BCS Title: Florida 24, Oklahoma 14 (Final)

[Jake]

Originally Posted by OregonBuckeye

ESPN - Under Armour All-Americans weigh in on recruiting issues

Some amusing answers.

Good to see they all get their news from ESPN.

[berryfan]

I just can't see how Oklahoma's defense is going to be able to handle the Gators. I've already got money down on Florida.

[Gatorubet]

Orlando Sentinel - Exclusive: QB Cam Newton to transfer to Texas JC by

Sophomore quarterback Cam Newton, who has had a tough season
after facing legal trouble, has decided to find a new home at an undisclosed
Texas junior college, his father, Cecil Newton, told the Sentinel.

The legal proceedings are still unfolding in Newton's case until possibly next
week or beyond, according to lawyer Huntley Johnson. There is "absolutely no"
animosity toward Florida, said Cecil, who certainly isn't taking a page out of the
Robert Marve book of transferring.

"We'll be rooting for the Gators for life," Cecil said. "Cam had a great experience
at Florida. We just feel Cam has all the tools to play at a major college level.
He's going to start this new chapter of his life and become re-recruited next year."

[JCOSU86]

Who will win the national championship, Florida or Oklahoma? And any Super Bowl predictions?

Brazinski: Oklahoma will win in a shootout. It'll be a close game, though. As for the Super Bowl, Steelers will beat the Giants. That won't be popular back in New Jersey where everyone is a Giants fan. Campanaro: Florida will win, because the SEC plays the best defense and it has Tim Tebow. As for the Super Bowl, I think the Eagles will finally win the ring for Donovan McNabb.
Jenkins: Florida will win with its speed. I don't think Oklahoma sees speed like that on a weekly basis. Since my Redskins are out, I don't know. I can't go for the Eagles or Giants because they are in the same division as the Skins.
Martin: Florida will win with speed. The Super Bowl is an easy one; I'm a huge Indianapolis Colts fan.
Patterson: Florida has the speed. The Falcons will win the Super Bowl. I'm from Georgia.
Shepard: Florida will win because of Tim Tebow's leadership and the overall speed of the SEC. The Super Bowl is too tight to call.
Te'o: Florida has a game-changer like Tim Tebow and the overall team speed. Since the 49ers can't win the Super Bowl -- that's my favorite team -- I'll go with the Baltimore Ravens. Ray Lewis is my idol; I look up to him and emulate him.

Disturbing.
Well, at least they bought into the "speed" myth. Mission accomplished, Bob Sanders!

[exhawg]

Sooners be afraid, be very afraid.

[Jake]

I said it a month ago and I'm even more convinced now. Florida will kick the [censored] out of Oklahoma.

[Gatormaniac]

Very afraid. This is beginning to look like 2006 all over again (apologies to you Buckeyes) where everyone was in love with Michigan and Ohio State, and then Michigan got run over by a freight train in the Rose Bowl. I think the question of "is it great offenses or bad defenses in the Big XII?" is pretty much answered, isn't it?

I was actually surprised Ohio State lost this one in the end. Certainly around halftime I was thinking OSU was well on its way to one of the great unmaskings of a contender in the past decade. As it turned out, they didn't (quite) have enough juice in the offense to do it. (Maybe if that fumble hadn't rolled out of bounds...)

As it is, I feel a lot more confident now after seeing the other Big XII bowl games. (Of course, having said this, Murphy will now suit up for the Sooners and the Gators will foul everything up...)

[Gatorubet]

Gators defense sees double in prep for up-tempo Sooners - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com Live Scores, Standings, Stats

Like UF coach Urban Meyer wasn't going to be ready, right? In a profession of
friggin' control freaks and anal geniuses, Meyer is the biggest control freak, the
most anal, of them all. (All due respect.) And he and his staff came up with a
plan to get ready for Oklahoma's no-huddle attack, a plan sniffed out by yours
truly. And it's a hell of a plan.

The Florida defense hasn't been working in practice against an offense as fast
as Oklahoma's. Florida has worked against an offense that's even faster.
How is that possible? I'll tell you how, and it's devious. Meyer wasn't content
to make his defense defend a UF scout team simulating the Sooners' offense.
He had them defend two offenses:

One scout-team offense to run the play. A second scout-team offense waiting,
as soon as the whistle blew, to sprint onto the field and run the next play. Then
the first unit runs a play. Then the second. Back and forth the scout team offenses
go, one play leading to the next to the next to the next, with no break for the defense.

That's how Meyer has gotten the Gators ready.

[Tresselbeliever]

Been saying this since midseason. The B12 is overrated. Either Utah or SC, or heck, even Texas would have made better choices. Go Gators.

[Gatormaniac]

The great danger is that Florida will look at the fact that Ole Miss beat Tech and Ohio State came within a play or two of taking out Texas, get overconfident, and come out flat. I don't think it will happen, because they did this in the Ole Miss game and ever since then have played as if their lives depended on it. I think they learned the lesson of complacency.

[OHSportsFan9]

I feel confident in saying this-

Florida is going to SMASH Oklahoma.

[FWBuckeye]

Originally Posted by OHSportsFan9

I feel confident in saying this-

Florida is going to SMASH Oklahoma.

+1

[Steve19]

If you go back and look in our threads in which Big 12 games were being discussed, over and over, people here have been remarking about the lack of defense in the Big 12. Texas was a pretty solid unit but, from the games I watched, I think they are a much better unit than Oklahoma, Missouri, or Oklahoma State.

If you are Florida's defense, you have to be salivating after watching what happened when Texas and Missouri played Big Ten teams. I think this has the potential to be a real blowout because Big 12 offenses were very much over-rated this year.

[Jake]

The game I would like to see is USC-Florida.

[Brutus1]

Originally Posted by Jake

The game I would like to see is USC-Florida.

I'd like to see USC stop losing to [censored]ty teams every year.