Let the celebrating begin
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow, left is greeted as the national champion Gators return to Gainesville, Fla., Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, from the BCS championship football game in Miami. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel George Skene)
The BCS National Champion Florida football team will return to Gainesville on Friday. The University Athletic Association (UAA) has also announced it will hold a celebration for fans to show their support on Sunday, Jan. 11.
The event will be held from 1-2 p.m. at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Sunday and the gates will open at 11:30 a.m. The celebration will be broadcast live on Sun Sports. A special re-broadcast of the Gators' 24-14 win over Oklahoma will be shown on Sun Sports on Friday at 7 p.m.
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The Florida football team deplanes as the national champion Gators return to Gainesville, Fla., Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, from the BCS championship football game in Miami. (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel George Skene)
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GO GATORS!!
GREAT GAME!
not my number one team but as I am born and raised in FLA i always support any FLA team
BUT!
TIM TEBOW SHOULD NOT WEAR HIS RELIGION ON HIS FACE
TIM: makes you look like a pompous snob keep it to yourself!
thought Jesus preached "being HUMBLE"
Posted by: surfdog | January 09, 2009 at 11:10 AM
I will give florida a 1/4 of the national title but they have to share it with USC, UTAH, and TEXAS, but...
Why not give a Boise State a chance to beat an Oklahoma EVERY YEAR, not just when everything works out perfectly.
Which is why I suggest the idea of a 16-team playoff. It is a great number (perfect square) and allows for the perfect amount of teams. Every one of the Football Bowl Subdivision conferences (formerly Division 1-A) gets one automatic bid. Whoever is considered the conference champion, whether there is a championship game or not, gets its conference's automatic bid. So this year, that would be:
ACC: Virginia Tech
SEC: Florida
Big 10: Penn State
Pac-10: USC
MAC: Buffalo (for real!?)
Big 12: Oklahoma
WAC: Boise State
Big East: Cincy
Mountain West: Utah
Sun Belt: Troy
Now for the at-large selections...we will take into consideration BCS standings for this exercise
Alabama
Texas
Ohio State
Texas Tech
Oklahoma State
TCU
So now that we have the teams set, now for some rules. The teams will be seeded, based on whatever. It doesn't matter that Troy won the Sun Belt...still going to be the 16 seed. Higher seed gets to host the game. Final four games will take place at one of the sites of the BCS bowls. It will rotate every year, so that each location still feels the love. The tournament will start the week after conference championships. This will then make December that much better...and we can still have our beloved New Years day games.
For the rest of the schools...let's keep the other bowls. We can get rid of the really stupid and terrible ones, like the Papajohn's bowl and the emerald bowl and the cereal bowl. ok i made that last one up. But get rid of a few insignifcant ones and call it a day.
This gives smaller schools a chance every year to pull off an upset. Granted, we will never see another awesome Boise State-Oklahoma game like we did a few years ago...but at least this gives us a chance for that to happen. Who knows...maybe Buffalo could pull off an amazing upset...who knows unless we give them a chance?!
I think a playoff is where we need to head. Granted the BCS stuff always "works itself out" but we just spent the last few weeks saying it wouldn't. and that happens EVERY year. so why not just do what i say? Because I am always right.
Posted by: GOBLUE18 | January 09, 2009 at 12:52 PM
But if we get rid of the cereal bowls, how else will USF spend their winter break? :)
Posted by: | January 09, 2009 at 08:41 PM
Hey, GoBlue18, Go Blow! Jealousy is not one of your better traits.
Posted by: Rob | January 10, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Enjoy it Gators, hahaha,,, you just lost Ryne Giddins to USF...See you 2010!!! You guys better be ready...
Posted by: Go Bulls!!! | January 10, 2009 at 07:54 PM
Utah....13-0
Utah beat Alabama far better than the Gators.
No Formula Needed...Utah has been Cheated by the BCS.
Posted by: The Hood Rat | January 11, 2009 at 12:23 AM
You can't compare the SEC Championship Game to the Sugar Bowl. Utah did not beat the same Bama team that Florida played in Atlanta. The Tide had no real reason to even show up in the Big Easy except to party on Bourbon St and pick up their bowl consolation prizes while Utah played like they thought they were in the National Championship Game. If Utah wants to play with the Big Boys, they should get out of the MWC and join a real conf like the Big 12 or Pac 10.
Posted by: Enough about Utah!! | January 11, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Tebow just announced that he's coming back!!!
Posted by: BREAKING NEWS | January 11, 2009 at 02:22 PM
Did you have to say the USF comment 8:41? I guess we'll just have to see if it takes us as long to become a powerhouse as it did for UF. We only have 78 years left to do it.
Posted by: Andy | January 11, 2009 at 03:09 PM
"Enjoy it Gators, hahaha,,, you just lost Ryne Giddins to USF...See you 2010!!! You guys better be ready..."
You know you suck when you celebrate one recruit like you just won it all.
Gators reload. Bulls pray for defections and jucos. Nuff said.
Posted by: | January 11, 2009 at 04:27 PM