Crimson Tide running back Mark Ingram cemented the Heisman Trophy that day by running for 113 yards and three touchdowns and catching three passes for 76 yards. Alabama ran for 251 yards - 118 more than any team had totaled against UF this season. "Ahhh, it's unexplainable," Hicks said. "I wanted it back so bad. That game hurt so bad, because we felt that we were good enough, we had the team to win it, but we didn't execute everything we were supposed to." A big reason for that, Pouncey said, is that the Gators had too many distractions that week. Defensive end Carlos Dunlap was arrested for DUI and suspended for the game and everyone was caught up in UF playing for a second consecutive national championship and posting the first unbeaten season in school history.
