Prime-time action: The Oct. 10 game between Florida and LSU in Tiger Stadium will kick off at 7 p.m. and will be televised nationally in prime time by CBS, the Southeastern Conference and the network announced today. That will be the second consecutive week an LSU game is broadcast by CBS. The network will show Saturday’s game at Georgia at 2:30 p.m. CBS’ decision to show the game isn’t a surprise. Florida, the defending BCS champions, is ranked No. 1 in the nation, while the Tigers are ranked No. 4. The status of Tim Tebow, Florida’s Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, is up in the air. Tebow suffered a concussion in Saturday’s game against Kentucky and was hospitalized overnight. The Gators have a bye week before playing LSU. Florida officials say they are monitoring Tebow and will have an announcement on his status later this week.
Special player: LSU’s Chad Jones has been named Southeastern Conference Special Teams Player of the Week. Jones returned a punt 93 yards for a touchdown in the Tigers’ 30-26 victory at Mississippi State on Saturday. Jones deflected a pass on third down and helped stop State quarterback Tyson Lee an inch short of the end zone on LSU’s fourth-quarter goal-line stand.
Championship trip:Members of the LSU baseball team are set to visit Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. The Tigers, who won the College World Series earlier this year, will go to the nation’s capital, where they will tour historic landmarks and monuments and meet with leaders. LSU officials say further details of the trip, including with whom the Tigers will visit, will be announced later. This is the first trip by an LSU baseball team to Washington since 1991, when the CWS champs met with former President George H.W. Bush.
