Quick hits on the Florida-Tennessee game…

Enjoyed the game, even though it was one-sided for about 30 minutes.

Florida - an embarrassing performance in the first 30 minutes. Where was their defense?? It pretty much came down to Tennessee playing harder. It was like Florida didn’t want to be there. Having lost 3 of 4 now, the “what’s wrong” questions will continue…

Tennessee - great performance for 30 minutes, but you can’t relax against a team like Florida, even when they’re sucking like they were last night. Should have won by 20+, but slowed down in the last 10 minutes. I thought they were trying to just coast the rest of the way, and it almost bit them.

Chris Lofton - is Tubby Smith still crying? why isn’t he a Wildcat?

Pat Summitt - singing may not be her strong suit, but great job with the whole thing. (video here) Apparently it helped, too. Tennessee caught fire and blew the game open shortly after Summitt’s performance.

Peyton Manning - someone said he was at the game. I didn’t realize that. They should have focused a camera on him in the crowd once or twice. Strange, though, that they were able to beat Florida with him around.

Fans - the “overrated” chant is, well, overrated. It’s never a good idea (just ask Maryland). If they meet again next week, Florida will remember that…

Dick Vitale - made some on-air comments last week on a radio program (but didn’t realize he was on-air at the time) about an alleged comment made by Donovan in confidence. Vitale said:

Billy Donovan grabbed me all alone and said the pro scouts are making a mistake. He said there’s no way I would take Noah over - he said he would never say that publicly - over Horford.

Billy Donovan - he denied making the statement. Of course, whether he did or not, it’s still the truth. Noah is currently 4th and Horford 6th on nbadraft.net, which is just insane. I’m still wondering if Vitale talked to Donovan last night. I’d like to have heard that conversation…

I thought this was pretty good. A sign from a Kentucky student at the Kentucky-LSU game last week. (Here’s the youtube link.)