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Florida and Oklahoma are tied 7-7 at halftime, but Florida can't be feeling good heading into the second half: The Gators know that if they are going to win the BCS National Championship Game, they're going to need to do it without running back Chris Rainey.

In the second quarter, Rainey caught an 11-yard pass and was taken down from behind (in what could have been called a horse-collar tackle) and fell awkwardly on his leg. He appeared to have an ankle or knee injury and stayed down for a couple of minutes before he was taken to the locker room.

FOX reported that Rainey is "questionable," but judging from the way his leg bent under his body, the fact that he had to be carted off the field and the look on his face, it seems highly unlikely that he could return. That's a big loss for the Gators.

Leading up to today's big SEC championship game, most of the talk outside of Alabama was on Tim Tebow and that incredible Florida offensive attack. Well, the squad will be without their personal Reggie Bush today, as Percy Harvin is listed as doubtful, with head coach Urban Meyer chiming in with news that Harvin is "probably not going to play."

That report came after ESPN's (look at all the Bristol love!) Kirk Herbstreit announced this morning that Harvin would most likely be out for today's game.

What does this mean for Florida?

No, not the Wayans Brothers movie. No one liked that.

Someday soon someone associated with the Florida athletic department is going to sit Chris Rainey down, shake him really hard, and scream "shut up! Shut up! No! Shut it! Just shut up! No talking! Chris 'Make It' Rainey is no longer with the talking! Shh! Sh! Sh!" And that will be a sad day.

You may remember the decorated running back recruit from a few months ago, when he told a local newspaper "it's real nice to be me" because random strangers would come up to him and offer money. Well, it's still real nice to be Chris Rainey, but for, um, other reasons:

"Every time you see a fine girl (in Gainesville), you see another fine girl better than her. (Some people) like different color girls and stuff like that. I'm a white girl man."

Well, that's... direct.

(HT: Losers With Socks.)