When the LSU Tigers football team take the field Saturday night in Baton Rouge to play the Florida Gators, they will do so as the No. 1 team in the land according to this weeks AP poll. The Tigers have not been ranked in the top spot during the season since 1959. The Tigers did finish the 2003 season No.1 by winning the BCS National Title.
Tonight's game has the appearance of a trap with all the trimmings. Florida gets knocked off by Auburn in Week-5 and must travel to face No. 1 LSU in Death Valley. It almost looks to easy making LSU the top game on your college football picks list.
Oddsmakers at Betonline.com currently have the Tigers listed as 7-point favorites versus the Gators, while the game's total is sitting at 46.
Florida scored 14 fourth-quarter points in Week 5, but fell 20-17 to Auburn as 17-point home favorites. The 37 points scored were UNDER the posted total of 51.5.
Tim Tebow went 20-for-27 for 201 yards, one touchdown and one interception, while running for 75 yards and another score. Percy Harvin caught seven passes for 119 yards for the Gators.
Charles Scott ran for two touchdowns in Week 5, as the Tigers roared past the Tulane Green Wave 34-9. The Tigers easily covered the 2-point spread on the road, while the 43 points were UNDER the posted total of 52.
Scott carried the ball six times for 53 yards, and quarterback Matt Flynn threw for 260 yards in the win.
LSU quarterback Matt Flynn, who is 4-0 as a starter, has thrown for 673 yards and 3 TDs with just 2 interceptions. LSU's running back-by-committee approach is averaging 223.4 yards per game, which ranks third in the SEC, is led by RB Jacob Hester, who has rushed for 327 yards and 4 scores. RB Keiland Williams is second on the team with 226 yards and 4 TDs, while RB Trindon Holliday has 147 yards and 1 TD. Five different running backs have scored TDs for the Tigers this year.
Defensively, LB Ali Highsmith leads the team with 33 tackles, including 3.5 for losses. DE Kirston Pittman has 26 tackles and a team-best 5.5 tackles for losses. LSU All-America DT Glenn Dorsey has 25 tackles, 4.5 TFLs and 3 sacks to his credit this year. As a unit, LSU's defense has recorded an SEC best 18 sacks to go with a league-high 10 interceptions.
Florida sophomore quarterback Tim Tebow's passer rating of 185.4 is the third-highest in the nation. Tebow has completed 69.7 percent of his passes, which is the eighth-highest mark in the country and is the best in the SEC. Tebow has thrown eight passes for 40-or-more yards this season, which is already three higher than UF did all of last season. This season, Percy Harvin is first on the team with 629 all-purpose yards and is averaging 125.8 yards per game.
This season, Brandon Spikes and Dustin Doe rank as Florida's leading tacklers with 46 and 32, respectively. Defensive end Derrick Harvey recorded a pair of sacks in Florida's last game against Auburn to bring his career total to 17. Over the last six games, Harvey has totaled eight sacks.
Online sports wagering giant Bodog (Bodoglife.com) is offering has Florida getting +245 money line juice as a road underdog. The ml price on LSU is -290.
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