Alabama-Florida Football: Southeastern Showdown in Atlanta

This weekend marks arguably the most anticipated SEC championship game since its beginning in 1992. The game was played in Birmingham at Legion Field the first two years, and since then has been moved to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. Alabama won the very first meeting in 1992 against Florida (28-21). It's quite the coincidence that this weekend's game with so much anticipation features the same two teams who started it all. In fact, this will mark the sixth time they have battled for SEC supremacy. Florida holds the edge, 3-2; however, last meeting in Atlanta (1999), Alabama won, 34-7. Top-ranked Alabama enters this game undefeated for the third time. The Tide are 1-1 in this game when undefeated, and both of those games were against Florida. Second-ranked Florida enters the game at 11-1 and has scored 42 or more points in seven consecutive games. It's very evident that something will have to give this weekend, as Florida's high-powered offense stacks up against the ... (link)