Let's see now, the main gist of the sports blogs over the last month or so was that Florida had no business playing for a National Championship. It should be a team more evenly matched with Ohio State. I see what they meant now. They meant a team that Ohio State might actually give a game to. They must've known all along that the best of the Big Ten couldn't compete with the 2nd best team in the SEC, (LSU fan here) and the 41 - 14 demolition proved them out. Just goes to show how much those guys know about college football.
Goes to show also that the Heisman Trophy process has become nothing more than a popularity contest among those same writers.
Vince Lombardi said "football is a game of blocking and tackling." Something the sportswriters seem to forget when they rate and rank teams, because it was obvious that Ohio State possessed neither of these skills. Florida's lines, both offensive and defensive dominated this game, with blocking and tackling.
Were it not for an opening kickoff return that featured no less than 2 illegal blocks and 3 uncalled holds, combined with a ridiculous roughing call later on, Ohio State would have been held scoreless and to less than 100 yards total offense. Apparently Ohio State's game is good enough to go undefeated in the Big Ten, but were they to play an SEC schedule with the likes of LSU, Florida, Auburn, Tenessee, Georgia, and soon, with Nick Saban at the helm, Alabama again, they would be relegated to obscurity, a footnote to the SEC season.
If this is beginning to sound like a rant, it is. For years the SEC has had to endure the disrespect of the sportswriters as though they were some JV squads playing intramural games. The SEC was never worthy of high praise or high rankings. Look at the final polls. 2 of the 4 major polls still have Ohio State ranked no. 1, and although the AP poll has Florida in the top spot, they have Ohio State at no. 2. Well that's a load of "number two" if you ask me.
But the sportswritinistas got one thing right. Florida had no business playing Ohio State for a National Championship. Florida deserved to play a team worthy of claiming a National Title.
