In the SEC Championship game, the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide battled the #1 Florida Gators and everyone anticipated for it to be a true death match between two potential Heisman trophy winners Mark Ingram and Tim Tebow. Unfortunate for most (fortunate for me), that was not the case. Alabama absolutely man handled the Florida Gators by rushing over 250 yards and passing for over 240 yards. Thats a total of 490 yards. Mark Ingram led the rushing attack with 113 yards and 3 touchdowns of his own. Very uncharacteristic for a Florida defense that only allowed an average of 90 yards rushing and 150 yards passing per game this season. Alabama was able to do this by sticking to their game plan, running the ball and forcing the Gators offense in to 3rd and long situations. The inexperienced and heavily doubted QB Greg McElroy really showed up and came to play. The Florida defense was "on their heels" the entire game, unable to read any of Alabama's offensive schemes and formations. Tim Tebow and the normaly dynamic and explosive Florida Gator offense was ineffective in running the ball and that immediatly ruined their game plan. They were forced to throw the ball in unnecessary situations and it got them in trouble. The Alabama defense loaded up on the pass and covered the receivers beautifully throughout the game. Tebow was 20 of 35, completing only 57% of his passes. Let's just say the mvp for the Gators in the SEC Championship game was their punter Chaz Henry. He did a good job of keeping the ball out of the hands of Alabama's quick kick returner, Javier Arenas. I think Mark May from College Game Day on ESPN said it best, "You win championships by running the ball and stopping the run. Alabama did both those things in this championship game and made it look easy. I would just like to say one thing... Why was Tim Tebow crying? Are you kidding me? So what you lost the game. Suck it up. Take it like a man. Reminds me of a little boy crying after losing a pee wee hockey game. Honestly Tebow, grow up. People lose all time the and get disappointed over things. They don't cry about it. Alabama runs their way to a BCS National Championship bid, Florida crys their way back to Gainesville.
I'm assuming Mary May didn't question why Tebow was crying. That was you, right? You forgot to close the quotation ;)
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, you can't understand why he was crying?! You've followed sports for years. Haven't you seen many players over the years who have been overwhelmed by emotions - either from joy or disappointment? That game had been built up as THE TRUE National Championship, and the Gators didn't even show up. Everything we know about Tebow suggests that he would be devastated by his own performance and the performance of his team.
In fact, I think Tebow's crying at the end of the game was the only moment I actually recognized my Florida Gators :(
That said, Alabama deserves the win and the championship. They played a great game, though I hate to give Saban any credit :)
I agree 100% with you Mrs. Gallup. Most of these "gator haters" just look for things to make fun of instead of minding their own business and keeping their mouth shut. Also Andrew, you have so many grammatical errors in that blog...
ReplyDeleteI give Alabama a lot of credit. They deserved the win. I still hate Nick Saban.
All great seasons come to an end at some point. Go Gators