Kickoff is coming up in a few hours for Florida football’s Week 12 matchup against the LSU Tigers in the Swamp, and both the College Gameday and SEC Nation crews made their selections for the rivalry game.
On College Gameday, the entire crew picked LSU except for Desmond Howard.
“(DJ) Lagway’s gonna play,” Howard said. “I’m not sure how effective he’s gonna be with that hamstring injury, but he just may get LSU. We saw them play last week vs. Alabama and that team didn’t look good, so I’m gonna go with the Gators.”
Nick Saban, Pat Mcafee, celebrity guest picker Cody Rhodes, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit chose LSU.
“I think this is a little bit of a gut check for LSU,” Saban said. “If they respond the right way, I think they’re better than Florida.”
Herbsreit picked the Tigers because of their slim SEC Championship hopes.
“There is still a path,” Herbstreit said. “And it’s not crazy, so they’ve gotta get locked in. We’re going to learn a lot about LSU and the maturity (with) how they handle this trip against a good Florida defense.”
On SEC Nation, Roman Harper was the lone member of the crew to pick the Gators over the Tigers.
“Bad teams find ways to lose games, good teams find ways to win them,” Harper said. “Florida’s been a bad team all year, but I think LSU, the way they got their butts kicked last week, cost them two games. I’m going with Florida.”
Paul Finebaum, Jordan Rodgers and yes, even Tim Tebow picked LSU over Florida.
“I think DJ (Lagway) coming back gives them a chance,” Tebow said. “I just don’t know if he’s fully healthy…And I think LSU actually is embarrassed from what happened last week. I think they played that way and LSU, unfortunately, at The Swamp, gets a close win.”
How to watch Florida-LSU
The Gators host the Tigers in college football’s Week 12 on Saturday, Nov. 16. The SEC matchup will kick off at 3:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on ABC.
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