| Date | TFG | RBA | Away Team | TFG | RBA | Home Team | Plays | Odds TFG / RBA |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006/09/02 | 57 | / 69 | Southern Miss. | 7 | at | 19 | / 16 | Florida | 34 | 144 | 82.5% | / 78.6% |
| 2006/09/09 | 86 | / 87 | UCF | 0 | at | 16 | / 10 | Florida | 42 | 161 | 94.2% | / 85.8% |
| 2006/09/16 | 8 | / 12 | Florida | 21 | at | 26 | / 33 | Tennessee | 20 | 147 | 58.7% | / 68.3% |
| 2006/09/23 | 66 | / 73 | Kentucky | 7 | at | 10 | / 12 | Florida | 26 | 154 | 91.5% | / 96.6% |
| 2006/09/30 | 18 | / 26 | Alabama | 13 | at | 10 | / 10 | Florida | 28 | 148 | 73.1% | / 63.2% |
| 2006/10/07 | 5 | / 13 | LSU | 10 | at | 7 | / 5 | Florida | 23 | 151 | 53.8% | / 72.6% |
| 2006/10/14 | 4 | / 8 | Florida | 17 | at | 9 | / 11 | Auburn | 27 | 134 | 48.8% | / 60.7% |
| 2006/10/28 | 18 | / 21 | Georgia | 14 | vs | 6 | / 9 | Florida | 21 | 152 | 67.1% | / 71.5% |
| 2006/11/04 | 6 | / 10 | Florida | 25 | at | 67 | / 56 | Vanderbilt | 19 | 155 | 89.8% | / 89.1% |
| 2006/11/11 | 35 | / 30 | South Carolina | 16 | at | 9 | / 11 | Florida | 17 | 145 | 79.0% | / 74.2% |
| 2006/11/25 | 9 | / 10 | Florida | 21 | at | 33 | / 37 | Florida St. | 14 | 156 | 73.7% | / 75.8% |
| 2006/12/02 | 8 | / 11 | Florida | 38 | vs | 15 | / 21 | Arkansas | 28 | 153 | 56.3% | / 60.1% |
| 2007/01/08 | 1 | / 1 | Ohio St. | 14 | vs | 8 | / 4 | Florida | 41 | 143 | 24.0% | / 20.0% |
| Florida Gators | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | WinPct | SoS | Off. | Def. | Pace | ||||||
| 2006 | 0.847 | 8 | 0.661 | 2 | 23.4 | 18 | 11.8 | 9 | 165.1 | 81 | |
Justin
The 2006-2007 season is particularly relevant given that there were many calls for a rematch between BCS#1 Ohio State and BCS#3 Michigan. Florida, though, snuck into the title game thanks to a 13-9 upset victory by UCLA over USC. This Gator team was good but not particularly dominating, with several close calls against second-tier opponents (see: (26) Tennessee, (67) Vandy, and (35) South Carolina). Like most SEC teams, this Florida squad played a slow, considered game that only once broke the 160-plays-per-game mark. Their offense wasn't really considered "dominating" by any measure, which made their 41-14 victory in the title game all that much more surprising. Their offense would flourish in later years, though, as the 2008-2009 Gator squad will demonstrate.
| Florida Gators | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | WinPct | SoS | Off. | Def. | Pace | ||||||
| 2006 | 0.983 | 4 | 0.551 | 18 | 19.1 | 25 | 8.9 | 11 | 165.1 | 90 | |
Eddie
I know what you're thinking. The 2006 Florida Gators blasted the crap out of the undefeated (1) Ohio State Buckeyes. How could they possibly be the 7th best champion? For starters, somebody has to be near the bottom. Second, Florida didn't win games big like their 2008 championship team. 2008 Florida even had a loss, but it was a respectable loss to (11) Auburn. In fact, it wasn't until the SEC championship game against (22) Arkansas where (11) Florida really became (4) Florida and punched their ticket to the BCS championship game where they would crucify the Buckeyes as 20.0% underdogs. Not bad for a team that only beat (31) Tennessee and (29) South Carolina by one point a piece.
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