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Gator Bait

By Robert Stacy McCain on 11.30.08 @ 2:30PM

Having laid a 36-0 whupping on Auburn (the largest Iron Bowl margin since 1962), now the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide gets ready for the SEC championship game against Florida, ranked No. 2 in the latest Associated Press poll. Despite the Gators' previous loss to Ole Miss, undefeated Alabama will almost certainly be the underdog going into Saturday's showdown in Atlanta's Georgia Dome. At least one sports pundit thinks 'Bama can win:

Florida might be the fastest team in the history of college football. . . .
Florida also has quarterback Tim Tebow, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, and one of the country's most improved defenses. . . .
But the Gators won't beat Alabama in Saturday's SEC championship game in Atlanta's Georgia Dome. . . .
Nothing will be more gratifying for Alabama than beating the Gators on Saturday night. . . .
Alabama has the necessary ingredients -- a stifling, physical defense and a punishing, ball-control offense -- to slow the Gators down. . . .
[T]he Crimson Tide will win by doing what they've done all along: playing great defense and controlling the clock with their running game. . . .
And the Gators haven't seen a team as strong or menacing as the Crimson Tide.

This is the cue for all Florida fans to start trashing 'Bama in the comments.

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Tripp| 11.30.08 @ 5:17PM

Sans Percy Harvin the Gators have nothing. Thanks to the Noles for a Bama win next Saturday

BD57| 11.30.08 @ 5:31PM

Tripp:

That's your opinion, so I can't say you're "wrong" - just woefully misinformed.

UF & 'Bama will both get their best test of the season next Saturday; neither has played a team as good as the other all year.

As a UF fan & alum, I like our chances.

Dee| 11.30.08 @ 5:35PM

As for a Gator loss, BAMA's being there and done that. RTR!

agesilaus| 11.30.08 @ 6:19PM

Well I read almost the exact same comments on the Orlando Sentinal sports page a couple of days ago. The Gators will never have a double digit lead at the end of the first quarter, the powerful offense will stop them, and they will never run up a big final score. The game: FSU-Gators. The Gators were ahead 14-3 at the end of the first quarter, had something like 700 yards of offense and of course the final score was a blowout 45-15.

We will see what we see come Saturday. The western SEC division always has a weaker schedule and that was planned by Bear Bryant when the conference was split.