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The Florida Gators would go on to win the NCAA Football Championship, but it was a 31-20 victory over #1 ranked Alabama in the SEC championship game that got them there. The Gators scored– 4th quarter points to secure victory in a contest that was an epic struggle for three quarters with five lead changes and two ties.

The Gators struck first, taking a 7-0 lead on a three yard Tim Tebow TD pass to Carl Moore. The Crimson Tide quickly answered, tying the score on an eighteen yard run by Glen Coffee and taking their first lead of the game at 10-7 several minutes later on a 30 yard FG by Leigh Tiffin. Florida came right back in the second quarter, tying the game on a Jonathan Phillips’ yard FG and taking a 17-10 lead into the halftime break on another Tebow TD pass, this one to David Nelson from five yards out. Alabama regained control in the third quarter, tying the score on a 2 yard Mark Ingram touchdown run and then regaining the lead at 20-17 in the final seconds of the period on another Tiffin field goal. Florida put them away for good in the fourth, however, on a 1 yard Jeffrey Demps TD run followed by Tebows third touchdown strike of the day.

Junior quarterback Tim Tebow was the big star for the Gators. The junior QB had 216 yards passing with 3 TDs and no interceptions plus fifty seven yards on the ground. Florida head coach Urban Meyer praised Tebow effusively in his post game comments:

“I’ve had some great players, and I’ve got some great players on this team. But I’ve never had one like this. Tim’s got something special inside him. I’m not talking about throwing. I’m not talking about running. I’m talking about making everyone around him better. That fourth quarter was vintage Tim Tebow.

Alabama coach Nick Saban concurred:

“He’s a great competitor. He takes his teammates on his shoulders a lot. They have a lot of confidence he’s going to make plays, and they play that way. They scored two touchdowns where we had them covered about as well as we could cover them.”

According to cornerback Joe Haden the football world underestimated the Gators’ toughness:

“Our team is a tough team. The only reason they look past our toughness is our speed. They said we were a speed team and they were a tough team. We’re just as tough. We can still be pretty and fast and tough at the same time.”

Even in defeat, it was impossible to overlook the remarkable resurgance of Alabama football. In only two years at the helm, Nick Saban has amassed a’-7 record at Alabama with no signs of slowing down.

Ross Everett is a widely published freelance sports writer and respected authority on sports betting odds comparison. He writing has appeared on a variety of sports sites including sportsbooks and betting odds portal sites. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with three Jack Russell Terriers and a kangaroo. He is currently working on an autobiography of former energy secretary Donald Hodell.

So, nearly all of us await the substantial games we play out of the conference, and others look forward to those big conference events. But then there’s the minority that think about January. I’ll admit, I do it regularly.

Mainly since I cheer for a team who hasn’t been victorious in a bowl game since 2006, whereas up to that, they had been victorious in five straight. But I still stand devotedly alongside them, and the Big 10 Conference.

So what’s bound to happen in the non-BCS championship games? I have no idea, I’ll sort that out sometime this week or next. But concerning the BCS Bowl Games, here’s what I think is going to occur, and how it might be kept from going down.

ROSE BOWL sponsored by Citibank (Pasadena, CA) OSU Buckeyes vs (at) USC Trojans This game might undoubtedly be prevented. I expect USC to be defeated one game during the season, as they usually do.

If they get past the Buckeyes on September 12, then they’ll be okay. But look out for the Cal Bears. I still forecast S.C. will victory the Pac-ten, recently becoming known as the “Pac-1.” The Buckeyes play the men of troy at home in September, where they’d much rather be than Pasadena, mere miles from the Los Angeles Coliseum. But look out for that November seven matchup, in Happy Valley.

Needless to say, the last time the Bucks traveled there, they blew out the Lions 37-17. But they need a win, mainly if they suffer defeat to USC in September. If they may loss the Trojans in September, and the Lions in November, they could be headed for the National Title. And the same goes for USC.

Tostitos FIESTA BOWL Oklahoma Sooners vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish One occurrence might preclude this match, 10/17/09. That signifies the time of the Red River Rivalry between Oklahoma and the University of Texas.

The winner of that, which I clearly expect to be Texas, should more or less breeze to the National Championship. In spite of this.. watch out for the OSU Cowboys. Notre Dame’s return to success should start hitting large strides this season.

They have a very skilled team, and a number 13 preseason status. Assuming they lose to USC, but beat their 84 other enemies (haha), they should find a nice position in the BCS at year’s end.

BCS National Championship Game presented by Citibank (Pasadena, California) University of Florida vs the University of Texas The Gators. Almost everybody picks them to reach Pasadena on January 7th, led by one of the best athletes of our generation, Tim Tebow. They have some minor obstacles in the course of the year.. but everybody is anticipating their October 10 matchup, at LSU. That and the Florida-Georgia event on Halloween are the major obstacles for the Gators, in addition to whoever they meet in the SEC Title.

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