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3 unusual facts about 2007 BCS National Championship Game


2007 BCS National Championship Game

Florida later defeated Ohio State 84–75 in the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament on April 2, 2007, marking both the first time in NCAA history that the same two schools have played for the football and basketball championships in the same year and the first time that a school has held both the football and basketball championships in the same academic and calendar year.

Andre Caldwell

Just days after the 2007 BCS National Championship Game, Caldwell announced he would return to Florida for his senior season.

Billy Latsko

As as senior in 2006, Latsko was a member of the Gators squad that defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes to win the BCS National Championship.


Bowl Championship Series on television and radio

For example, despite both the historic nature of the 2007 BCS championship game (Florida's win gave it simultaneous Division I football and basketball championships, which had never before been accomplished) and the compelling 2007 Fiesta Bowl, Fox would not allow ESPN Classic (a sister network to rights co-holder ESPN) to show the games as "instant classics."


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