The CheckerBoard

These picks, just like our pick 'em group on Yahoo, are on the spread. We're picking Kansas to cover the spread against TCU, not saying they'll win outright.

How do I add emoticons to my comments? I can pull them up but can't get them added. Thx

When you pull up the emoticon window, you just click on the one you want to use.

Fulmer was always the problem against Florida. It was Fulmer's head that was the problem. That always bled over to the team. That's why it went on for so many years, through so many different sets of players. Fulmer. I'm grateful for his achievements. But whenever you looked at him on that sideline against Florida, you could literally SEE him choking. To me, he always looked tense and jumpy and not in control of himself.

Kiffin came in and slapped together a bunch of over-rated players and never stood a chance. Dooley has been rebuilding almost from scratch for the past two years. The streak is a myth. The streak was against Fulmer. Not these coaches, not these players. Several on our coaching staff have been to national championships at other schools, where beating Florida along the way was just part of what you did.

I'll tell you what these loose, excited players are thinking. They are thinking, "This is our first chance to show how good we are. Can't wait!" They are looking at Florida as a stepping-stone opponent. A game they should win and intend to win. So they can move on to Georgia, and really start shocking the world. I'm telling you, whatever happens in this game, that is what these players are thinking. And they are right. There are zero gators in these guys heads. Zero.

Wes, I relly liked how you decided that one team or the other would win at Neyland Stadium on Saturday. You should have finished by saying that "Florida will win 27-24, unless, of course, Tennessee outscores them in the end".

I'm nothing if not honest.

Look at how much I've sucked at picks this year, though. I mean ... that should make you feel better, right?