LSU ducked Florida, and is unwilling to reschedule game by Neil Shulman

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The short of it is, LSU was given a very realistic option by Florida to consider in terms of rescheduling the game that Hurricane Matthew postponed- and turned it down.

I’ll get to what it was momentarily- even though by now we probably all know what it was- but first, let’s dispel one thing: LSU, not Florida, does not want to play the Florida-LSU game this year. They really don’t. And given that their athletic director, Joe Alleva, has publicly whined about playing Florida annually, I can’t say I’m surprised.

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Make no mistake: Florida is not ducking LSU, and anybody who still believes that either enjoys being factually incorrect or is deluding themselves. It’s the other way around. UF has every intention of playing this game.

So where does that leave the status of the game?

As it stands right now, Alleva’s refusal to play on November 19th leaves the SEC two options. One, the league could tell LSU to grow up and head down to Gainesville on November 19th, even if that means playing three straight road games (although really, with all the whining they’ve done lately, they really deserve it). Or two, push back the SEC Title Game a week and play this game the day it’s supposed to take place, on the first weekend of December.

Whatever happens, this year will be remembered for LSU’s disgraceful maneuvering of this game.

If y’all really didn’t want to play Florida, you could have just said so.

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