Saturday, October 2, 2010

Alabama 31 - 6 Florida (6:10 left in 3d Quarter)

Alabama took the kickoff and couldn't really do much, but their punt was downed at the Florida 1. This did not intimidate the Gators who quickly moved out to their own 36. At this point, however, the roof fell in. Under pressure, the Florida quarterback tried a short pass -- which was picked off (Alabama's third interception of the game) and returned for a touchdown.

This is really a remarkable score. Since September 27, 2008, Florida has a record of 27-1 (27-2 if they lose tonight). But Alabama beat them last year 32-13, and now they are beating them again, 31-6. I still think Florida is likely to get a rematch in the SEC Championship game -- and they will be much more dangerous there. Nevertheless, this is the first team to give Urban Meyer this sort of trouble since he entered the SEC. It will be interesting to see how he responds.

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