Preparation & Motivation

This is Tennessee week. You know that. This is what I came to the University of Florida for - to lead my team against the best of the best, against the SEC. So it's make or break time for our season and our number 1 goal of winning the SEC again. Losing is not an option as that would put us basically 2 games behind those checkerboarded rednecks. As Coach Meyer says "Lose and we're screwed." Except well, he uses the F-word instead. As if we didn't hate Tennessee already, it's really getting pounded into our head this week. There's the big orange T's in all the urinals, and newspapers of all the close, bullshit losses to Tennessee plastered all over the walls (1998, 2001, 2003). Pardon my french, but this game gets me all wound up. Coach Meyer does NOT want this game to be close because funny things can happen, so he put up all those newspapers as a reminder of that fact.

Also, this year we added something new. Ever see the movie Major League? Well that kind of inspired this one. We've got a cardboard cutout of Phil Fulmer in the locker room and he's holding a big food tray. Any time a player makes a good play in practice they get to slap a donut sticker on the tray. On Saturday, all good plays will earn a big piece of chocolate cake sticker to also add to the tray.

Our team nutritionists estimate Fulmer's current weight to be about 422 lbs. After the game, they'll be doing all their calculations factoring in the calories of each donut & piece of cake that we feed him to figure out a new weight for the big fatty. Our goal is to get Fulmer up to 450 lbs come Sunday. If that happens we believe enough plays were made for a solid victory over Tennessee. And judging by what's been going on in practice this week, 475 lbs might not be out of the question!

Lookout Tennessee we're coming for you and your fat ass coach too.