Florida linebacker Brandon Spikes hoists the BCS national championship trophy overhead during the awards ceremony Thursday night at Dolphin Stadium. (Eliot J. Schechter / Getty Images)
Florida Coach Urban Meyer gets the postgame Gatorade bath from his players after the Gators defeated Oklahoma, 24-14, for the BCS national title on Thursday night at Dolphin Stadium. (Donald Miralle / Getty Images)
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow celebrates after throwing the game-clinching touchdown pass in the fourth quarter to give the Gators a 24-14 lead over Oklahoma in the BCS national championship game Thursday night at Dolphin Stadium. (Eliot J. Schechter / Getty Images)
A dejected Oklahoma linebacker Mike Balogun sits on the Sooners’ bench during the fourth quarter of the BCS national title game against Florida on Thursday night at Dolphin Stadium. (Chris O’Meara / Associated Press)
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Florida‘s Ahmad Black intercepts a pass intended for Oklahoma‘s Juaquin Iglesias in the second half of the BCS national championship game Thursday night at Dolphin Stadium. (Donald Miralle / Getty Images)
Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford celebrates with tight end Jermaine Gresham after a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter Thursday night in the BCS national championship game at Dolphin Stadium. (Donald Miralle / Getty Images)
Florida safety Major Wright (21) intercepts a pass in the end zone that was tipped by Oklahoma receiver Manuel Johnson and a teammate during the second quarter Thursday night at Dolphin Stadium. (Doug Benc / Getty Images)
Florida‘s Brandon Hicks (40) and Carlos Dunlap (8) chase down Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford for a sack during the first quarter of the BCS championship game Thursday night at Dolphin Stadium. (Marc Serota / Getty Images)
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Florida‘s Jermaine Cunningham (21) celebrates his interception with teammate Brandon Spikes in the second quarter Thursday night during the BCS national championship game at Dolphin Stadium. (Donald Miralle / Getty Images)
Oklahoma tight end Jermaine Gresham falls into the end zone with a six-yard touchdown reception to tie the score, 7-7, in the second quarter Thursday evening at Dolphin Stadium. (Doug Benc / Getty Images)
Florida receiver Louis Murphy reaches for the goal line to score a touchdown at the start of the second quarter Thursday evening at Dolphin Stadium. (Eliot J. Schechter / Getty Images)
Gators receiver Percy Harvin (1) and quarterback Tim Tebow greet each other in the end zone as they warm up before Thursday’s 2009 BCS championship game at Dolphin Stadium. (Marc Serota / Getty Images)
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Oklahoma Coach Bob Stoops watches his Sooners prepare for Florida on Thursday evening at Dolphin Stadium before the start of the 2009 BCS championship game. (Marc Serota / Getty Images)
A Gators fan mugs for the camera outside of Dolphin Stadium on Thursday before the 2009 BCS championship game between Florida and the Oklahoma Sooners. (Marc Serota / Getty Images)
Jarrod Tahsequah makes a sign in support of Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Sam Bradford of Oklahoma outside of Dolphin Stadium before the 2009 BCS championship game Thursday evening. (Doug Benc / Getty Images)