Welcome To Hate Tennessee Week

by mlmintampa on Sep 14, 2009 12:06 AM EDT in Football Comment 34 comments

Your blood is already boiling at the sight of the team at the top of this post. Let me turn up the heat a little bit for you;

"I'm really looking forward to embracing some of the great traditions at the University of Tennessee, for instance the Vol Walk, running through the T, singing 'Rocky Top' all night long after we beat Florida next year," Kiffin said. "It will be a blast."

Thinking about running through a brick wall to get at Lane Kiffin? Wait, here's one more;

2009 Hate Tennessee Week is unlike recent weeks as Lane Kiffin's contribution to the rivalry is to make every Florida fan hate him more than they ever hated Phil Fulmer. While this can be appreciated as a calculated move to increase Tennessee's visibility in a crowded room, Kiffin decided to make more noise by taking a personal shot at Urban Meyer. Rather than the standard, "We'll beat them," (which was met with humor) Kiffin decided to write a check his mouth won't cash until he wins two National Championships. Any insult to Urban Meyer is seen as an insult to the Gators' fanbase. Just as Geno Hayes and Dominique Franks found out, insults to the Gators are returned with force. Making it worse for Kiffin and the Vols, Tim Tebow is the leader in retaliation, and Kiffin must not have realized that our favorite Bible thumper has hate in his heart.

The lead up to Saturday's game will be focused on Kiffin's comments, Meyer's response and how many points the Gators will try to score on a team that had four turnovers and 208 yards of offense against the mighty UCLA Bruins. However, Meyer has already locked down his team and is just talking about what this game means to winning the SEC.

It is entirely possible Tennessee could shock the world and play with the Gators for four quarters or win. Their defense against UCLA was good enough to win, and they broke the jaw of the Bruins' quarterback on a safety. But the Vols will be walking into an environment they created; facing a champion who should be content, suddenly inspired to destroy. The violence and force we expect out of the Gators should be unlike anything we have seen. As for this game's impact on the rest of the season, it is the perfect thing to jolt the Gators out of their preseason nap. While Tennessee is not as good as LSU or Georgia, they are a team that wants what the Gators have. Florida's intensity Saturday will be a measure of how serious this team is about defending their crown.

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I’m a UCLA Bruin fan, and I’ve long known how silly Lame can be, but I guess the rest of the nation is finally getting a taste too… even after losing a game “he really wanted to win”, he still hasn’t shut up. Do us and the rest of the nation a favor and win 100-0 next week.

:) Thank you and good luck with your season in the SEC

by TheNewbster on Sep 14, 2009 2:14 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Will Do.

Thanks for joining us in our Hate Tennessee Week!

"A player who conjugates a verb in the first person singular cannot be part of the squad, he has to conjugate the verb in the first person plural. We. We want to conquer. We are going to conquer. Using the word 'I' when you're in a group makes things complicated." ~ Wanderley Luxemburgo, 1999

by ejruiz on Sep 14, 2009 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here's how we hate Tennessee in Tuscaloosa...

Man, I HATE Tennessee.

RollBamaRoll.com

by Nico2.0 on Sep 14, 2009 11:20 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

That kid in the video is awesome

by skigator93 on Sep 14, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

This was amazing,

thank you so much.

by fwedo on Sep 15, 2009 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Why not 100 to -12...

…if that’s possible, Newbster? :-D

After spending seven wondrous years in the state of Alabama, never in my life have I seen fans, who claim to be loyal to one team, spend more time AUbsessing over the other more so than they do their very own.

by SanFranDude12 on Sep 17, 2009 10:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually.

I think the shots at UF were geared towards lower expectations for a game that was going to be a blowout regardless. Now if we win 70-6, it’s just what we were supposed to do.

by ejruiz on Sep 14, 2009 1:53 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I understand

that we’re expected to beat them pretty badly. But all offseason I never understood why people thought the beatdown would come in the form of a 70-spot. Their defense is improved over the one that held us to one of our lowest point totals last year. And we would have scored less if their offense hadn’t been so determined to give us the ball. If (and this is a BIG if) their offense can just play mistake-free, mediocre football, I don’t see how we score more than about 25-30 on that defense.

by Gator Cub on Sep 14, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The points that we may score on defense

will count on the scoreboard too. Last year, we shut it down early in the second quarter because the game was out of hand. We just kept pounding Moody into the middle and it wasn’t exactly like they were stopping him.

by skigator93 on Sep 14, 2009 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

If it is going to be a beatdown,

I would think it would come more in the form of a 31-3 game in which their offense is held under 100 yards.

by Gator Cub on Sep 14, 2009 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Something to consider is that the UF offence wasn’t at anything like full capacity in the UT game – it also was playing a bit of a different style, without the emphasis on Demps/Rainey that began mid-season, which complicates projections from last year’s game.

Also, UF’s offence really thrived in ’08 on opportunities created by our defence and special teams, and you have to think that Crompton et al will do their part for the cause in that regard…

by peachy rex on Sep 14, 2009 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And from what I've seen so far this year,

I’m not sure the 09 offense is at full capacity yet, either.

Even though the UCLA-Tenn game seems to indicate we can expect some Tenn turnovers, I still prefer to assume we won’t get any. If we don’t, I’m not sure our offense can do just anything it wants against that defense.

by Gator Cub on Sep 15, 2009 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

UT defense is solid

But even a solid defense gets tired when they only get to rest for 3 and outs every series!

by skigator93 on Sep 16, 2009 4:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Good point.

I think that’s the reason we stand a good chance of scoring about 4 TD’s on offense.

by Gator Cub on Sep 18, 2009 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Or not.

by danmarcel on Sep 20, 2009 12:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Line has jumped from an opening 25 points to 28.5

and it might get up to 35 by kickoff. I honestly do not believe the Vols can score against that UF defense unless Peyton Manning sneaks into the game wearing #8.

With that said, I will spend the rest of the week reiterating to myself that rebuilding takes patience and following each sentence with a shot of moonshine.

Ball, oskie, cover, block, cut and slice, pursue and gang tackle... for this is the WINNING EDGE.

by pound the rock on Sep 14, 2009 2:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Actually

The shots at uf and suburben meyer were geared towards the very real expectations of Tennessee beating the gators this week.Not only will we score points on your puny d ; we will win this game by 21 points!

by truvolfan on Sep 14, 2009 8:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Jonathan Crompton?

by fwedo on Sep 14, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

You realize you're playing UF and not FAU, right?

by skigator93 on Sep 14, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes!

Crompton sandbagged the last game just to give the Gators a false sense of security and, eh, oh nevermind.

Ball, oskie, cover, block, cut and slice, pursue and gang tackle... for this is the WINNING EDGE.

by pound the rock on Sep 15, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Check out this line

That is Tennessee’s D-Line and secondary under new D-Cordinater Monte Kiffin’will no doubt have the gators number at this game.I personally dont see florida scoring 14 points in this game.

by truvolfan on Sep 14, 2009 8:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is the d-line and secondary that gave up 15 to UCLA, correct? Because unless you’re planning to bring in the Titans’ defence in disguise, this seems… over-optimistic.

by peachy rex on Sep 14, 2009 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Dude. Brantley is going to tack on 14 in the final 8 minutes, and that is only because Meyer is going to leave in Tebow for 3 1/2 quarters to send a little message to the Boy Blunder.

by skigator93 on Sep 14, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

your defense was good, no doubt, with good coaching too, but your offense will do them no favor and keep them on the field too long….

by TheNewbster on Sep 15, 2009 4:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

UCLA sure as hell had the viles’ number on Saturday. You struggled against them, let’s face it.

So, let’s see how long Lameass Chickenshit and the rest of his cast from UcheaT sings Rocky Top after you get a beatdown in The Swamp. And after all that shit Lamey blew out both sides of his his ass in the pre-season, if you think you can cross Urban Meyer and get away with it you’re all idiots. Just ask UGA about that.

by O-town Gator on Sep 15, 2009 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I get the feeling you don't like Kiffin

I heard the Florida band has learned Rocky Top just so Kiffin’s comment about hearing Rocky Top all night long will come true.

Ball, oskie, cover, block, cut and slice, pursue and gang tackle... for this is the WINNING EDGE.

by pound the rock on Sep 15, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That would be awesome

Current Phinsider Feud Points: 23

by Patssuck456 on Sep 16, 2009 11:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

hahaahahahahahahahahah

wow thats funny. ill admit, im a bucs fan and monte kiffin d’s are always GREAT! but they wont hold UF to 14, only chance they have is get atleast 3 turnovers and score a TD on everyone to keep it close, becuase i wont be suprised AT ALL if tenn offense doesnt get 7.

by Hook85 on Sep 17, 2009 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

truvolfan

if Monti’s defense is so good, UCLA would not have scored period, UCLA is bout as lame at football as western kentucky, and had to travel alot farther. Even if UT’s defense has UF’s number you have to take into account how much crompton and UT’s offense love to give up the ball, UF’s defense will put up atleast 21 by themselves. Also keep in mind UT is coming to the swamp, yall lost to UCLA in tennessee, and lame boy kiffin gave UF more motivation than it already has. Keep saying that montis defense that was great in the NFL, against a drop back and pass and run up the middle offenses, has never seen a spread option attack, and no matter what they do in practice they can’t replicate the speed the UF has on offense. Montis tampa 2 defense would have been fine against the spread in the nfl because he had NFL talent at his disposal, at UT he has Eric Berry as the only future NFL player on the defense, and no matter how good berry is, he cant be everywhere at once. The game may be close for a quarter or two, then Demps and Rainey will wear UT’s defense out because they’ll be chasing them all day. My prediction UF 77, UT 6; UF’s defense will score at least 21 beacause UT’s sorry excuse for a qb will give it up probably twice as much as he did last year, the 92,000+ crowd isnt on his side this year unlike last season. And don’t be surprised if the started for UF play the whole game, and Urban calls his timeouts in the final 2 minutes to just rub it in.

by bengatorfan on Sep 15, 2009 12:40 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs