#1 Florida Gators vs #4 LSU Tigers

#1 Florida Gators vs #4 LSU Tigers
Saturday 5:00 PST

Howdy Gators:
Hope everyone enjoyed the week off from Gator football and spent some time outdoors in the beautiful fall weather we are having. More importantly, I hope Tim Tebow used the brief hiatus from the gridiron to recover from the truly terrifying hit he suffered during the trouncing of Kentucky a couple weeks ago. Like everyone in Gator Nation, I watched in fear as Gainesville’s favorite son lay immobile on the turf following a crushing tackle that resulted in a trip to the hospital and a concussion. After watching the video of the collision again and again, in excruciating slow-motion on ESPN, (it felt like watching the Abraham Zapruder film after awhile… frightening stuff!), it dawned on me that Tebow, though seemingly superhuman, is mortal and perhaps needs to be a tad more careful if he wants to extend his career beyond the college ranks.

Yesterday Tebow participated in practice, but it’s still unclear whether he will take the field this Saturday when the Gators travel to Baton Rouge to face the LSU Tigers. Urban Meyer made a statement today that he won’t pass down a verdict on Tebow until game-time, so we will all just have to wait and see. Some have speculated that this is just a ruse by Meyer to keep LSU guessing and to add to the overall drama of the game. Perhaps. We can only hope though that the reluctance to make a decision is not due to concerns over lingering effects from the concussion Tebow suffered.

As for the Tigers, they remain a bit of a mystery this season. Yes, they are ranked #4 and are undefeated, but if it hadn’t been for a goal-line stand against Mississippi State and an arguably game-changing, controversial call against Georgia last weekend, Les Miles and his boys could easily be limping into this week’s contest with an unimpressive 3-2 record. Particularly concerning for LSU is their offense, which, to put it mildly, has not been a juggernaut to date. If the Gator defense continues to dominate as they have thus far this season, I suspect the Tiger offense will continue their pattern of relative futility.
Come on out this weekend and watch the Gators take the field against the LSU Tigers. In recent years the Florida\LSU game has risen to become one of the more interesting rivalries in the country, and the upcoming contest will likely add another page to the scrapbook. It will be a night game in Death Valley so you can bet that the Tiger-faithful will be amply liquored up and in a raucous mood to dethrone the #1 team in the country. Given the rather favorable schedule the Gators have this season, a win over the Bayou Bengals could solidify Florida’s path to the Conference and National Championship games (although the game in Columbia, SC later this season looms large as well), so needless to say this is a very big game.

To quote the fine folks of Louisiana, “laissez les bons temps rouler!!”

Geaux Gators!
Courtney