Florida Gators vs. Tennessee Volunteers Pick & Odds: September 18th 2010

Florida Gators vs. Tennessee Volunteers
Pick: Florida Gators -14 -110 odds
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After knocking the snot out of UT Martin 50-0 in its season opener, Tennessee was quickly brought back to reality last Saturday when Oregon visited Neyland Stadium and smashed the Vols 48-13! UT did have success running the football against the Ducks. Unfortunately, the Volunteers couldn’t convert on third-downs and UO quickly ripped off 45 unanswered points!

Florida returned to form last week when it steamrolled a pretty good South Florida bunch 38-14 and the Gators will look to keep things rolling against a team they love to beat. UF owns a solid 16-6 SU and 13-8-1 ATS record in this series an UT. Also, in road openers, Florida has been outstanding notching a strong 20-9-1 SU and 20-10 ATS record including an impressive 14-5-1 SU and 16-4 ATS in this role coming off a non-conference affair.

Tennessee has won a bunch a games straight up in Knoxville (45-18 SU to be exact in its last 63) but the Vols haven’t produced much profit against the spread posting a dismal 24-38 ATS record. UT has been at its worst in this role too when tackling a foe that checks in with momentum off a straight up win – now 10-25 ATS!

It’s hard to ignore the fact that Florida has posted a remarkable 66-15 SU and 44-30-3 ATS record in its last 81 games including a sensational 31-15-2 ATS in this role entering with momentum off a blowout win of 10 points or more. Gators head coach Urban Meyer didn’t like what he saw in a season-opening victory over Miami. Coach Meyer corrected the problems and his troops made huge strides in their second game against the Bulls. UF will take another leap up the improvement ladder with a decisive victory here! Take Florida! Thank you and best of luck, Tom Stryker. Get more NCAA football picks from Tom at Touthouse.com