GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A shoe. A shoe. He threw a shoe!
LSU–Florida encapsulated this bizarre, insane, unfathomable year in college football quite nicely. Try to keep up.
The depleted and downtrodden 23-point underdog Tigers won a game over the No. 6-ranked team in the nation, 37–34, but only after (A) a Florida defender kept the game-winning drive alive by throwing an LSU player’s cleat 20 yards down the field; (B) LSU’s kicker, Cade York, made a 57-yard field goal through fog so dense he lost sight of the football; and (C) the Gators' kicker missed a game-tying kick of his own as time expired, and because no one could see the ball through the fog, both benches celebrated and the small crowd at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium belted out a roar, followed quickly by a groan.