Tennessee - Florida "Rivalry"

[KBVol]

A moderator should delete VolFan4Life87's and KBvol's board names.

They aren't vols.......and they are feminine.

F you chief. Typical internet tough guy with your 20 posts.... most learn how stupid it is post crap like this if they regularly come back and interact with the board. Let's see if you're bright enough to learn this .... not holding my breath.

 

[knoxvols11]

1996 game was not a hard-fought, tense game. It was over at the half after Manning threw 4 first half ints and Florida led 35-0. Florida basically let off the gas in the second half and UT scored 29 pts. But this game was NEVER in question....it was a route. Just sayin.

In the '95 game, we were up 37-13 after Peyton led a very impressive like 3 play scoring drive to open the second half. Then the wheels came off after Nylo Sylvan and Jay Graham constantly laid the ball on the ground. Florida scored 49 unanswered points.... Route!

I remember after the '96 game the media and fans blasted Fulmer because he kept going for two and if he hadn't we woukd have been within a field goal.

 

[Volfan2012]

The Florida game is huge next season. We have to win that game or here we go with the 5 and 7 season again.

 

[chiwipeterbug]

and I've always known that Florida has always had our number

Vols vs. Gators Lifetime Record 19-24

even in the 90's they were the team that always beat us;

Vols vs. Gators 90's record 3-7

Even in all of Fulmer's greatness, Spurrier always had his number.

From wiki:

"The press coverage of the 1998 match-up had shifted from Manning's inability to beat the Gators to Volunteers coach Phil Fulmer's inability to do so since taking over the head coaching job full-time at Tennessee. UT had lost 10 of its last 12 meetings with the Gators at that point, and by hosting the Gators in Neyland Stadium, it was the Vols' best chance to beat the Gators despite the departure of Manning. With a big run by Shawn Bryson in the first quarter and a Peerless Price touchdown catch from Tee Martin in the third, the Volunteers led until a Travis McGriff touchdown catch from Jesse Palmer tied it up. The fourth quarter was scoreless, and the game headed to overtime. Jeff Hall made a field goal during the Vol possession. Florida was unable to score a touchdown during their first possession, forcing a Collins Cooper field goal that sailed wide left and clinched a 20–17 UT victory, getting the "monkey off the back" of Fulmer. The Vols would end the season undefeated, and would win the first BCS National Championship Game over Florida State."

"Because of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, all NCAA Division-I football games scheduled to be played on Sept 15, 2001, were postponed to a later date. Florida and Tennessee would end up meeting the first weekend of December because of this, and that only made the match-up even more important. Because the two teams were tied at 6–1 in conference play before the game, the winner of it was assured the SEC Eastern Division championship and a chance to play in the SEC Championship Game a week later. With the Gators entering the game ranked No. 2 in the Bowl Championship Series and UT ranked No. 5, the winner of the game also essentially controlled their own destiny to play for the BCS National Championship in the Rose Bowl against No. 1 Miami. Tennessee was even a 17-point underdog. Travis Stephens rushed for 226 yards on just 19 carries and scored 2 touchdowns as the Vols broke a 30-year winless drought against the Gators in Gainesville with a 34–32 victory (there had only been 8 games played in Gainesville between the teams from 1971-2001: 1977, 1985, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999). The Gators scored a touchdown with mere moments remaining in the 4th quarter to bring the score within 2 points, but tried the same pass on the 2-point conversion try and had it knocked away. The game, as painful as it was for the Gators, would later cause more heartache as it served as Steve Spurrier's last home game as Gator football coach. Spurrier quickly resigned his job as HBC at Florida for greener pastures in the NFL after Florida's blowout win over Maryland in the Orange Bowl. Meanwhile, Fulmer sauntered on at Tennessee.

Lol no idea how to respond to that...