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HailToMichigan;676454; said:INT Florida....looks like this will simply come down to the voters. Prepare for Urban Meyer to start complaining and pissing and moaning like we've never heard, both before the selections, and after if Florida is snubbed.
neomits;676466; said:for real, he has become more and more Bias as this game as gone on.
WolverineTX;676506; said:I'm not sure if this is a case of bias or not. It's quite possible that Danielson and Lundquist are just pandering to their SEC viewers. CBS' contract with the SEC expires at the end of next season and the conference has been pondering some changes.
I'd like to know what they really think versus what they say.
That's great, but it doesn't recognize that two teams with the same record aren't created equal. Also, does it count the Western Carolina I-AA win?Florida's opponents have the highest winning percentage of any other team. That's pretty impressive. There will be hell from the SEC if scUM gets it.
NO. 4 FLORIDA 38 NO. 8 ARKANSAS 28
Gators keep title shot in reach
Harvin?s big plays figure big in SEC championship victory
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Paul Newberry
ASSOCIATED PRESS
</IMG> GARY W . GREEN ORLANDO SENTINEL Florida?s Percy Harvin hauls in a pass for a touchdown over Arkansas? Darius Vinnett.![]()
ATLANTA ? Halfway through the Southeastern Conference title game, Florida knew it had a shot at playing for an even bigger championship.
The Gators might just get it, thanks to freshman Percy Harvin and opportunistic special teams.
Harvin scored two touchdowns and No. 4 Florida put up two scores off a blocked punt and a botched return, leading the Gators to a wild 38-28 victory last night over eighthranked Arkansas for their first SEC title since 2000.
Now, Florida has its eye on another prize. No. 2 Southern California, which had the inside track to face top-ranked Ohio State in the national title game, blew its chance with a 13-9 loss to UCLA.
The Gators (12-1) are hoping their win over Arkansas was impressive enough to vault them past third-ranked Michigan in the Bowl Championship Series standings. The media, coaches and computers will answer that question today.
"Michigan already had its chance," said Harvin, referring to the Wolverines? lone loss, which was to Ohio State. "I think we deserve a chance."
Arkansas coach Houston Nutt threw his support to the Gators.
"This is the toughest conference in America," Nutt said. "If I went sitting on that other sideline, I would be saying, ?Absolutely.? I wish them all the best and hope they have an opportunity to go."
Harvin caught a 37-yard touchdown pass and broke off a 67-yard run to the end zone. Florida scored its first touchdown after Jarred Fayson broke up the middle to block a punt, then went ahead for good when Wondy Pierre-Louis fell on a fumbled punt in the end zone late in the third quarter.
Three touchdown passes were thrown by someone other than a quarterback.
Florida receiver Andre Caldwell hooked up with Tate Casey on a 5-yard score. Arkansas running back Darren McFadden threw a 2-yard TD pass to fellow back Felix Jones, who also hauled in a 29-yard scoring pass from receiver Cedric Washington.
Arkansas (10-3) rallied from a 17-0 deficit after being held without a touchdown in its first two appearances in the SEC title game. The Razorbacks scored just before halftime when Casey Dick threw a 48-yard TD pass to Marcus Monk. In the third quarter, they came up with two interceptions against Florida quarterback Chris Leak ? the first setting up a TD, the second returned 40 yards for a score by 255-pound defensive end Antwain Robinson.