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Vols enjoy problem of too many RBs

By Wayne Drehs
ESPN.com

Thursday, September 19, 2002

Before every Tennessee football game, sophomore running back Cedric Houston writes an inspirational quote on two tiny sheets of paper and stuffs them into his smelly cleats. In the past, the words of Jesus, Vince Lombardi, Walter Payton, Cal Ripken Jr. and Martin Luther King Jr. have spent afternoons rubbing against the heels of Houston's sweaty feet. But perhaps this week, leading up to No. 4 Tennessee's ultra important SEC showdown with 10th-ranked Florida, the words of Steve Spurrier woul ...

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