On their next possession, the Gators once again drove in for a score, going 71 yards on 10 plays and getting it in the end zone on a 2-yard run by DeShawn Wynn on the first play of the second quarter. After stuffing the Ohio State offense to a quick punt, Florida drove 36 yards for a touchdown on a 4-yard run by Percy Harvin. The Gators quickly rebounded, however, leading a quick 46-yard drive for a score, capped off by a 14-yard touchdown pass from Chris Leak to Dallas Baker. During the celebration following the return, Ginn was injured and would miss the remainder of the game. returned the opening kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown, giving Ohio State a 7–0 lead only 16 seconds into the game. The Buckeyes got off to a fast start when receiver Ted Ginn Jr. The controversy was largely resolved when USC defeated Michigan 32–18 in the 2007 Rose Bowl, and Florida beat top-ranked Ohio State 41–14 in the BCS Championship Game. Other theories suggest that since Michigan did not win their conference title, they did not deserve to play for the BCS National Championship, or that a rematch between Michigan and Ohio State was not favored by the poll voters. The fact that the difference in the final BCS Poll was due to human voters, not computer rankings, gives some credence to these theories. Some sportswriters theorized that it was not a matter of which was the better team, claiming Florida had an advantage in the polls because they had played the last two weeks while Michigan had not, or that voters were swayed due to Florida coach Urban Meyer's "campaign" to get Florida into the BCS National Championship Game. There were many theories how Florida jumped Michigan in the final poll. This small difference was a result of the human polls (the Coaches Poll and Harris Interactive Poll) ranking Florida above Michigan while the computer polls had the two teams tied for second.Ĭontroversy over No. 2 spot while Michigan remained unchanged at No. The final BCS poll passed Florida over Michigan to take the No. 2 ranking and face Ohio State for the BCS National Championship. 4 Florida as the most likely teams to earn the No.
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Florida defeated Arkansas 38-28 to claim the 2006 SEC Championship Title. Both Florida and Michigan cheered as USC fell to UCLA 13–9. 2 USC faced unranked, in-city rival UCLA. 9 Arkansas in the SEC Championship, while No. The last week of the regular season was dynamic for the national championship race. With the victory over Notre Dame, USC passed Michigan in the polls, taking over the BCS No. Fourth-ranked Florida defeated unranked in-state rival Florida State. 2 Michigan's regular season complete, No. Despite the loss to Ohio State, Michigan remained No. Who they would play remained a highly debated question. The win over Michigan to finish the regular season essentially guaranteed the Buckeyes a spot in the National Championship game. 13 Iowa Hawkeyes, and their then undefeated Big Ten Conference rival, then No. The Buckeyes were 12–0 with several wins over ranked opponents: the defending national champions, then No. 1 ranked team for the entire 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season, anchored by Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Troy Smith.
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The game was the first BCS National Championship Game to be televised on the Fox TV network, as well as the first time the BCS had held a standalone national championship game (previously, one of the 4 BCS bowls had served as the national championship game). The 12–1 Florida Gators earned a spot after defeating Arkansas in the SEC Championship Game in early December, and jumping from #4 to #2 in the final BCS Rankings, passing #3 Michigan and previous #2 USC. It was the first time the Buckeyes and Gators had ever met on the football field. The Buckeyes secured a spot by finishing the regular season undefeated and ranked #1 in the BCS. The Gators would defeat the Buckeyes by a final score of 41-14. The 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game was an American football game played at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on January 8, 2007, and featured the top-ranked Big Ten champions Ohio State Buckeyes against the 2nd-ranked SEC champions Florida Gators. Thom Brennaman, Barry Alvarez, and Charles Davis Ohio State and Florida bands Habitat for Humanity presentation Annual NCAA football game 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game
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