The Florida Gators were overlooked all season long.
If USC hadn’t lost, they never would have gotten a chance.
OSU rolled over everyone. Did that mean they had no real competition or were just that good?
See also: Michigan vs USC.
Everyone talked about the lack of “style points” for UF’s wins.
Can we bury “style points” now?
Who cares about style?
Here’s a suggestion for the BCS: How about the national championship game in the future is the #1 team in the SEC vs whoever is considered #1 in the rest of the nation? I wonder how many times the SEC team would win?
Interesting stat: “Ohio State is 0-8 against Southeastern Conference teams in bowl games.” ().
Remember when Jim Tressel declined to vote as to who should be #2: either Michigan or UF? Everyone assumed that he would have voted for Florida so he wouldn’t have to play Michigan again after their close loss. I wonder if he was aware of that stat and didn’t want to play Florida.