No. 1 Florida (12-1)
                vs.
No. 2 Oklahoma (12-1)

Date: Jan. 8

Time: 8 p.m. ET

Location: Miami

Television: FOX

Payout: $17 million

Last result: LSU 38, Ohio State 24

2008 results: Florida; Oklahoma

2008 statistics: Florida; Oklahoma

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Coaches: Urban Meyer (Florida); Bob Stoops (Oklahoma)

Bowl history/last appearance: Florida 16-19 (lost 41-35 to Michigan in '08 Capital One; Oklahoma 24-16-1 (lost 48-28 to West Virginia in '08 Fiesta)

Series: First meeting

What Florida has to do to win: Get receiver Percy Harvin and running back Chris Rainey healthy. It is all hands on deck for this one because the Sooners can score and score. Tim Tebow is showing his value more and more with the passing game, not just as a bruising runner, and he will have to spread the ball around and make Oklahoma cover the field. He is the best player in college football, and should be one of the top three players taken in the NFL draft if he comes out.

The Gators are ranked No. 9 on defense and they will be playing a team that has not scored less than 60 points in five consecutive games. Florida must play zero coverage, go man-to-man across the board like this is flag football. The Gators also have to find one guy who can just get after the Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford, one-on-one. Line him up all over the field and do not let Bradford get smooth in the passing game. Florida has to defend Oklahoma’s run game and DeMarco Murray with four guys up front because the others have to stop the downfield throws. 

What Oklahoma has to do to win: Figure out a new way to get ready for a bowl game because its recent history is sorry. The Sooners have lost four of their last five bowls, including games to West Virginia and Boise State where Oklahoma was favored. The Sooners defense just gets lit up in these games and Florida is as good as it gets offensively.

The key is making the Gators start their possessions from 75 yards away; on a short field, Florida cruises. Blitz Tebow; take some chances. The OU offense can make up for it. The Sooners have to clog the interior line and take away the north-south creases of the speedy Jeff Demps. OU is ranked in the 60s in total defense in the NCAA, so consider that miserable stat when making a prediction. It is not because the Sooners give up yards — it's because the second-team defense plays a lot.

The Gators do not turn the ball over, so Oklahoma has to handle the ball itself, make plays, and watch out for the jarring hits in the open field. Spread the ball around and then go deep and see if Major Wright, the hard-hitting Florida safety, can make plays in the pass game.

Who the NFL is watching: Florida linebacker Takeo Spikes and quarterback Tim Tebow, who may or may not declare for the draft; Oklahoma tight end Jermaine Gresham and guard Duke Robinson, as well as quarterback Sam Bradford, a redshirt sophomore, are also top prospects.

Opening point spread: Florida by 1.5 (71.5)

Prediction: Florida 41, Oklahoma 37

MVP: Florida QB Tim Tebow

Live vote: Who will win?

BOWL BREAKDOWNS Click on each game for a recap of the action                                             BCS GAMES    1/8: Championship — No. 1 Florida 24, No. 2 Oklahoma 14    1/5: Fiesta — No. 3 Texas 24, No. 10 Ohio State 21    1/2: Sugar — No. 7 Utah 31, No. 4 Alabama 17    1/1: Orange — No. 21 Virginia Tech 20, No. 12 Cincinnati 7    1/1: Rose — No. 5 USC 38, No. 6 Penn State 24                                           OTHER BOWLS    1/6: GMAC — Tulsa 45, No. 23 Ball State 13    1/3: International — Connecticut 38, Buffalo 20    1/2: Liberty — Kentucky 25, East Carolina 19    1/2: Cotton — No. 20 Mississippi 47, No. 8 Texas Tech 34    1/1: Capital One — No. 16 Georgia 24, No. 19 Michigan State 12    1/1: Gator — Nebraska 26, Clemson 21    1/1: Outback — Iowa 31, South Carolina 10 12/31: Chick-fil-A — LSU 38, No. 14 Georgia Tech 3 12/31: Insight — Kansas 42, Minnesota 21 12/31: Music City — Vanderbilt 16, Boston College 14 12/31: Sun — No. 24 Oregon State 3, No. 18 Pittsburgh 0 12/31: Armed Forces — Houston 34, Air Force 28 12/30: Holiday — No. 15 Oregon 42, No. 13 Oklahoma State 31 12/30: Texas — Rice 38, Western Michigan 14 12/30: Humanitarian — Maryland 42, Nevada 35 12/29: Alamo — No. 25 Missouri 30, No. 22 Northwestern 23, OT 12/29: PapaJohns.com — Rutgers 29, North Carolina State 23 12/28: Independence — Louisiana Tech 17, Northern Illinois 10 12/27: Emerald — California 24, Miami 17 12/27: Champs Sports — Florida State 42, Wisconsin 13 12/27: Meineke Car Care — West Virginia 31, North Carolina 30 12/26: Motor City — Florida Atlantic 24, Central Michigan 21 12/24: Hawaii — Notre Dame 49, Hawaii 21 12/23: Poinsettia — No. 11 TCU 17, No. 9 Boise State 16 12/21: New Orleans — Southern Miss 30, Troy 27, OT 12/20: Las Vegas — Arizona 31, No. 17 BYU 21 12/20: St. Petersburg — South Florida 41, Memphis 14 12/20: New Mexico — Colorado State 40, Fresno State 35 12/20: EagleBank — Wake Forest 29, Navy 19

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