{"id":1697,"date":"2008-09-20T08:49:41","date_gmt":"2008-09-20T13:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=1697"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:02:06","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:02:06","slug":"wk4-florida-tennessee-pick-20908","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/ncaa-football\/wk4-florida-tennessee-pick-20908\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida (-7.5) at Tennessee Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Florida (-7.5) at Tennessee 3:30 pm ET<\/h2>\n<p>Tennessee rebounded from a stunning loss to UCLA, taking down overmatched UAB 35-3 in home opener. Quarterback Jonathan Crompton was much more comfortable under center in his second start, though consideration must be given to the Florida front four, who might be just a tiny bit better than the Blazers. <!--more-->\u00a0Coach Phillip Fullmer hopes the miscues that cost him a victory in Los Angeles will be cleaned up and the Vols will give a clean performance against Florida at Neyland Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>If Tennessee has SEC aspirations and a desire to play in a New Year\u2019s Day bowl, this becomes a must win. A second loss with trips to Auburn, Georgia and South Carolina still to come, makes this heated encounter a requirement. Tennessee has strained in this matchup, winning four of 15 times with a 4-10-1 ATS record.<\/p>\n<p>Florida needed big plays on special teams and a dominant performance on defense to put away Miami 26-3 at The Swamp. The offense had a difficult time with the Hurricanes, having similar athletes to Florida.<br \/>\nTim Tebow struggled in the first half but they started to march in the second, scoring 17 fourth quarter points. The defense has held a couple of opponents to 191 total yards per game and Florida is 13-4 ATS after allowing 75 or less rushing yards in two straight contests.<\/p>\n<p>Florida besides owning the Vols, they are 10-3-1 against the number in their first SEC game of the season and will be brimming with confidence. Tennessee will have a serious game face on after last year\u2019s 59-20 drubbing in Gainesville. The Vols are 7-3 ATS after allowing 170 yards or less passing. Watch the underdog who is 7-4-1 ATS in last dozen get-togethers.<\/p>\n<h3>Florida covers<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #551a8b; text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make sure to get the latest info for Florida vs. Tennessee by visiting our live odds and betting trends pages.  Here&#8217;s the preview&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[161,2312,991,2052,470,478,66495,2051,632,650,2311,911,1027,1178,1186],"class_list":["post-1697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-football","tag-betting","tag-betting-on-football","tag-picks","tag-florida-vs-tennessee","tag-free-pick","tag-free-prediction","tag-gambling","tag-gators-vs-volunteers","tag-lines","tag-matchups","tag-ncaa-week-4","tag-odds","tag-prediction","tag-sportsbookcom","tag-spread"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1697"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105783,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1697\/revisions\/105783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}