Florida 23, LSU 10 This offense will show how underdeveloped we are against this Florida defense in hostile territory.
Florida strikes first due to an LSU mistake, Swamp goes wild, Tigerfan blows up and the defenses duke it out for the remainder of the 1st End of 1st Q - 7-0 (Florida) LSU offense works down the field, settles for a 30 yarder, 7-3, Florida mustards a drive that stalls to a FG 10-3, then LSU defense comes up big with a Turnover and we punch it in 10-10 End of 2nd Q - 10-10 (Tie) LSU gets the ball first and pieces together a TD drive through the air with a Mett to ODB TD 17-10, UF mustards another drive that stalls out to a FG, 17-13, LSU begins a ground and pund late into the 3rd End of 3rd Q - 17-13 (LSU) LSU opens up the 4th with the ground and pound for a Michael Ford TD run 24-13 LSU. UF stalls again, punt, LSU again ground and pounds it, and scores on a Mett TD strike to Boone, 31-13 LSU, UF mustards up a TD in garbage time but it's too late, and the swamp empties before the clock runs out Final - 31-20 LSU And I'm sticking to it
I'm going with LSU finally having a reason to show emotion and finally comes together as a threatening offensive squad...no more drops, holding & false start penalties decrease, etc. Up until now, we have not had a true reason to come out fired up. That ends Saturday. LSU 38 Florida 27
If LSU plays like they have the past two weeks, a loss would be expected in the Swamp. However, I've also watched Florida this year, and they are not all that impressive--if an intense Tiger team shows up. The big question is whether or not that happens. We won't know until 2:30 on Saturday.