MIAMI – Titletown is alive and well again.
It just took a little longer to realize this time.
This one was a far cry from the blowout two years again in Glendale, but the fireworks and confetti were just as sweet for the Gators.
Brandon Spikes knows that Gainesville now contains the best football program in America.
By PHIL KEGLER, Alligator Staff Writer
PREVIOUS COVERAGE
- Paths cross at crystal ball
- Early season loss fueled championship run
- Spurrier still outranks Meyer / column
- Harvin returns from injury to lead Gators to victory
- Defenses crash BCS party
- QB's fortitude more meaningful than stats
- Mullen dials up old friend, ices game
- Haden, Gators hope to join USC as top college football powerhouse
- Tebow could become greatest ever / column
- Time off builds anxieties, heals injuries
- Oklahoma out to prove the Big 12 can play defense
- Improved run-blocking takes pressure off Bradford, passing game
- Seniors participate in final college practice
- More trash talk, please / column
- Ingram will dress, likely not play in championship game
- Sooners turn to Brown to carry load in Murray's absence
- UF defense gears up for Oklahoma's no-huddle attack
- Oklahoma, Big 12 out to dethrone SEC
- Stoops downplays Franks' trash talk
- UF's offense back to full strength with Harvin
- Franks' comments provide UF bulletin-board material
- Spikes says Big 12 doesn't have the athletes on defense
- Improved secondary ready to take on Oklahoma
- Tebow deserved second Heisman / column
- Bradford wins Heisman; Tebow gets chance for redemption on Jan. 8
- Stats don't tell Tebow's story / column
- SWEETER THAN SUGAR: Gators to take on Sooners in BCS Title Game
- Gators win SEC Championship, on verge of second national title game in three years
- Seeing Double: Two teams take similar paths
- Tebow leads UF into showdown with Alabama
- 'Bama will be just another blowout / column
- Take pity on Seminoles students / column
- Storming to Atlanta: No. 2 UF heads for showdown with No. 1 'Bama after beating FSU
- Gators get set for another rivalry against Seminoles
- Gators easily handle Bulldogs on Senior Day
- The Final Fight: Senior DT Estopinan overcomes three ACL tears in career
- Gators the best team I've ever seen / column
- Sprinting to the Finish: Gators even closer to Atlanta
- Gamecocks hold key to Gators' season
- Putting His Stamp On It: Junior linebacker proves versatilty, reliability during time in Gainesville
- UF nation's most dangerous team / column
- Let The Tide Roll In: UF clinches spot in SEC title game against Alabama
- Players quiet about Georgia / column
- UF throws block party for Kentucky
- Gators give Wildcats homecoming beatdown
- Wildcats prepare for Swamp nightmare
- The Long Shot: James Smith becomes walk-on hero for Gators
- Demps makes most of limited carries
- Gators' BCS road map to Miami / column
- Jenkins all about confidence
- Relaxed Tebow finds his form
- Swamp blowout gets UF back in title chase
- Gators dominate Tigers with balanced play
- Saved by the Game: Rainey overcomes difficult past en route to football stardom
- LSU game could be defining moment for UF / column
- Tebow simply trying too hard / column
- Score doesn't tell story in win against Arkansas
- Gators let out frustration with Sunday practice
- Loss will become turning point for UF, Tebow / column
- Emotional Tebow promises to do better / column
- UF upset at home by Mississippi
- Gators shocked in loss to Rebels
- Jenkins climbing up the depth chart
- Tebow happy to be spreading ball around
- Offense needs to open things up / column
- Gators topple Vols in Knoxville
- Gators silence crowd at Neyland
- Safeties Black, Wright hand out punishment in secondary
- Meyer has his guy in Henry
- Fans breathe sigh of relief
- Moore or Less: RB Moore deals with good, bad in career
- Miami the real start of the season for the Gators / column
- Gators look to Miami; Harvin, Spikes likely to return
- No chance at payback for Tebow / column
- The legend continues
- Harvin must show he can stay healthy / column
- O-line the key to UF's offensive success
- Gators happy with running back situation
- Spikes becomes defensive leader
- Casey looks to help fill void left by injured Ingram
- Black wins battle for safety spot
- Murphy becomes leader for this year's group of receivers
- Tebow's backup spot still up for grabs
- D-line hopes to regain championship form
- More experienced corners hope to improve in 2008
- Cornelius Ingram done for season with torn ACL
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