Gator Country

Ah, now the coach is talking smack.

Today’s game will be a chance for Phil Fulmer to back up his statement that his Vols are going to “kick Florida’s butt.”

OK, but on the other hand, if they don’t, Fulmer may be out on is butt after the season, having lost to the Gators four straight times.

This series usually generates emotional responses, as it did last week when Brandon Spikes reminded everybody that in 2007 that the Vols had “quit.”

The now-graduated Derek Baldry, a former Army Ranger, reported last year that on an extra point near the end of the game, won by Florida 59-20, an unidentified

Tennessee player told him he was going to pull up on the play. And he did.

When that word leaked out a about the Tennessee “quitter,” it quickly made its way back to Knoxville.

Maybe that was enough to motivate the Vols, who played their way to Atlanta and lost to LSU in a decent showing, 21-14.

So will the words of Spikes and Baldry come back to haunt Urban Meyer?

Maybe. However, Florida has more speed and a better team.

That’s why I expect them to pull away in the fourth quarter for a 38-17 victory.

Actions, not words do the talking.

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