Florida routs Ohio State 41-14 in BCS Championship Game, but who is the real champion?

Recap: It started out great for Ohio State, and ended up not even close. Florida owned the field it wasn't supposed to be on, embarrassing Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith and No. 1 Ohio State 41-14 on Monday night to run away with the defacto national championship.

Ted Ginn took the opening kickoff 93 yards on the first play of the game, and Ohio State and their fans thought they were in business. But, given 51 days to prepare, and favored by a solid touchdown, the Buckeyes were confused from the get-go once Florida got the ball.

Chris Leak and Tim Tebow showed off coach Urban Meyer's twin quarterback system to perfection as the No. 2 Gators became the first Division I school to hold football and basketball titles at the same time.

Florida proved once again that speed kills, and that this BCS championship matchup would have been a much better game with a certain undefeated team vs. Florida. The best argument for an and 1 playoff we will ever see.

The Buckeyes looked completely flummoxed by Florida's frenetic offense at the outset. Trying to match up with the Gators' shifting formations, they often jumped around at the line and still were out of position.

Now, only one question remains: What about Boise State? Playing on the very same field where the undefeated Broncos stunned Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl on New Year's Day, Florida (13-1) routed the previously unbeaten Buckeyes (13-1) leaving Boise State as the only undefeated Division 1 team.

So Florida is the defacto national championship team. We say that no team can lay claim to that title any more than undefeated Boise State.

Until it can be decided on the field we are going to have to abstain from declaring a national champion this year. Let's hope the AP voters have the intestinal fortitude to throw this up in the air. For some reason we doubt it.

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
	TD	14:44	Ted Ginn Jr. 93 yard kick return for TD (Aaron Pettrey Extra Point)
	TD	10:31	Dallas Baker 14 yard TD pass from Chris Leak (Chris Hetland Extra Point)
	TD	5:51	Percy Harvin 4 yard TD run (Chris Hetland Extra Point)
2nd Quarter
	TD	14:56	DeShawn Wynn 2 yard TD run (Chris Hetland Extra Point)
	TD	13:32	Antonio Pittman 18 yard TD run (Aaron Pettrey Extra Point)
	FG	6:00	Chris Hetland 43 yard field goal
	FG	1:53	Chris Hetland 40 yard field goal
	TD	0:23	Andre Caldwell 1 yard TD pass from Tim Tebow (Chris Hetland Extra Point)
3rd Quarter
No Scoring Plays
4th Quarter
	TD	10:20	Tim Tebow 1 yard TD run (Chris Hetland Extra Point)

Statistics  Florida Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Tim Tebow 1/1 1 1 1 0   Chris Leak 25/36 213 20 1 0   Team 26/37 214 20 2 0    Ohio St. Passing   C/ATT YDS LG TD INT Troy Smith 4/14 35 13 0 1   Team 4/14 35 13 0 1  Florida Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG DeShawn Wynn 19 69 3.6 1 17   Percy Harvin 5 22 4.4 1 6   Tim Tebow 10 39 3.9 1 10   Chris Leak 3 7 2.3 0 14   Andre Caldwell 3 13 4.3 0 11   Florida Team 1 -1 -1.0 0 0   Kestahn Moore 2 7 3.5 0 6   Team 43 156 3.6 3 17    Ohio St. Rushing   ATT YDS AVG TD LG Chris Wells 2 9 4.5 0 7   Brian Hartline 1 5 5.0 0 5   Antonio Pittman 10 62 6.2 1 18   Troy Smith 10 -29 -2.9 0 13   Team 23 47 2.0 1 18  Florida Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG Cornelius Ingram 4 58 14.5 0 20   Percy Harvin 9 60 6.7 0 17   Billy Latsko 2 17 8.5 0 11   Dallas Baker 4 23 5.8 1 14   Andre Caldwell 2 6 3.0 1 5   Jemalle Cornelius 5 50 10.0 0 19   Team 26 214 8.2 2 20    Ohio St. Receiving   REC YDS AVG TD LG Anthony Gonzalez 2 11 5.5 0 8   Brian Hartline 1 13 13.0 0 13   Antonio Pittman 1 11 11.0 0 11   Team 4 35 8.8 0 13  Team Stat Comparison   FLA OST  Passing attempts - completions 37-26 14-4    Gross passing yards 214 35    Rushing attempts - yards 43-156 23-47    First downs 21 8    Punts - average 4-44.3 6-37.8    Return yards 28 13    Fumbles - lost 0-0 1-1    Penalties - yards 6-50 5-50    Time of possession 40:48 19:12

SMART CHART FLA   TEAM   OHIOST 28.1   PTS FOR 36.3 12.3   PTS AGNST 10.4 15.8   DIFF. 25.9 241.4 PASS YDS   229.7 156.8   RUSH YDS 180.1 195.6   PASS D 179.5 69.7 RUSH D   93.5 -0.1 TO DIFF   -0.9

POWER STATS YARDS PER POINT TEAM OFF DEF DIFF FLA 14.2 21.7 -7.5 OHIOST 11.3 26.2 -14.9 YARDS PER PASS TEAM OFF DEF DIFF FLA 8.8 5.6 3.1 OHIOST 8.5 5.7 2.8 YARDS PER RUSH TEAM OFF DEF DIFF FLA 4.7 2.7 2.0 OHIOST 4.7 3.3 1.4