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The best team to ever play the game of college football?

Urban Meyer will tell you it was his 2008 BCS Champion Florida Gators.

While speaking at the Sound Mind Sound Body camp in Detroit, the current Ohio State coach had the following to say about his former 2008 championship team, via YouTube:

“Once again, I know some of you won state championships. I’ve been a part of a couple great teams, I think the best team to ever play the game in ’08 (at Florida). And that was (because) animal instincts took over on the field. They protected each other. What he said is, ‘Have you ever tried to reason with a wild animal?’ Think about that. Think about what I just said. You try to reason with a wild animal… you can’t reason with a wild animal. They protect each other. Have you ever tried to negotiate, evaluate, take a play off? If you’re a wild animal, that doesn’t happen.”

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Meyer’s Gators were loaded. Coordinators Dan Mullen and Charlie Strong led the offense and the defense, and the Gators won every game by an average of 33.1 points per game. Florida had four wins over top 25 teams #5 Oklahoma, #6 Alabama, #13 Georgia and #21 Florida State that season. The offense, led by Tim Tebow and Percy Harvin, scored 43.6 points per game, and the defense, led by Brandon Spikes and Joe Haden, yielded just 12.9 points per game.

The Gators lost to Ole Miss, Tebow delivered The Speech, and the Gators went on to win the BCS Championship over Oklahoma.

But are the Gators the best team to ever play the game?

2001 Miami would like to have a word with you,
 
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No doubt that was a great team. but maybe Urban should stick to the best team he ever coached rather then ever. we all know the 2001 Miami team would have beat the crap out of them.
 
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Didn't read, but almost laughed out loud just reading the title.
 
I would have loved to see Tebow try that read option **** against the '01 Canes
 
I think their have been numerous Cane teams that would have beaten that team as well as one or 2 FSU or other Gator teams that could have beaten them as well.
 
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Urban is a self serving idiot. They were a good team...yes....BUT.....they lost to an unranked team, Ole Miss, at home. There were no excuses...no crazy injuries...blown calls.....crazy weather where any kind of excuse could be made. And the Ole Miss team that beat UF aG lost to Vanderbilt the week before.
Who cares that Charlie Strong and Dan Mullen were assistants.....our assistants went to the NFL.

Get a life Urban. It'll only be a matter of time until his sorry *** has another meltdown and he has to resign again for some other bogus reason.

As soon as Braxton Miller leaves, Ohio Taint will be worthless.
 
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They lost to a chump team AT HOME! That makes Ole Miss better than his wild beasts. Someone comes into your house and has they way with your women, you cannot later claim to be anything other than lucky you didn't play them again. As always, gators suck.
 
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ball915 said:
They were a gimmick team like 01 Nebraska.....oh wait
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This. Eric Crouch felt so bad, he retired before playing a snap in the NFL. All of those same guys that mashed his a__ more than likely contributed to his decision.
 
That's just his brain tumor talking. Oh wait, he actually just had acid reflux. My bad. Carry on.
 
01 Canes would've smoked them, the 94 Huskers would've smoked them, the 86 Canes (greatest team not to win a chip) would've smoked them. No one has the 08 UF team in their top 5 all-time greatest teams. Are any of their players from that squad even making a dent in the NFL???
 
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Urby off his meds already.
 
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