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They were stretched all around, as far as the eye could see, at the BCS National Championship Game last night in Miami. The Florida Gators, and game MVP Tim Tebow, beat the Oklahoma Sooners 24-14 to capture their second National Title in 3 years. Florida was also voted the AP National Champion in the poll released this morning.

Experts expected the game to be a shoot-out with two of the best offenses in the NCAA going head to head. Oklahoma did not score less than 35 points in any game this season en route to a 12-1 regular-season record and Big 12 championship. The Gators were also an offensive juggernaut, also finishing 12-1 and winning the SEC championship. It was Florida’s #4 ranked defense that made the difference.

Despite having the Heisman Trophy winner in Sam Bradford, Oklahoma was not able to put the points on the board that they are used to. They were stopped at the goal line twice in the first half, once on 4th down and once with an interception. Still, the game was neck and neck in the second half until Florida blocked an Oklahoma field goal attempt. After that play one could feel the momentum swing to Florida, and they ran away with the game. Tebow and Percy Harvin, who had missed a month with an injury and stayed in Florida over Christmas to rehab for the game, put the Sooners away.

It would be hard to tell which one he is more proud of, but the two are definitely correlated. A man with a beautiful wife has an inner confidence that allows him to succeed or a very successful man suddenly finds himself surrounded by beautiful women. Either way, Peyton Manning is a lucky man.

The Indianapolis Colts quarterback won a record tying 3rd MVP today by a landslide. He receieved 32 votes while the two tied for second got 4 each. He and Brett Favre are the only 3 time MVP’s in NFL history. Although Manning has had statistically better seasons, and a Super Bowl championship, this was by far the best performance of his career.

Coming off of two knee surgeries over the summer, Manning was not sure if he would even play to start the year. He did, but the Colts started 3-4. Aroundweek 9 Manning got his strength back and something clicked in his head. He led the Colts to 9 straight victories, including wins at New England, Pittsburgh, and Tennessee, and they are the hottest team headed into the Playoffs this weekend. Manning finished the season with 4,002 yards passing, the only player to surpass 4,000 yards for 9 straight season, with 27 touchdowns and 12 interceptions.

It was possibly for this reason that the NBA superstar was finally able to will his team to victory after two straight losses on their current road trip. Los Angeles lost its games to two inferior teams, the Heat on Friday and the Magic on Saturday. The Lakers are favored to repeat their Western Conference championship from last season and are generally considered one of the top two teams in the league. However, they have not played well as of late and needed their best player to step up.

Fresh off his MVP award from last season, Kobe Bryant took a step back this season. Early on, his team was able to win without him haveing to dominate or play more than 30 minutes a game. Recently, though, the team has gone as Kobe goes. It took 36 points from him on Monday night to beat the lowly Memphis Grizzlies. The Lakers trailed 93-88 with 3 minutes remaining and relied on ten points from Bryant to take the lead and seal the victory.

It had always seemed that Vanessa Bryant wore the pants in their relationship, but Kobe’s infidelity and subsequent rape trial proved that he was not as subservient as some thought. However, all that trouble put him into that position. It is widely known that Vanessa does not tolerate losing by her husband and will hold back on certain wifely duties when it occurs. Now, Kobe is a great competitor, but a beautiful woman can will a man to do things when nothing else is working.

That may seem like a premature question, but with the NBA season a quarter complete, now is a good time to start thinking about who the best basketball player this season is.

The NBA has a lot of exciting players: Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwight Howard, Dwyane Wade and so on. Now all of these players, with the exception of Wade are on teams with excellent win-loss records, however Wade is currently leading the NBA in scoring, so how do you figure the MVP? Team record or individual achievements? Kobe Bryant did not lead the NBA in scoring or lead the Lakers to the NBA’s best record, but he won the regular season MVP award last year.

The MVP figures the best basketball player on the best team. Some would say that is the Boston Celtics’s Paul Pierce, last year’s Finals MVP.   In sports, one has to give credit to the teams that are doing well and plenty of teams are. Maybe a young team like the Portland Trailblazers will give us Brandon Roy as an MVP. You never know who the MVP will be until it’s all over.