{"id":5927,"date":"2009-10-06T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/florida-vs-lsu-betting-tebows-health-is-focus-of-sec-showdown\/"},"modified":"2009-10-06T15:43:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T20:43:00","slug":"florida-vs-lsu-betting-tebows-health-is-focus-of-sec-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/florida-vs-lsu-betting-tebows-health-is-focus-of-sec-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida vs LSU Betting &#8211; Tebow&#8217;s Health Is Focus Of SEC Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>When it comes to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sports-betting\/football\/ncaa\/florida-lsu-odds\" title=\"Florida vs LSU betting\" id=qi42>Florida <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> LSU betting<\/a>&nbsp;for this massive Saturday night clash, all eyes and ears are waiting for news on one player and a concussion that threatens to keep him out of this game, as well as his team&#8217;s No.1 ranking.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><b><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Florida <span class=SpellE>vs<\/span> LSU Betting &#8211; Saturday, October 11, 8:00 PM ET<\/span><\/font><\/b><o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The No.1 Gators&#8217; top-ranked ground game depends heavily on quarterback Tim <span class=SpellE>Tebow<\/span>, who suffered a concussion in a 41-7 win two weeks ago at <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Kentucky<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. The former Heisman winner hasn&#8217;t been cleared to play as of Tuesday, and coach Urban Meyer may leave this until game-time. This means John Brantley will be making his first-ever start for the Gators, and this isn&#8217;t a good thing for <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.betonline.com\/sportsbook\" title=\"sports book\" id=xg2g>sports book<\/a>&nbsp;odds: the Gators opened as a 9.5-point favorite, but have since dropped to 7.5 and it&#8217;s possible that it&#8217;ll drop more.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The No.4 Tigers got two rushing touchdowns from Charles Scott in the fourth quarter of an enthralling 20-13 win at <\/span><\/font><st1:country-region><st1:place>Georgia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, capping a big day on the ground for LSU as they ran for 156 yards. A productive rushing attack is exactly what the Tigers need, because quarterback Jordan Jefferson doesn&#8217;t exactly inspire confidence. He was 18-of-27 for 212 yards and a pick, and he&#8217;s much better as a game manager, not a player who will win a game for you. LSU is also 17<sup>th<\/sup> in the nation in points allowed.<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.payperhead.com\" title=\"Betting services\">Betting services<\/a>&nbsp;are waiting to hear what&#8217;s going on with <span class=SpellE>Tebow<\/span>, so keep a close eye on the online wagering line as we come closer to game time. <\/span><\/font><st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> has won six of their last 10 against the Tigers, including <span class=GramE>a 51<\/span>-21 destruction at home last year, but LSU has won 32 night games in a row at Tiger Stadium, as known as &#8220;<st1:place>Death Valley<\/st1:place>&#8220;, one of the craziest places to play in all of college football. LSU gained some respect with their gutsy win between the hedges at <st1:country-region><st1:place>Georgia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, and look for them to blow the national-championship race wide open with a victory. Take the Tigers over <st1:State><st1:place>Florida<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freesportsbetting.org\" title=\"sports picks\" id=sj7v>sports picks<\/a>&nbsp;this weekend. <o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to Florida vs LSU betting&nbsp;for this massive Saturday night clash, all eyes and ears are waiting for news on one player and a concussion that threatens to keep him out of this game, as well as his team&#8217;s No.1 ranking. Florida vs LSU Betting &#8211; Saturday, October 11, 8:00 PM ET The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/florida-vs-lsu-betting-tebows-health-is-focus-of-sec-showdown\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Florida vs LSU Betting &#8211; Tebow&#8217;s Health Is Focus Of SEC Showdown<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}