We need a playoff system on Division 1A college football. I know, it's hard for folks to adjust to that as "my" Gators have just dominated the regular season champion Ohio State Buckeyes at the dome in the desert.

I'm over the moon about what the Gators achieved last night. I sat as stunned as many Ohio State fans as Florida completely overpowered the Buckeyes in all facets of the game, less the spectacular opening kickoff return by Ginn. But is this lopsided victory not a cry in the dark for a playoff? Very few people were giving Urban Meyer's men a shot at beating Tressel's nearly-coronated crew.

You can believe what you want but believe this: The SEC is the toughest conference in college football. Florida may have won ugly all year, but they won. And win the chips were on the table and everyone was all-in, Florida had the royal flush. I don't know if one Florida player's statement is true about five or six teams from the SEC being able to spank Ohio State but there was one on Monday night - and it was shocking to watch how completely the Gators dismantled the Buckeyes. All I can say is that those tough games against the likes of Auburn, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia et al tempered the steel of the Gator team and prepared them - along with some brilliant coaching by Meyer and his staff - to do what they did to Ohio State.

Why did the Buckeyes lose? One reason; a hundred? I'm picking 50 + days of not playing a football game. Talk to any player. You can practice, practice and practice, but if you don't play, you still get rusty. And rust doesn't work when you're playing in the biggest game of your life. Ohio State was magnificent in the regular season. A regular season that ended in November. And if there was anything unfair about the matchup last night, it was that fact. It was just too long since the Buckeyes had played a game.

So does Florida deserve to be number 1? Absolutely!

Would it have turned out differently if major college football had a playoff system? We'll never know until the system changes.

I do know one thing: The Florida Gators played nearly flawless football for 60 minutes on Monday night and when it counted, they were - and are - the best team in the land.