College Football's Year-End Top 10

Once again it is execution and near perfection by the Florida Gators as they win the BCS Title for the second time in three years.

We can now all sit back and mope around the house for the next eight months of boring Saturdays without college football. But for today, let’s determine who fared well at years end.

With the current bowl system in place, the Florida Gators have earned the recognition as the number one team in the country—and deservedly so. After their heartbreaking loss to Ole Miss 31-30 in Gainesville, the Gators added an element to their team that gave them a clear-cut advantage on the field of play for the remainder of the season.

The will and determination of Tim Tebow was the answer.

Sure, one can break down any match-up to try and gage the on-field advantages and disadvantages. Though when delving into the BCS Championship Game, it should be the coaching scheme (Meyer vs. Stoops), SEC defense vs. Big 12 offense, bowl history, emotion and motivation, as well as O-line vs. D-line to determine the winner.

Overall, with an exception of a few turnovers and miscues, both teams were well prepared schematically, emotionally, and physically. Well into the second half, when Florida began to control the clock and move the ball, it wasn’t that Oklahoma was out of place defensively or not making plays, it was "superman" Tim Tebow who was refusing to lose, refusing to go down, and refusing to let his team fall. Apparently, that was neither in Stoop’s defensive playbook.

Jumping into another region of the country, the USC Trojans, to no one’s surprise, finished on high-high note once again. Home field advantage usually matters, but it didn’t help Alabama playing in their backyard against the Utes. It certainly did, however, fire up Pete Carroll’s crew at the Rose Bowl.

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