Vols fall to Gators 31-17...Gator Bait

John Brantley threw for 167 yards and a touchdown and Mike Gillislee ran for two scores, as 10th-ranked Florida took a 31-17 win over Tennessee in the teams' SEC opener. Brantley connected on 14-of-23 throws while Jeffery Demps rushed for 73 yards on 26 carries for the Gators (3-0, 1-0 SEC), who have won 15 consecutive regular-season conference games. Trey Burton ran for a score for Florida, while Frankie Hammond, Jr. caught a touchdown pass to end a drive kept alive by a fake punt. Matt Simms passed for 259 yards and two touchdowns, but threw two costly interceptions, one in the end zone as Tennessee (1-2, 0-1) lost to Florida for the sixth straight time.