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Florida Football: Gators bring momentum to matchup with Vanderbilt

By Shelbie Warr

GAINESVILLE, FL - OCTOBER 06: Lucas Krull #14 of the Florida Gators celebrates following a 27-19 victory over the LSU Tigers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on October 6, 2018 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images)
GAINESVILLE, FL - OCTOBER 06: Lucas Krull #14 of the Florida Gators celebrates following a 27-19 victory over the LSU Tigers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on October 6, 2018 in Gainesville, Florida. (Photo by Sam Greenwood/Getty Images) /
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Coming off a big-time win against LSU, Florida football is riding high and has quite a bit of momentum heading into Nashville to take on Vanderbilt.

The Florida Gators may be the most shocking team in the SEC right now. They continue to defy the odds in terms of what they can do and who they can beat. The Gators knocked off two SEC West big dogs in Mississippi State and LSU and now sit at No. 14 in the AP Poll, a big improvement from the disaster of a season they had a year ago.

To think that Vanderbilt would put up that much of a fight against a team that has pulled off what Florida has is insane in and of itself. However, if watching the Gators dominate from the first snap to the last sounds good to you, here is how and when you can watch this one.

Date: Saturday, Oct. 13
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Venue: Vanderbilt Stadium
TV: ESPN
Live Stream: WatchESPN | FuboTV

Betting Odds

Odds courtesy of OddsShark.com

Point Spread: Florida -7
Over/Under: 50.5

Keys to Victory

If Vanderbilt has any chance of winning this game, they need to simply not let the size of Florida and their recent success get them down. Whatever they did against Notre Dame, an almost upset for the Commodores, they need to bottle that and bring it to Vanderbilt Stadium as they take on No. 14 Florida. It would also be nice if fans actually show up for this one, but I feel like that is too much to ask at this point.

For Florida, there are a few keys to this one. The biggest? Don’t let your head get too big after beating two big-time SEC West teams. Yeah, that is cool and all, but you can’t dwell on the past. I am sure that Dan Mullen is preaching that to his team right now. The second focuses on Feleipe Franks and honestly, there is only one thing to say here- don’t suck. When Franks does “well,” the whole team does well. When he is struggling- and by that I mean more than he normally does- it isn’t a pretty sight for Gator fans.

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Prediction

Florida is only favored in this one by 7 as of right now and that is way too low, for obvious reasons. This is a Vanderbilt team that almost lost to Tennessee State two weeks ago before being knocked around by a sleepwalking Georgia Bulldogs team. My prediction? This one is all Florida from the get-go and will really only be exciting for your resident Gator fan, repping the Tim Tebow jersey every game day.

Final Score: Florida 28, Vanderbilt 3

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