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Gators: 30 or more
Tigers: 17 or less

Somewhere over the course of reading medical papers on concussions this past two weeks, I remember reading a statistic that surprised me: That a QB was twice as likely to have a concussion over the course of their careers than a running back.

I figured that this is for a couple of reasons:

1) If a running back is going to be hit high, they will likely see it coming. It's not too often that someone catches up with a running back from behind, or even a blind side, and doesn't try to wrap them up low to make the tackle

2) A QB is more likely to sustain a hit that they didn't see coming, and are more likely to receive a high hit because defenders are often trying to put a helmet into the QB's chest, rather than trying to wrap them up. High hits are more likely to result in an uncontrolled fall that puts the helmet forcibly on the turf.

This is a long way of saying that the greatest danger to Tebow may not be from his running with the ball, but with him throwing the ball. If that is the case, and he does play, perhaps the worst thing that Meyer could do would be to try to keep him back in the pocket and not having him try to run with the ball.

Because the only LSU sacks this year have come from Defensive Linemen, and no one ever remembers their names until they hear them.

(Alem, Nevis, & Edwards have one each, I believe). :usa:

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we just got to go out there and do our thing

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That "thing" that LSU has been doing so far, or that "thing" that LSU fans WISH LSU had been doing so far?

That "thing" that LSU has been doing so far will get the Tigers beaten on Saturday, at home, on national prime time television.

Well, I can't speak for total plays over 20 yards, but LSU has given up 20 passing plays of 15+ yards, and 4 rushing plays of 20+ yards.

Georgia has given up 33 passing plays of 15+ yards, and 1 rushing play for 20+ yards.

Georgia has played 7 games. Florida and LSU have played 6.

Florida has given up 21 passing plays of 15+ yards, and 3 rushing plays of 20+ yards.

You can look all of this up yourself at cfbstats.com

CBS gets first shot at it, then ESPN, then RayCom sports.

If you see an SEC team on ABC, it's because the home team is a non-SEC team that has a contract with ABC. Generally speaking, for non-conference games the first shot at picking up the games is in accordance with the contract of the conference that the home team is in.

So, to answer your question, ABC will NOT be picking up the LSU-Alabama game.