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Wes, I know you are being completely objective and professional and I have mad respect for you for that....... But, that hurt my heart.

Thanks for the great job fellas but I disagree with you both. I just dont think Tennessee can win a close, down the wire game on this big of a stage YET. Maybe some time in the future. So my prediction is U.T 27 U.F 16. And again I wanna say 34. An interception or fumble late by the gators and we score. GO VOLS GO!!!!!!

Ahhh im on edge, it's Friday night here in Okinawa and a cat 4 typhoon is suppose to pound us Sunday morning when the game is on. I took leave to watch this game Please power stay on and go Vols! 27-13 Brodus kicks 2 and Vols win weather I see it or drain my phone battery with gamecast!

Looks like Rucker will be adding to his stellar 11-18 record. Sorry bro, Vols big time

Isn't Rich Rod at Arizona not ASU?

Ryan Callahan's most sage statement EVER, particularly the second sentence:

"They seemed loose, excited about the opportunity to be in the national spotlight for, really, the first time since they’ve been at Tennessee. Florida may be in UT fans’ heads, but I don’t think that applies to this team or this coaching staff."

Vols make their own statement on Saturday.

I gotta go change some picks..Wes agrees with me on too many! Sure fire kiss of death.

How can Auburn be a 16 point favorite when they haven't scored 16 points in a game yet?

So are you guys playing good cop bad cop?

I think if we just look at these two teams and not the last 7 years its hard not to pick the Vols. I love hearing that the players are loose and confident. Ryan is right, the record may be in the fans (and Wes') head but for many of the players this is their first or second time playing them and they believe they are the difference and this is the team to stop the streak.

Tennessee clearly has the play makers so I cant see FL having more big plays. I'm in the camp that thinks we would have won last year had Hunter not gone down. We've only seen a small sampling of what CP can do. There's no way they can cover Hunter and CP, they couldn't cover Rogers last year and he was our only real weapon. Don't forget about Z Rogers and Rivera either. All they have to do is run just enough to keep the gator D honest, expect Bray & Co to be able to put up points.

The D will get pressure on Driskel. I expect him to be the QB making the mistakes. I expect our D to create turnovers and if we get a lead I dont think they will be able to come back like last week. TAM wore down late in that game. Although we had those same problems in the past I think that is behind. The FL receivers are very average. An inexperienced QB, an average receiver core, and a RB with a sore groin! I just dont see them outscoring our offense.

Tennessee ends the streak and cruises to a BIG win!! Go Vols!!!!

UT - 31
UF - 17

I'm very suprised at Wes's prediction. This is NOT the past this is today. And for those who like to live in the past, this is also not the same Florida team we've seen. They have a dork quarterback, play aganst a weak A@M and took 8 sacks, cant throw the ball down the field, and on and on and on. We didnt have patterson last year, and we didnt have hunter either, and Bray's much more poised and mature on the field with t least 8-10 people who catch the ball anywhere on the field, and we're at home baby! Why is it so hard to believe that we're better than Florida?? I don't get it.

Maybe because Wes has followed this series and he knows that there is something about Gainsville, but they always get up for U.T. We have seen this same scenario a dozen times. They look beatable the first two games, and come out and unleash something against us.

Ha! Good call. Sorry. This is what happens when you don't get to watch more than highlights each Saturday.