Tiger stadium at night is NOT an intangible. Its about as tangible as anything, and the fact we will have a QB who has never started a game be playing against starters in Death Valley with rabid fans wearing Gold who want to show Urban Meyer the place will rock all night no matter what. Plus the Gators havent been tested all year, other than UT, if that counts. As an LSU fan you should give more credit to your night record and your teams desire and ability to keep it intact. Your team seems to be improving week after week. This will be a test for both our teams though. But to us Gators your intangibles are very tangible to us. Gator starters have said your stadium is the hardest place to play in. That is a compliment.
No, AZ, you've got me wrong. My days are quite cheerful, actually, because I'm comfortable with truth and reality. And I honestly do have hope that LSU can win on Saturday night. Home field, as always, will be a huge advantage. I think everyone on the board can agree, though, that whether Tebow plays or not, LSU is going to have to execute much better than they have so far if they want even a chance to win. :tigereye:
I Agree with you on this. As I said in my post above LSU has been consistent on 2 things, Playing as good as the team they are playing, and making the bigs plays when they count. Hence why we keep games close and "Survive" week after week as some call it. I call it College Football where anything is possible and a WIN is a WIN. and a LOSS is a LOSS, unless you are OU, USC, or Ohio State where some how you hang around in the top 25 with a .500 record????
None of them have won there. Last time UF beat us at home was 03 and it was a day game. 1997 we broke a 9 game losing streak to Florida, by beating them, 4 of those losses were at home, so maybe in that stretch was the last time we lost a home night game to UF. This is going to be the game of the Decade.
I agree, but what about the possibility of bringing Florida down the level at which we play, We can win simply by not allowing Florida to execute, right?
With Tebow at 100 percent before the cuncussion I would have trepidatiously predicted a Gator victory. But now I only can only watch and see and hope the rest of the offense can pull the load while Tebow is out and Brantley gets accustomed, and pull the upset on Sat night. I see the Gator win under these circumstances as an upset. If the Gators can put over two hundred yards rushing they have a good chance to win.
Completely agree. The biggest advantage going into this game is that our Tigers have been repeatedly tested and it's at home. We should be able to shut down their passing game.. our DBs >>> UF WRs. I feel like this is the 2007 BCS championship game. Our team had played like crap leading up to it and struggled against TN in the SECCG. But those struggles looked like they paid off when we faced Ohio St who was pretty much untested. If we get on them early and get this thing into the 4th quarter we've got a shot, this team knows how to win. I just want a good showing -- win or lose. I really hope Miles is intense like he was last week.. because we're going to need that.
I'm not denying the impact of those factors. But that impact cannot be quantified or defined. In other words, it's not something that we can base our game plan around or hedge our bets on. Again, this is not me saying that we can't or won't win. Personally, I think it's about 50/50. But, in reference to the origin of this thread, my observation is that the arguments for us are based factors outside of hard football facts (i.e. match-ups, performance, etc.).
