After we savor/survive today’s lunch – deep fried turkey pudding and stale dinner rolls – we’ll turn our attention to today’s premier attraction (if you live in Florida): Florida vs. Florida State.

They get together for the 55th time today at Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium at Tallahassee, Capital of Florida.

This will be the first time since K.C. and the Sunshine Band charted that Saint Bobby won’t be among the main participants, but that’s OK because the game  should be entertaining.

These teams are evenly matched in that they both are hovering somewhere between mediocre to modestly good.

The Gators, 7-4, probably have a Cotton/Outback/Chick-fil-A bowl bid at stake, while the Seminoles, 8-3, might aspire to the Gator/Champs Sports/Music City bowls.

So, even if a national championship isn’t up for grabs, fans of both teams have a major rooting interest because, if you are going to a bowl game in late December/early January, would you rather be in sunny, crowded Florida or in bleak, chilly Memphis/Nashville, where it snows for God’s sake.

Also, there are bragging rights.

We’ve summoned resident fanatics Petey “The Gators Are Going to Win” Covino and Andrew “Flaming Spear” Sullivan to break down this game for us, and the result is what you might expect from a movie critic and a photographer.

“So, we’re not great offensive minds like (beleaguered UF offensive coordinator) Steve Addazio,” Covino said, answering skeptics.

Covino’s prediction: “Florida trails after three quarters before (Tim) Tebow, disguised as Gators QB John Brantley, arrives and rallies Florida to win by 4.”

And now, Sullivan: “They’re (FSU) going to win because they’ve got to win. If they don’t hold, if the receivers catch the *!@#! ball and if the kicker gets it between the uprights, they’ll win. By 10.”

Call Sullivan cheerily optimistic.

One more from Covino: “I predict there will be less empty seats at Doak Campbell this week than there has been all season.” Ouch.

What’s left to say, except, tee it up! Oh, and, in honor of Rivalry Week, here’s the Mighty News-Gazette’s Top 13 College Rivalries:

No. 1: Auburn-Alabama. No. 2: Ohio State-Michigan. No. 3: Army-Navy. No. 4: Oklahoma-Texas. No. 5: Texas-Texas A&M. No. 6: Oklahoma-Nebraska. No. 7: Harvard-Yale (nobody said we had to watch it). No. 8: Cal-Stanford. No. 9: USC-Notre Dame (although it would be nice if the Irish actually won one). No. 10: Florida-Georgia (Bulldogs, see Irish above). No. 11: Oregon vs. Oregon State. No. 12: Alabama-Tennessee. No. 13: FSU-Miami.

To the picks:

Michigan at Ohio State (-17): Wolverines coach Rich Rodriguez might be destroying this rivalry all by himself. Buckeyes by 20.

LSU at Arkansas (-3 1/2): Guaranteed to be the most entertaining game of the weekend. Hogs by 2.

South Carolina (-3) at Clemson: The Tigers are one of the best teams who never win an important game. The other USC by 1.

Oklahoma at Oklahoma State (-1 1/2): As Flaming Spear says, if the Cowboys don’t win it now, they never will. Cowboys by a 6-shooter.

Florida at FSU (-2 1/2): I can’t argue with the Spear, because I need a few assignments shot next week. Movies I can critique myself. Noles by 4.

The paid professionals:

Tampa Bay at Baltimore (-8 1/2): Bucs are on a roll, but they are rolling into the wrong place. Ravens by 10.

Miami at Oakland (-3): Two playoff pretenders. Da Raidas by 13.

Jacksonville at N.Y. Giants (-8): Jags in the playoff hunt, and Dallas and Vikings out. What gives? G-men by 3.

Green Bay at Atlanta (-3): He who holds the ball last, wins. Falcons by 1.

San Diego at Indianapolis (-3): Dome sweet Dome for Peyton. Colts by 2.

Brian “Big Man” McBride’s Super Sniffer Upset Special: Bears over Eagles by 4.

Rick “Frisky Colt” Madewell’s Holiday Turkey Special: Bucs over Ravens by 3.

Young Jackson says: Clemson by 3 in Steve Spurrier’s Day Off, Packers by 2, me over the turkey pudding by tonight.

Last week: Golden Gobbler (8-1, 63-48) goosed Warbling Eagle (7-2, 67-44).