phil Steele predicted 10-2 and SEC Network predicted 9-3. Not that I agree with either personally, but there are plenty of "experts" predicting a bounce back season in Gainesville...not just those delusional Gator message boards.
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Definitely will bounce back but their schedule is ridiculous. Like saying UT will win 8. Yeah its possible but that's going our on quite a limb. They will lose to Bama fsu lsu and even if they split games with ga and sc that's still 4 losses.
 
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Other_Guy said:
Definitely will bounce back but their schedule is ridiculous. Like saying UT will win 8. Yeah its possible but that's going our on quite a limb. They will lose to Bama fsu lsu and even if they split games with ga and sc that's still 4 losses.
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Agreed, which is why I think 8 wins is the ceiling.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
As for UT's RB situation, if Hurd is already better than Lane, then there's cause for optimism here.

I often wondered why Lane didn't play more instead of Neal the past couple seasons.
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I alwaya feltNeal was the more complete back. Either the previous staff agreed or he simply fit their game better.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Agreed, which is why I think 8 wins is the ceiling.
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Barring injuries they probably could have taken the East since they had beaten Mizzu. But i don't see any really great players that can come thru when they need it and I'm still not sold on Musxhamp. He won't win the East but won't get fired this year.
 
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Grand Vol said:
Vandy also thrived under the fact that our program was down and UGA/UF suffered from serious injuries.

And they will get curb stomped by the aforementioned programs this year.

We're playing Florida at home, have a team that believes in their coach, extremely talented players returning and freshmen that are dazzling so far. And we're due.
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Don't disagree with your points. Certainly agree that we're due. Also believe that we're playing a significantly more talented Florida team that we are. They've had our number for 25 years, including in seasons where we were a ton more talented and experienced than this year's team. They've won 8 of the last 10 played in Neyland. I'll believe we beat Florida when I see it. Don't understand how anyone can predict a win vs Florida given the last 25 years. And yes, our history vs Florida does matter.
 
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I think with the bye week and some of the matchups (i.e. florida's defensive line vs. the tennessee offensive line), florida beats tennessee again.
 
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gogators13 said:
Keep in mind that UT beat FL in recruiting because UT signed more players. Doesn't mean that they signed better players and only 11 can play at a time.
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Rivals only counts the top 20 but don't let that stop you from living in your fantasy world.
 
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I'm still having a hard time being scared of Florida's skill players on the offensive side of the ball. They just don't have anyone that scares me there.
 
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norrislakevol said:
I'm still having a hard time being scared of Florida's skill players on the offensive side of the ball. They just don't have anyone that scares me there.
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That's been the case since 2010...hasn't exactly worked out for UT.

UT's secondary hasn't matched up well with our sub-par WRs over that stretch.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Phil Steele predicted 10-2 and SEC Network predicted 9-3. Not that I agree with either personally, but there are plenty of "experts" predicting a bounce back season in Gainesville...not just those delusional Gator message boards.
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Already went through this on here what the experts think and I'm at 8 wins.

As far as Hurd being the next Bo Jackson, he might want to play a college game first. As far as Lane even if he is from FL.... Very avg. SEC running back like Neal. It might be hard to figure how good UTs back might be depending on the line.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
Agreed, which is why I think 8 wins is the ceiling.
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I disagree... I think 8 is real # and could slide one way or the other. Driskel is a 14-2 starting QB and Muschamp is like 22-1 when FL scores more than 20 points.

I think FL can score more than 20 points this year and Driskel needs to stay Healthy.
 
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Lawrence Wright said:
That's been the case since 2010...hasn't exactly worked out for UT.

UT's secondary hasn't matched up well with our sub-par WRs over that stretch.
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Not a bad point, but for the first time in a while we actually have an All-SEC caliber corner in place, and a young one that may be just as good.
 
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#171
Most UF fans I have conversed with on the internet are predicting somewhere between 8-10 wins. There are outliers on both sides, some crazy optimists calling for 11 wins, and then pessimists calling for 6-7 wins.

But most people have been right in the middle, 8-10.

And it isn't a crazy prediction when you consider the overall health of the team, and the ridiculously positive news that UF has been getting from practice on both sides of the ball all fall.

Then you look at the schedule (barring an epic collapse similar to last year with all the devastating injuries)

UK, Idaho, EMU, EKU - 4 easy gimmes
@UT, @Vandy - 2 games, that all things being equal, UF should win
Mizzou, USCe, LSU, UGA - 4 toss ups
@ Bama, @ FSU - 2 most likely losses

So most people are saying UF splits the toss ups, and 8 wins is very possible, wouldn't shock ANYONE. 10 is a bit more optimistic to me, but i've been saying 9. One thing I will say, all the toss up games are @ home, except for UGA, which is in Jax. UF typically plays better at home.

I've been saying 9 wins for a while now, and barring serious injury, I'm sticking to that.

Regarding 2014 recruiting - coming off of one of the worst seasons in over 30 years, and with TONS of negative recruiting, UT finished #7 and UF #9, but UF had a higher average rating (according to the 247sports composite). I'll give UT the win, but don't act like UT had some amazing recruiting class that blew UF out of the water.
 
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norrislakevol said:
Not a bad point, but for the first time in a while we actually have an All-SEC caliber corner in place, and a young one that may be just as good.
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And one of those played last year, and we still lost badly, to a team that finished 4-8 and lost to Georgia Southern...

They were missing both starting tackles, starting guard, starting RB, and starting WR, and their offense still abused our defense. I just don't see how our fans all think we beat Florida this year, when all those injured players are currently healthy
 
#173
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norrislakevol said:
Not a bad point, but for the first time in a while we actually have an All-SEC caliber corner in place, and a young one that may be just as good.
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And that's good, because UF's receiving corp is improved over last year.

UF's secondary is also young, but we've got an All-American corner in place and about three talented youngsters who will be very good SEC corners by the time they're done.
 
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gogators13 said:
I disagree... I think 8 is real # and could slide one way or the other. Driskel is a 14-2 starting QB and Muschamp is like 22-1 when FL scores more than 20 points.

I think FL can score more than 20 points this year and Driskel needs to stay Healthy.
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By my math Driskel's lost three as a starter (UGA in '12, Louisville and Miami in '13).
 
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#175
So gator fans have us as an automatic win. I like it. I know I know something about a streak. I don't give a rat's behind about streaks myself. This is a new year. I'm not about to guarantee a victory but I think karma backs us this year.
 
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