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TENN/UF- Too much talents left Tenn. UF 21-10 

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Just an observation:

Tennessee smoked Florida last year when they had better talent. Also, there was a thread recently regarding recruiting rankings and the projected starters for each team in the East. It was proven that Tennessee and Georgia both had more talent among starters than Florida. South Carolina came in at a distant 4th.

That being said:

UGA/Auburn
UGA/UF
Auburn/Bama
UF/LSU
Bama/LSU
Tenn/UF
TENN/Bama

Tennessee scored 38 unanswered points and finished the game on the Florida 1 yard line or it's 45-28.

They lost 9 out of 11 starters on defense, they don't know who their QB will be and have questions at the position, and their offense has been among dead last in the country since McElwain took over.

If Bama beats us it will be more than 7 points. Auburn probably won't lose a close game.

I wasnt argueing that. I was argueing the part about them having more talent in 2017 than Tennessee. That's incorrect based off of recruiting rankings.

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UGADawg912

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UGA/UF- We should win, but until they prove to me otherwise I am picking UF (really hope/think I am wrong on this one). 27-24 type game.

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No way we lose this one

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BreezyDawg

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No way we lose this one

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UGADawg912

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(really hope/think I am wrong on this one).

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UGA/Auburn- very hard to call, but I think UGA will be one of the stronger SEC teams later in the year.

UGA/UF- until Florida proves they have an offense I'll usually lean towards the opponent in even games

Auburn/BAMA- I think Auburn matches up the best with Bama in the SEC this year, but still don't think it'll be enough

UF/LSU- another low scoring game, but with Canada's odd offense I think LSU comes out on top

BAMA/LSU - Just a terrible matchup for LSU this year with o line problems and mediocre qb play.

TENN/UF- Gators will come out motivated to get that loss from last year out of their mouths

TENN/BAMA - Just too talented. The game will probably already be in hand by half time.

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Joshua Dobbs played the best game he's ever played, it was at Tennessee

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He finished strong, but he had 2 critical picks in scoring situations before 5 minutes into the 3rd quarter. He rallied and put together a great 2nd half, but he definitely struggled in large parts of that game.

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We lost them before the end of the year, played without six vs. LSU (you saw how that ended) and that's only on defense.

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LSU was really the only *somewhat* impressive win on the schedule last season. You went on to get blown out of 2 out of your final 3 games following LSU.

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Almost the entire offense returns just with a better line, better/more running backs and better/more wide receivers.

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Your offense hasn't finished higher than 112th out of 128 teams in the country since McElwain took over. If we're being honest, it's been atrocious and it finished 116th in the country or near dead last in 2016. You're replacing a new QB with a starter who will be either have zero game experience or a grad transfer who got beat out at his last stop and has very little game experience and has been shaky at best throughout his career outside of 1 maybe 2 games. Possible ugly situation with the most dynamic player on your Offense in Callaway.

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We played really badly on the road, and we went into half-time 21 - 3 and collapsed in the second half. It happens, teams get motivated.

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Florida got dominated in the 2nd half by a defense that was without 3 of it's best players in OLB Jalen Reeves-Maybin, CB Cameron Sutton and MLB Darrin Kirkland Jr. -- Florida had a combined 8 yards of total offense in the 2nd half heading into the final 7-8 garbage minutes of the game. Florida was one of the few teams on our 2016 schedule who played a somewhat healthy Tennessee defense and it was still missing 3 of our best players.

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McElwain has lost one game at home to FSU his entire tenure and our defense seemed to do just fine setting an Outback Bowl record

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Impressive through 2 seasons. Although to be fair he also needed a miracle 4th and 14 conversion as time was expiring to beat Tennessee the last time we were in Gainesville on a heart breaker.

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Look forward to the revenge.

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Looking forward to two in a row

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LSU was really the only *somewhat* impressive win on the schedule last season. You went on to get blown out of 2 out of your final 3 games following LSU.

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One of those teams blew out Tennessee at home, FSU would have blown you out, too, IN YOUR STADIUM. Those are Championship level teams and excusable to get blown out to when you're rebuilding like Florida.

Want to know what's inexcusable? Losing to South Carolina, a team Florida handled with no problem. Really, didn't even break a sweat.

Then going on to lose to Vanderbilt by two scores.

Tennessee got us that day, and they deserved it. But it wasn't because you guys are amazing -- in fact, you're pretty mediocre.

It's because our offensive line had no depth, we collapsed under the pressure and let you guys back into the game. If our Oline could sustain the run last year, you're toast. Not even a game. (Thanks to Muschamp who left only six offensive linemen on the roster for 2015, and screwed us for 2016 along with it.)

This year? Well, it's in Gainesville, we finally have depth at the Oline, experienced receivers and running backs -- almost the entire offense came back. You guys struggled on the road against Vanderbilt, I like our chances this year.

It's also really hard to hear Tennessee fans when we're kings of the East twice in a row. Enjoy mediocrity.