It was late in the spring when I climbed the stairs to Will Muschamp’s office for my yearly pilgrimage to see what the Florida head coach (at the time) could do for our golf tournament.
There, Muschamp was making notes as he watched tape of the Baltimore Ravens.
Why? Because Cam Cameron was the Baltimore offensive coordinator on the tape and was moving on to become the coordinator for LSU.
“Will, I thought coaches are never supposed to look ahead,” I said with a smile.
Florida held LSU to 17 points later that year, but that team was offensively deficient and lost 17-6.
But that’s not the point.
The point is that everybody looks ahead this time of year. The players do. They are asked about future games a lot. Billy. Napier does. Everybody does.
The key is to not look ahead once you get into the season. But we have a ways to go so we’re going to look ahead with a pair of Dooley’s Dozens. The first today will be to rank the heat of the 12 games Florida will play and use warp factors as the measurement. I’m not a big Star Trek guy but I like saying warp factor.
You may disagree but there are so many different layers as to why I believe this is the biggest game of the season. One, it’s on the road, which is the only place the Vols have beaten Florida in the last two decades.
Secondly, it is the start of a Murderer’s Row on this schedule over the last seven Saturdays.
And third, it’s Tennessee and no matter how many times Florida beats Rocky Top there are fans who believe they still haven’t suffered enough.
