from FoxSports.com:

The scariest part of the epic mismatch between Florida and Cincinnati on Friday night was not Tim Tebow’s record-setting numbers in the final game of his brilliant career. It was the overmatched, overwhelmed Bearcats having come within one second of playing in the BCS Championship game rather than the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

That’s right. The team that Tebow strafed for 482 passing yards with 31 completions on 35 attempts was thisclose to turning the title matchup into a sham.

Cincinnati finished third in the final regular-season BCS standings behind Alabama and Texas. If the Longhorns had lost to Nebraska in the Big 12 championship game, the Bearcats probably would have moved up to No. 2 and would be preparing to play the Crimson Tide in a winner-takes-all game in Pasadena on Jan. 7.

What a horrifying thought.

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