Who needs Percy Harvin?
The Florida Gators sure didn’t as they defeated the previously undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide 31-20 without their injured multi-threat start to claim Urban Meyer’s second SEC Championship and, presumably, the Gators’ second BCS National Championship game appearance in 3 years ((pictured, thanks to me)).
A sold out Georgia Dome, which included what had to be the entire state of Alabama, saw Florida QB Tim Tebow use lesser known Gators like Riley Cooper, David Nelson and Carl Moore to connect on 3 touchdown passes on his way to a 14 for 22 for 216 yard outing.
The Crimson Tide kept the game close until the end and kept the predominant Alabama crowd into the game with a steady running game from Glen Coffee (21 carries for 112 yards and a TD) and Bama QB John Parker Wilson (12 for 25 187 yds, 1 int) contributed to a balanced Bama attack by constantly finding freshman phenom Julio Jones 5 times for 124 yards, setting up the Crimson Tide for Coffee’s 18 yard touchdown run as well as a 2 yard run from Mark Ingram and two field goals (30,27) from Leigh Tiffin.
The Tide led 20-17 in the 4th quarter until the Gators’ Jeffrey Demps scored on a 1 yard run to give the Gators a 24-20 lead that would not be relinquished. This was also Tebow’s first ever win in a game in which the Gators trailed in the second half, as he was previously 0-5 in this type of situation.
As of this post, it appears that the Fightin’ Tebows will be playing in the BCS National Championship Game against an Oklahoma Sooner team that is absolutely manhandling Missouri right now. Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide are almost certainly Nawlins’ bound to play in the Sugar Bowl down in the Big Easy.
-- Blake Davis for The OSG
((He had great seats, by the way...))
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