No. 24 LSU at No. 12 Florida
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Coaches: Ron Zook is 19-11 in his third year at UF; Nick Saban is 42-15 in his fifth year at LSU and 85-41-1 in his 11th year overall.
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Southern California slipped up &#151; and Michigan just might get its rematch with Ohio State. Then again, Florida may wind up with a shot at the Buckeyes. One thing's for sure, a Saturday stunner shook up the Bowl Championship Series and made selection Sunday a whole lot more interesting.
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Last year, Florida ran through the NCAA tournament. This season, the Gators are dominating the Southeastern Conference. Top-ranked Florida (23-2, 16-0) won its 16th straight overall, 64-61 on Saturday night, and fifth in a row against No. 20 Kentucky &#151; the program that has been the league standard bearer.
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This time, Ohio State needed four whole plays to reach the end zone in the BCS national championship game. Mirroring its quick start in last year's final game, Chris "Beanie" Wells broke off a 65-yard run on the first possession and the top-ranked Buckeyes and No. 2 LSU were tied 10-10 in the second quarter of the title game.
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Cross off Arkansas from the dwindling list of national championship contenders. JaMarcus Russell threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 9 LSU held off the No. 5 Razorbacks, 31-26, in Little Rock, Ark., to derail their slim national title hopes.
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Florida doesn't have a quarterback controversy. It's more like a quarterback coalition. Backup quarterback Tim Tebow threw two touchdown passes, including one on a play that could have came from basketball coach Billy Donovan's playbook, and ran for a score to give the fifth-ranked Gators a 23-10 win against No. 9 LSU on Saturday.
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It looks like Florida is going to get its first choice this time. Turned down by Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops and Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan three years ago before
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After all, Florida is second in the Southeastern Conference and 17th nationally at 35.1 points per outing. And the Gators have put up 83 points in their last two games.
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For the first time, a team with two losses ended up No. 1. LSU climbed to the top of The Associated Press college football poll for the third time this season, winning its second title after beating Ohio State 38-24 in the BCS national championship game Monday night.
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Florida, which ended the regular season with an upset of Florida State, on Wednesday accepted a bid to the Peach Bowl. The Gators (7-4) will be making their 14th straight bowl appearance, extending a school record.
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Seimone Augustus scored 18 points, Sylvia Fowles had 14 and No. 3 LSU snapped Florida's five-game winning streak with a 64-47 victory Thursday night.
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The early indications are that Florida will play Ohio State for the national championship. The Gators (12-1) jumped over Michigan (11-1) in the USA Today coaches' poll Sunday, taking a 26-point lead on the No. 3 Wolverines, and a BCS analyst expects Florida to also move into second place in the Bowl Championship Series standings, too.
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BATON ROUGE, La. -- Alley Broussard ran for a school-record 250 yards with three touchdowns, and No. 14 LSU rallied to beat Mississippi, 27-24, last night.
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Sylvia Fowles scored 20 of her 22 points in the second half, and No. 2 LSU never trailed Sunday in beating 17th-ranked Vanderbilt 79-68 for the Lady Tigers' fourth straight victory.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (Sports Network) - Drew Tate's 56-yard  touchdown pass to Warren Holloway as time expired lifted  11th-ranked Iowa to an improbable comeback win over 12th-ranked  LSU, 30-25, in the 59th annual Capital One Bowl.
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Lee Humphrey made three consecutive 3-pointers to key Florida's rally from a double-digit deficit and the top-ranked Gators beat No. 24 Vanderbilt 74-64 on Wednesday night.
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NEW ORLEANS (Sports Network) - LSU is set to name a new  football coach on Monday and reports out of Louisiana say  Oklahoma State's Les Miles is the choice to replace Nick Saban.