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First thing I see when looking at this game is that Flordia has a very big coaching advantage over Oaklahoma. Bob Stoops and his crew is 1-4 in his last 5 bowl games. That includes one loss by 20 and another loss by 36 points! Not to mention 0-4 I repeat 0-4 in BCS games. When Oaklahoma plays a bunch of lousy Big 12 teams they will dominate year after year without much competiton. Let Oaklahoma play a quality team in a BCS bowl game and they immediately get put in their place. Importent to mention Oaklahoma is 0-2 against SEC teams in which I will explain the importance of this later. Urban Meyer on the other hand is 3-1 lifetime in bowl games including 2-0 in BCS games. One game was a 35-7 win over Pitt when coaching at Utah in his first year. The other game was a 41-14 not to mention a very dominating win over Ohio State for the National Championship in 2007 (Ohio State was favored by 7) in just his second year as head coach at Flordia. This is only Urban's 6th year has a head coach at the collegiate level. After Urban and his Flordia Gators defeat Oaklahoma this year, he will already have HALL OF FAME credentials with two nationl championships in his 6th year. Wow simply amazing!!
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Lets take a look on the defensive side of the ball we see that Flordia has faced 10 out of 12 teams with a defense that is ranked 40 or better, including 4 that is ranked in the top 15. Oaklahoma on the other side has faced only 2 teams ranked in the 40 in total defense. 6 teams that Oaklahoma has faced is ranked 70 or higher.
The teams in the Big 12 are known for their offensive power. The better teams in the Big 12 in the likes of Texas, Oak, Oak State, Missouri, and TT all have good to above average offensives. They are good offensive teams but the defense in the Big 12 make them look much much better then they really are.
The teams in the Sec are known for their defense. They have 9 teams in the Sec that are ranked in the top 40 in total defense. Compare that too the Big 12 that has 0 I repeat 0 ranked in the top 50 in total defense.
Question who has the advantage? The Big 12 teams with all the offense or the Sec teams that play by far the BEST defense in the nation. Very simple, Sec teams that play shut down D. The Sec won the last two BCS title games very convincingly with a combined score of 71-38. In fact in the last two years the SEC is 11-4 straight in the bowl games. It is very clear that in this present time the SEC cleary produce the BEST TEAMS in the nation.
This is the third year in a row that Oaklahoma has made it to a BCS game. Two years ago they lost to Bosie State a WAC team 43-42. Last year they lost to West Virgina 48 to 28 in which WV ganied 525 yards on offensive. WV gashed them at will last year in which Flordia will do much of the same this year.
BOTTOM LINE is year in and year out the SEC is the cream of the crop. They have the fastest defenses in the nation and their play on the field speaks for itself. They will contain Oaklahoma. This will be by far and away the best defense that Oak has faced all year long. Dont get me wrong Oaklahoma is a good team. They have a offensive that looks much better then it really is and a below average defense. Flordia is GREAT team. They average 45.3 PPG 3rd in country and is ranked 18th in total offensive. Not to forget they played aganist 10 teams that are ranked in the top 40 in total defense. On the defensive side they are ranked 9th in total deffensive and and allow 12.8 PPG 5th in the country. Flordia has the BETTER OFFENSE the BETTER DEFENSE and clearly have the best COACH on the field. Flordia wins 41-24 |
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