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ESPN's ten games with the highest stakes in 2016
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:00 pm
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1. Florida at Tennessee, Sept. 24
What's at stake: All Jim McElwain did in his first season at Florida, despite some serious shortcomings on offense, was go out and win the SEC's Eastern Division championship. And, yes, that means Florida beat Tennessee for the 11th straight time. The Vols last beat the Gators four head coaches ago in a rivalry that hasn't been much of one for the past decade. Butch Jones has been steadily building back Tennessee's program, and his roster certainly looks the part with returning playmakers and experience. But the reality is that Florida has found a way to win this game over the years, and Tennessee has found a way to lose it. If the Vols don't change that trend this season in Knoxville, there will be massive avalanche on Rocky Top.
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7. LSU at Auburn, Sept. 24
What's at stake: It's really about the coaches here. LSU's Les Miles and Auburn's Gus Malzahn both enter pivotal seasons, needing to improve upon mostly disappointing 2015 campaigns. Both face earlier tests with LSU opening against Wisconsin at Green Bay's Lambeau Field, and Auburn hosting Clemson and Texas A&M. A possible second or third loss before the end of September would be tough for either coach to overcome. Auburn hired defensive coordinator Kevin Steele from LSU to rehabilitate a defense that surrendered 228 rushing yards to Leonard Fournette in last year's meeting at Tiger Stadium.
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8. UCLA at Texas A&M, Sept. 3
What's at stake: Kevin Sumlin has had better offseasons. After dealing with quarterback departures, coaching turnover and an assistant coach's Twitter debacle, Sumlin needs something positive to happen on the field. A visit from UCLA gives the Aggies an opportunity to re-establish some confidence, especially at Kyle Field, where many other key games (Tennessee, Ole Miss, LSU) also will take place. UCLA also ended 2015 on a down note and would benefit greatly from starting with a victory in a raucous road setting. It's also a prime chance for Bruins quarterback Josh Rosen to put himself on the Heisman radar.
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:02 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
That list sucks.
I don't trust those damn liberals
I don't trust those damn liberals
This post was edited on 5/25/16 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:02 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
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1. Florida at Tennessee, Sept. 24
Tennessee wins by 79 points. I just can't get over how good they are. This may easily be the best team the country has seen in the past decade.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:05 pm to GetCocky11
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Tennessee wins by 79 points. I just can't get over how good they are. This may easily be the best team the country has seen in the past decade.
Your message board posting is almost as bad as SCe's football program imo
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:08 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
I dunno I just can't get excited about East vs East matchups. They seem so inconsequential.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:10 pm to Swoopin
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I dunno I just can't get excited about East vs East matchups. They seem so inconsequential.
You would have finished 4th in the East last season, at best.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:11 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
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Your message board posting is almost as bad as SCe's football program imo
I don't see anything wrong with my posting. I've been convinced by the TN fans on this board that they're the best team out there, so I'm just doing my best to spread the message.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:11 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
So the game with the biggest stakes of the year contains a team more on the level of Vandy and Fla Atlantic than FSU, Bama and Mich? Not gonna lie I'm felling pretty damn good about our chances.
(And before the inevitable "they beat you last year," UF w/ Grieroids >>> UF w/o Grieroids. And it's not close. They don't have that to save them now)
(And before the inevitable "they beat you last year," UF w/ Grieroids >>> UF w/o Grieroids. And it's not close. They don't have that to save them now)
This post was edited on 5/25/16 at 12:13 pm
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:12 pm to GetCocky11
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I've been convinced by the TN fans on this board that they're the best team out there,
No, you've been successfully rustled by Phat Phil and Serraneaux.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:15 pm to Vols&Shaft83
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you've been successfully rustled by Phat Phil
FIFY. Let's be honest, most of the time Serraneax acts like a bitch in his own threads
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:15 pm to GetCocky11
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I've been convinced by the TN fans on this board that they're the best team out there, so I'm just doing my best to spread the message.
No you haven't.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:16 pm to CNB
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FIFY. Let's be honest, most of the time Serraneax acts like a bitch in his own threads
Indubitably, that's why Phil is an artist, and that other guy is an noying.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:22 pm to biggsc
No Bama/LSU game = list sucks
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:27 pm to remaster916
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No Bama/LSU game = list sucks
Nor Bama-Ole Miss
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:33 pm to GetCocky11
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GetCocky11
Property of PhatPhil
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:47 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
Alabama vs ole miss
alabama vs tennessee
alabama vs LSU
LSU vs ole miss
Tenn vs Florida
Florida vs UGA
everyone else is irrelevant
alabama vs tennessee
alabama vs LSU
LSU vs ole miss
Tenn vs Florida
Florida vs UGA
everyone else is irrelevant
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:56 pm to TheDarrell McSteal
this list is sooooo baaaad
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:58 pm to BearBait09
LSU vs auburn has high stakes?
I guess it would be a national embarrassment for LSU if they lost to such a pathetic team. That would get Les fired immediately.
I guess it would be a national embarrassment for LSU if they lost to such a pathetic team. That would get Les fired immediately.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 12:59 pm to rockytop627
After 11 in a row you'd think cockiness like this would be dead
Your team is soft as frick and weak minded when it comes to UF
Your team is soft as frick and weak minded when it comes to UF
This post was edited on 5/25/16 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 5/25/16 at 1:00 pm to remaster916
LSU needs to beat Bama a couple o years in a row for that to be a big game.
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