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2005: Florida 19, Tennessee 6 Tennessee was a preseason top 5 team, but were promptly undressed by Urban Meyer in his first season. That will be a pattern.
2006: Florida 21, Tennessee 20 Tennessee led for most of the second half, but a freshman Tebow used the power of the cross to convert a fourth-and-one that led to the winning TD.
2007: Florida 59, Tennessee 20 There was a little bit of everything in this nuclear disaster: Fulmer’s legendary shitty special teams giving up a punt return TD, Percy Harvin fucking us every which way, Tebow combining for four TDs in his first SEC start, and an Arian Foster fumble returned for a TD -- a series after Eric Berry’s pick-six had actually made it a one-score game in the second half. Fuck Arian Foster.
2008: Florida 30, Tennessee 6 Not even close and the last year Fulmer would have the ignominy of getting outcoached by Meyer.
2009: Florida 23, Tennessee 13 Lane Kiffin was running his mouth and the Gators were favored by four touchdowns, so everyone was expecting this to be genocidal. Tebow was mediocre though, and it was a single-touchdown game until late in the fourth.
2010: Florida 31, Tennessee 17 Derek Dooley fucking sucks.
2011: Florida 33, Tennessee 23 Justin Hunter tore his ACL on his first catch of the game. It was that kind of depressing day.
2012: Florida 37, Tennessee 20 This was one of the worst defensively coached games I’ve ever seen (Florida ran for 300 yards). Tennessee’s DC at the time, Sal Sunseri, is now making an impact as the LB coach for the Oakland Raiders (32nd in NFL defense / 35 PPG / 518 YPG).
2013: Florida 31, Tennessee 17 Butch Jones’ inaugural year. Pass.
2014: Florida 10, Tennessee 9 The first omen that Butch Jones teams could not finish games. Both these teams were very shitty, but the Vols defense had forced three interceptions, knocked out the starting QB and had a 9-0 lead in the fourth quarter before it all collapsed. Future NCAA Hall of Fame coach Will Muschamp wrapped up his 4-0 record against the Vols. He was 10-18 against the rest of the SEC.
2015: Florida 28, Tennessee 27 Honestly one of the top five maddest experiences I’ve had while watching a football game. Butch can win five national titles and I will never forgive him for the bullshit he pulled in this game. --------
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