Game 5 @ LSU: This Is Why We Play The Game

by mlmintampa on Oct 10, 2009 1:51 PM EDT

Florida Gators at LSU Tigers, Oct 10, 2009 8:00 PM EDT

At this point, the question is not will Tim Tebow play tonight at LSU. It is how much will he play. Tebow has been cleared to practice, which you'd assume makes him cleared to play. Secondly, the concern of Meyer and others to hold Tebow out for his own good is based on how dramatic Tebow's original injury was. While people who suffer a concussion are more likely to suffer a second one, it's like saying people who separate their shoulders are more likely to do it again. The risk is higher, but not new.

I expect to see John Brantley tonight, just to mix it up. I also hope for a more traditional offense that leans on actual running backs to move the ball. For all of this talk about Tebow and injuries and Tiger Stadium at night, this game is still epic. One versus Four in one of America's greatest stadiums is exactly what we expected when the season began.

[UPDATE] Just because he is medically cleared, does not mean he will play.

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If Tebows good enough to play a single snap, then he’s good enough to play them all. I expect Brantley to be used to spell him and hopefully wind a win down, but it shouldn’t be any different than any other game. heck, I expected John to be getting meaningful snaps with the first team and Tebow to be less of a force on the ground all along, so it’s really just a shame that it took an injury to make those two options more likely.

"A player who conjugates a verb in the first person singular cannot be part of the squad, he has to conjugate the verb in the first person plural. We. We want to conquer. We are going to conquer. Using the word 'I' when you're in a group makes things complicated." ~ Wanderley Luxemburgo, 1999

by ejruiz on Oct 10, 2009 8:43 AM EDT reply actions

Brantley will play in 2010

glad to see we can still win with urban doing his best Ron Zook impression and sitting on a 7 point lead. Why won’t he give Moody the ball when we insist on running the dive play 80% of the game?!?!

I predict two 12-0 teams playing for the national title in Atlanta this December….

by skigator93 on Oct 10, 2009 11:39 PM EDT reply actions

i still say florida will play usc in the rose bowl

usc will run the table. texas is going to stumble somewhere along the line. they got okie next. texas has only one impressive win all season. kansas is skating by and will be beat. like they say it’s better to lose early than late. usc gets to showcase their defense against the irish next week. i hope jimmy’s clausen turf toe is about 100% b/c he will be running on fumes by the 4th quarter just like his team has. i predicted this would happen before even a snap of the football. it’s what everyone wants. sec vs pac-ten. east vs west. california population vs florida population equals largest tv audience to ever watch a nc game. there is alot of football to play but florida’s only obstacle is alabama and usc’s is really nobody. they lost there usual 1 game and now they run the table. unless their offense gets better i could see florida a -8 point favorite even though the game is in pasadena. have to see more football before i decide if usc could cover. good luck for the rest of the season

by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 10, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions

I do not want to play USC in teh BCSCG

Only because it will drive up ticket costs to have a local team playing in Pasadena.

After seeing today’s games, I think we all know that the national title game is really in Atlanta this season. Hope to meet some of you there. Please let me know the week of the game if you are going to be in town!

by skigator93 on Oct 11, 2009 12:04 AM EDT up reply actions

good question

Moody was pounding the rock, but he gets no love? What does he have to do to get the rock?

by Hook85 on Oct 11, 2009 1:36 AM EDT up reply actions

if i was a florida fan i would want to crush usc in their backyard.

tebow ends his career as greatest college football player ever. urban meyer would be a coaching genious. you shut up all the west coast people who rightfully say that florida does not like to travel to the west coast. that is how i see it. i’m nuetral. i live in reno/ tahoe area. i love college football much better than pro, but i do like making money on it. nothing wrong with making money on something you enjoy and understand. it’s the american way. ramble on!

by wolfmanshowlforever on Oct 11, 2009 12:24 AM EDT reply actions