Tebow runs Gators to momentum: Other SEC notes

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At the end of every football season, a head coach usually has instant recollection of at least five plays that affected his team's season, positive or negative.Florida had one of those plays in its 51-21 blowout of LSU Saturday in Gainesville.After Florida jumped to a 20-0 lead, LSU scored on its last possession of the first half and on its first possession of the second half to cut the Gators' lead to 20-14 with 8:41 left in the third quarter."We're right back in it," LSU coach Les Miles said.On Florida's ensuing possession, the Gators were faced with a third-and-3 at the Florida 40. Since the Gators had been throwing on third down most of the night, Florida crossed up the Tigers by running quarterback Tim Tebow for a 4-yard gain off the left side of the line."I thought that was one of the great calls (by offensive coordinator) Dan (Mullen)," Florida coach Urban Meyer said. "You start getting into a rut and every third down and 3 and 4, throwing it, throwing it, throwing it, and we called a Q zone (run). ... That's when you knew. I saw that look that we've seen him do many times around here. That was classic Tebow."With the possession still alive, Florida continued on an eight-play, 67-yard drive that Tebow ended with a 2-yard touchdown run. It gave Florida a 27-14 lead and began a string of 21 unanswered Gators' points."They get to third-and-3, and we just need to stop them right there," Miles said. "We didn't get them stopped, and we really didn't get them stopped the rest of the game."TOURING THE SECVanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson says that quarterback Mackenzi Adams, who came off the bench and rallied Vandy to a win over Auburn on Oct. 4, will start Saturday at No. 10 Georgia unless something unusual happens. Johnson said Adams will get most of the work in practice this week instead of Chris Nickson and hopefully give a fresh start to the offense. "Mackenzi has demonstrated he can sit in the pocket and figure things out and see who's open and do a good job of hitting them," Johnson said. ... Georgia has lost another starting left offensive tackle for the season. Vince Vance will need reconstructive right knee surgery after getting hurt in Saturday's 26-14 victory over Tennessee. The Bulldogs lost Trinton Sturdivant to a season-ending knee injury before the first game. Kiante Tripp moved up as the starter in the first three games before moving to tight end. Vance, a junior, made his third start before hurting his knee vs. the Vols. He was the only upperclassman among the five starting offensive linemen. Georgia could start three freshmen on the line this Saturday against Vanderbilt: center Ben Jones, guard Cordy Glenn and right tackle Justin Anderson. ... Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino gets to see a familiar team this week. The Hogs play at Kentucky where Petrino, Louisville's former coach, gets to again face the Wildcats and UK coach Rich Brooks. "They are very well coached on defense," Petrino said. "They've really developed those players. We played against a lot of those players when they were just babies." Petrino said he loved the Louisville-Kentucky rivalry because it was the season opener. "It was great for the state of football in Kentucky because people talked about it all summer," Petrino said. "I think it really helped high school football in our state."... The Wildcats suffered a big loss over the weekend when senior wide receiver Dicky Lyons Jr. tore two knee ligaments making a catch against South Carolina. Brooks said Lyons' UK career is over, and said that Randall Cobb, the team's backup quarterback, becomes UK's No. 1 receiver and punt returner. ...The fact No. 2 Alabama is 6-0 doesn't excite Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban as he gets his team ready to host Ole Miss on Saturday. His reason is 'Bama began last year 6-2, then lost its last four regular-season games before ending a 7-6 season with a 30-24 victory over Colorado in the Independence Bowl. Saban hasn't forgotten a year ago. "The challenge for the second half of the season is, 'Can we finish games, can we play consistently, can we do that?'" Saban said. "Regardless of what the results are, the season starts now." ... How much is 2-4 Tennessee's offense in the dumps? The Vols are No. 104 (out of 119 Division 1-A teams) in total offense (299.5 yards per game), No. 108 in scoring (17.3 points per game), No. 113 in first downs (14.8 per game), No. 107 in time of possession (27:12) and No. 97 in third-down conversions (32.9 percent). "No one is happy with this," Vols' quarterback Nick Stephens said.(Ron Higgins writes for The Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Tenn.)