Allstate Sugar Bowl: Cincy vs. Florida

Allstate Sugar Bowl

Robert Guliano on Why Florida will win: Because at least their coach hasn’t left them…..yet. In a bizarre month of coaching chaos, Cincy’s coach Brian Kelly bolted for Notre Dame, and Florida coach Urban Meyer announced he would resign and promptly rescinded the suggestion the very next day. Two coaches. Three mid-life crises. Lord knows what will happen next. It’s Tim Tebow’s last game. Good.

Florida Key Players:

3. Urban Meyer- Something tells me Meyer will resign and Tebow will take over as coach of Florida. Meyer will move to Athletic Director and act as a father figure for Tebow, who coincidentally wasn’t deprived of a father as a child.

2. Joe Haden- He is a great cornerback. He will cover two extremely good receivers.

1. Anyone…..ANYONE but Tim Tebow- Watch a fan in the fourth row, watch the guy holding the chains, watch the yellow-clad rent-a-cops, watch Brandon Spikes’ dreadlocks, watch anything but Tebow.

Brandon Hickey on why Cincy will win: Don’t you love the BCS? Cincinnati is undefeated and not playing in the national championship game. They have quality wins at Oregon State, at South Florida and that memorable road win over Pittsburgh. When starting quarterback Tony Pike was hurt this season, sophomore backup Zach Collaros stepped in for three games and won all of them against tough teams. Collaros also likes the taste of alcohol, so much so that he got a fake ID and got caught with it at a Cincinnati bar. But he didn’t think he had a problem, so he didn’t attend the court-mandated alcohol awareness program. So he may spend the bowl game in jail if he doesn’t end up going to alcohol awareness programs. Cincinnati better hope Pike doesn’t get hurt again.

Cincy Players to Watch:

3. QB Tony Pike-The field general of the offense. He tends to be injury prone and missed three and a half games this year (and see above).

2. RB Isaiah Pead-Stands just 5-11 but is a quick and shifty back. One of the stars of this loaded offense.

1. WRs Mardy Gilyard and Armon Binns-These guys are good. I mean really good. Both have over ten touchdowns.

THE COMPROMISE: Florida wins 45-34. Urban Meyer resigns at halftime, and Tim Tebow cries through the entire fourth quarter.