Filed under: Alabama, Florida, SEC
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- It was supposed to be a matchup of two of the most elite programs in college football. Owners of three national titles in the past four college football seasons playing under the lights in the state of Alabama, the college football capital of the world. Just one problem: only one team showed up. Alabama dominated Florida in every facet of the game, winning 31-6, much to the delirious delight of 101,821 houndstooth clad and pom-pom waving Alabama fans. There may be a rematch of this game at the SEC championship in December, but the result isn't going to change. Alabama is simply better than Florida. And the gap between the two teams is substantial and widening. So amazing is Nick Saban's revival of Alabama that it's hard to believe it has been less than four years since Mike Shula led the Alabama Crimson Tide off the field with a home loss to Auburn in 2006. At that point in time Alabama was irrelevant, coming up on a decade of national obscurity. In less than four years, Saban has taken a moribund program and resurrected it to a level of greatness not seen in Tuscaloosa since the 1970s.
Yes, Florida is young, and yes, Florida will get better. But right now to call the Gators a title contending team is a joke. Hell, even calling the Gators a top-10 team might be a joke. From the moment in the first quarter when Urban Meyer brought in Trey Burton to attempt a jump pass on fourth down it was clear the Gators were trying to reclaim past glory. Only, in a perfect metaphor for the game, Burton underthrew his receiver and Alabama picked off the pass in the end zone. Trey Burton, you're no Tim Tebow, but Nick Saban: you may well be Bear Bryant.
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