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Florida Gators football Top 5: Games from the 2006 Championship season

By TJ Ostrander

University of Florida football team celebrates their victory over Arkansas in the SEC Title game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on December 2, 2006. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images)
University of Florida football team celebrates their victory over Arkansas in the SEC Title game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia on December 2, 2006. (Photo by J. Meric/Getty Images) /
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Ohio State 12-0 Vs Florida 12-1 (BCS National Championship)

It wasn’t a fantastic game to be remembered forever by outsiders, but it was great game played by the Florida Gators. They blew the doors off Ohio State after an early mishap. It was never really in doubt the second half which way this one was going to play out.

GLENDALE, AZ – JANUARY 08: (R-L) Kenneth Tookes #9 of the Florida Gators and Jermaine McCollum #26 and Dustin Doe #32 celebrate after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes after the 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game at the University of Phoenix Stadium on January 8, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona. The Gators defeated the Buckeyes 41-14. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ – JANUARY 08: (R-L) Kenneth Tookes #9 of the Florida Gators and Jermaine McCollum #26 and Dustin Doe #32 celebrate after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes after the 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game at the University of Phoenix Stadium on January 8, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona. The Gators defeated the Buckeyes 41-14. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

Gator fans will remember the sinking feeling when Ted Ginn ran the opening kickoff back to give Ohio State the early lead. Most “experts” coming in gave the Gators no shot at winning this game. The Buckeyes had the 2006 Heisman Trophy winner in Troy Smith, surely Florida stood no chance. For a few minutes it looked like a nightmare scenario for Gator Nation. Dallas Baker caught another huge touchdown pass from Chris Leak to tie the game up and settle things down for the Gators. It was all Florida after that and the Gators raced out to a 34-14 lead at halftime, including a touchdown pass from Tim Tebow to Andre Caldwell.

GLENDALE, AZ – JANUARY 08: Quarterback Chris Leak #12 of the Florida Gators celebrates after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes after the 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game at the University of Phoenix Stadium on January 8, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona. The Gators defeated the Buckeyes 41-14. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ – JANUARY 08: Quarterback Chris Leak #12 of the Florida Gators celebrates after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes after the 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game at the University of Phoenix Stadium on January 8, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona. The Gators defeated the Buckeyes 41-14. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images) /

The Buckeyes didn’t have much fight in them for the second half. The Gators kept Ohio State off the board and added a Tim Tebow touchdown to complete the absolute blowout 41-14. A truly shocking result, the Gators had their highest point total of the year versus power-5 schools in the national championship game. Urban Meyer earned his first national championship, and the Gators earned their second. A truly remarkable run that you really couldn’t see coming. What a ride. What a team.

GLENDALE, AZ – JANUARY 08: (R-L) Linebacker Brandon Siler #40 of the Florida Gators and Steven Harris #93 celebrate after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes after the 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game at the University of Phoenix Stadium on January 8, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona. The Gators defeated the Buckeyes 41-14. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
GLENDALE, AZ – JANUARY 08: (R-L) Linebacker Brandon Siler #40 of the Florida Gators and Steven Harris #93 celebrate after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes after the 2007 Tostitos BCS National Championship Game at the University of Phoenix Stadium on January 8, 2007 in Glendale, Arizona. The Gators defeated the Buckeyes 41-14. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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