It was wild, crazy and probably a little too close for comfort for head coach Urban Meyer. But with a 38-28 win over hard-charging Arkansas, the Florida Gators are the 2006 SEC Champions.
Give the Razorbacks credit, because they did pull out all the stops in trying to pull a “UCLA” over Florida on Saturday. But the Gators did what LSU was able to do a week ago in proving that Arkansas just isn’t there yet. Darren McFadden is a fine player, but every time the Razorbacks needed a big passing play, Florida was able to come up with a big interception. With no real passing threat, Arkansas was doomed and I think that’s what we saw the past two weeks.
With the win, Florida deserves to play Ohio State in the national championship, period. Michigan had its chance and lost. I understand that the Wolverines only loss was to the No. 1 team in the country, but how is it fair to Ohio State to have to play Michigan again? What if the Wolverines beat the Buckeyes? Michigan didn’t even win its conference, so you would have a split and then do fans really get to see who the best team in college football is? The Gators need to play for a title.
I will say this Florida fans, if the Gators do get their shot, Chris Leak better take care of the football better. Leak proved again Saturday night that he has lapses in concentration. As great of a job as Leak has done this season for Florida, Ohio State lives off of guys who can’t protect the ball. You don’t want to give the Buckeyes offense any extra chances to put points on the scoreboard.
