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BATON ROUGE, La. -- LSU wont give up a home game later this season to make up a game at Florida that was postponed because of Hurricane Matthew, athletic director Joe Alleva said Monday, further minimizing the possibility that the traditional rivalry game will be played at all.One thing were going to hold very firm on is we have a home game on Nov. 19 -- and were going to have a home game on Nov. 19, Alleva said. Were not going to change that situation.His stance leaves open the possibility of LSU hosting No. 18 Florida on that date and buying out the Tigers scheduled opponent, South Alabama -- should the Gators be willing to play in Baton Rouge that day and buy out their own scheduled guest, Presbyterian.Alleva said the possibility of Florida coming to LSU this season and LSU going to Florida the next two seasons had not been discussed.There do not appear to be many other options, however.LSU is free on Oct. 29, a week before hosting No. 1 Alabama, which also has off the weekend of Oct. 29.The Tigers could theoretically travel to Gainesville that weekend, but Alleva asserted, Im not in favor of playing a game on that day unless Alabama also plays a game on that day.Alabama athletic director Bill Battle declined to comment when asked about Allevas statements. And even if LSU was willing to play at Florida on Oct. 29, that would require Florida and Georgia to shuffle their annual rivalry game in Jacksonville from Oct. 29 to another day, such as Oct. 22, when both are off.When Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity was asked during an SEC Network interview Monday about the possibility of moving that game, he responded, Its impractical and I dont think its an option whatsoever.If the LSU-Florida game doesnt get made up, the schools will play only seven Southeastern Conference games this season, rather than the usual eight.That means the SEC might have to decide division winners based on conference winning percentages, as was done decades ago before every team in the conference had balanced league schedules.Deciding divisions based on winning percentage could become advantageous for Florida if No. 9 Tennessee -- which is coming off a loss at sixth-ranked Texas A&M and hosts No. 1 Alabama this Saturday -- loses just one more SEC game. If Florida then wins its final four SEC games against Missouri (at home), Georgia (at home), Arkansas (on the road) and South Carolina (at home), the Gators would win their division with a 6-1 league record despite losing to Tennessee, which would be 6-2.Meanwhile, if LSU won its final four SEC games against Mississippi (at home), Alabama, Arkansas (on the road) and Texas A&M (on the road), the Tigers would still finish second in the West if the Crimson Tide finished with only one league loss.If those scenarios play out, maybe there has to be another way of looking at who the division champions are. Maybe you only look at divisional play, Alleva suggested, but stressed that theres been no discussion at all about doing that.In a statement Monday, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey reiterated that he wants administrators from LSU and Florida to work collaboratively to reschedule the game this season.We need to play the game and we need to have people come together to find a way to make that happen, Sankey said.Alleva has said that LSU -- which in 2005 moved a home game to Arizona State because of Hurricane Katrina and then delayed a home game against Tennessee for two days because of Hurricane Rita -- made every effort to have last weekends game played at Florida on Sunday or Monday, or in Baton Rouge. Alleva expressed frustration that Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley balked at LSUs offers to get the game in last weekend until Thursday, when Sankey decided to postpone it. By contrast, South Carolina and Georgia agreed to delay their game from Saturday until Sunday.I watched South Carolina play Georgia yesterday, and I was wishing we were playing -- somewhere -- either here or there, Alleva said.In Louisiana, several columnists and sports talk-show hosts expressed cynicism over Floridas indecision as the hurricane approached, and questioned whether the Gators preferred an indefinite postponement because it could improve their chances to win the SEC East and allow extra rest for a slew of injured key players. LSU is unranked but coming off a 42-7 win over Missouri in its first game under interim coach Ed Orgeron.Florida coach Jim McElwain expressed disgust and disbelief that anyone would think his team tried to dodge playing LSU.Nineteen deaths, 2.5 million people without power, families in dire needs, McElwain said. Obviously, they dont know me. They dont know the Florida Gators. They dont know our players. Dodging the game? Wow. ... 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The 26-year-old Ireland striker, who has four goals this season, has signed a three-and-a-half year contract with his new club. Alex Sandro Juventus Jersey . LOUIS -- Alexander Steen scored a power-play goal with 59. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee defensive end Derek Barnett is returning home with a chance to make history.Barnett, who is from Nashville, heads into the final regular-season game of his junior year with 31 career sacks. That leaves him just one shy of Reggie Whites 33-year-old Tennessee career record.All season, Barnett has downplayed the importance of setting that record. That hasnt changed now that hes only one away it as he heads to his hometown for the 24th-ranked Volunteers Saturday matchup with Vanderbilt (5-6, 2-5 SEC).I would be excited to catch that record back home, but Id be more excited if we get a `W, Barnett said after earning his 31st sack last week in a 63-37 victory over Missouri. Every time I step on the field, thats what Im worried about is winning. If thats me getting a sack, helping the team win, then (thats) good. Or if thats me just affecting the quarterback, getting no sacks and we still win, Im fine with that.Barnett already is the first Southeastern Conference player ever to post at least 10 sacks in three separate seasons. After posting 10 sacks each of his first two seasons, Barnett has an SEC-leading 11 sacks this year.Saturdays game also matches the SECs two top players in tackles for loss, as Barnett has 17 and Vanderbilts Zach Cunningham has 16 +.Tennessee (8-3, 4-3) has needed Barnett more than ever to lead a defense decimated by injuries at every level.The line lost three of its top tackles when Shy Tuttle and Kahlil McKenzie suffered season-ending injuries and Danny OBrien was dismissed from the team. The linebacker corps lost Jalen Reeves-Maybin and Quarte Sapp to season-ending injuries and also was missing Darrin Kirkland Jr. for five games due to a high ankle sprain. The secondary lost Cam Sutton for six games and could be without leading tackler Todd Kelly Jr. for a second straight game this week.I remember him in the locker room at halftime getting on guys, pushing the defense to play better, quarterback Joshua Dobbs said. If he sees guys are slacking or he sees guys are doing well, hes the first one to say anything.Barnett also has led by example..dddddddddddd. He has played his best when the stakes are highest, as all 11 of his sacks this season have come in SEC competition.When I watch him, that dudes a monster, Vanderbilt coach Derek Mason said. Hes a beast one-on-one. Ive seen him beat one guy, two guys, three guys.Barnetts 50 career tackles for loss rank third in school history and put him three away from the school record set by Leonard Little, who had 53 from 1995-97.The only active Football Bowl Subdivision player with more career sacks is Texas A&Ms Myles Garrett, who has 32 +.Hes got a great motor, said Tennessee offensive tackle Brett Kendrick, who has the unenviable task of lining up against Barnett in practice. Even if you stop his initial move, hes always got a counter off that one, and even if you stop that, hes probably got a counter off that one. He just never stops.As well as Barnett has played, Tennessees defense has struggled overall. Tennessee ranks 11th out of 14 SEC teams in total defense and has given up over 400 yards rushing in each of its last two games.That may explain why Barnett has been overlooked on the national award circuit. Barnett wasnt selected as a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and the Chuck Bednarik Award, separate honors given out to the nations best overall defensive player.I dont want to take away from anybody else who was nominated for these national awards, but I dont know what else an individual has to do, Tennessee coach Butch Jones said. (Considering) the transformation of our football program -- the mentality, him as a person, him as a competitor and the productivity that hes meant to our football program -- I think youd be hard pressed anywhere in the country to find anybody better or more deserving than Derek Barnett.---AP Sports Writer Teresa Walker in Nashville, Tennessee, contributed to this report.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25---Follow Steve Megargee at www.twitter.com/stevemegargee ' ' '