Thursday, January 8, 2009

Trying to be unbiased here...

Ok, so that was the worst National Championship game since the start of the BCS era.

Lots of penalties, turnovers, confused offenses... even the game clock operators couldn't figure out how to run the scoreboard. The college football season finished with a whimper in Miami.

Neither team played close to their best game. Analyzing the different team units, the best game was had by the Florida defensive backs, they took it to the Oklahoma WR's with physical play and hard hits.

Both offensive lines were awful, I lost count in the 2nd quarter of the number of penalties called on the O Lines.

Oklahoma and Florida RBs played decent games, with UF WR/RB Percy Harvin clearly the best player on the field tonight.

Both QBs under-performed tonight, with Tebow getting the edge with his second half runs that were crucial to the Gator win. Interceptions by both Bradford and 'Tebs' were uncharacteristic.

I was shocked how long it took Tebs to drop JC's name in his on-field interview after the game... you're slippin Timmy...

Ok, so. Who's number one. Trying to be a fair as possible...

I wont rehash what I wrote on Monday about why Utah is number one. See the post from 1/5 if you haven't yet.

Ive decided, given the Big 12 south's 1-3 bowl record and that both Texas and OU's offenses sputtered in bowl games, Texas drops to number 4

As for number 2. If forced to make a choice, I'd pick 'SC... their conference went 5-0 in bowl games and their loss was on the road. UF however, did just beat the number one team in the land. They lost at home. USC played Ohio State in non-conference, clearly better than anyone UF played non-conference. Both teams have strong arguments for number 2, I'll split my vote.

My final top 10.

1. Utah
2. (tie) USC and Florida
4. Texas
5. Oklahoma
6.Alabama
7. Penn State
8. TCU
9.Oregon
10. (tie) Ohio State and Georgia

there it is ladies and gents, Utah finished 13-0, no losses to explain away.

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