Alligator Alley

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Offended? Hell I LOVE it when everyone picks against us. Makes it that much more fun when the Gators win!

You know, I think what we've experienced this week is... Gators and Vols won't/don't play nice. I'm not sure we should either. What's wrong with some good natured hate?

I wasn't overly impressed with him at all in the little bit of time they actually played him the first two games. He was handled by an undersized Nc State center with no help. He seemed to get winded pretty quickly.

Now, Mo Couch is a different story. He's not playing like the five star juco he was billed as, but he's getting better, more productive, and can cause some problems. He is also well over 300 pounds but he's alot more agile and alot quicker than McCullers ever thought of being.

They play him at DE and NT.. He moves inside when they're in their nickel, which they've lined up in the Vast majorty of their defensive snaps thus far, like most Saban desciples defenses do. I wouldn't worry too much about McCullers.. Our OL is pretty damn athletic and move their feet pretty well. That should be a good thing against their less athletic DL. IF they come with only three down, we should be able to get to the second level on alot of our running plays.

Their OLB's in Jaques Smith and Curt Maggit, are the ones who get the most pressure on the QB. They've been alot more aggresive thus far under Sal. That leaves plenty of chances to exploit them because they don't have the system down pat yet. Even if they did, they dont have that overwhelming defensive talent that Bama/UGA have in their 3-4 defense. UT's corners are very average.

I hear you loud and clear but he occupies guys for other DTs to do the damage. Not about McCuller per se but what he allows the rest of the line to do. I hope you're right.

Ill be using some patron during the game!

Danny Kanell picked USC. Said screw the SEC.

Yep.. Listen to 3HL on 104.5 everyday.. Clay says UT wins by 35.. Everyone is really buying into UT right now. If we do beat them, this will break their hearts more than it has in a long long time. This seriously is their Super bowl. Their players, fans, coaches, and all the experts think they win by alot. Barnhart, Derrick Rackley, Bob NEal all picked UT on "talking football."

ITs US aginst the world. We need to put our big boy pants on and take care of business. We have better athletes and better depth than them at every position except WR. If they win, it will be because we couldn't stop Bray and those WR's..

But, what is even better is that not a single one of them can prove why or justify a UT win. WHY? because there is absolutely nothing to support it.

I mean, I'll give you my reason for picking Tennessee 27-20.

1) Not sold on Gillislee's health or the backups behind him. If he's limited, Florida's ability to control the clock and play a grind-it-out game goes down significantly. That means Tennessee's offense will be on the field more.

2) Despite how good Florida's secondary is, I expect at least a handful of explosive plays from the Tennessee passing game. I expect the Vols will be able to come up with at least one or two big plays in the passing game that go for touchdowns. When they happen will be a big key. Do they come early to put the Vols ahead? If so, that's a bit of a bigger problem for Florida.

3) I think Tennessee's defense is significantly improved, especially the linebacking corps. I understand there are injury concerns, but I still feel like the linebackers will be able to slow Florida down enough to keep the Gators from going on the extended scoring drives we've seen the last two weeks.

45 - 10!?!

Wow, I hope that prediction (along with all of the Tennessee players trash talk) gets back to the team.

Being a "grind it out" football team, as Muschamp calls us, the lack of respect from the media can only help. I get the same vibe from this years team as I did from the '06 title team. I don't see us making a run at the NC like that team, but the lack of respect from the media and opposing teams may give us the added motivation we need to win some games we shouldn't.

Go Gators! Crush the Vols!

Just don't get the Tenn hype at all. I understand being careful picking the gators...but Tenn has been Worse than us the last two years. We win an sec game on the road...they beat a bottom tier Acc team. I'm kind of confused where this false expectation is coming from.