Michael Divinity had finally gotten to the quarterback — or so he thought.

LSU’s starting field linebacker had Florida’s 6-foot-6, 240-pound passer, Feleipe Franks, wrapped up around the waist early in the fourth quarter, but he couldn’t bring him down. Franks leaned back on his heels and hurled the ball out of bounds.

That was as close as the LSU defense came to sacking Franks in a 27-19 loss in Gainesville, Florida — the most recent game in a stretch of struggles to create an effective pass rush since the loss of starting pass rusher K’Lavon Chaisson, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in the season opener against Miami.

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