OHIO STATE 17 VS FLORIDA 24

2012 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl Winner - Andre Debose returns kick 99 yards to help Florida win TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl

Florida's Jaye Howard timed the snap perfectly, blew through two defenders and violently slammed Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller to the ground.

"I had a lot of frustrations, man," Howard said. "Urban brought it out in me today."

Urban Meyer's future team got a good look at his former team, and the Buckeyes learned just how fast the Gators can be.

Florida's defense and special teams came up big in the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl, recording six sacks and scoring twice as the Gators beat Ohio State 24-17 on Monday.

ndre Debose returned a kickoff 99 yards -- the longest scoring play in bowl history -- and Chris Rainey blocked a punt that was returned for a touchdown.

The speedsters helped the Gators (7-6) avoid their first losing season since 1979 and pick up some much-needed momentum after losing six of their previous eight games.

Ohio State (6-7) dropped four straight to finish below .500 for the first time since 1988, and lost seven games for the first time since 1897.

The Buckeyes can take solace in knowing that Meyer, who officially takes over for interim coach Luke Fickell at Ohio State this week, will make it a priority to improve special teams. Meyer did that in his six seasons in Gainesville, and Rainey and Debose were two of his most prized recruits.

Ohio State fell to 0-10 in bowl games against teams from the Southeastern Conference. Yes, the Buckeyes beat Arkansas in the Sugar Bowl last year. But that victory was vacated as part of NCAA sanctions.

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College football Betting Online: These good ol’ boys in Jacksonville, Florida have been bringing it for 66 years to assure they have the highest quality teams and the best matchup for attention holding action, which in turn makes it best for Gator Bowl Betting also. The Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl is on January 2, 2012 this year in Jacksonville, Florida at EverBank Field. If you don’t have ESPN2, you better call your CABLE GUY and get it before 1:00 p.m. ET that day. If you haven’t signed up for a BookMaker account to wager with on all these games, I would recommend doing that before the cable guy.

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Results 2011 Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl: Mississippi State 52, Michigan Wolverines 14

Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl Share: $2,700,000 Payout Per Team

Setup for Bowl Selecting: Big 10 No. 4 vs. SEC No. 5

Everbank Field Capacity: 77,510

You have to love the Gator Bowl Association’s motto “Everyone’s A Player.” They may have meant that different than the way I’m thinking, but we definitely match up on how to put together two great teams that maximize Gator Bowl Betting which in turn maxes out fans, viewership and revenue.

The Taxslayer.com Gator Bowl was actually the first to be broadcast nationally on television coast-to-coast. This will be their 67^th year making them the sixth oldest college bowl game.

Last year’s Gator Bowl matched the Michigan Wolverines and Mississippi State Bulldogs for a hung-over January 1, 2011 start. This looked like a good game for the college football betting placed on Michigan when Denard Robinson’s passing touchdown put them up 14-10 late in the first quarter.

This game had to be one of the biggest surprises (and headaches) I have seen as the Bulldogs gave the Wolverines a goose egg from that point pouring it on (like the New Year’s Eve bartender) and destroying Mister Robinson’s neighborhood 52-14.

The meritable result of that game and multiple other Gator Bowl results comes from the quality teams and matchups the Gator Bowl Association strives to present to the Gator Bowl Betting public. They obviously know how to apply their college athletics choices towards their mission statement which includes: “maximize positive impact on the area’s economy, national image and community pride.” If you don’t have great games, your national image suffers whether you like it or not Bunky!

Speaking of Bunky, you must know a guy with an inferiority complex that brings names of sports stars or hollywood starlets into his story like he was hanging out with them (“Dude, Demi Moore is actually cool. I saw her w/o Ashton at Sky Bar and said Hi and stuff hanging out”) when they MAY have been in the same bar or maybe even city? I’m usually not labeled as a name dropper, but here goes.

I’m going to tell you up front that I was not there when ANY of these people were there, but it is an impressive list if I were….or maybe I was there. College Football Players in the Gator Bowl have included Archie and Peyton Manning (in different games and actually different generations derrrrr), Dan Marino (I actually met him in Costa Rica, seriously), Larry Csonka and Heisman Trophy Winners including Pat Sullivan, George Rogers and Earl Campbell. You also get classic coaches on a consistent basis like Vince Dooley, Steve Spurrier and Bobby Bowden all of which I have had dinner with allegedly.

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2011 Gator Bowl - Michigan suffers school's worst bowl loss to Mississippi State in Gator Bowl

Mississippi State displayed a program and a coach on the rise with an overwhelming performance in the Gator Bowl.

For Michigan, it could have been the final blow for its beleaguered coach.

Chris Relf accounted for four touchdowns, Vick Ballard ran for three scores and coach Dan Mullen's 21st-ranked Bulldogs routed Rich Rodriguez's Wolverines 52-14 on Saturday.

The 38-point drubbing was the worst bowl loss in Michigan's storied history and might have sealed Rodriguez's future. His three-year tenure has been tainted by consecutive losing seasons, NCAA sanctions and late-season slides.