Florida Gators All-Decade Team and Awards: 2000-2009

As the end of the year draws near, Gator fans must also say goodbye to the most productive decade in Florida Gators history.

Two national championships, three SEC championships, and an opportunity to add one more of each.

The Gators are also saying goodbye to a turbulent decade that saw three different head coaches and a near fall from national prominence.

The Gators won only four bowl games in the decade, and lost five. The five losses came by an average of 15.6 points per game. The four wins? An average of 16.75 points. Hooray close bowl games!

Funny, how things change.

The Gators said goodbye to Tennessee, Florida State, and Georgia as heated rivalries, going a collective 21–8 against the three.

Now the most relevant game on the Gators schedule is played against the Bayou Bengals, a series that the Gators took 6–4 in the 2000s.

The winner of the LSU–Florida game has represented its division in the SEC championship six times. LSU also went twice in losing seasons.

Funny how things change.

Funny how they try to stay the same too. Prior to this year, the Gators hadn't won in Starkville since 1985.

The Florida offense tried their hardest to not change history, scoring 13 points for the Bulldogs, but the Gators' defense would have none of it, giving up only six of their own ending one of the Gators' more head–scratching streaks.

This is a tribute to the good times and the bad times of the 2000s, the best wins and the worst losses, the best players, plays, seasons, teams, and coaches and everything else that made the 2000s the decade to remember for the Gators.

So without further ado, I present to you the Gators All Decade Team and Other Awards from the 2000s.

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