Chavis Article on ESPN

fricking awesome article.

I love the fact that Tennessee's defense held Florida to its lowest output last season.

We are going to load the box to stuff the run and make Brantley beat us with his arm.

Chavis' defense has done okay vs. UF. It's the offense and special teams that has screwed the defense with short fields and TDs. If I'm not mistaken the Tennessee D held UF to 270 yards or so last year. Kinda tough to keep them off the scoreboard when the average starting field position is the UT 35 though.

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While Chavis has yet to beat Meyer in four tries, he’s had some success in holding the Gators well under their averages offensively.

Florida won 16-7 in 2005, 21-20 in 2006 and 30-6 last season. Chavis’ defense held the Gators to two offensive touchdowns and a season-low 243 yards a year ago. Nobody else held the Gators under 350 yards all season on their way to the national championship.

The 2007 game was the exception. The Vols had pulled within 28-20 on Eric Berry’s interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter, but the Gators poured it on from there and pinned a humiliating 59-20 beating on the Vols at the Swamp.

“What you’re always looking for is the win, but three of the four years we’ve played Urban, we’ve been very respectable on defense,” Chavis said. “That’s not what you’re looking for. You’re looking for the victory, but in three of those games, our defense played well enough to win.

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