Friday, January 9, 2009

Florida Gators Win College Football Championship

For the second time in three years and third time in their history, the University of Florida Gators captured the FedEx BCS National Championship 24-14 in college football and have the makings of a dynasty on par with Oklahoma, USC, etc. The Gators beat the Oklahoma Sooners in a hard fought, gritty defensive game which saw the game tied at only 7-7 at the end of the first half following two amazing defensive goal line stands by the Gators storied defense. In the mean time, the game's results denied Sooners coach Bob Stoops (former Florida Defensive Coordinator under Coach Steve Spurrier) another national championship since the 2000 season and made him winless in his last 5 BCS bowl games and last 3 of the last 4 championship games involving the Sooners.





Coach Stoops, while certainly one of the best college coaches in America risks gaining the label of other very good but underachieving coaches like Ohio State's Jim Tressel, Michigan's Lloyd Carr (retired), and a few other big-time coaches. It can be said that while he has a prolific regular season record and has produced many big-name college football stars that have been drafted in the NFL such as Adrian Peterson (star rookie RB for Minnesota Vikings), Big Game Bob can't will his teams to win when it counts the most. In the meantime, Gators coach, Urban "Legend" Meyer simply builds on his legend and a great program established by Steve Spurrier by winning his 2nd national championship since he arrived at Florida 4 years ago. The Legend just wins and wins big wherever he goes.






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