DUKE ROBINSON: FALLING BEHIND IN MVP RACE

Sorry it took so long for this next blog to arrive. I was about to post it, but then the blog replay booth buzzed in and said they wanted to review the "premature ejetuation" line.

First-quarter impressions:

--Sam Bradford is an uncannily accurate passer. He's completed passes so far, including his first throw of the game, where there was just a sliver of space to thread that needle. No wonder the NFL loves him.

--Stat of the game thus far: 0-0, the score, between two of the country's three highest-scoring offenses.

--Stat of the game thus far, Part II: Gators are 4 of 4 on 3rd down conversions. In their loss to Ole Miss, UF was 1-11 on 3rd down.

--OU left guard Duke Robinson committed two penalties for 25 yards in the Sooners' second possession. In Duke's defense, the personal foul penalty was ticky-tack.

--Too many stoppages of play thus far, in terms of review. The refs blew one OU play dead just as they were snapping the ball for no reason I was able to discern and Stoops was stoopendously angry. I think they stopped the game to honor Billy Sims again, but I'm not certain.

--The Gators seem to have stolen Notre Dame's between-the-tackles rushing offense. I'm just sayin'...

--Florida just scored on a 20-yard pass play on...what else?--3rd down.

--The Gators' three longest plays--19, 21 and 20 yards--have come on 3rd down. 

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Update: OU tailback Chris Brown gained 10 yards on four carries in the first quarter. In OU's first drive of the second quarter, Brown gained 45 yards on three carries. You have to wonder how the sponsors of this contest  (FedEx) would feel about a dude named Brown winning the game MVP award.