I watched the game. Pretty much every minute of it, despite the fact that I'm not really an LSU fan or a Florida Gator. It was a spell binding game.

My interest in the game was mercenary, I suppose. I bleed Orange and White this time of year. I know all the words to Rocky Top and can carry the tune. Pro football is interesting to me primarily because players from the University of Tennessee get drafted and play there after college...

I love SEC football in general. But the real attraction of the LSU-Florida game on October 6 was simple: Florida's loss put number 25 Tennessee back in control of its own fate. If the Volunteers win their remaining conference games (Mississippi State, Alabama, South Carolina, Arkansas, Vandy, and Kentucky) they play for the conference championship.




What puzzles me most about the the game is how coaches and sports writers come up with their polls.

Follow the logic...

LSU plays Florida at Tiger Stadium in Louisiana. With home field advantage, LSU spends most of the game behind and in the last minute or two they take the lead to win the game. If home field advantage is worth just three or four points, LSU and Florida are both about as good as each other. Right? Yet Florida is now ranked 13th by the Associated Press and 14th in the USA Today poll where coaches vote.

South Carolina, who played at LSU two weeks ago and lost by twelve points instead of four (like Florida) is ranked 7th by the AP and 12th, but still ahead of Florida, in the USA Today poll.

So, did you understand the logic? Me neither. Maybe someday there'll be a better system. This week, I would have had a hard time not ranking Florida as the second best team in the nation. Most people would probably disagree with me.

When I look at the other football stuff I've read recently, the rant about Idiot pollsters on the loose makes the most sense.