SEC Championship Game Preview: Florida vs Alabama
December 4, 2009 by Mat Houchens
Filed under Football
The game this Saturday for the SEC Championship might as well be for the National Championship. That’s right I said it! The #1 Florida Gators are set to take on the #3 Alabama Crimson Tide this Saturday at 4:00 PM on CBS. The second time (happened last year as well) these two will meet in Atlanta with undefeated records and a National Championship on the line.
Who will be victorious? Who will march on for a shot? Well the Florida Gators of course. Lane Kiffin wouldn’t have you think so though:
“It’s kind of hard to call,” Kiffin said Tuesday in an interview on WNML-AM in Knoxville. “There’s a bunch of great players on both teams. Florida has so much speed. I think you’ll see Alabama will outscheme Florida, and Florida has given up 28 sacks this year when a bunch of guys come free. But the problem is Superman (quarterback Tim Tebow) is back there. It comes down to can you tackle him.
“It will be a real interesting matchup. Florida has better players, and Alabama has better coaches, so we’ll see.”
Better coaches eh? Some big ‘ole balls on ya boy to be talking about better coaching. Since when did you become an expert on who a better coach is? Lane, you should take some notes from your dad and coach with class. But I digress…
Florida has a rare opportunity to go wire to wire and this streak will be put on the line this Saturday against Bama. Last year the game started in Bama’s favor but with some halftime adjustments from Meyer, the Gators went on to win the SEC Championship game as well as the National Championship.
Even with Carlos Dunlap suspended, the Florida Gator defense is going to be tough to score points on. With our lack of offensive production as a whole this year, 24 points would probably beat us… lucky for us that hasn’t been accomplished this year. Alabama will look to bring a heavy rush as I’m sure they’ve seen our issues with our offensive line this year and look to continue the high sack average that the Gators have allowed. The keys to the game will be getting protection when passing, being able to run the ball to control the tempo and having our defensive make Mark Ingram and Julio Jones non factors.
In either case, whether Florida comes out the victor or not, the winner of this game will be the favorite in the National Championship game and rightfully so. Thus why I say that this game might as well be for the National Championship. I wish there was a betting line on that. Winner of SEC Championship Game – 240 Money Line.
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