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As if you need to be reminded, this week is Tennessee-Florida week.
That used to mean something. In the last four years, it's meant the Gators were getting a win, and normally it was easy.
Tennessee has been on the defensive since new head coach Lane Kiffin has walked on campus. Kiffin's colorful comments about Florida coach Urban Meyer made this game sort of interesting again.
Not because Kiffin and Co. can upend the Gators—nobody thinks they can—but because people want to know how many points Florida can score.
The only problem with running up the score on Tennessee is that their defense is pretty solid. But most likely, the Gators will not have really far to go for touchdowns due to the offense being pretty sloppy.
Florida had the comments made by Kiffin taken down the week before the season, as to not overlook the patsies in the way, but I would be certain they are hanging up again.
Will Lane Kiffin make good on his promise of, "Singing 'Rocky Top' all night long after we beat Florida..."?
Doubtful.
Vanderbilt will now have to face its SEC schedule without a key component of its defensive backfield.
Ryan Hamilton has a chest injury that will keep him on the sidelined for the season along with offensive tackle James Williams.
Williams dislocated his ankle—ouch.
A big game for both Mississippi State and Vanderbilt this weekend. If either team plans to make a bowl game this season, this game is a must-win.
Mississippi State had a great performance by RB Anthony Dixon. The Bulldogs were expecting as much. The rest of the offense will have to come around soon, and the defense will have to step up to be able to upend the 'Dores.
Kentucky will be in an unfamiliar position this weekend as the Wildcats take on the Louisville Cardinals.
For only the second time since the rivalry renewed in 1994, the 'Cats are the favorites.
The reason is mostly Kentucky QB Mike Hartline. The 'Cats have been producing great college quarterbacks for most of the last decade and a half. Hartline is just continuing the success.
Kentucky will need to win all of their non-conference games to potentially reach a bowl. The win over Miami (OH) 42-0 was a good start, but Kentucky cannot expect the Cardinals to be the RedHawks—despite the similarity in color and species.
South Carolina had victory ripped from the arms of Stephen Garcia last week at Georgia. Garcia had his man open in the end zone before the ball was batted out of the air.
The Gamecocks will take their frustrations out on the Owls from Florida Atlantic.
Garcia should have a spectacular game, as he has shown he can be a Steve Spurrier QB.
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