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Florida quarterbacks always embrace pressure of Tennessee rivalry

It has been almost 20 years, and former Florida quarterback Jesse Palmer can still picture the first time he experienced Tennessee week in practice.

“Rocky Top” blared on the practice field. Scout team quarterback Tim Olmstead emerged from the locker room in a Peyton Manning uniform, right down to the replica facemask. This was the height of Steve Spurrier vs. Phillip Fulmer era, and there was only one way to describe it.

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"It was huge,” Palmer told Sporting News. “It was massive because there was so much riding on that game.