The stakes couldn't have been higher, and Florida couldn't have been more helpless. Regardless I'm very proud of our team and the resolve and the improvements we've been able to make. For a team that was at this point a year ago and called soft by its coach after a loss to these very same Seminoles, it was a wildly successful and unexpected season.
If not for a loss to Georgia, a game in which they committed an uncharacteristic six turnovers, the Gators would be ranked No. You've seen where we've played, who we've played and the quality of football teams we've beat. If college football's four-team playoff started this year instead of , Florida would likely be in. But this was the wrong year for the Gators to be the nation's most accomplished one-loss team.
Most college football fans are probably relieved that the BCS championship game won't be an all-SEC affair for the second year in a row. Just like Alabama last year, Florida would have gotten in without even winning its division thanks to some voodoo BCS math and exactly the right teams around the country losing.
In a system where only two can get into the title game, it is probably just that the team opposite Notre Dame in Miami will be the champion of Florida's conference, and in Georgia's case, a team that beat the Gators head-to-head on a neutral field.
But is Florida as good as any of those teams? This is why conference tie-ins should be removed: Virginia played hard, gave Florida a game and has nothing to be ashamed about, but let's be honest: a four-loss team shouldn't be playing in a New Year's Six game. Conference tie-ins don't always produce bad matchups in these major bowl games, but in a year like this one when the ACC was average at best, you get this type of result.
It wasn't bad, per se, but it could have been a lot better. So what's the solution? Ditch the tie-ins and use the College Football Playoff Rankings to help determine the games? It's interesting that there's so much disdain for the CFP Selection Committee in terms of their selection criteria for the field of four, because you could actually make an argument their process would be better suited for drumming up interesting matchups in these games without being held back by conference tie-ins.
GoHoos TheStandard pic. Back-to-back NY6 Bowl Champions! Orange Bowl didn't look great on paper when it was announced, but it was a pretty entertaining game with a wild end with serious Vegas slants. Perkins finds Dubois in the end zone. Hoos cut Florida's lead to Gah, darn. It's a forward pass.
You can't take a large man touchdown off the board. It's unpatriotic. Oof, what a bad interception to throw. Perkins has been up and down all night but that was pretty bad. Virginia has been going back to more quick passes and it's working again. Anything else and Florida's pass rush is eating them up. No TD for Perine, but a career-high rushing yards in his final game for Florida. Also matched a career-best with three TDs. Florida answers with a touchdown of its own with left to play. Two-point try is no good.
Unlike some schools that have trustees trying to influence decisions, Stricklin said, in Gainesville, a coach doesn't have to wonder, "Who's really calling the shots? Part of those resources will go to Mullen, though. With Mullen out at Florida, 10 of the 14 SEC head coaches entering the season will have been in their positions for two or fewer seasons. Skip to main content Skip to navigation.
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