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Gators Talk Vols In Chris Lowe Column
Topic Started: Jul 19 2016, 11:50 AM (162 Views)
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Florida's coach Jim McElwain reasoned afterward, "I think there's a feeling deep down, you know, that we just don't lose to Tennessee, and they didn't."

It's a feeling Florida players have trumpeted often this offseason as part of a Twitter spat that hopefully is just a precursor to what we will see on the field this Sept. 24 in Neyland Stadium.

When the ESPN Football Power Index tabbed Tennessee as the top team in the SEC East this season, Florida defensive back Jalen Tabor took to Twitter to vent: "We'll make it 12 years in a row this year."

Later, he went after Peyton Manning.

"Might as well bring the sheriff out of retirement," tweeted Tabor, who ironically enough was serving a one-game suspension last season and didn't even play against the Vols.

Tennessee running back Jalen Hurd was quick to return fire with a tweet that read: "6-0, 190. Jst talkin for attention. Not gonna end well buddy."

Tabor took aim at Tennessee again during the NBA Finals after Golden State routed Cleveland in Game 2. Tabor was discussing the Cavs' loss on Twitter with teammate Quincy Wilson and tweeted: "They ain't trippin. They just can't hang, something like UT in the fourth lol."


Even longtime Gainesville Sun columnist Pat Dooley joined the fray when he compared the Vols to the Kardashians and wrote earlier this month that they had won another summer.

And to Dooley's point, lost in all the hype surrounding the Vols is that Florida did win the SEC East championship a year ago in McElwain's first season -- without a quarterback for much of the season and with a woefully inexperienced offensive line. The Gators are like a lot of other people around the college football world. They have to see it to believe it.

"Tennessee is Tennessee, and we're Florida," Gators safety Marcus Maye said. "So what you see out of that is what you get, and it's been that way for a while."

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Sounds like Tennessee's attitude a few years ago with respect to Kentucky.

"All we gotta do is show up and we'll win." - Fake Tyler Bray
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When you beat a team 11 years in a row and around 16 out of the last 20....then you have a right to talk. When you're on the losing end like UT.....it's best to keep your trap shut and go play the game.
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Jul 19 2016, 01:17 PM
When you beat a team 11 years in a row and around 16 out of the last 20....then you have a right to talk. When you're on the losing end like UT.....it's best to keep your trap shut and go play the game.
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