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2007 BCS National Championship Game

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639:. Both Florida and Michigan cheered as USC fell to UCLA 13–9. Florida defeated Arkansas 38–28 to claim the 2006 SEC Championship Title. USC's loss knocked them out of contention, leaving No. 3 Michigan and No. 4 Florida as the most likely teams to earn the No. 2 ranking and face Ohio State for the BCS National Championship. The final BCS poll passed Florida over Michigan to take the No. 2 spot while Michigan remained unchanged at No. 3, with .0101 points separating the two teams. This small difference was a result of the human polls (the 660:'s "campaign" to get Florida into the BCS National Championship Game. The fact that the difference in the final BCS Poll was due to human voters, not computer rankings, gives some credence to these theories. Other theories suggest that since Michigan did not win their conference title, they did not deserve to play for the BCS National Championship, or that a rematch between Michigan and Ohio State was not favored by the poll voters. The controversy was largely resolved when USC defeated Michigan 32–18 in the 709:
in his tracks and the ball was turned over on downs. Chris Hetland, Florida's much-maligned kicker who was only 4-of-13 for the year, hit his second field goal of the night, making the score 27–14, and with just over two minutes left to play in the half, it appeared that would be the score heading to
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returned the opening kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown, giving Ohio State a 7–0 lead only 16 seconds into the game. During the celebration following the return, Ginn was injured and would miss the remainder of the game. The Gators quickly rebounded, however, leading a quick 46-yard drive for
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There were many theories how Florida jumped Michigan in the final poll. Some sportswriters theorized that it was not a matter of which was the better team, claiming Florida had an advantage in the polls because they had played the last two weeks while Michigan had not, or that voters were swayed due
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The second half saw a much more defensive game, with no scoring in the third quarter. The Gator offense used up the clock, while the defense continued to stifle Ohio State's purportedly explosive attack. The lone score of the half came with just over 10 minutes left in the game, when Tim Tebow
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earned the defensive honors. The Gators held the Buckeye offense to only 82 total yards for the game, and Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith completed only four passes for 35 yards and an interception. The Gators also dominated in time of possession, limiting the Ohio State offense to just over
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on April 2, 2007, marking both the first time in NCAA history that the same two schools have played for the football and basketball championships in the same year and the first time that a school has held both the football and basketball championships in the same academic and calendar
602:. The win over Michigan to finish the regular season essentially guaranteed the Buckeyes a spot in the National Championship game. Who they would play remained a highly debated question. Despite the loss to Ohio State, Michigan remained No. 2 in the polls, followed by No. 3 1188:, which was notable for being a matchup between Urban Meyer's former team and the team he had just been hired to coach at that point, and was therefore nicknamed the "Urban Meyer Bowl" even though he had no role in the game itself. Florida won that game as well, 24–17. 517:, on January 8, 2007, and featured the top-ranked Big Ten champion Ohio State Buckeyes against the 2nd-ranked SEC champion Florida Gators. The Gators routed the Buckeyes by a final score of 41–14 to win their first national championship since 3017: 1479: 3166: 2168: 3161: 3010: 3106: 2667: 1491: 1042: 3126: 1233: 1148: 3003: 524:
The Buckeyes secured a spot by finishing the regular season undefeated and ranked #1 in the BCS. It was the first time the Buckeyes and Gators had ever met on the football field. The 12–1
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The next week, with both No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Michigan's regular season complete, No. 3 USC defeated then No. 5 Notre Dame. Fourth-ranked Florida defeated unranked in-state rival
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This marked the first year in history that the losing team in both the college football national championship game and the Super Bowl returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown.
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TV network, as well as the first time the BCS had held a standalone national championship game (previously, one of the 4 BCS bowls had served as the national championship game).
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Ohio State came back for a score of their own with an 18-yard touchdown run by Antonio Pittman to bring the score to 21–14. After a Florida field goal, Ohio State coach
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was the first of seven consecutive national championships won by the SEC. A school from outside that conference did not win a national championship again until the
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In retrospect, the 2007 BCS National Championship Game was arguably a turning point in the history of college football, ushering in an era of dominance for the
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This was the first of the SEC's streak of seven consecutive national championships. The streak would not be broken until Florida State defeated Auburn in the
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The last week of the regular season was dynamic for the national championship race. Third-ranked Michigan remained idle. Fourth-ranked Florida faced No. 9
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This was the first time these two teams faced each other in football. The next football game between Florida and Ohio State would not occur until the
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took a gamble by going for a fourth-and-one from the Buckeyes' own 29-yard line. The Gator defensive line stopped
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ran in a one-yard touchdown score, bringing the tally to 41–14, which was the final score.
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The game was the first BCS National Championship Game to be televised on the
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the break. As Ohio State started from their own 20, quarterback
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2, Chris Hetland, Florida vs. Ohio State (tied with 3 others)
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Chris Leak was named the offensive player of the game, and
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in early December, and jumping from #4 to #2 in the final
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took the Super Bowl kickoff for a touchdown against the
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2007 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
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a score, capped off by a 14-yard touchdown pass from
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Glendale, Arizona
Chris Leak
Derrick Harvey
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Florida
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