Gator Football Week 3 Preview: Tennessee

[DocZaius]

The meat of Florida's SEC schedule gets underway this week as the Gators travel to Knoxville to take on the Volunteers of Tennessee. The ESPN College GameDay crew will be there, marking the 34th time the Gators have appeared on the show - more than any other school. Kickoff is at 6:00 p.m., and will be televised on ESPN.

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[TD]Name:[/TD]
[TD]University of Tennessee[/TD]
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[TD]Location:[/TD]
[TD]Knoxville, TN[/TD]
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[TD]Nickname/Mascot:[/TD]
[TD]Volunteers/Smokey

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[TD]Colors:[/TD]
[TD]"UT Orange," white and "Smokey"[/TD]
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[TD]Founded:[/TD]
[TD]1794[/TD]
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[TD]Enrollment:[/TD]
[TD]About 28,000[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]Notable Alumni:[/TD]
[TD]Dixie Carter, Allen West,Cormac McCarthy, Kurt Vonnegut, Doug Dickey, Paul Finebaum, Phillip "Krispy Kreme" Fulmer, Ray Graves, Johnny Majors, Peyton "Five-Head" Manning, Kevin Nash, Reggie White,Gene Wojciechowski, William M. Bass, lots more.[/TD]
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[TD]Division and Conference:[/TD]
[TD]Div. I-FBS, Southeastern Conference[/TD]
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[TD]Head Coach:[/TD]
[TD]"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Sumlin"
Derek "The Coif" Dooley
3rd year, 13–14 (.481)[/TD]
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[TD]All-Time Record vs. UF:[/TD]
[TD]UF leads the series 22-19[/TD]
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[TD]2011 Record:[/TD]
[TD]5-7[/TD]
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[TD]Most Stunning Victory of 2011:[/TD]
[TD]27-21 win over Vanderbilt in overtime, representing the Vols' only SEC victory last season.[/TD]
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[TD]Most Devastating Loss of 2011:[/TD]
[TD]Too many to name, but let's just use their 33-23 loss to Florida.[/TD]
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[TD]Notable Traditions:[/TD]
[TD]Volunteer Navy, The Rock, Vol Walk, moonshine, avoidance of dentistry and ignorance of history (sometimes diagnosed as "Volsheimers disease")[/TD]
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[TD]Players with the Silliest Names:[/TD]
[TD]LaTroy Lewis, Quenshaun Watson, Raiques Crump[/TD]
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Eh, fuck it. I don't have time for an in-depth analysis this week. Suffice to say that we've won 7 straight and we're gonna make it 8.

Gators 35, Vols 21. If you want more than that, go ask The Unsportsmanlike Gentleman.

[DocZaius]

Wow what a great game. I have to say I am impressed with the way we are progressing his season. Driskell is looking more confident - he still has work to do but he's making better decisions.

Don't think we'll beat LSU or Bama this year but I'm more confident that we'll go 8-4 or even 9-3.

[a1bion]

Kinda nice having a defense that makes adjustments at halftime and shuts people down in the second half. I like it.

[DocZaius]

Yup.

[slideman67]

[quote=DocZaius]Wow what a great game. I have to say I am impressed with the way we are progressing his season. Driskell is looking more confident - he still has work to do but he's making better decisions.

Don't think we'll beat LSU or Bama this year but I'm more confident that we'll go 8-4 or even 9-3.[/QUOTE]

If we look like we did last night, I think we can give LSU a game at least. Starting the year, I had us losing to LSU, USC and unfortunately, F$U. That might not be the case this year. Last night was the first time we looked like a team and I have to say that I liked what I saw. Our O-Line still needs work, but we won't be 7-6 this year.

[radbag]

i think our adjustments weren't just defensive-minded. I liked how we were able to confuse the defenses with misdirection and motion

[DocZaius]