Speed Kills

Florida dominated The Ohio State University Buckeyes in the BCS title game. Once again, the much maligned BCS produced a real national champion. A team that earned it on the field -- ALL SEASON -- not just over a two or three week span.
To be honest, I thought Florida was going to get killed but they didn't; because they had faster players and better coaches.
After Ted Ginn returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, he hurt his ankle during the celebration.
Apparently I wasn't the only one who thought OSU had it locked up at the point, the whole Ohio State team did too.
But Florida came after them with speed. The spread offense worked to perfection. Ohio State couldn't cover. Every short pass was a 6 or 8 yard gain.
And on defense, Florida kept blitzing and Troy Smith got so rattled he completed only four passes in the whole game. He cost himself a lot of spots in the draft with his inability to handle the pressure.
But the game turned when Jim Tressel panicked. Down 10 points in the second quarter he went for it on 4th and 1 at their own 29 yard line. Yes, they should have been able to get one yard but the risk wasn't worth the potential reward.
If they get it, they have first down at their own 30, not great field position, they still need a long drive to score. If they don't get it, they give up 3 points, which is what happened.
On the next drive the pressure got to Troy Smith, he fumbled and Florida easily scored a touchdown to take a 20 point lead and win the national title.

A few notes:
Florida is the first school to hold the heavyweight and intercontinental belts at the same time. I mean football and basketball titles.

Florida has two quarterbacks. One is slow and likes to throw from the pocket. The other is fast and comes in on running downs. The former is black the latter is white. Down with racial stereotypes.

Congress took the day off to watch or in some cases, go to the game.

I fell asleep during the second quarter and woke up after the game had ended and watched the rest on DVR.