National Championship

[wsox8 10]

Never bet on "your" teams no matter how much of a "lock" they are.

if anything I tend to bet against my team so I can hedge my bet... If the team I'm rooting for wins then I'm happy but if the team I bet on (the opposite team) wins then I'm still kinda happy.. It's a win/win.

[rocketpoker828 0]

the main thing i can think of is 51 days. Imagine if the bucks played the gators one week after their victory vs. michagan, i think this game would be completly different

Excuses. I bleed scarlet and grey and Florida beat us in every facet of the game. I could have outplayed Troy Smith the way he looked tonight, the Gator defense shut OSU down, and Ted Ginn getting hurt didn't help. Still, GG Florida, congrats.

[combuboom 0]

NO EXCUSES PLEASE :)If this had been a nail-biter, you could say whatever you want, but it was domination. It was not a fluke. As someone said, it shows how incredible the SEC is and how commendable having only 1 loss with the Gator's schedule was. Ohio State has never seen that kind of speed or talent on defense and they could not handle it. If they played again, the gators would win again. GG bucks.

[cbbox 0]

Won an iPod off this game, wanted to bet more but didn't have cash on hand in case I lost.Wild first quarter for sure

[Freddec 0]

SEC baby...........NO ONE, NO OTHER CONFERENCE, IS EVEN CLOSE........................PEACE

[DNIQUE420 0]

Florida has made alot of people happy!$$$$$$$$$ The city of Columbus morns today! A loss unbearable to deal with.......I think me and the team are going to jump off a cliff you will find us at the bottom being being ate by gators...what remains anywas after the fall to the bottom! Take care

[insano 0]

Ok, a couple things.1) It's Ohio State, not Ohio. It's like saying Michigan instead of Michigan State.... They are two completely different universities. Just wanted to clear that up.2) The better team won the game, without question. That was the most impressive defensive performance I have ever seen by a football team. Complete and total domination on the line, in the middle, downfield, ... everywhere.3) I am a buckeye and the loss hurts, but don't overlook the great season we had just to get to the championship.4) The SEC is the best conference this year. Period. But that's not to say that Florida didn't have to play it's best to win, because they did. And in fact, they played better than they had played all season. I think they played one of the best games in the history of college football, imo. With the emotion and intensity they brought on to that field i'm not sure if any team could have beat them, ever. The defense was lights out from the very start. The offense had SOO many plays cooked up to confuse any other defense on the field. Too many playmakers. Too much emotion. It was impressive, to say the least.5) What the F*#$ is up with the OSU offensive line. They couldn't block anyone. The two DE's from florida put on a clinic on how speed > strength on the outside.6) Troy smith looked awful, and for multiple reasons. With as much pressure as Florida was getting in the pocket, why was Antonio Pittman not getting the ball more (in the first half)? Why did we not send Beanie up the gut to pull pressure away from Troy Smith? Answer: We were outcoached. Urban Meyer came with a great gameplan and it worked. We came with a bad one and we stuck to it even though it WASN'T working. Terrible performance and preparation by the coaching staff, imo.7) Great game florida, you deserved the National Championship this year.That is all.

[Jadaki 0]

SEC baby...........NO ONE, NO OTHER CONFERENCE, IS EVEN CLOSE........................PEACE

Big-10 was 2-1 vs SEC in bowl games. Of course because Florida won the national title everyone is forgetting that fact.When the SEC starts playing a better OOC schedule during the season you can talk until then they can kindly STFU.

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

Big-10 was 2-1 vs SEC in bowl games. Of course because Florida won the national title everyone is forgetting that fact.When the SEC starts playing a better OOC schedule during the season you can talk until then they can kindly STFU.

Ohio State is 0-8 against the SEC in bowl games. hmmmm

[Jadaki 0]

Ohio State is 0-8 against the SEC in bowl games. hmmmm

And they still have what... 7 national titles to Florida's 2?It's not like they play the SEC every year in bowl games. Ohio State actually has a losing record overall in bowl games, so I fail to see your point. I'd like to see the SEC man up and play some tough OOC teams during the year instead of padding their schedules with division 2 schools like Florida did. Though when they do it usually doesn't look good (USC vs Arkansas).

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

Ohio State 2006 09/02/06 vs. Northern Illinois (1) Columbus,OH W, 35-12 09/09/06 at Texas Austin, TX W, 24-7 09/16/06 vs. Cincinnati (2) Columbus, OH W, 37-7 09/23/06 vs. Penn State Columbus, OH W, 28-6 09/30/06 at Iowa Iowa City, IA W, 38-17 10/07/06 vs. Bowling Green Columbus, OH W, 35-7 10/14/06 at Michigan State East Lansing, MI W, 38-7 10/21/06 vs. Indiana Columbus, OH W, 44-3 10/28/06 vs. Minnesota (3) Columbus, OH W, 44-0 11/04/06 at Illinois Champaign, IL W, 17-10 11/11/06 at Northwestern Evanston, IL W, 54-10 11/18/06 vs. Michigan Columbus, OH W, 42-39 01/08/07 vs. Florida Glendale, AZ L, 41-14 2005 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE RECORD: 10-2 9-3-05 MIAMI OH WON 34-14 9-10-05 TEXAS LOST 22-25 9-17-05 SAN DIEGO STATE WON 27-6 9-24-05 IOWA WON 31-6 10-8-05 at Penn State LOST 10-17 10-15-05 MICHIGAN STATE WON 35-24 10-22-05 at Indiana WON 41-10 10-29-05 at Minnesota WON 45-31 11-5-05 ILLINOIS WON 40-2 11-12-05 NORTHWESTERN WON 48-7 11-19-05 at Michigan WON 25-21 FIESTA BOWL @Tempe, AZ 1-2-06 vs. Notre Dame WON 34-20 2004CINCINNATI WON 27-6 9-11-04 MARSHALL WON 24-21 9-18-04 at North Carolina State WON 22-14 10-2-04 at Northwestern LOST 27-33 (OT) 10-9-04 WISCONSIN LOST 13-24 10-16-04 at Iowa LOST 7-33 10-23-04 INDIANA WON 30-7 10-30-04 PENN STATE WON 21-10 11-6-04 at Michigan State WON 32-19 11-13-04 at Purdue LOST 17-24 11-20-04 MICHIGAN WON 37-21 ALAMO BOWL @San Antonio, TX 12-29-04 vs. Oklahoma State WON 33-7 UF 2006Sat Sep 2 Southern Mississippi Gainesville, FLSat Sep 9 Central Florida Gainesville, FLSat Sep 16 at Tennessee Knoxville, TNSat Sep 23 Kentucky Gainesville, FL Sat Sep 30 Alabama Gainesville, FLSat Oct 7 Louisiana State Gainesville, FL Sat Oct 14 at Auburn Auburn, AL Sat Oct 28 vs Georgia Jacksonville, FL Sat Nov 4 at Vanderbilt Nashville, TNSat Nov 11 South Carolina Gainesville, FL Sat Nov 18 Western Carolina Gainesville, FLSat Nov 25 at Florida State Tallahassee, FLUF 20059-3-05 WYOMING9-10-05 LOUISIANA TECH9-17-05 TENNESSEE9-24-05 at Kentucky10-1-05 at Alabama10-8-05 MISSISSIPPI STATE10-15-05 at Louisiana State10-29-05 vs. Georgia @Jacksonville, FL11-5-05 VANDERBILT11-12-05 at South Carolina11-26-05 FLORIDA STATEUF 20049-11-04 EASTERN MICHIGAN 9-18-04 at Tennessee 9-25-04 KENTUCKY 10-2-04 ARKANSAS 10-9-04 LOUISIANA STATE 10-16-04 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 10-23-04 at Mississippi State 10-30-04 Georgia @Jacksonville, FL 11-6-04 at Vanderbilt 11-13-04 SOUTH CAROLINA 11-20-04 at Florida StateCleary you're right. It's not like they don't play Florida State every year, which happens to be a huge national rivalry, and FSU in case you remember finished in the top 20 for oh, 15 or so consecutive years, and won a national championship in 1993 and 1999. OSU played Texas in a home and home. Big deal.I'm not a UF guy, but you've just shown yourself to be so wrong lately, I felt compelled to point it out. I'm not even gonna touch your silliness in the Makeup thread or the NFC East thread. We'll just concentrate on this. Every major college puts two pushovers on their schedule. That's the way it works.Team Recognized titles Winning years Notre Dame 12 1924, 1929, 1930, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1966, 1973, 1977, 1988 Alabama 11 1925, 1926, 1930, 1945, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992 USC 11 1928, 1931, 1932, 1939, 1962, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978, 2003, 2004 Oklahoma 9 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1974, 1975, 1985, 2000 Michigan 7 1901, 1902, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1997 Ohio State 7 1942, 1944, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 2002 Minnesota 6 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960 Miami 5 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, 2001 Nebraska 5 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, 1997 Pittsburgh 5 1916, 1918, 1936, 1937, 1976 Georgia Tech 4 1917, 1928, 1952, 1990 Harvard 4 1910, 1912, 1913, 1919 Tennessee 4 1938, 1950, 1951, 1998 Texas 4 1963, 1969, 1970, 2005 You are right about the 7 titles. I'll tell ya, the 40's. 50's and 60's were some fantastic decades.

[NoSup4U 0]

SEC baby...........NO ONE, NO OTHER CONFERENCE, IS EVEN CLOSE........................PEACE

There was an article on ESPN last year comparing the conferences, and the Pac10 came out on top. Just saying...east coast bias... ;)gg FL.Mark

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

There was an article on ESPN last year comparing the conferences, and the Pac10 came out on top. Just saying...east coast bias... ;)gg FL.Mark

that was a joke. Besides USC, they are dogcrap.Cal? solid but will never compete nationallyUCLA? they lost to Notre Dame. Good teams don't lose to NDOregon State? Washington?Washington State?I'll take the SEC and the Big Ten from top to bottom every day of the week

[Jadaki 0]

Cleary you're right. It's not like they don't play Florida State every year, which happens to be a huge national rivalry, and FSU in case you remember finished in the top 20 for oh, 15 or so consecutive years, and won a national championship in 1993 and 1999. OSU played Texas in a home and home. Big deal.I'm not a UF guy, but you've just shown yourself to be so wrong lately, I felt compelled to point it out. I'm not even gonna touch your silliness in the Makeup thread or the NFC East thread. We'll just concentrate on this.

I'm sorry, is FSU any good at all this year... no they aren't. The SEC as a whole does not schedule anyone tough OOC, Arkansas did one game and got smoked, Tenn beat a decent Cal team. That doesn't make them the best conference on football.When was the last time OSU won a title.. 2001, Michigan in 97, so your jokes about the 50's are retarded.

[insano 0]

I'm sorry, is FSU any good at all this year... no they aren't. The SEC as a whole does not schedule anyone tough OOC, Arkansas did one game and got smoked, Tenn beat a decent Cal team. That doesn't make them the best conference on football.When was the last time OSU won a title.. 2001, Michigan in 97, so your jokes about the 50's are retarded.

I'm loyal to the Big10 as much as the next guy, but come on. Arguing that SEC teams don't play a tough OOC schedule proves nothing. It's the tough conference games that make the SEC tough. Just like the Big10 (with exception to the past few years) the SEC prides itself on a having a strong conference while having multiple teams capable of competing for national championships. The Big10 has been doing it longer, but the SEC is here to stay (imo).

[Jadaki 0]

I'm loyal to the Big10 as much as the next guy, but come on. Arguing that SEC teams don't play a tough OOC schedule proves nothing. It's the tough conference games that make the SEC tough. Just like the Big10 (with exception to the past few years) the SEC prides itself on a having a strong conference while having multiple teams capable of competing for national championships. The Big10 has been doing it longer, but the SEC is here to stay (imo).

Never said they weren't here to stay, they have some of the most dominate football programs ever (Alabama). But I am tired of hearing about how great the SEC is when there is no proof of it during the regular season. Bowl games aren't the best indicator for multiple reasons, this is again another reason a playoff would is needed.

[zimmer4141 0]

Congrats to Florida, they played much better than I expected.I think Ted Ginn being out of the game had a much bigger impact than anybody thinks. Having him out gives Florida better matchups in every battle in the passing game. Now their #1 CB can shut down Gonzalez, then Robiskie is on a starter, and so on down the list. Having Ginn in the game gives Florida a lot more to worry about, they have to double cover Ginn, bring safeties down on him, and they can't be as aggressive because they would fear giving up the big play. I'm not saying he's why they lost, but if he's in there, Ohio State scores a lot more than 14 points.

[eYank 0]

Wow it was crazy here, I watched the game @ the Basketball arena w/ 10k other students and it was crazyThen everyone went to this one street and it was like a party in the streetIll make a long post in my blog about it probably tom.

[Ron_Mexico 4,219]

4-14 35 yards 1 INTGinn would've made a difference, but I still thnk they lose, maybe even big.

[insano 0]

4-14 35 yards 1 INTGinn would've made a difference, but I still thnk they lose, maybe even big.

I agree. I think we could have had 14 guys on the line and still would not have been able to block floridas front four. They were amazing.

[7upncider 0]

I didnt read every post so I'm not sure if this has been said. As a lineman you only need to give your quarterback 3-5 seconds to throw the ball depending on the drop he has. Now in almost every instance Troy got sacked, he had plenty of time to throw the ball away. I'm not saying the line did there job every play but for the most part he made them look bad. The defense disappointed me too. They didnt play good at all until the second half even then it was cause Florida slowed the game down by running the ball more. WOW. Its hard to believe that was the same team that played this year.

[king_tanner 84]

Wow it was crazy here, I watched the game @ the Basketball arena w/ 10k other students and it was crazyThen everyone went to this one street and it was like a party in the streetIll make a long post in my blog about it probably tom.

I was going to ask why you had a Ohio St. avatar... then I looked more closely lol

[Jadaki 0]

4-14 35 yards 1 INTGinn would've made a difference, but I still thnk they lose, maybe even big.

Yea, thats an awful game for a guy who is supposed to be a big game QB.

[insano 0]

I didnt read every post so I'm not sure if this has been said. As a lineman you only need to give your quarterback 3-5 seconds to throw the ball depending on the drop he has. Now in almost every instance Troy got sacked, he had plenty of time to throw the ball away. I'm not saying the line did there job every play but for the most part he made them look bad. The defense disappointed me too. They didnt play good at all until the second half even then it was cause Florida slowed the game down by running the ball more. WOW. Its hard to believe that was the same team that played this year.

This is usually true, but when all your recievers are covered up downfield, it changes things. Also, once he got nailed by a safety a few times who came unblocked (alex boone has been doing this all year), he started paying too much attention to what was going on in the pocket instead of looking downfield.What really hurt Troy was the loss of his passing lanes when he broke out of the pocket. In all the games previous to this one he was able to run away, turn, and throw the ball downfield. But the florida DE's were so fast, that by the time he went outisde, he was covered up (or on the ground).

[7upncider 0]

This is usually true, but when all your recievers are covered up downfield, it changes things. Also, once he got nailed by a safety a few times who came unblocked (alex boone has been doing this all year), he started paying too much attention to what was going on in the pocket instead of looking downfield.What really hurt Troy was the loss of his passing lanes when he broke out of the pocket. In all the games previous to this one he was able to run away, turn, and throw the ball downfield. But the florida DE's were so fast, that by the time he went outisde, he was covered up (or on the ground).

Yes their defensive ends were the best i have seen all year. They were in the backfield all day. My problem is im a huge fan and its just hard to admit we got beat by a better team that day. Dang it sucks being on this side. lol. Oh well i guess I owe all the Florida a bit of credit they showed up to play and Ohio State didnt. Damn that was hard to admit.