No. 12 LSU 33, No. 14 Florida 29: Les Miles Works Another Miracle

Team Speed Kills nails what it is to be Les Miles:

So everyone’s going to laugh at Les Miles again, but he’s now in a prime position to be the one who laughs last.

SB Nation’s And The Valley Shook appropriates a popular meme for its postgame comments:

Seems about right.

There is no logic to any of this.

Les Miles has two quarterbacks, and few think either is better than above-average. Les Miles had his special teams ace muff a punt that led to one Florida touchdown and had his special teams give up a touchdown return to a freshman.

LSU is now just hammering away at Florida.

Jordan Jefferson’s three-yard touchdown run got LSU a 26-14 lead. A two-point conversion failed, but the two-possession lead is daunting for these Gators.

LSU has all but set the orange-clad Gators up to be jack-o’lanterns, and the unlikely pumpkin carving may happen with Gary Crowton at the stencils.

And Halloween’s three weeks away.

Chas Henry has been an All-American candidate at punter for Florida for three years. He isn’t a kicker, though, and one painful sequence just now proved it.

First, Henry pushed a 32-yard field goal right. Then, after a holding penalty on LSU, Henry shanked a 27-yarder left.

Florida has four players originally recruited as quarterbacks on its roster: John Brantley, Trey Burton, Jordan Reed, and Tyler Murphy. With Brantley banged up and Burton’s slight build working against him, Reed got the call at the goal line and came through.

Reed lowered his shoulder and got a touchdown on a second effort from one yard out, and Florida kicker/punter Chas Henry converted the extra point to give Florida a 7-3 lead.

ESPN reporter Joe Schad says John Brantley is playing with cracked ribs and a broken bone in his hand. Orlando Sentinel reporter Rachel George:

Then again, UF sports and information also erroneously misstated all sorts of facts about Trey Burton touchdowns earlier this season. We’ll update Brantley’s condition as the night progresses.