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Sharky’s Game of the Week: Florida at Tennessee

“I don’t pay attention to it”, Jones said. Unfortunately, he’ll have to do so without Kirkland, Sutton, and who knows who else by the time Saturday rolls around. But with one of the best defenses in the country, Florida should be able to hang around in this one.

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“He was getting back there every play, it felt like, but I’m not surprised by what he can do on the field”, defensive tackle Kendal Vickers said. Also, this remained Spurrier’s last game for Florida vs. Tennessee as he resigned early in 2002. He played so well in that game that it served as a springboard for Leak to start the rest of his career. It’s the habit that you train throughout the offseason that gets you to where you are in the season.

“We’re going to try to ensure that we don’t do that this year”. You know, it’s been fun.

“That (quarterback) room is the same”. Don’t overthink this one, as MI will roll to victory.

I don’t think it is. And if you’re in the stands on Saturday, it’s time to act like it. “We just have to be a complete defense, a disciplined defense”.

Man take me back when this used to be the premier rivalry in the SEC. Please. But from a prediction standpoint, I have the Vols FINALLY pulling one out and winning in front of a raucous home crowd that will be going bananas. While, I expect him to play, he may be limited.

He has a reputation for having a stronger arm than Del Rio, but isn’t as accurate. Obviously he’s spent a ton of time down in the training room.

The game is four days away and Vol fans are ready.

“Other than that, just some bruises”, McElwain said. It was great to see those guys emerge and given the opportunity they will thrive. “We travel four quarterbacks and he’ll be there”. That’s a classic right there. “I’ve got to find out what the heck that means”.

“He hurt us a year ago”, UF coach Jim McElwain said. I told you Colton Jumper would step up and play well and he did and he did a fine job.

“That’s the mindset you have to have”, he said.

On how graduate transfer Austin Appleby ended up at Florida. If McMillian can’t go Saturday, redshirt freshman Kylan Johnson likely gets the start in his place.

Oh, and this year, it just might even have College Football Playoff implications. We put ourselves in a lot of bad situations past year.

Sharing his general thoughts on his team and Florida. “We have to have a great week of “preparation”.

“We know how much of a threat he is and how much he can hurt you if you allow him to”. Suddenly a 12-1 FSU team wouldn’t look so bad to the College Football Playoff committee. Offensively, again, very, very physical, gonna run the football. Gillespie played for Florida as a running back from 1998 to 2001, and Azzanni served as Florida’s passing coordinator during the 2010 season.

On his stance on Wilson’s comments. “They’re confident. They’re athletic”. Not only do they represent themselves, they represent their institution and everything else. For three quarters the Vols looked like they were breaking out and getting ready to roll at Bristol against Virginia Tech but went back to looking tight and sloppy last week against OH squeaking out a 29-18 win that was closer than the final score.

On Appleby and if it’s tougher to prepare in wake of the quarterback switch.

I will go with the Gators plus the points in this game and also play the game under the total. He’s very, very experienced. He’s been there for a while, he understands their system and their scheme and what they want to do. He has prepared himself like that.

Scared because this time (like last year) they are suppose to win.

“It is not as big a part of it as the outside public generally thinks”, said Dr. Jarrod Spencer, a sports psychologist with Mind of the Athlete. They can change the dynamics of the game in a hurry.

“To me the narrative Sunday might have been ‘Tennessee hangs on to win over OH, ‘ but to me that was one of the greatest wins I have ever been a part of”.

“I would sacrifice all my weekends for a month for the Vols to win that’s a big sacrifice for a college student for the Vols to win”, said Rheanna Patterson. “It’s going to take everything that we have”.

“We continue to be a work in progress”.

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Last week: pass protection won the poll, and while there was still pressure, Josh Dobbs did have his most accurate day as a Vol. Defensively, the same thing. We’ve suffered some adversity and a lot of the adversity, we’ve created it for ourselves. We’ve been handling the adversity.

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