I watched the Tennessee - Florida game today.
There have been many years where this game was infuriating. Some we've just been blown out, some have been incredibly close. A couple we've won.
Never -- until today -- did the Vols hand victory over to the Gators on a silver platter. Never -- until today -- did the Vols look like they could have been defeated by your average Tennessee high-school team.
I have never seen such a pathetic display of football in my life. Tennessee managed to fumble the ball on four consecutive plays at one point. They got called for having too many men on the field -- not once, but twice. You only have to be able to count to 11 to handle that one. The pass rushers, trying to tackle Florida, looked like they were trying to grab a greased pig. On at least one play, the Florida ball carrier escaped no less than FOUR tackles before being brought down.
It got so bad in the second quarter that the 107,000 Tennessee fans began booing the Volunteers, because it was just so sad.
ESPN observed: "On the bright side, Vols quarterback Casey Clausen did complete 30 of 44 passes. Too bad that was about the same completion rate that he had with center Scott Wells on the quarterback exchange."
CNNSI said: "Scientists could study the tape of this game for hundreds of years and still not figure out how a highly ranked team, in its first big game of the season, could be flagged multiple times for such easily preventable penalties..."
Maybe one of these days Fulmer can actually get the team ready for the Florida game in September.
Oh well
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Posted by: Meredith on October 2, 2002 11:38 AM