College Gameday and SEC Nation favor LSU over Florida football

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Kickoff is in a few hours for Florida football’s Week 12 matchup vs LSU Tigers in the swamp, and both the College Gameday and SEC Nation teams made their picks for the rivalry game.

On College Gameday, the entire crew picked LSU except for Desmond Howard.

“(DJ) Lagway is going to play,” Howard said. “I’m not sure how effective he’ll be with that hamstring injury, but he just might get LSU. We saw them play last week vs. Alabama and that team didn’t look good, so I’m going with the Gators.”

Nick Saban, Pat Mcafee, celebrity guest voter 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 chose the Tigers because of their slim SEC Championship hopes.

“There’s still a path,” Herbstreit said. “And it’s not crazy, so they’ve got to be locked in. We’re going to learn a lot about LSU and the maturity (of) how they handle this trip against a good Florida defense.”

On SEC Nation, Roman Harper was the only 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 has been a bad team all year, but I think LSU, the way they got on their ass last week, cost them two games. I’m taking Florida.”

Paul Finebaum, Jordan Rodgers and yes, even Tim Tebow chose 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 is actually embarrassed by what happened last week. I think they played that way and unfortunately LSU wins in The Swamp a close win.”

How to watch Florida-LSU

The Gators host the Tigers in Week 12 of college football on Saturday, November 16. The SEC game starts at 3:30 PM ET and will be broadcast on ABC.

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