SEC Championship Flashback: Alabama Vs Florida 2009
On Saturday Alabama will face the Florida Gators for the SEC Championship. Throughout the week, Tide 100.9 will highlight past SEC Championship victories under Alabama head coach Nick Saban. Let's begin with a special and first SEC title victory in the Nick Saban era, the 2009 SEC Championship game.
Coming into this game against Florida, Alabama held a record of 2-4 in SEC Championship games in program history including a loss in 2008 against Florida. The game was a big one for both teams as Florida, behind senior quarterback Tim Tebow, were the number one ranked team in college football against the second ranked team in Alabama. Another interesting story in this game was in all 6 appearances for Alabama in program history, all of them were against the Florida Gators.