Keys to victory: No. 20 Florida at LSU

UF receiver Jacob Copeland makes a Vanderbilt defender miss on Oct. 9, 2021. GatorCountry photo by David Bowie.The storylines surrounding Saturday’s game between No. 20 Florida and LSU feel very similar to last year’s meeting, which has to be frightening to everybody in Gator Nation.

The Gators (4-2, 2-2 SEC) are still mathematically alive in the SEC East race, while the Tigers’ season is essentially over at this point. They have been all but eliminated from West division contention, they’ll be missing a handful of key starters on both sides of the ball and coach Ed Orgeron’s future with the program is in doubt, to say the least.

But all of those things, save for maybe the Orgeron hot seat…