Florida soundly beat Ohio State in the BCS title game, and it was up to the nation's legions of editors to turn the blowout into interesting copy for their sports-hungry readers. Since Gelf couldn't find anyone who went for the easy "Fall of Troy (Smith)" headline, perhaps feeling sorry for the latest Heisman winner-turned-goat, Gelf did some light reading to see what they did come up with:
Florida won. Its mascot is an alligator, thus so is the team:
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New York Daily News, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Knoxville News-Sentinel
or even better:
National Chomps
Denver Post, Fort Worth Star-Tribune
That Florida quarterback had a pretty good game. What was his name again? Leak. Right. Let's see what we can do with that:
Buckeyes 'D' springs Leak
Lake County News-Sun
Leak springs out quickly
Kansas City Star
Buckeyes spring a Leak
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
That Florida coach must have come up with a pretty sweet game plan. And he's got a name we can work with, too:
Urban Renewal
Slate, Los Angeles Daily News, New York Post, Philadelphia Daily News
Urban Legend
Kansas City Star, Miami Herald, Courier News
(What, no Urban Planning or Urban Sprawl?)
Cool. What else is Florida famous for? A sports drink:
Gator Raid
Houston Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, Orange County Register, San Jose Mercury News, Sports Illustrated
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