Florida-LSU game officially postponed, rescheduled with new date
Florida and LSU were scheduled to meet Saturday in Gainesville, Florida, but due to COVID-19 cases on the UF football team, the game has been tentatively rescheduled to Dec. 12.
“Our priority is the health and well-being of our student-athletes and staff,” LSU Director of Athletics Scott Woodward said in an announcement from the school. “The decision to reschedule the game comes as a result of close coordination and cooperation with the University of Florida and SEC officials and we are in full support. It is disappointing for everyone, but prudent. We wish all those at Florida who may be impacted the very best.”
The tentative new date is the SEC’s built-in extra Saturday between Dec. 5’s originally scheduled regular-season finales and the SEC Championship Game on Dec. 19.
Florida-LSU is the second SEC game of 2020 to be postponed. Vanderbilt vs. Missouri was postponed due to a lack of available players for the Commodores.
Florida and LSU have had to reschedule before. The 2016 game, originally scheduled to be played in Gainesville, was postponed due to the projected track of Hurricane Matthew. LSU did not want to finish the season with three consecutive road games, so an agreement was reached to play the 2016 game in Baton Rouge with Florida hosting both the 2017 and ’18 games in Gainesville. As it worked out, the road team won each game that was moved from the originally scheduled host venue.
Smart move. If FLA can’t field 53 scholly players next week against Mizzou they’ll have to play us on our bye week of Nov 7th and move the FLA/GA game up a week to Oct 31st as they both share the same bye week. FLA/LSU Dec 12th.
I want UGA-UF on Halloween anyway
Tradition!
Fla-Ga on Halloween or screw the entire SEC. There is no greater tradition.
Absolutely, nothing better than the Cocktail Party on Halloween. I always get a little giddy when I see Halloween is going to be on a Saturday.
Y’all will probably play on October 31st. Too much money on wlocp.
Knew this was coming and hopefully all staff and kids are good. We can only hope this is not the start of the end of our football season.
Amen
Great screen name
That sucks. It’s the one game I most look forward to every year, now it’s delayed almost two months. But it’s probably a good thing for LSU. Gives them time to get their act together. Best wishes to the Florida players and staff.
Agreed. LSU vs. UF has always been an interesting, competitive game that I look forward to each season. Hoping all teams can get through this safely and that the football season we all love and hoped would happen can continue to be played. Real concern has officially crept into the room.
Agreed. It’s not the “biggest” or most “hated” rivalry game but it’s been the most exciting to watch. Always drama. Usually close. It just SUCKS SUCKS SUCKS that this is happening.
Agree b-tiger, I dislike Gators second only to BUMMA. ALTHOUGH Dan was my choice to follow Les. With our D-play we only had half a chance to win, w/o Slim Brennan we had no chance at victory. Sad… practice Bo, GEAUX TIGERS
It’s getting to the point has-been teams like us and LSU either need to play the games when they are scheduled or just cancel them for lack of interest.
Did you mean to post this on your Georgia troll account or did you forget you were still logged in here?
He’s got a half dozen active accounts, so an easy mistake to make. I wish he’d just go back to Voltrain Conductor and make it easy for the rest of us to know at a glance which posts to ignore.
LOL
If UF still has a shot at the East at that point, this is a big disadvantage for the SECCG on 12/19. You have to assume the Mizzou game is toast as well, right? With no option to reschedule.
For argument’s sake, let’s say UGA beats Bama and only loses to Florida. Let’s say UF goes undefeated the rest of the way. Both have one loss with UF holding the tie-breaker head-to-head. But UGA is 9-1 in a full 10-game schedule while UF is 8-1 and avoids a 10th game – and potential 2nd loss – against Mizzou. Who goes to the SECCG? Probably Florida, but I don’t think I’ve seen any contingencies from the SEC on how unbalanced records might impact division championships.
No matter what they do, or what anyone says, whoever wins any type of championships or divisions this year is going to have a big * next to their name for all posterity. That’s just how many people are going to view this season. Didn’t play a full 12 games schedule including OOC games, then it really doesn’t count. Someone out there somehow is going to make a gripe or complaint no matter what you do, no matter how good your team is. This season is just borked. Aside from actually getting to play games and get a little enjoyment from it, there’s no other way to look at it. A national title this year will always be about as legitimate as a UCF one for most people. Everyone is playing by a different set of rules. ACC plays more games than anyone else, Pac-10 is barely even playing half of a full schedule but they will get the chance to get into the playoff? Huh? Texas A&M is allowed to fill it’s stadium up to 100% capacity but no other SEC team is allowed that home field advantage? Huh? Some team might get to the SECCG with playing only 9 games instead of 10? Huh? Some teams at full strength will beat better teams who just happen to have key players missing cause of Covid19. Huh? That is the reality of this year.
how in the absolute hell do you figure A&M had a full capacity stadium Saturday????? were u there? from what I saw on TV, there were TONS of seats and even entire sections empty? gayturds always crying and making excuses!! lmao
They can resched the FLA/Mizzou game quite easily on Nov 7th if need be. FLA/GA gets bumped up a week to Oct 31st.
Have you seen anything reliable on that? That’s a totally different animal with two fanbases, hotels, air, rental cars, golf and fishing reservations. Not as much THE event for fans this year as normal, but that’s a multi-day vacation for thousands of UGA fans, and I’m sure a few Gators. Much tougher to just change dates on than a regular home game. Jacksonville might want to have a say as well – they would stand to lose significantly.
No nothing official, but that option is available, and really the only option. Otherwise FLA will just have to forfeit if they can’t play Mizzou. They’ve already slotted Dec 12 for both Mizzou/Vandy and Fla/LSU.
From a schedule standpoint, yes, it’s feasible. Realistically? Especially this close? I have a hard time seeing that. Far more moving parts than a typical home game. I could see it being pushed to later in the year due to an unavoidable situation like COVID, but moved up a week? Tough, tough call that would anger almost every stakeholder.
Sorry, posted this under the wrong comment the first time.
Then there’s no way FLA can win out in your above scenario by not playing Mizzou if that game is toast like you say, it would have to made up before Dec 12th or they would have to forfeit. Nov 7th is the only open date it could be played, which means UGA/FLA simply move up one week as Oct 31st is the bye week for both.
Then there’s no way FLA can win out in your above scenario by not playing Mizzou if that game is toast like you say, it would have to made up before Dec 12th or they would have to forfeit. Nov 7th is the only open date it could be played, which means UGA/FLA simply move up one week as Oct 31st is the bye week for both.
Can we blame COVID for Florida’s defensive struggles against A&M? Some players admitted to experiencing symptoms on Friday.
If player(s) were feeling symptoms Friday and said nothing then shame on them, I would slap a forfeit on them if I were commish. However, I think they need to start testing guys every day for 3 days straight before flying on a road trip.
Sure. Why not? COVID, lack of a pass rush, murder hornets, safeties playing their own brand of awful, fire at the Swamp, Will Wade…. Just a ton of 2020 badness here.
They should just get rid of all the extra cross-division games they added and use them as byes. For the games they’ve already played, those would no longer count.
They aren’t doing that, every game that has already been played will count. They might push back the Conference Title game.
And the Gators are back to undefeated – brilliant!
you KNOW they’re gonna come up with all kinds of ridiculous scenarios that will make them look better. clowns, all of them, just like that lame coach of theirs…that crybaby actually whined about a full stadium???? no way A&M had a full stadium Saturday…TONS of empty seats