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Florida defensive back Jabari Gorman (21) tackles LSU wide receiver Jarvis Landry after a pass reception in the teams' 2013 meeting.
Gerald Herbert | AP
We have the latest set of demands from LSU athletic director Joe Alleva for playing an SEC game against Florida.
First, the game has to be in Baton Rouge.
Second, the only acceptable date is the first Thursday after a full moon with Mercury in retrograde. That date is not acceptable if Alabama has an open date within 30 days either before or after that date. Also, the date will not be acceptable if it coincides with Boxing Day or Ed Orgeron's birthday.
Third, Florida must pour gumbo down their pants before each third down.
Those demands are no more ridiculous than others that Alleva has made. At one point, LSU probably occupied what little high ground existed in the Cancellation Fiasco. Florida certainly seemed to make little effort to play the game, even when other schools in the region affected by Hurricane Michael managed to make accommodations. But since then, LSU has been simultaneously petulant and paranoid about every suggestion, to the point where one wonders if they aren't angling for an advantage, if only to get a home game. With that, here is this week's Power Poll, including all those teams that actually managed to play.
(Last week's ranking in parentheses)
1. Alabama (1) -- The Crimson Tide heads into its biggest rivalry game of the year with many questions still unanswered, including "which piece of audio equipment will Nick Saban toss this week?"
2. Texas A&M (2) -- Still undefeated, still looking great in some areas. On the other hand, how do you play at home against a team that turns the ball over six times in regulation and gives up 650 yards -- and still wind up in overtime?
3. Ole Miss (3) -- Off week or not, Chad Kelly found a way to grab some gridiron action over the weekend, running onto the field at a high school game when his younger brother was involved in a players' brawl. Yes, it was ill-advised although it was also the longest run by an Ole Miss offensive player all season.
4. LSU (4) -- LSU does actually play a game this week, I think, hosting Southern Miss in Game Two of the Orgeron Era. No doubt the Golden Eagles will have at least one successful play in the game, which the LSU fans can then blame on the fact that the SEC Office is in Birmingham.
5. Auburn (6) -- The Tigers are quietly getting better as Gus Malzahn has moved from an inch away from being fired back to a figure that AU fans can tolerate -- at least for the open week.
6. Tennessee (5) -- Alvin Kamara for Heisman, just to add to the luster of Alabama's recruiting of running backs in the past decade.
7. Florida (7) -- Steve Spurrier. Tim Tebow. Weather Radar. The great Florida legends.
8. Arkansas (8) -- Things are bad for Bret Bielema when the College of Agriculture faculty turns on him. Means he's lost his grassroots support. (Terrible pun, but no worse than saying that a few more losses like that and he'll be put out to pasture.)
9. Georgia (10) -- If you find yourself squeezed out of the SEC Championship by a Hail Mary and a hurricane, do you start to wonder if maybe you should put a few extra nickels in the collection plate?
10. Missouri (11) -- The Pluto of the SEC. Technically, Mizzou is part of this solar system but is it a full-fledged planet? Is anything happening there? Hello?
11. Mississippi State (9) -- Unless the Bulldogs pull off a miracle in Provo on Friday night, it's going to take a bigger series of miracles to get them into a bowl game.
12. Kentucky (12) -- UK doesn't exactly control its own course to Atlanta -- it would need someone to help out with Florida (someone like, oh, LSU) but the Wildcats aren't eliminated by mid-October, which is pretty good.
13. South Carolina (13) -- While the presidential candidates bicker about taxes, you won't hear Will Muschamp complaining about the inheritance tax. That's because Steve Spurrier didn't leave him a damn thing.
14. Vanderbilt (14) -- I'm not saying that Vanderbilt would like for a hurricane to threaten Nashville every once in a while. I'm just saying the occasional break from the usual result might be welcome.
TideSports.com - SEC Power Poll: Post-Hurricane Matthew edition
Florida defensive back Jabari Gorman (21) tackles LSU wide receiver Jarvis Landry after a pass reception in the teams' 2013 meeting.
Gerald Herbert | AP
We have the latest set of demands from LSU athletic director Joe Alleva for playing an SEC game against Florida.
First, the game has to be in Baton Rouge.
Second, the only acceptable date is the first Thursday after a full moon with Mercury in retrograde. That date is not acceptable if Alabama has an open date within 30 days either before or after that date. Also, the date will not be acceptable if it coincides with Boxing Day or Ed Orgeron's birthday.
Third, Florida must pour gumbo down their pants before each third down.
Those demands are no more ridiculous than others that Alleva has made. At one point, LSU probably occupied what little high ground existed in the Cancellation Fiasco. Florida certainly seemed to make little effort to play the game, even when other schools in the region affected by Hurricane Michael managed to make accommodations. But since then, LSU has been simultaneously petulant and paranoid about every suggestion, to the point where one wonders if they aren't angling for an advantage, if only to get a home game. With that, here is this week's Power Poll, including all those teams that actually managed to play.
(Last week's ranking in parentheses)
1. Alabama (1) -- The Crimson Tide heads into its biggest rivalry game of the year with many questions still unanswered, including "which piece of audio equipment will Nick Saban toss this week?"
2. Texas A&M (2) -- Still undefeated, still looking great in some areas. On the other hand, how do you play at home against a team that turns the ball over six times in regulation and gives up 650 yards -- and still wind up in overtime?
3. Ole Miss (3) -- Off week or not, Chad Kelly found a way to grab some gridiron action over the weekend, running onto the field at a high school game when his younger brother was involved in a players' brawl. Yes, it was ill-advised although it was also the longest run by an Ole Miss offensive player all season.
4. LSU (4) -- LSU does actually play a game this week, I think, hosting Southern Miss in Game Two of the Orgeron Era. No doubt the Golden Eagles will have at least one successful play in the game, which the LSU fans can then blame on the fact that the SEC Office is in Birmingham.
5. Auburn (6) -- The Tigers are quietly getting better as Gus Malzahn has moved from an inch away from being fired back to a figure that AU fans can tolerate -- at least for the open week.
6. Tennessee (5) -- Alvin Kamara for Heisman, just to add to the luster of Alabama's recruiting of running backs in the past decade.
7. Florida (7) -- Steve Spurrier. Tim Tebow. Weather Radar. The great Florida legends.
8. Arkansas (8) -- Things are bad for Bret Bielema when the College of Agriculture faculty turns on him. Means he's lost his grassroots support. (Terrible pun, but no worse than saying that a few more losses like that and he'll be put out to pasture.)
9. Georgia (10) -- If you find yourself squeezed out of the SEC Championship by a Hail Mary and a hurricane, do you start to wonder if maybe you should put a few extra nickels in the collection plate?
10. Missouri (11) -- The Pluto of the SEC. Technically, Mizzou is part of this solar system but is it a full-fledged planet? Is anything happening there? Hello?
11. Mississippi State (9) -- Unless the Bulldogs pull off a miracle in Provo on Friday night, it's going to take a bigger series of miracles to get them into a bowl game.
12. Kentucky (12) -- UK doesn't exactly control its own course to Atlanta -- it would need someone to help out with Florida (someone like, oh, LSU) but the Wildcats aren't eliminated by mid-October, which is pretty good.
13. South Carolina (13) -- While the presidential candidates bicker about taxes, you won't hear Will Muschamp complaining about the inheritance tax. That's because Steve Spurrier didn't leave him a damn thing.
14. Vanderbilt (14) -- I'm not saying that Vanderbilt would like for a hurricane to threaten Nashville every once in a while. I'm just saying the occasional break from the usual result might be welcome.
TideSports.com - SEC Power Poll: Post-Hurricane Matthew edition
