Mmmm, tastes like crocodile

Their football team has already feasted on Wolverine.

Their quarterback has already professed his undying love for In-N-Out hamburgers.

Now, are Ohio State fans ready to grill some Gator?

Real Gator?

Seeking to cash in on the hunger for victory surrounding Monday’s BCS title game against Florida, West Point Market in Akron is selling alligator meat for $14.99 a pound and Columbus-area Meijer stores are offering frozen gator fillets for $6.99 a pound.

“[Alligator] doesn’t taste just like chicken,” chef Doug Fulton, a Florida alumnus, told the Akron Beacon Journal. “It’s more of a chicken texture, but I tell people it tastes like alligator.”

If the Buckeyes beat the Gators, it won’t make any difference.

Giddy Ohio State fans will wipe their mouths and tell you, “It’s Gator-iffic!”

Trivia time

Should the Oakland Raiders keep the No. 1 draft pick, the team will pick first for the second time. When was the first?

Easy answer

In England, a national survey conducted by Littlewood Football Pools has determined Notts County to be “the worst football club to follow.” Notts County, currently playing in Football League Two, the fourth-highest level of English soccer, has fired 35 managers since 1945 and switched divisions a record 29 times.

Among Premier League teams, Portsmouth was voted worst to follow, followed by Manchester City and Watford.

The survey studied all 92 Football League clubs, asking fans to identify such “stress factors” as firing managers, losing in the playoffs, the yo-yo effect of promotion and relegation, losing home games, losing games after being ahead and losing in cup finals.

In the States, no extensive research was needed to determine the worst football team to follow. Here, we have a expression for it. “Detroit Lions.”

Week 1 power rankings

One week into the new year, Briefing unveils the only power rankings that matter:

1. Ian Johnson: Who knew Frank Merriwell relocated to Boise?

2. Statue of Liberty: Lady Liberty sheds a tear when Boise State beats Oklahoma on a play nearly as old as she is. Which beats weeping uncontrollably about the Knicks.

3. UCLA football: Defeated USC, which routed Michigan, which almost beat Ohio State. Denied country -- and Fox -- of must-see USC-Ohio State BCS title game. Bruins fans keep telling themselves that whenever someone asks about the Emerald Bowl.

4. John David Booty: Already installed as 2007 Heisman front-runner. Can’t we wait a little on this stuff? Like until we finish the bowl season? Nation to Briefing: “Are you out of your mind?”

5. 2005 San Diego Chargers: LaDainian Tomlinson (44) and Drew Brees (4) combine for 48 of 50 NFL most valuable player votes.

6. Mark Parrish: He shoots, he doesn’t score, he knocks Chris Pronger out of the Ducks lineup for a month.

7. Daunte Culpepper/Joey Harrington: When things looked grim for Alabama, mention of these two names sent Nick Saban rocketing to Tuscaloosa.

8. Don Shula: Calls Saban a liar, a quitter and a blowhard. Wins this week’s Accuracy In Journalism award.

9. Bowl games versus Notre Dame: Bowls improve record to 9-0.

10. Colts’ run defense: Super Bowl caliber, as we were saying.

Trivia answer

In 1962, the Raiders drafted quarterback Roman Gabriel first in the American Football League draft. Gabriel instead signed with the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams.

And finally

Former Alabama football coach and current ESPN analyst Bill Curry offered some advice for new Crimson Tide Coach Saban.

“The Alabama job is a great job, as long as you win every game,” Curry said on ESPN Radio. “And if you can figure out a way to beat Auburn twice a year, all the better.”

mike.penner@latimes.com