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Focus turns to the future after Florida wins title

Updated: January 9, 2007, 3:29 PM ET
By Ivan Maisel | ESPN.com

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. -- In the calm and safety of the morning after the Tostitos BCS Championship Game, Florida coach Urban Meyer admitted to "panic" after Ohio State junior Ted Ginn Jr. returned the opening kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown on Monday night.

"We made a gamble, and that's my fault," Meyer said of the decision to kick to Ginn. While he panicked, his team responded.

"The offense systemically goes down and converted three or four first downs and everybody settled down and ...

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The first 16 seconds of the BCS title game? All Ohio State. The rest of Monday night? All Florida in a 41-14 shocker, as the Gators responded to Ted Ginn Jr.'s opening statement by routing OSU to claim the national championship.

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