We were in the same predicament last year w/ Bama and Oklahoma, and still we prevailed.
Disagree. I was more confident last year once we righted the ship after Ole Miss. I even predicted a close game with Bama. I foresaw squashing Oklahoma with our D when everyone else was looking for a shootout. I am a big fan of defense. Last year, Bama played us close in the SEC championship with a better defense, but mediocre offense did them in. Oklahoma had no defense, so they could not play us close once we exposed their team as being one-sided and offense-only. Check out 2008: we were well-balanced compared to Bama, Texas (just for comparison to OK) and Oklahoma.
2008 Florida #15 offense #9 defense
2008 Bama #63 offense #3 defense
2008 OK #3 offense #68 defense
2008 Tex #9 offense #51 defense
Compare that to 2009, week 10:
2009 wk 10 Florida #19 offense #2 defense
2009 wk 10 Bama #31 offense #4 defense
2009 wk 10 Tex #25 offense #1 defense
2009 wk 10 TCU #8 offense #3 defense
2009 wk 10 Cincy #3 offense #32 defense
Florida, Bama, and Texas all have the same balance, with a slight edge to Florida on offense. Parity comes into play this year. Look at TCU and Cincy--TCU is the best-balanced team in the nation! Assuming things go according to plan, Florida will be playing statistical mirror images of itself in Atlanta and Pasadena this year. Last year, the stats supported my level of comfort at the same point in the season.
Just for kicks:
2006 Florida #19 offense #6 defense (similar balance to '08 NC)
2007 Florida #14 offense #41 defense (no balance on defense, no NC)
2008 Florida #15 offense #9 defense (balance + defense = NC)
2009 wk 10 Florida #19 offense #2 defense (looks great standalone, but not compared to Alabama and Texas)