All eyes will be on LSU-Florida as apparently it will be a game-time decision as to whether Tim Tebow plays.

If Tebow misses this game, it will make his road to the Heisman significantly more difficult.  Missing a game, especially a big one like this, takes away another chance for him to state his case in front of a national audience.  It also will depress his statistics, which won’t help his cause, either.

Heisman voters know he is a great player, but they won’t give that second trophy away so easily. 

Of course, if Tebow plays tomorrow, he has a chance to leave a huge impression with Heisman voters.  A gutty performance in a win over LSU–or maybe even a close loss–could potentially put him over the top and he would then be on his way to making history.

For now, though, Tebow’s health and ability to bounce back is the X factor in the Heisman race.

Meanwhile, the current favorite–Colt McCoy–takes on Colorado.  McCoy needs to shine in this game to get some momentum heading into the Oklahoma tilt the following weekend.  At some point, McCoy must get on the kind of roll he was on last year in order to remind Heisman voters why he was the runner up–ahead of Tebow–in 2008. 

Jimmy Clausen and Notre Dame take the week off in preparation for USC, while Miami and Jacory Harris host Florida A&M.  Good chance for Harris to build up some stats against weak competition after surviving a tough four-game stretch to start the season.

This weekend and the following weekend (OU-Texas, USC-ND) will go a long way toward determining this year’s Heisman winner.   By the time October ends, I think we’ll have a good idea who it’s going to be.