If there’s one team that can catch Florida in the battle for the mythical football recruiting title of 2007, it’s the LSU Tigers.

While the Gators have been chomping away at Miami and Florida State to own the state of Florida, LSU is looking to close well in its stomping grounds in an attempt to pass the national champions.

Florida coach Urban Meyer has garnered a lot of the attention since the New Year began. Winning a national title and having an amazing recruiting class will cause that to happen. However, don’t sleep on Les Miles. If Miles and his staff can close out on two more key blue-chippers, there’s an outside chance they could give Florida a run for their money by Wednesday — National Signing Day.

Baton Rouge (La.) Southern Lab athlete Chad Jones — the No. 14 player in the nation — will choose between LSU, Florida State and Florida on Wednesday at a press conference at his school. Although Jones hasn’t told anyone his destination, it’s widely assumed that the 6-foot-2, 220-pounder is unlikely to leave the state.

Wide receiver Terrance Toliver, the 6-foot-4, 185-pounder from Hempstead, Texas, apparently couldn’t wait for the Wednesday press conference at his high school. The nation’s No. 2 wide receiver went ahead and let the LSU coaching staff know he was going to be a Tiger.

“Yes, I did commit to LSU,” Toliver said Tuesday. “It was where my heart has been forever.  Both of them (Florida and LSU) are two good schools, but I decided that LSU needed me more than Florida did.

“(LSU) Coach (Larry) Porter said he didn’t know whether to cry or just be proud.”

But the biggest name still on LSU’s board is River Ridge (La.) John Curtis running back Joe McKnight. The 6-foot-1, 193-pounder is considered by many to be the best athlete in Louisiana in years. McKnight, ranked as the nation’s second-best player, will choose between LSU and USC on Signing Day. Again, betting against the Tigers for an in-state standout is not smart.

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If Miles can get signatures from Jones, Toliver and McKnight on Signing Day, LSU has a chance to unseat Florida — the team many have already crowned this year’s recruiting champion.

Wolverines upset: The word “upset” is an interesting one. On the one hand, Michigan pulled a big upset when Long Beach (Calif.) Poly cornerback Donovan Warren spurned USC to commit to Michigan last week. However, two days later Wolverines fans became upset. They were not happy when wide receiver Ronald Johnson, the state of Michigan’s top player, committed to USC over the Wolverines and others. Both Warren and Johnson are ranked as top-25 players nationally.

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Devine intervention: North Fort Myers, Fla., running back Noel Devine — the nation’s top all-purpose back — took his second official visit of the recruiting year last weekend to West Virginia. The 5-foot-8, 170-pounder, who has been compared to Barry Sanders, enjoyed the trip to Morgantown, according to high school coach James Iandoli. Devine visited Alabama last weekend and has an official visit scheduled to Florida State for this weekend. Unless he decides to sign on Wednesday and end things, Devine looks like he’ll extend the process into mid-February.