Prediction Time

McClain won’t be spying tebow, maybe ali S but not Ro. Upchurch won’t play 5 minutes worth of game time.

I don’t really care about the other insignificant details….

Bama wins by two scores.

30-20

But, I hearken back to 1994 and will use that final score, with the teams reversed

UA 24 UF 23

Alabama 34
Florida 28

No one ever leads by more than one score, and the game ends with our defense making a stand and keeping Florida out of the end zone. Marcel Dareus has a key sack at some point. On offense, we pass to set up the run, but in the fourth quarter we don’t get cute. We learn from last year, and stick to our bread and butter and run it down their throats, a few yards at a time, with a high percentage pass thrown in for good measure.

Scoring breakdown:
FG
Homerun pass to Maze – GMac finally hits him in stride
Ingram touchdown run
Ingram touchdown screen pass
Julio busts open a short yardage pass and takes off for a TD
FG

Player of the game on defense: McClain
Player of the game on offense: Ingram, but case could be made for McElroy

just like last year, only reversed cause Bama owns this 4th quarter and rolls to an 11 point victory.

(i gotta say i feel a lot better about GMAC’s odds of a having a good game with Dunlap out… sorry to say but his mistake could have a tangible effect on the outcome)

Tebow so hard, it makes him reconsider his belief in God….

every single one of you so far has predicted that Bama will score more points Saturday than UF has allowed to any team this entire season (the most so far has been ARkansas’ 20 and that required 6 fumbles). Bama is in the championship game for the same reason UF is…..defense. Plain and simple. These are the 2 best defenses in the nation (even without Dunlap).

UF 17
Bama 13

And at least one of the 3 TDs scored is either defensive or special teams.

a partridge in a pear tree.

Dont we need to be realistic here and say we dont have a clue who will win this football game. Afterall they are the most evened matched teams I have seen in a ball game in a long time. My wish is that Alabama embarrasses Tebow and the Gators but we all know that is very unlikely.

but I am going to go against the grain and say that Florida is going to win. It is going to he one hell of a defensive game. final score will be a 1 – 4 point difference lets say

UF – 18
Ala – 16

Its Tebow and they are not going to lose – look forward to seeing Florida play Texas – should be exciting.

that anyone predicting a game within three points isn’t making a prediction at all. Football is a funny enough sport that there’s no possible way anyone could predict the winner in advance of such a close contest. I predict Alabama 20-19.

bama 17
UF 13

Low scoring game, defense…

Bama 17 (give or take 3)

UF 14 (give or take 3)

has been susceptible to fumbling because of his low starting point in his delivery, and the fact that his protection is not as good as it was last year. I think we get pressure on Tebow and force at least one fumble that leads to a score. I think Bama’s offense will throw some things out there that we haven’t tried all year. One of the things I remember from last year’s SEC CG is how we had success running on the right side of the line. We knew UF had seen us on film for 12 games running primarily to Smith’s side. I think we scout our own tendencies in a similar way, and do something UF isn’t prepared for. I also think this because I don’t believe our coaches think we can line up and beat their defense; we’ll need to get creative on some level.

I think UF will have some success moving the ball on us. I know their offense isn’t invincible like it was last year, particularly in the run game. But this is a difficult offense to stop because they use the entire field. I think we slow them down, but we don’t stop them. I also think Riley Cooper makes some big plays on 3rd down and scores a TD. I also think Brandon James makes a big play in the return game.

My score:

Bama – 23
UF – 17

Anders and Dareus have Tebow just bumfuzzled all day while Rolo and Nico stuff Demps and Rainey, all while GMac has a solid mistake free game with Ingram playing completely inspired from last week goes for 110 yds with Trent having a solid 60 with a TD

20-17 BAMA
RTR

…the math, and predict:

27-25, Roll Tides.

42 to 21(or less) BAMA…..

It will be like UGA last year(4 quarters of it)…except no opposing kick off or punt return for TDs…Bama’s best showing and most complete game in 2 + years.

REALLY? NO? well then, maybe the Tide will win by less than 6… ROLL TIDE!

Florida offense is the best offense we have faced. I think we are hard pressed to keep them from scoring 3 td’s. I mean we let Auburn get 3 td’s so we are going to have to play great to keep UF at 21. Our D is good and holding UF to 21 will be a good showing.

Florida defense is the best defense we have faced. Our offense is weak in the red zone. I think if we play great we can score 2 td’s. However, somewhere we find another td, like a pick 6 or a punt return

So, my best hope is 21-21 in regulation. If we can get to OT, maybe we get lucky and win 27-24.

But these folks predicting Bama in blow out are not facing reality.