Smith, meanwhile, joined a long list of Heisman Trophy quarterbacks -- Jason White, Eric Crouch and Gino Torretta, among them -- to fall apart in bowl games. He was just 4-of for 35 yards with one interception, sacked him five times and held him to minus yards on 10 runs.
I really don't. We came out and fought. We came up short. Defensive ends Derrick Harvey and Moss made it a miserable night for Smith. Linebacker Earl Everett got into the act, too, running down Smith on one play despite missing his helmet. Nobody gave us a chance, but finally we can throw up the No. It was the second national title for Florida, adding to the one Heisman winner Danny Wuerffel brought home in under coach Steve Spurrier with a romp over Florida State in the Sugar Bowl.
This time, the man in charge was the year-old Meyer, once a. Since then, he's made a rocket rise in the coaching ranks, topped off by a title in his second year at Florida. The trophy will make a perfect bookend for the one the basketball Gators won by beating UCLA for the national championship in Indianapolis last spring. Both have confetti landing on my head," athletic director Jeremy Foley said. I can't believe I can talk about it without jinxing us.
Obviously, things had to break our way to even get here. Tressel's team, meanwhile, looked as if it belonged at the Holiday Bowl, because it took this night off. Given 51 days to prepare, the Buckeyes were confused from the get-go once Florida got the ball. In the first football matchup between these schools -- they've both played the sport for plus years -- the Gators emphatically stopped Ohio State's game winning streak.
The Buckeyes beat a pair of No. Ohio State hoped to win its fifth national title, having taken it behind Maurice Clarett in But these Buckeyes looked completely flummoxed by Florida's frenetic offense at the outset. Trying to match up with the Gators' shifting formations, they often jumped around at the line and still were out of position. Leak gladly took advantage of the confusion, picking wide-open receivers at will and hitting his first nine passes. Criticized most of his career for a lack of fire, the guy with the soft, green eyes seemed real comfortable.
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