LSU RB Leonard Fournette will try to play against Florida
The Gators will be without seven starters as go up against the 16th ranked Tigers, a point not lost on LSU linebacker Arden Key, 20.
Battle said he was unsure who started the engagement, but regardless, LSU coach Ed Orgeron said his team does not need to be involved in pregame fracase. We’ll see. Florida is the underdog in this game, but are they afraid? Fournette, who originally wasn’t expected to play, chose to play after the scuffle.
Coach Les Miles’ LSU career ran out of time near the Auburn goal line in Jordan-Hare Stadium on September 24 in an 18-13 loss. Both programs like to boast that they are “DBU”, because of all the National Football League prospects they seem to have annually in their respective defensive backfields.
Florida: DB Jalen Tabor has four interceptions this season to go with a sack and is among the leaders of Florida’s SEC-leading pass defense.
And both defenses bring heat on QBs.
Vernon Hargreaves watched the ball float over his head into the waiting arms of LSU kicker Trent Domingue, who bobbled it before securing it and out-racing Florida’s defenders into the end zone.
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Fournette entered the game in the second quarter and didn’t make it to the fourth, just like last week. Appleby and LSU QB Danny Etling both began their college careers at Purdue and are former Boilermakers teammates. A combination of circumstances and their own growth have allowed them to re-emerge.
It was a tough loss for the Tigers (6-4, 4-3) to take. “I think that was a good job by us”. “The SEC Network lost a game on October 8 because an SEC Network game was moved to ESPN to fill the loss of the Florida-LSU game on that date, so ESPN assigned the November 19 game to the SEC Network”. Fournette continued to push him, and then fellow Gators coaches and some of its team members came to Gray’s defense. Tennessee has the head-to-head tiebreaker over Florida this year.
ROAD WOES: Still looking for a signature road win, Florida coach McElwain is prepared for the worst in Baton Rouge. “Like, you’re going to come at us and say we’re scared, when y’all didn’t want to come to Gainesville?” “My mother is 95 years old”.
“Savage mode”, UF defensive lineman CeCe Jefferson said of the mindset before lining up on the final play. “It will be fun”. The rivalry is fiery enough as is, but the fact that the Gators had a home game stolen from them has elevated tensions.
Saturday will be an emotional game for LSU as quite a few seniors will be playing for the final time in front of the Tiger faithful: Tre’Davious White, Kendall Beckwith, Duke Riley, Ethan Pocic, Travin Dural and Josh Boutte to name a few. Guys like sophomore receiver Antonio Callaway and sophomore running back Jordan Scarlett will look to have big days for the Gators in order to take pressure off of backup quarterback Austin Appleby. It’s basically become a one-man show lately. On fourth-and-10 from the Florida 48, Etling kept the drive alive with a 30-yard connection to Chark who ran to the Florida 18.
Moments earlier, after the Gators stopped Moore inside the 1 on third down, McElwain called a timeout to have the officials review the spot.