Ohio State and Florida in the Gator Bowl

Bill Rabinowitz writes in the Columbus Dispatch that Ohio State will be playing Florida in the Gator Bowl held in Jacksonville, Florida. The teams haven’t met since the 2006 National Championship game in which Florida topped Ohio State 41-14.

Both teams are perennial powers, but finished the regular season 6-6. The loser of the game will go on to have a losing record for the first time in a while. The game is also interesting because it puts Urban Meyer’s former team against his future team. Meyer will not be coaching the Buckeyes in this game, but will be recruiting and working out plans for next year.

With the game being held in Florida, there is an obvious draw of Florida fans to the game. However, Ohio State fans tend to travel in large groups so there should be a good number of them in attendance.

The article doesn’t quite address how the teams were chosen for this specific bowl game, which would have been some good information to know. The author talks a little bit more about Florida than he does Ohio State, but other than that he offers adequate coverage on the topic.