College Football Corner: Gators on the Bayou

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- A few interesting tidbits as we at The Corner contemplate this week's big game: No. 1 Florida at No. 4 LSU (8 p.m. EDT, CBS).

The winner of this game has gone on to take the last three BCS national titles (Florida, LSU, Florida).

LSU has not lost a night game at home in its last 32 attempts.

Tim Tebow has a concussion.

The greatest football player who ever lived (at least according to his Gatorland and media-land admirers) has not officially received the call to start Saturday in Baton Rouge. According to reports, Tebow, who endured his head-numbing hit two weeks ago against Kentucky, shared half the snaps in Tuesday's practice with his backup, John Brantley.

But whether Tebow starts or not, Brantley, a hotly recruited quarterback himself who has performed ably in mop-up duty this year (73% completion rate, four touchdown passes against zero interceptions), has the skills to pilot the Gators to a win in Death Valley.

Jeff Demps, Florida

True, he'll be facing one of the more talented defenses in the land (LSU ranks 16th in the nation in points allowed, giving up just 14.8 per game), but Urban Meyer's Gators have a tendency to gut Les Miles' defenses on the ground. In the last two meetings, Florida has averaged 5.8 yards per carry.

Yes, much of that territory was covered by the inimitable Tebow. But Florida's pair of quality tailbacks, Jeffrey Demps and Chris Rainey, are more than capable of carrying on the team's Tiger-bait tradition of beating LSU on the ground. (Demps this year is averaging an outlandish 10.9 yards per rushing attempt.)