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It's the matchup we've all been waiting for as No. 1 Florida takes on No. 2 Alabama in the SEC Championship. FOXSports.com joins Scout.com to preview the matchup.
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Welcome to the got -- are Christian are joined by Scott Kennedy of scout dot com we're talking the big game in college football this year. Florida Alabama the SEC championship game these teams have been on a collision course. All season long and Bobbitt and fight gators dot com joins us for the side of things out of Gainesville and Bob. Tim Tebow a typical Tim Tebow game last week against Florida State 211 yards passed in ninety rushing. Are we gonna see the game kind of -- against the Alabama defense which ranked third in the country.
Well I have been here talking -- even here at Alabama's one of the best in the country right up there with Florida so it. It's -- a lot different I think I think you'll see conservative although a little more conservative play our marketing Florida think they can run on anybody not etched clearly. Run for stricter guards or whatever on anybody I think you're gonna try to run on Alabama. Our play action and stuff like that so I think you'll you'll feel a little bit of passing game not think you'll see things go wide. Unlike you were doing early in the year. Later near -- sort of go wide. In in short and I think you'll see a lot of.
Now Bob unfortunately the biggest Torre had a Gainesville this week with defensive end Carlos Dunlap getting arrested for do you lie. How big of a loss is that's the defense and how they get replaced them.
Well you know actually it's it's addicting it happened on Monday night they actually have money practiced law and kind of start game planning on Tuesday. So they nude old and ever been planning on that they were gonna have Carlos and -- never -- inkling couldn't you know what don't we haven't. Not it's not a good thing but I think with Alabama being a running team I think you know Collison is a big time cap structure. Alba -- are computed an -- to run stopping defense and then. -- and I think that. A kind of work out if you will definitely this week in this game because I Alabama's not gonna come -- that would all of the other that we got to try to run and they all six supplement. I think rather large contract as a perfect done about it for that spot in when -- come -- ago.
Bob this game was a fight to the end Lester -- Florida prevailing in the fourth quarter had expected to finish this go round.
I expect another close game I didn't expect to order to win Obama beat sort of the better team and mainly because of Tim Tebow the end I think you're Indian it's going to be about him and I think he's gonna. Have to do something to pull out. Two great defense and all the way around I'm looking kind of struggled to pass both teams run the ball well. All but I think the difference in the quarterback overall and on both teams and I think you know -- Earned the accolades that he's gotten in and not I think she's not ready to in his career as champion yet wants to win a couple more championships. In the next two games.
All right thank you Bob we appreciate it now return for the Alabama -- things with Kirk McNair in on the -- comic Kirk. Mark Ingram has been he worked courts often easily forum this year but down the stretch we are more from Julio Jones -- marquee -- What do -- see the -- Alabama doing gets a top ranked Florida defense.
I think -- Alabama will first. Try to attack with a run in the now there is just built up Petit if you wanna run about like the against teams like Florida you have to backed him up to some extent and and with the testing. But I think Al Babel first -- other and they can't do bad of course they'll they'll have to -- It's a little easier if you if you can establish the run you can pretty much do what you love so well battled trap it urged.
Kirk got that at all your might be mark Ingram and a Heisman Trophy campaign but this defense that wins football games -- for Tim Tebow on that front office.
Well the key is that Alabama has great defensive statistics albums and it would. Looked confused quarterbacks that was the that would stop the run an album has been able to pretty much stood -- on the pants but. The differences is Alabama had been played against him -- And the rest of the gators it's a very very talented for about that he. And of course the key to step played Florida in the he's -- say are -- days. Is to. Like Tim Tebow one dimensional and right now he's their best stronger Andy's might be best answered. -- So. It's a challenge for Alabama -- Alabama. Man that beat it -- acquit themselves well.
Kirk I know you're gonna choose the this the first time the Ty has been an underdog. I think they're gonna beat Florida.
Well I'm going to stick with what run lead Alabama's. Have picked the twelfth and they've won twelve -- I think this would be very very difficult but a lot of reasons to pick Florida that. And bill with Alabama that's -- it did. With the Rose Bowl stadium waiting for an extra championship game Alabama's. -- traditions beginning really back in the Rose early as Sunday but Alabama wins this game 2170.
Our Kirk we appreciated -- got. What more can say about this game other than we've been waiting for this game. -- fans been clamoring for at clamoring that they're the best conference in the country some even think this the national team should be in your thoughts on the matchup well I think if you look at the schedules in the -- that he is a hole is down we have been looking -- this game all year. If you look at schedules wasn't that hard to predict Florida played one ranked team this year. Opponent of the Alabama game Alabama played two was twice many excellent plate and that's unheard of easily. SE CF five or six teams ranked in the top 25 from here but. We have been waiting for the game -- some premiere images in the game the focus is on Tim Tebow the focus is on mark Ingram. But we all here I'll say again it's not the players that make these teams great that those defense but there equals and a role reversal from last year's game Florida. The number two or three teen slasher coming into the game Alabama the number one team. Reverse this year -- Alabama in the scheme gone with the crimson -- Al I think it's a pick them -- a little surprised that the line on the was about five and a half yeah that's. I think that's -- I mean to pick them. But there's so much hype around Florida and all that money goes towards the gators got even about it to me it's become the got to pick one Olympic Florida until somebody beats Alabama Florida championship Saturday for the SEC championship and a berth in the national championship game for Scott Kennedy. I'm Christian -- scenic.