Gators hand Sooners a Second Ten-point Road Loss

Miami Gardens, FL - For the second time in the 2008 football season the Oklahoma Sooners lost by 10 in their opponents back yard. The distance traveled for the 24-14 loss to the Florida Gators eclipsed by manyfold that from Norman to Dallas for the Sooners 45-35 loss to the Texas Longhorns. The Sooners had their opportunities to capture an eighth national collegiate football championship, but inopportune interceptions undid them on the goal line in the closing moment of the first half and during a momentum building drive early in the second half. The Gators opportunistic defense withstood two deep Sooner drives with an early first half goal-line stand and a fourth quarter stand that forced the Sooners to hand the ball over on downs on the Gator 30 yard line. The remaining drama to unfold is whether Gator coach Urban Meyer takes the New York Jets head coach position on the heels of having won two BCS Championships in three years.