Congratulations to Urban Meyer, Charlie Strong, Dan Mullen, Tim Tebow, Percy Harvin, and the other members of the 2008 Florida Gators football team and coaching staff on winning the 2009 BCS Championship Game, and the 2008 Division I-A national championship.

Florida's win over Oklahoma wasn't pretty, but it was a win, and that is all that matters in the national championship game. Credit goes to Urban Meyer for calling an outstanding game, especially in the second half. Florida's use of the option in the spread single-wing offensive attack ended up crushing the Sooners. Despite all the talk before the game about speed, the game really came down to power, the power running of Tebow in the fourth quarter and inability of Chris Brown to power the ball into the end zone on two consecutive tries in the first half. Florida tried to win the game using its speed, and when it found OU could match them stride-for-stride, it went to its power running game.

This was a hard fought matchup which really turned on two key turnovers for Oklahoma. Oklahoma dominated the first half, but couldn't turn two trips inside the red zone into points. A tip drill for an INT led to one turnover in the second half for Florida, and a lucky play on a ball while trying to break up a pass led to the other INT. Florida was able to take advantage of these breaks (and a blocked FG attempt) to swing the momentum their way and go on to win the national championship. For that, they are to be congratulated.