I certainly hope so, but we've all seen how that story can play out. I want to believe Heupel has them ready for the game and the environment and keeps our foot on their throat for four quarters in a 59-24 style beating that isn't as close as that score makes it seems breaking their sport, ruining their recruiting, and sending Billy back to the Saban incubator for a time. I've just seen too many Tennessee teams struggle against bad Florida teams to believe that's what happen. I want to be wrong. I beg to be wrong, but I think the game is way too close even in a win.
I just think people give UF the benefit of the doubt due to recent decades, but their ceiling isn't much higher than .500.
Heupel breaks curses. He's a priest with a proton pack and aviators, holding a cigar between his teeth.
I still remember when they were a joke back in the 80s. It's not that part of their history. It's the part when they seem to be terrible, have terrible coaches and still manage to beat us. If it wasn't a home game for them, I would not think they stood as much of a chance.
I thought very highly of him before he got there and thought he’d succeed even though he’s a redneck. Now I’m not so sure he isn’t a different flavor of Jeremy Pruitt.
This is about to be my 30th college football season being alive on this Earth. Within these three decades we have never truly blown Florida out of the water. 14 points is the largest margin of victory I’ve ever been around to see us hang on them in this series. That being the 2003 game in the Swamp. I’m ready to witness us defeat them by 30-50 points for once.
I think UF is going to be able to run the ball at will this year. They were already great at it last year.
Between 1906 (inception of football at UF) and 1990 they had a total of zero conference championships (pre-SEC and SEC). EDIT: Forgot about 1984, but they were cheatin like bama and got caught.
