Playing with expectations is a funny thing. When your team is bad, you don’t have to worry about it. The Tennessee Volunteers—for most of the past five years—have not had this issue. The team really hasn’t won enough to aspire to bigger goals.
That’s officially changed. Tennessee is currently 3-0 and ranked 11th in the AP poll, and is the clear favorite over the visiting Florida Gators, ranked 20th in the same poll. That’s right, the team who has lost 16 of the last 17 in the series is now the obvious favorite to win the game.