2009 BCS Champ. - Profiles, History & More

Player profiles, team history, the breakout players, the best bowl moments and more for the 2009 BCS Championship.

2009 FexEx BCS National Championship Profiles

Florida (12-1) vs. Oklahoma (12-1)

January 8th, 8:00 p.m. ET, Fox

 

BCS Championship History
2008 LSU 38, Ohio State 24
2007 Florida 41, Ohio State 14

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Best Gator Bowl Moment: How good was the 41-14 thumping of Ohio State in the BCS Championship Game two years ago? Good enough to trump the 52-20 annihilation of No. 1 and unbeaten Florida State in the 1997 Sugar Bowl as the best moment in Florida bowl history. Considered by many to be out of the top-ranked Buckeyes’ league, the Gators feasted on their slower opponent, holding Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith and Ohio State to just 82 yards of total offense.       
 
Best Sooner Bowl Moment: Although the last four BCS bowl appearances have been eminently forgettable, OU’s 24-16-1 bowl record ranks among the best of any program with at least 15 appearances.  The Sooners, regulars in Miami throughout the years, used the 2001 Orange Bowl as a vehicle to regaining their status as a perennial national title contender. The Oklahoma defense suffocated high-powered Florida State in a shocking 13-2 win that captured the school’s seventh national championship.

The Last Time You'll See ...

Oklahoma: LG Duke Robinson. While the skill position Sooners make all of the headlines, Robinson and the rest of his linemates have done their part to make the offense percolate in 2008. A 6-5, 335-pound mauler, he’s been a starter for three seasons, earning All-America honors at the end of the last two. Next spring will be about revamping an offensive line that’ll go down as one of the best in school history.

Florida: WR Percy Harvin. As injury-prone as Harvin has been throughout his college career, why risk playing another season in Gainesville without getting paid? If he decides to leave that final year of eligibility on the table and tests well at the Combine, he has the electrifying speed and off-the-charts ability as a playmaker to be scooped up in the first round.
 
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Florida: CB Janoris Jenkins. You know you’re special when you start at Florida as a true freshman. Jenkins is one of those rare gems on the Gator defense. He has already exceeded expectations in his first year, blanketing opposing receivers and continuously improving as the season has progressed. He’s got the hips, speed, and confidence to be one of the best corners in the SEC as early as next year.
 
Oklahoma: WR Ryan Broyles. While he sort of got lost in a receiving corps that included Juaquin Iglesias, Manny Johnson, and Jermaine Gresham, Broyles was still able to make the first 42 grabs of his career for 661 yards and six touchdowns. He’s loaded with speed, explosiveness, and upside potential, all of which will become more obvious once this year’s starters graduate.

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Florida Bowl History (16-18)

2008	Capital One	Michigan 41, Florida 35
2007	BCS Champ	Florida 41, Ohio State 14
2005	Outback	Florida 31, Iowa 24
2004	Peach	Miami 27, Florida 10
2003	Outback	Iowa 37, Florida 17
2002	Outback	Michigan 38, Florida 30
2001	Orange	Florida 56, Maryland 23
2000	Sugar	Miami 37, Florida 20
1999	Citrus	Michigan St 37, Florida 34
1998	Orange	Florida 31, Syracuse 10
1997	Citrus	Florida 21, Penn State 6
1996	Sugar	Florida 52, Florida State 20
1995	Fiesta	Nebraska 62, Florida 24
1994	Sugar	Florida State 23, Florida 17
1993	Sugar	Florida 41, West Virginia 7
1992	Gator	Florida 27, NC State 10
1991	Sugar	Notre Dame 39, Florida 28
1989	Freedom	Washington 34, Florida 7
1988	All-American	Florida 14, Illinois 10
1987	Aloha	UCLA 20, Florida 16
1983	Gator	Florida 14, Iowa 6
1982	Bluebonnet	Arkansas 28, Florida 24
1981	Peach	West Virginia 26, Florida 6
1980	Tangerine	Florida 35, Maryland 20
1976	Sun	Texas A&M 37, Florida 14
1975	Gator	Maryland 13, Florida 0
1974	Sugar	Nebraska 13, Florida 10
1973	Tangerine	Miami, Ohio 16, Florida 7
1969	Gator	Florida 14, Tennessee 13
1966	Orange	Florida 27, Georgia Tech 12
1965	Sugar	Missouri 20, Florida 18
1962	Gator	Florida 17, Penn State 7
1960	Gator	Florida 13, Baylor 12
1958	Gator	Mississippi 7, Florida 3
1953	Gator	Florida 14, Tulsa 13

Oklahoma Bowl History (23-15-1)

2008	Fiesta	West Virginia 48, Oklahoma 28
2007	Fiesta	Boise St 43, Oklahoma 42 OT
2005	Holiday	Oklahoma 17, Oregon 14
2004	Orange	USC 55, Oklahoma 19
2003	Sugar	LSU 21, Oklahoma 14
2002	Rose	Oklahoma 34, Washington State 14
2001	Cotton	Oklahoma 10, Arkansas 3
2000	Orange	Oklahoma 13, Florida State 2
1999	Independence	Mississippi 27, Oklahoma 25
1994	Copper	Brigham Young 31, Oklahoma 6
1993	Hancock	Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10
1991	Gator	Oklahoma 48, Virginia 14
1988	Citrus	Clemson 13, Oklahoma 6
1987	Orange	Miami 20, Oklahoma 14
1986	Orange	Oklahoma 42, Arkansas 8
1985	Orange	Oklahoma 25, Penn State 10
1984	Orange	Washington 28, Oklahoma 17
1982	Fiesta	Arizona State 32, Oklahoma 21
1981	Sun	Oklahoma 40, Houston 14
1980	Orange	Oklahoma 18, Florida State 17
1979	Orange	Oklahoma 24, Florida State 7
1978	Orange	Oklahoma 31, Nebraska 24
1977	Orange	Arkansas 31, Oklahoma 6
1976	Fiesta	Oklahoma 41, Wyoming 7
1975	Orange	Oklahoma 14, Michigan 6
1972	Sugar	Oklahoma 14, Penn State 0
1971	Sugar	Oklahoma 42, Auburn 22
1970	Astro-Bluebonnet	Oklahoma 24, Alabama 24
1968	Astro-Bluebonnet	SMU 28, Oklahoma 27
1967	Orange	Oklahoma 26, Tennessee 24
1964	Gator	Florida State 36, Oklahoma 19
1962	Orange	Alabama 17, Oklahoma 0
1958	Orange	Oklahoma 21, Syracuse 6
1957	Orange	Oklahoma 48, Duke 21
1955	Orange	Oklahoma 20, Maryland 6
1953	Orange	Oklahoma 7, Maryland 0
1950	Sugar	Kentucky 13, Oklahoma 7
1949	Sugar	Oklahoma 35, LSU 0
1948	Sugar	Oklahoma 14, North Carolina 6
1946	Gator	Oklahoma 34, NC State 13
1938	Orange	Tennessee 17, Oklahoma 0