Harvin expected to miss today's SEC Championship game

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DECEMBER 06, 2008

ATLANTA- The week-long saga of will he or won't he seems to have come to a sad end for Florida fans.

Junior WR/RB Percy Harvin is not expected to play today when Florida meets Alabama in the SEC Championship game at the Georgia Dome.

In an early Saturday morning with ESPN, Florida coach Urban Meyer told reporter Tom Rinaldi that Harvin probably will not play today. Meyer told reporters Friday afternoon that he would evaluate Harvin following the team's Friday afternoon practice and make a determination then based on how well Harvin could move around. He has had his sprained right ankle in a boot all week.

ESPN's College GameDay is in Atlanta for the SEC Championship.

"It looks like more than likely he will not play,'' ESPN's Kirk Herbstreit said.

Harvin is the Gators’ second-leading scorer with 96 points (16 TD’s), and has 538 rushing and 595 receiving yards this season.

The winner of the game is expected to advance to the national championship game on Jan.
8 in Miami.

Posted by Times Editor at 9:28:05 am on December 06, 2008 in

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