An Oscar For Meyer

   Minutes after Florida dressed down Georgia 49-10, Gators coach Urban Meyer was asked to address throwing passes late in the game and calling two timeouts in the last minute to score a needless touchdown.

   Straight-faced, Meyer said he wanted to get a few extra carries for a reserve running back.

   As a character in the film "Night Shift" said of the Flinstones' Barney Rubble, "What an actor."

   This was partly how "we'll handle it," Meyer said in a book about the Gators' payback for an end zone celebration in last year's Georgia win.

   What do you think of Meyer's late-game approach?

   And, whether or not Meyer had anything to do with it, the Gator defense hit Matthew Stafford hard and, on a couple of occasions, after the whistle -- drawing penalties. The obvious goal was to get extra-physical with the quarterback. It worked as Stafford, the better pro prospect of the two QBs, played hurt in the second half.

   Did the Gators go overboard in hitting Stafford?

   As for the better college QB, Tim Tebow did a one-man celebration, skipping down the sideline during the timeouts to rev up a Florida crowd that hardly needed any more incentive.

   While Meyer's tactics Saturday are not easy to interpret, seeing as how he's done some of this  before, this is unmistakable: Florida is the superior team with a shot at the national title -- again.

   How do you see the Gators' chances?       

"So we'll handle it. And it's going to be a big deal."