eFollett Sports NCAA Football, 2008-2009

Gators Chomp Sooners

If the end result is producing a match up between two powerhouses that would take nearly all four quarters to decide, the BCS certainly got it right this year. While teams like Texas and undefeated Utah certainly had valid gripes about their omission from the National Champion game, the showdown between #1 Oklahoma and #2 Florida decidedly lived up to its billing. Last year's Heisman winner Tim Tebow against the reigning Heisman winner Sam Bradford. The Sooners with the most explosive offense in collegiate football history against Florida's 5th-ranked defense in the country. And while the Oklahoma offense had won over football fans from coast to coast all year, it was the Gator defense that won the game, and ultimately the National Title-with a little help from Tim Tebow, of course. The Gator D kept Oklahoma from posting any points on two goal line stands from the six- and one-yard line. The junior QB finished the day 18-30 for 231 yards and two touchdowns, and added another 109 on the ground on 22 carries-the most he'd run all season. Tebow also put his team on the board first, finding Louis Murphy on a 20-yard TD toss less than a minute into the second quarter. It would take the Sooners just a shade over two minutes to answer back, however, as Bradford connected with Jermaine Gresham on a 6-yard touchdown strike to even things up. Gator back Percy Harvin, despite a sprained ankle, also had a banner day, posting 122 yards on just nine carries-including a 3rd-quarter touchdown to put Florida up 14-7. But Bradford would answer, hooking up with Gresham again on an 11-yard throw. The rest of the game would belong Florida. Jonathan Phillips knocked through a 27-yard field goal and Tebow hit David Nelson with his trademark jump pass for a touchdown to put a fitting end to the contest-and earn Tebow game MVP honors

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