BCS Title Game News, Notes, Picks And More

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Let’s just get all the Florida/Oklahoma stuff out of the way right off the bat this morning.

Here are your one-liners for tonights BCS Championship Game:

In this ESPN.com piece, Ivan Maisel gives you 10 reasons why Oklahoma will win tonight… Pat Forde provides 10 reasons why Florida will.

Mr. Forde also provides what’s meant to be an entertaining tale of the tape breakdown of the two schools.

ESPN.com’s Tim Griffin believes Florida will win 35-31 because of their team speed.

ESPN.com’s Chris Low expects Florida’s defense to slow down Oklahoma in a 42-28 Gator win.

Here’s a “what to watch” guide to tonight’s game.

Florida’s ground attack has finally become what Urban Meyer been hoping for.

If Florida is going to pressure Sam Bradford (and they’ll need to), they’ll have to get by the five fast lineman in front of him.

Texas’ no-huddle attack wore down Ohio State in the Fiesta Bowl.  Oklahoma will try to do the same to the Gators’ young defense.

SI.com provides a history lesson of all the players and teams who’ve called out Tim Tebow.  Most have lost.

The Gators’ quarterback has been waiting for tonight’s game since he was a little boy.

Matt Hayes of The Sporting News gives you 10 reasons why Florida will win tonight.  (What’s with all the “10 reasons” pieces?)

Ditto Dave Curtis of The Sporting News, only reverse it… 10 reasons for Oklahoma.

The Sporting News’ AccuScore simulations give Florida a 56% chance of winning tonight.  Predicted final score: Florida 39, Oklahoma 36.

UF’s Emmanuel Moody transferred from Southern Cal to Gainesville.  So it’s no surprise that the big city of Miami feels comfortable to him.

A Florida congressman has requested that votes schedule for today and tomorrow be moved so Florida and Oklahoma representatives can go to the big game tonight.  Nancy Pelosi’s answer was “no.”  Country before football?  What’s she thinking?

Pat Dooley of The Gainesville Sun has made his prediction: Oklahoma 35, Florida 31.  Surprised you, didn’t he?

Florida’s coach admitted in his biography that he’s not above making up bulletin board material for his team.  And then attributing it to Kirk Herbstreit.

Jerry Greene of The Orlando Sentinel gets Fox announcer Charles Davis’ take on tonight’s game… then provides his own prediction: OU 42, Florida 21.  Zing.

Finally, here are the predictions of a dozen coaches, writers and talking heads all jammed into one long blurb.



Finally, don’t forget that the official mathematical pick of MrSEC.com has Florida winning 42-39.

As for me and my considerable gut, I’ll take Florida 41-31.