First off... congrats to Ohio State for making it to the championship game. Oden played probably the best game of his career. I tip my hat to that team, players & staff... Now...

IT'S GREAT... TO BE... A FLORIDA GATOR.... I SAID...

IT'S GREAT... TO BE... A FLORIDA GATOR.... I SAID...

Back to back NATIONAL CHAMPIONS !!!! First one since Duke in 1991, and only the second in almost 40 years!

*First team EVER to win the Football & Basketball championships in the same calender year.

* First team EVER to have all 5 starters return, and win the title.

I am escatic right now !!!!

 

Congrats.. now please stop creating a new thread every subject!! Haha j/k but I was rooting for Florida, SEC team. It still hurts to cheer for Florida being an Auburn student, but I gotta cheer for the SEC.

 

I know this thread was a llittle redundant.. but, come on now... give me my night to celebrate!!!!


ps - If Florida weren't in it... I'd be rooting for an SEC team if they were in the title game as well...

 

Go Gators! Go SEC! Damn I love this championship town!!

 

Holy Shit, I forgot the game was on!!! As long as it wasn't Florida State.

 

How can you forget that a National Championship game is on TV ?

 

Now all you have to do is change the score under your name.

 

Good call!

 

My kid is on Spring Break, was with him all day. When it came time to watch TV tonight all I could think about was 24. Plus GT lost the other night, so.....

 

True, I tivo'd 24...

ps - Prison Break sucked IMO... what a shitty finale.

 

Congrats to the Gators


I was rooting for OS, but Florida was nailing everything and Ohio just wasn't. Gotta give the Gators props.

If they weren't having an off night at the perimeter OS would have beat Florida tonight : :

 

Those 3's were like daggers tonight..

 

True... most of Floridas points came from outside the arch... most of Ohio States came from inside the paint.

 

3 Pointers:

Ohio State = 4 out of 23 ---> 17.4%
Florida = 10 out of 18 ---> 55.6%

 

 

I never understand when people say this...lets say Auburn wins the national championship this year, or any other SEC team for that matter. Why would you want a team within your same conference winning...you know how many recruits would choose that national title winning team that you'll be competing again come a few months.

/rant

 

^^chances are good that we played them and perhaps even beat them at some point. The strength of schedule rises knowing you played the best team in the nation.

Recruiting is an interesting beast. No kids will come to your school if you have a load of talented Sophmores. A freshman they would never see time. Justa for instance.

 

Also, the SEC is a tough conference in all sports...for some reason the sports world doesn't think so and typically underrates SEC teams...they beat up on each other all season every season, you never know who's gonna be on top because they are so competitive amongst each other...so when one team makes it out, SEC fans vote for the SEC to give the conference some recognition.

Domination like FSU football in the ACC (well, like it used to be) or Memphis basketball in C-USA does not happen in the SEC...the teams are too good.

 

congrats on florida.

 

I say I am cheering for Florida because I want my conference to do good. I HATE cheering for Florida, Alabama, LSU, and Georgia, but I still want our conference to be represented well across the nation. Also, during the bowl games I want all SEC teams to win, no matter who is playing.

Plus I knew Florida was going to win from the start of the tournament and I think Ohio State was overrated, as is the whole Big 10 in football and basketball..

 

Another thing about the recruiting.. Florida will always get good talent in both football and basketball.. Auburn also gets really good talent, our program is really under looked some years, mainly because we get hype pre-season then we fail to execute during the season, except 2004 when we got screwed

In the past 5 (or 6) years Auburn has had the best record in the SEC, so even though Florida won the national championship this past year, Auburn is still a great football program and it shows when we get top recruits like we have the past years, this year and in our future commits.

 

I bet the state of Ohio really detests Florida a lot now.

 

I hate the Gators, but Billy Donovan is an amazing coach.

 

WOOT WOOT!!!!

Knew it would be easy! The guys on the team are cool as shit too, see them all the time.

 

Joakim was the epitome of class and humility during the post-game interview.

Meh, still won some $ on the game (spread, over-under) so I can't really complain. Florida was built to win and they really have an entertaining (and obviously winning) style of play.

 

"Still reliving the ol' glory day's huh, Wooderson?!"

Congrats Gators!

 

I Hate the Gators too, but congrats to two great seasons back to back. There ya go ChrisK... I said it. I used great and Gators in the same sentance.

 

I wanted Ohio to win But congrats to Florida!

 

i'd like to see them do it all again next year...

 

I have a feeling that Billy Donovan could be the Dean Smith of some of our lifetimes.

 

I was only off by three on my difference in score prediction!

Go Gators!

I will be heading to Gainesville Friday evening to watch the celebration at 6:30 in the O'Dome. I need some more shirts and polo shirts too!

 

I am emotionally drained right now. I can't stand being nervous before and during the games any more. I don't know how much longer I can stand of this. Three national championships in two years! Wow!

 

That is pretty much exactly how I feel...

 

I'm going to mang... we should meet up.

 

[QUOTE=gatrhumpy. Three national championships in two years! Wow![/QUOTE]

Actually... we've won 3 titles in just over 12 months!!!!

 

Although I was rooting for Ohio State, congrats Florida. Gotta support the SEC (UK fan here )

 

I agree. I don't understand why other people don't have more of an allegiance to their conference. I always root for all the ACC teams in March unless they are actually playing UNC.

 

I've never liked Joakim Noah...partly due to the few interviews I have seen with him, he seemed like a real thug that didn't know the least bit about sounding professional. ChrisKelly, you follow UF, whats your insight on Noah. Is he a nice guy or what? Maybe what you say wil change my mind about him.

 

We're about to find out on ESPN if the Juniors are staying or going.

 

All of them are making a announcement?