2009-09-08T11:20:02-04:00
NFL will covet Tebow even more in '10
2009-01-11T19:49:38-05:00
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That was hilarious
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2009-01-12T11:53:59-05:00
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Sent by a friend of mine:
Tebow Skips Senior Season, Ascends Directly Into Heaven
MIAMI (SP) -- Shortly after leading the Florida Gators to a national championship with a 24-14 win over Oklahoma, junior quarterback Tim Tebow announced that he would skip his senior season and ascend directly into heaven.
Tebow entered the press room to wild applause. A reporter for a 24- hour cable sports network burst into tears when the 2007 Heisman winner entered the room. Another threw a pair of boxer shorts on the podium. Tebow smiled at the gesture and several sports reporters fainted.
"Sorry I'm late," Tebow began. "There was a six-year-old boy with cancer in row 54 and I had to make my way through the crowd to heal him."
"I want to start by saying that playing quarterback for the University of Florida, winning two national championships, has been a great honor. There has been some speculation about my future and I want to clear that up right now," he continued.
"Don't go, Tim!" a reporter shouted from the back of the room.
"After much consideration, I have decided to skip my senior season at the University of Florida and ascend directly into Heaven," Tebow announced. Upon making the announcement, Tebow was bathed in a blinding white light and vanished.
In response to the news, ESPN announced they will have a month-long tribute to Tebow. ESPN2 will now be known as ESPN-TEBOW and will feature Tebow highlights (including home videos of Tebow's childhood), re-airings of past interviews, Tebow-centric analysis by ESPN air personalities, a Tebow quiz show and a reality show to find the "most Tebow-like" person in America.
"He wasn't just the greatest player in college football history," said a college football writer at the press conference, tears streaming down his face. "He might have been the greatest person to ever walk on earth."
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2009-01-12T11:50:35-05:00
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Tebow is no doubt a great college QB/player, I can't stand the guy at all, I hate the Gators as well, really hate everything about him and the Gators. I have to give him credit, he's probably in the top five of all time college players. The key word here is "college", he will be nothing more than a clip board holder in the nfl is he chooses to stick w/ that position. Any NFL GM that would waste a 1st round pick on this guy would be an idiot and I would hope they would lose their job. He knows as well as everyone else that he would not be a first rounder. mmmmmm, let's see, stay another year at Florida or get drafted in the fourth round and hold a clip board for the next five years.
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2009-01-11T21:40:12-05:00
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Splorch
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As long as the Jared Lorenzen's and Dan Orlovsky's of the world can make the NFL and even start there will room for a leader like Tim Tebow.
As for being run first, you obviously don't see Tebow enough. He runs when asked. Otherwise, when he drops back he typically throws.
And other QBs who didn't run pro style offenses include Donovan McNabb, Alex Smith, Vince Young, Mike Vick and hey, Sam Bradford doesn't go under center much either. All of these guys have had varying success, but all were drafted very high and in Bradford's case, are expected to.
I have no idea if Tebow will succeed. But the reasons given for his pending failure are largely ignorant. Dude is a winner, a leader, he is a large, strong armed, fast man. Slow delivery? Sure, but other QBs have undergone mechanics changes in the past.
You can't tell me that Kansas City and Detroit would not prefer Tebow to Thigpen, Croyle, Orlovsky and Stanton. C'mon. There is a dearth of decent Qbs let alone good ones, and almost none with this kids heart.
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2009-01-12T11:17:48-05:00
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As long as the Jared Lorenzen's and Dan Orlovsky's of the world can make the NFL and even start there will room for a leader like Tim Tebow.As for being run first, you obviously don't see Tebow enough. He runs when asked. Otherwise, when he drops back he typically throws.And other QBs who didn't run pro style offenses include Donovan McNabb, Alex Smith, Vince Young, Mike Vick and hey, Sam Bradford doesn't go under center much either. All of these guys have had varying success, but all were drafted very high and in Bradford's case, are expected to.I have no idea if Tebow will succeed. But the reasons given for his pending failure are largely ignorant. Dude is a winner, a leader, he is a large, strong armed, fast man. Slow delivery? Sure, but other QBs have undergone mechanics changes in the past. You can't tell me that Kansas City and Detroit would not prefer Tebow to Thigpen, Croyle, Orlovsky and Stanton. C'mon. There is a dearth of decent Qbs let alone good ones, and almost none with this kids heart.
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let me break your post down:
jared lorenzen undrafted free agent
dan orlovsky 5th rounder
both these guys are not "starters", they have started games out of necessity
u mention guys not running pro offenses...of the ones u mentioned ONLY donavon mcnabb is the real deal and he spent a great deal of time under center. mike vick, he started to turn the corner on his passing but we know what his demise was, he's waaaaaaaaaay faster than tebow, more elusive and an all around better athlete with a cannon attatched to his right shoulder. alex smith? yeah right we see how thats working out and he's a waaaaaaaaaay better "pure passer" than tebow, vy? surely u jest and tebow isnt as "athletic or fast" as him and we've seen that movie play out as well. whenever tebow comes out he will be a late 3rd or 4th round pick. u can have the heart of 10 men, doesnt matter one bit when u cant do what the team is asking u to do....stand tall in the pocket and throw the ball on time into windows no bigger than a thimble
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2009-01-12T11:14:48-05:00
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I think that Tim needs to look into signing a 4 year extension to play for the Gators. The SEC is the only league suited to his game.
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2009-01-12T11:13:16-05:00
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And to Gator Nation; I'm about the closest thing in Columbus that wears Scarlet and Gray that you'll find to being a Gator supporter. The only negative thing I've even said about the Gators in this blog is that I don't picture Tim Tebow being a 1st or 2nd Round pick. If that's being a "bitter" Buckeye fan, then I'd hate to see what you would have to say to some of the Buckeye-psychos that I have to deal with on Fall Saturdays.
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2009-01-12T11:09:50-05:00
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your best comeback was to diss a typo.............very enlightening!
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2009-01-12T11:08:25-05:00
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only prob with New York..........is New Yorkers!
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2009-01-12T11:08:19-05:00
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Bitter? Nah. Questioning why people give Tebow so much credit for the 2006 title that a veteran-laden defense and an offense with a rock at QB that never was moved by all the waves of Gator fans who wanted him out of Gainesville and for Tebow to take over by the middle of that season? Yes.
As I've stated previously, I'm not debating that Tebow played a role on that team. I'm merely stating that it was Chris Leak's team and he deserves the accolades for winning it that year; what exactly is wrong with that? Maybe Tim could have done the same thing Leak did that year with that defense behind him; nobody knows.
I do know for certain that what Lloyd Carr said last year is entirely accurate though; Percy Harvin is the best player on the field regardless of who the Gators are playing. I don't see this team having anywhere near the success it has had these last few seasons without his quick feet, hard running, and great hands; he's more important to the team than Tebow in my mind when it comes to athletic gifts. If you'd like to debate that point, I'm all for it. If you'd like to sit there and paint me as something I'm not, then go right on ahead. That loss is as far out of my memory as the collective memory of Gator Nation is about the time Spurrier's Gator's coughed up a title in a blowout 40+ point loss to Nebraska.
I just feel it's inappropriate for the media to say he's a two-time national championship winning QB; I'm certain that a majority of people who follow more than just their own favorite college football team would agree that it is a slight mockery of the facts. Since making that comment and outlining my own argument, I have had you guys pop out the "Oh, a bitter Buckeye" card and completely dismiss the fact that the media twists and distorts much of what we read in sports anymore. So be it; I guess it's true that you can't have an open and intellectual conversation with Gator fans.
And if you think that two years of mild disappointments are enough for me to forget what our outgoing Senior class did for Columbus, then you're not a real fan of college football. Four straight Conference Titles and four straight victories over your hated arch-rival might not mean much in Gainesville (they certainly did until a few years ago), but they mean a lot to an old-fashioned fan like me. Then again, I recall the Cooper years; so anything better than that feels like a step up to me. :-D
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2009-01-12T11:07:18-05:00
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ewwwww........another expert from dahbronx.....with crystal balls
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<div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align:right;">Tim Tebow already owns one Heisman and two national titles.<br />Sam Greenwood/Getty Images</div>
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<p>Two national championships are not enough for <strong>Tim Tebow</strong>. The Florida quarterback announced Sunday that he will return for his senior season. This is terrific news for Gator Nation and bad news for every SEC defensive coordinator.</p>
<p>This is not a huge surprise because some of the draft experts were projecting Tebow as a middle candidate for Round 1, predicting his penchant for running would make NFL teams in need of a quarterback reluctant to take him. He's no <strong>Michael Vick</strong> (thankfully) and doesn't project as high as Oklahoma's <strong>Sam Bradford</strong> or USC's <strong>Mark Sanchez</strong>. </p>
<p>Tebow has one of the best resumes for a college quarterback. He can run like few of his collegiate predecessors. And if you believe the announcers in the FOX broadcast booth, he can walk on water.</p>
<p>Playing another season is risky for any QB with happy feet. But if he stays healthy, wins a second Heisman Trophy and leads the Gators to another national title, it's hard to imagine that his stock wouldn't rise. He would be hailed as the best college football player ever, and that would be difficult for any team that needs a QB to overlook.</p>
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<div class="photo_attributes" style="text-align:right;">Tim Tebow already owns one Heisman and two national titles.<br />Sam Greenwood/Getty Images</div>
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<p>Two national championships are not enough for <strong>Tim Tebow</strong>. The Florida quarterback announced Sunday that he will return for his senior season. This is terrific news for Gator Nation and bad news for every SEC defensive coordinator.</p>
<p>This is not a huge surprise because some of the draft experts were projecting Tebow as a middle candidate for Round 1, predicting his penchant for running would make NFL teams in need of a quarterback reluctant to take him. He's no <strong>Michael Vick</strong> (thankfully) and doesn't project as high as Oklahoma's <strong>Sam Bradford</strong> or USC's <strong>Mark Sanchez</strong>. </p>
<p>Tebow has one of the best resumes for a college quarterback. He can run like few of his collegiate predecessors. And if you believe the announcers in the FOX broadcast booth, he can walk on water.</p>
<p>Playing another season is risky for any QB with happy feet. But if he stays healthy, wins a second Heisman Trophy and leads the Gators to another national title, it's hard to imagine that his stock wouldn't rise. He would be hailed as the best college football player ever, and that would be difficult for any team that needs a QB to overlook.</p>