The Alabama Crimson Tide Running Back, Mark Ingram, has been declared the 2009 Heisman winner. Ingram is a major part of Alabma’s undefeated season, and as Gator Nation should know, he can take over a game on anyday. Against Florida in the SEC Championship game, Ingram piled up three touchdowns in the onslaught of Florida. On the season, he has rushed for 1,542 yards and 118.6 yards per rush. He is the first Running Back to win the award since Reggie Bush in 2005, and only the second one in the last 10 years.

Florida Gator Quarterback, Tim Tebow, had his hope for a second Heisman trophy crushed with last week’s defeat to Alabama, and ended up finishing fifth in the Heisman voting. Tebow had a pretty good year, but was overshadowed by the play of Mark Ingram, Toby Gearhart and Colt McCoy throughout the year. Despite not being able to secure his second Heisman, Tebow can still say that he has one Heisman, which is something that not many college football athletes can say.

Heisman Voting

1. Mark Ingram - 227 1st place votes
2. Toby Gerhart - 222 first place votes
3. Colt McCoy
4. Ndamukong Suh
5. Tim Tebow

It hasn’t been long since the Florida Gators lost defensive coordinator Charlie Strong so he could be the new head coach at Louisville, and now there is another one who will not be on the Gator staff for the 2010 season.

Head coach Urban Meyer started to let the prospects who have committed know that wide receiver coach and recruiting coordinator Billy Gonzales has chosen a position with LSU. Meyer told the prospects that he will not be here next year, just hopefully it doesn’t effect the 2010 recruiting class. It’s crazy how Florida has lost two great coaches just 2 months before signing day.

I’m still curious to know why they would leave when they have it made at UF? Maybe this is what happens when you have so much talent, they benefit from all of the success and move on to bigger and better things.

GSN will release more on this soon. Stay tuned.

There are six high school seniors who have already gave their commitments to the University Of Florida who are placed on the roster for the 2010 Under Armour All-Star game that will take place on January 2 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. It will also be televised live on ESPN.

Ted Marchibroda and Sam Wyche who are both former NFL head coaches will be the coaches for the All-Star game. Marchibroda will be coaching team Blur and Wyche will be the head coach for team Nitro.

There is just one recruit playing on team Blur, Joshua Shaw who is a solid 6-2 CB out of Palmdale, California.

Here are the rest of the Florida recruits who are going to be playing on team Nitro. Demar Dorsey, Boyd Anderson who are both safeties, WR Solomon Patton, Murphy (Ala.), DT Leon Orr, Gulf; running back Mack Brown from Martin Luther King (GA.), and offensive tackle Ian Silberman, Fleming, Island Florida.

This event is hosted for the top seniors around the whole country.

(Info gathered by Antonya English from Gator Report.)

Well Gator Nation. It’s official. Florida is set to face undefeated Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl on New years day.

This will be the Gators eighth Sugar Bowl appearance, and also the fourth most in bowl history.

The game is set and ready for 8:30 pm and will be shown live on FOX. Here is an interesting fact for you. This is the first time ever that two top five teams have faced in a non-championship Sugar bowl since back in 1977.

“We are very much looking forward to the opportunity to host the No. 3 and No. 5 teams in the country, as well as their fans, for the 76th Allstate Sugar Bowl,” Sugar Bowl President Richard R. Smith said. “Florida and Cincinnati have both had great seasons with thrilling games that have gone to the last minute to preserve their place in the Sugar Bowl and we are confident that the 76th chapter in our illustrious history will maintain our tradition of staging the greatest game possible.”

After the 32-13 loss to Alabama on Saturday, Florida dropped from the No. 1 spot to No. 5.

(Quote/info gathered from Antonya English/Gator Report.)