Two storied traditions Florida and Oklahoma will meet for the BCS National Championship in Miami, Florida on January 8th 2009. The Gators and Sooners have combined for 9 National Championships since 1950 but have never crossed paths on the football field. Florida, the SEC champion, is battle tested and by most accounts boasts the fastest offensive team speed ever seen on a college football field. Percy Harvin, Jeff Demps, and Chris Rainey are all once in a generation speedsters who all happen to call Gainesville home. Oklahoma counters with the most prolific offense that college football has ever witnessed scoring 60+ points in five straight games and also scoring more total points than any other college football team has ever scored in a single season.
This game will put a lot of arguments to rest as far as the BIG XII vs. SEC debate is concerned. Is Oklahoma’s offense a product of weak defenses in the Big 12 or legitimately the best offense that the NCAA has seen in the modern football era? Sam Bradford and Demarco Murray have led Oklahoma in point scoring that seems more applicable to a basketball court than Owen Field and have been unstoppable. 5 of the top 10 offenses in the country reside in the BIG 12 so there may be some truth to this theory. Florida, on the other hand, has one of the best defenses in the country, but is that a product of hard-nosed effort or lackluster offenses in the SEC. Similar to BIG XII offenses being highly rated, the SEC boasts 5 of the Top 15 defenses in the country. It will be really interesting to see if offense or defense takes precedence in this game. One fact that cannot be overlooked is that the game will be one of the most entertaining of the year.
This is the first installment of several articles breaking down the matchup and 6magazine will not rest until every stone is unturned in this battle of College football heavyweights. Gators or Sooners you make the call, I shall remain silent until I close my own private investigation.
Sincerely,
Claude Clayborne of the Memphis Clayborne’s
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