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Scott McLaughlin is used to being in demand but, during the Supercars meet at Pukekohe this weekend, his popularity will be off the charts. C. J. Prosise Seahawks Jersey .Among fans, along the grid and pit lane, McLaughlin is well liked.His appeal extends to team owners.Current boss Garry Rogers tried hard to keep the 23-year-old for another year but McLaughlin accepted a multi-million-dollar deal to join Roger Penskes emerging powerhouse garage.And theres plenty of love for the Volvo driver in the stands and on the hills - and nowhere more so than his native New Zealand, and perhaps no time more than this weekend.McLaughlin is the chief threat to Triple Eights dominance of the series, sitting in fourth place behind championship leader Shane van Gisbergen, Jamie Whincup and Craig Lowndes.I can really upset their party - their 1-2-3, he laughed.In truth, the happy-go-lucky Christchurch native is too much of a nice guy to ruin anyones day.Van Gisbergen will enjoy huge support of his own, too, given hes a chance - albeit a slim one this weekend on home soil - to become the first New Zealander to win the Supercars championship in 25 years.With a maximum of 600 points left to win at Pukekohe and Homebush in Sydney, the Aucklander is in a commanding position, 148 points ahead of Whincup and 385 clear of Lowndes.McLaughlin said it added up to a win-win for the local crowds.Im not out to spoil Shane. Hes got his own thing to worry about and Ive got my own thing, he said.Everythings good for New Zealanders; theyve got plenty to pick from.They can cheer for me or someone else - Shane, Fabian (Coulthard), whoever - any time they can get a New Zealander to win, its pretty good.McLaughlin is 461 points off the mark, meaning his best hope would be to make ground on Lowndes to cement the best overall finish of his career and for his team.Weve got on top of the car as the seasons gone on, he said.Weve been pretty consistent and still been running top six or seven which isnt too bad at all.But the competition is tough. We hit a really good spot at Surfers Paradise and, if we keep it in that range, we can go well at Pukekohe. 12th Fan Seahawks Jersey . Lack made 20 saves for his third shutout of the season as the Canucks blanked the St. Louis Blues 1-0 in the first post-Olympic game for both teams night. Shaun Alexander Jersey . 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So LSU and Florida will meet after all.They will play 42 days later than originally scheduled and about 600 miles west of the original site.But the No. 16 Tigers will host the No. 21 Gators on Saturday afternoon in Tiger Stadium in a game postponed from Oct. 8 in Gainesville, Fla., due to Hurricane Matthew.The new date and location came after several days of contentious negotiations involving the two schools and the SEC.Look, anything that comes up that really is out of your control, I mean, you can sit and cry about it or you can just move on, Florida coach Jim McElwain said. Thats what weve got to do. It is what it is. Were going there to play and thats the way it is.These teams seasons have come much more clearly into focus than they were when the postponement took place.LSU (6-3, 4-2 in the SEC) is 4-1 since Ed Orgeron was named interim head coach after Les Miles was fired in the wake of a 2-2 start.Florida (7-2, 5-2) has put itself on the cusp of a second consecutive SEC East Division title, though it enters the game with at least seven starters sidelined by injury. If the Gators win, they go back to Atlanta to play West Division champion and No. 1 Alabama on Dec. 3. If they lose, they can still win the East if Tennessee loses either at home to Missouri this week or at Vanderbilt next week.Had this game been played Oct. 8, Florida likely would have avoided Tigers All-America running back Leonard Fournette, who was sidelined by an ankle injury. Fournette aggravated the injury for the third time this season in a win against Arkansas last week but hes more likely to play than he would have been six weeks ago.Derrius Guice has established himself as one of the top running backs in the SEC while getting expanded playing time due to Fournettes limited playing time.Florida has the No. 2 rush defense in the SEC (111.7 yards per game), but its top three tacklers -- linebackers Jarrad Davis and Alex Anzalone and safety Marcus Maye -- wont play because of injury.The Gators also could be without as many as three starters on the offensive line.They were injured when we were about to play and then I guess they got a couple guys back and now they lost multiple guys, LSU outside linebacker Arden Key said. Sealver Siliga Seahawks Jersey. I know theyre scared to come up here because they dont have all their stars or whatnot.Both teams have starting quarterbacks who transferred from Purdue and werent starters at the beginning of the season. Danny Etling replaced a struggling Brandon Harris after two games for LSU.Austin Appleby will be making his fourth start of the season and second in a row because of injuries to Luke Del Rio.LSU, which concludes the regular season at Texas A&M on Thanksgiving night, will honor its departing seniors before a home game it wasnt supposed to have. A week ago, the Gators bid farewell to their departing seniors a week earlier than originally planned.Had this game been played as originally scheduled, LSU would be hosting South Alabama on Saturday and Florida would be hosting Presbyterian College in a tune-up for its regular-season finale at Florida State next Saturday.Gators players remember October speculation that suggested they werent eager to play the game then or now.I think the LSU game is one of the biggest games for us every season just like FSU, just like Georgia, safety Nick Washington said. I mean were going to go into it with a little more of a chip on our shoulder because of whats been said in the media and what not. I know were ready to go.So instead of playing a non-conference breather, LSU and Florida are meeting in a Top 25 matchup with important implications. In addition to the Gators trying to wrap up a division title and strengthen their long-shot of making the College Football Playoff, the Tigers are trying to enhance their attractiveness to bowls and strengthen Orgerons case to be the full-time head coach when these teams finally meet in The Swamp next season.We didnt have success in one game. Were 4-1, Oregeron said in reference to whats happened since he took over. Theres a lot of good things weve done. I really feel like we have a good football team, and I like that theyre having fun. Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '