BCS GURU'S LAST STATEMENT OF THE SEASON

GATOR DOUBLE

For the first time in history, one school won the NCAA football and basketball title in the same calendar year. Following the basketball team's success in April, Florida's football team completed the double with an impressive 41-14 rout of previously top-ranked Ohio State.

The Gators' comprehensive dismantling of the Buckeyes left no doubt as to who should be the consensus national champion. Boise State was the only undefeated team in the nation after Ohio State's loss, but the Broncos will get as far as only the top five in both the AP and coaches polls.

Florida's blowout victory, though, won't stifle the debate about the BCS. First of all, had USC not slip up against UCLA in its final regular-season game, the Gators wouldn't even have had the chance to play in the BCS title game. And judging by the outcome of the Rose Bowl and Monday night's game, a USC-Florida title game would seem to produce an epic, but that'll only be left to imagination.

That brings us to our final point: The Big Ten turned out to be a monumental fraud. Its two best teams got destroyed in the postseason by two speedy and athletic teams. It went 2-5 in bowl games, including a record-setting collapse that got Minnesota's Glen Mason fired. The only thing more fraudulent this season was Notre Dame, but what else is new?

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