2009 BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
(2)Florida Gators vs (1)Oklahoma Sooners 
8:00 PM ET, January 8, 2009
Dolphin Stadium , Miami , FL
FOX
Spread: Florida -3
Total: 72
My Pick: Well, Sam Bradford won the Heisman trophy and with 4400 yards passing, 48 TD’s with only 6 INT’s and a 68% completion rate it is well deserved. This guy passes for over 300yds/game like its taking candy from a baby. I expect no less for the National Championship game, with a supporting cast the likes of WR Juaquin Iglesias and his 15.8 yards per catch and 2 count them 2 RB’s in Chris Brown and DeMarco Murray both breaking the 1000 yards rushing barrier, you can expect all kinds of scoring on January 8th. The one question mark is the Sooner defense which will need to contain the ever mobile Tim Tebow who has rushed for over 500 yards this season and 12 TD’s from behind center. A big key to a Florida victory is the O line dominating the Sooner defensive front and allow the big runs and big plays that have made Florida so successful as playing short conservative ball is not their style, you can tell from stats: RB Chris Rainey 7.9 ypc, RB Jeffery Demps 8.4 ypc, WR Louis Murphy 17 ypr, WR Percy Harvin 17 ypr. These guys don’t don anything small and the total at 72 may be too low, I could see this game flying over the total. The Florida D seems to be playing better and holding opponents to fewer points just as they did against then #1 Alabama in the SEC Championship. If the Gators can keep pressure on Bradford and force the short game they stand to clobber the Sooners. The Sooner D may be able to close up the holes in the middle and force Tebow to pass, but thats not exactly an upside. I usually like the dog in the championship game, but the proof is in the pudding, the Gators are the better team and they are playing at home pretty much. At -3 you are looking at a push if anything. Take the GATORS give the points, I can see this line closing at -4.5 before its over.
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I pick the Gators by 12. No disrespect intended for Oklahoma, they have just not faced a defense that can compare with what they will run into ( and not over) Jan. 8th.
The scoring won’t be as high as predicted. Fla- 48 OU- 36.
The Key is SPEED and the Gators are loaded with it everywhere. Linemen , offense and defense. The game will be all but over half way through the 3rd quarter.
Agreed Doc…The Sooners are an awesome team. Bradford is nothing less than the Heisman Trophy Winner. Teebow is too and he has something to prove. I predict the Gators will start strong and end stronger. The defense on both sides will step it up a notch and the points will not be as high as predicted. The Gators blew through Bama without Harvin. The sooners will feel the bite of the Gator. Murphy, Demps, Harvin? it doesn’t matter. If all else fails they’ll have to stop that fullback that is playing at quarterback. They may have to stop him anyhow. I bet on the Gators and will give up 6 instead of the 3 1/2. By the end of the third i’ll be drinking my celebratory Red Stripe Jamaican Lager.
Go Gators!