SEC Sports Blog

The SEC opens up with Kentucky facing Clemson in the Music City Bowl on December 27th.  The Georgia Bulldogs next face Texas A&M on December 28th in the Independence Bowl.  The Tennessee Volunteers face a difficult test when they battle Virginia Tech on December 31st.  The Auburn Tigers will battle the Northwestern Wildcats on January 1st in the Outback Bowl while  LSU will battle Penn State in an evenly-matched game later that day in the Capital One Bowl.  On January 2nd Ole Miss will battle Oklahoma State and South Carolina will test UCONN before Arkansas faces East Carolina in the Liberty Bowl.  Then in the finale, Alabama takes on Texas for the BCS Title.  The Crimson Tide will have their hands full with Colt McCoy and the Longhorns as they face off in the BCS Championship bowl game.

The Florida Gators lost a chance at immortality as their quest for a repeat championship was thwarted by a determined Alabama team.  The Tide rolled over the Gators by being more physical and dominating the line of scrimmage.  Heisman hopeful Mark Ingram ran for 113 yards yards and three scores leading ‘Bama to an impressive 32-13 victory.  The win sends Alabama to the BCS National Championship where they will battle the Texas Longhorns.  The Gators will face upstart Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl on January 1st.  The game will be the last for one of the greatest players in NCAA history as Tim Tebow will attempt to go out on a high note. For the entire bowl schedule to see where all of the SEC bowl teams will play, look to our friends at Football-Bowl.com.

In Tim Tebow’s final home game the Gators rolled rival Florida State 37-10. Tim Tebow is not only one of the greatest college football players of all time possibly one of the best character people to ever step on the field.  He will go for his 3rd SEC title on December 5th when Florida faces #2 Alabama.  The Crimson Tide struggled in the Iron Bowl but managed to get the victory 26-21.  The SEC title should be a good one in what will be a rematch of last year’s SEC Championship game.  The #13 LSU Tigers defeated Arkansas 33-30 in overtime to end the season at 9-3 and Mississippi fell out of the Top 25 with their loss to rival Mississippi State. SEC fans can now celebrate the holidays in warmth with college Snuggies.

The Florida Gators defeated Florida International 62-3.  The #1 Gators host in state rival Florida State on the 21st.  Meanwhile, the #2 Alabama Crimson Tide defeated Chattanooga 45-0.  Alabama will travel to Auburn for the Iron Bowl on November 27th in what is one of the most bitter rivalries in all of college football.  In a game that was actually worth watching, the LSU Tigers dropped from #8 to #15 following a very tough loss at Ole Miss.  The Tigers were put in field goal position via a long pass which stopped the clock with one second remaining and no timeouts left.  Instead of rushing the field goal team on the field, the Tigers attempted to spike the ball to stop the clock.  The end result was the clock ran out and Ole Miss got the victory.  The thrilling win put Ole Miss back in the Top 25 rankings at #25.