10 Things I Learned From the National Championship Game

Edmon by Correspondent Written on January 09, 2009
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Georgia Tech has done mighty well this year using the old throwback.

Florida, on the other hand, uses it a tad bit differently. Just like a normal option run with a minor wrinkle, tight end Aaron Hernandez runs in right behind the defenders.

It’s a game of pick your poison for defensive ends and linebackers after that. Do you cover the talented tight end, the Heisman-winning quarterback or the track star running back?

Expect to see a lot more teams using this play in 2009.


Urban Meyer Has Surpassed Steve Spurrier

It’s hard to imagine that, in four years, Meyer has supplanted the "Ol’ Ball Coach.”

Even if he only stays around until young Nate graduates, Meyer will have a statue and his name etched in Florida lore.


The University of Florida Is THE National Champion of the 2008 Season


I’m willing to concede that Utah is great and they would have battled well with Florida, but when it’s all said and done, Florida won the BCS and the AP (which I don’t put that much stock in) National Championships.

There will be fans that want to tarnish or discredit this championship. They’ll do so in the name of their own team or their wish for a playoff.


BONUS:  What I Learned from Barack Obama


Obama wants a playoff to determine a National Championship, not a head to head battle.

To me, it seems kind of ironic that he belongs to a party that, along with the Republican Party, made it impossible for anyone not from those two parties to participate in Presidential Debates.  Glass houses, Mr. President-elect, glass houses.

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