Style Points

Bunches of them…

Florida 41,
Ohio State-invert that number 14

For all those who complained about Florida not having enough “style points” in their wins against a very tough SEC schedule–that includes a lot of rivalry games…well now you’ve got them and Florida could have given you a few more at the end of the game if you needed them.

Let’s hope there is a playoff in NCAA in the future–so that teams that play weak schedules in big name conferences don’t get all the glory–while teams like Boise State or Florida get bad mouthed by a bunch of no nothing sports writers and announcers.

Btw, Kurt (Herbstreit)now we know why you wanted a rematch so bad and why you thought Florida had no place playing your beloved Buckeyes! I’ll bet reality bites!
Let’s hear it also from the endless cries “does anyone think that Florida is the second best team in the country?” No, we think they are the best!

The question now must be raised after the bowls–does anyone think that Ohio State and Michigan were the two best teams in the country? Believe it or not I heard Tony Kornheiser say last night that he still thought the National Championship was played in November when Ohio State and Michigan played–is he Buckeye nuts?

Yes!!!

It’s doubly great to be a Florida Gator.

One chomp, two champs.

Who would have thought that the national championship basketball coach — Billy Donovan — would live two doors down from the national championship football coach — Urban Meyer — in the same Gainesville neighborhood? Should be one hellacious Mardi gras block party.

Meyer’s Gators came into this championship game billed as a team of destiny, but, brother, this was not destiny. This was domination. This was devastation. This was destruction. This was the antithesis of Nebraska 11 years ago in this very desert.

This is the 100-year anniversary of Florida football, and wouldn’t you know it: The Gators pulled off one of the most shocking upsets of the century. Exactly 10 years after winning their first national title with a rout of No. 1-ranked Florida State, the Gators destroyed another undefeated team a decade later.

The naysayers said the Gators didn’t belong in the game at all. The oddsmakers and media experts picked them to lose handily. But the Gators — these gritty, gutty Gators — did not care. Their fans were outnumbered, their team was outranked, but they believed. They believed in themselves. They believed in their coach. They believed in their quarterback.

Talk about validation and vindication, maybe now QB Chris Leak finally will get the credit he is due as one of the greatest quarterbacks in Florida and Southeastern Conference history.

And all those questions surrounding Meyer have been answered unequivocally. People wondered whether he was ready for a big-time job like Florida. People wondered whether his offense could work in the big leagues of a BCS conference. People wondered whether he ever could emerge from the immense shadow of Steve Spurrier.

Yes, yes and ohmygawd yes.

From Mike Bianchi (the greatest sports columnist out there) of the Orlando Sentinel.