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Tebow wants to prove them wrong again.

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Tim Tebow is getting set to show off his skills as a quarterback in next weeks Senior Bowl in Mobile Alabama. Tebow is more than determined to show the scouts and any Pro personnel that he has the tolls and attitude to be a Pro quarterback. This is not the first time that people have doubted him…

Tebow has been told all his football career that he does not have what it takes to be a quarterback. It started in high school, college and now the majority of Pro people in the know think that he would be better suited as a tight end or H-back. He has also been motivated by proving people wrong, I think it has worked out for him so far.

Tebow has two NCAA championships as well as the 2007 Heisman trophy to back up his quarterback play.What you can’t measure is the heart that he plays with. His intensity and wanting to win at all costs is somethoing special in him. He is a true leader on the field ,and his teammates respond to him. The quarterback is the leader of the football team, that is Tim Tebow. I love the way he plays and would love nothing more to see him behind center someday in the NFL.

Tebow’s last college game could of not been better played as a quarterback. In the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day, Tebow lead his Florida Gators to a lopsided 51-24 over Cincinnati. His stats were ever more impressive than the win. He went a incredible 31-35 for 482 yards and three touchdowns. He also ran for another 51 yards and another touchown. He played nearly perfect football. This is a indication of his determination and skills to play quarterback at the next level. He is truly a unique athlete.

Scouts will say that Tebow is too lanky at 6-3 and 245. He has played the majority of snaps out of the shotgun formation and does short of throw side armed. He does have a tendacy to maybe hang on the ball at times. These are some of the things that have the Scouts doubt his play as a quarterbck in the Pros.Doubt is what he thrives on. The scouts need to have the confidence that Tebow can make the adjustments at the pro level. I think he has the intellect and drive to someday be a pro starting quarterback. I think he will need a little tool-age and seasoning in order for this to happen. Don’t bet against Tim Terrific.

Tim Tebow will be fired up to prove them wrong again.

Tim Tebow will be fired up to prove them wrong again.

Tebow will be out to prove them wrong again.

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Longhorns Blowout Loss Will Bring Cries For Playoff

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Let’s face it, the BCS system is broken.

The Texas Longhorns are one of the most undeserving championship game combatants in some time.  That is quite a great feat considering how often Oklahoma and Ohio State have crashed the party in recent years.  Tonight’s game will be a mismatch of great proportions and it will serve as a final statement as to why NCAA football needs a playoff system.

Texas Taints The Title

Texas Taints The Title

Texas got this opportunity simply because of their preseason ranking, not due to the quality of the football results on the field.  Texas began the season pre-ranked #2 in the polls and ended in the same spot.  Texas got beat by Nebraska, no matter what it said on the scoreboard, but the pollsters and computer rankings didn’t apply the reality we all saw on the field.

In contrast, Boise State, TCU and Cincinnati had to claw their way forward after being dismissed in the early polls.   Each of those team’s were more deserving of tonight’s matchup, as much the same for the Florida Gators.   You have to cut Cincinnati some slack on their loss, as they were reeling from their coach being stolen by Notre Dame, but the other three teams displayed championship quality football on the field in their bowl games.

A playoff is needed to ensure that the best two teams make it into the final game.  This not just for the fans, its for the players that are leaving it all out on the field.  When Alabama celebrates another national championship tonight, their title will be diminished because they never played Boise State.  The kids at both schools deserve better than how the NCAA is treating them.

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Will Tebow’s Finale Be Sweet As Sugar?

Friday, January 1st, 2010

One of the greatest players in college football history will write his final chapter this evening as Tim Tebow closes out his career with the Florida Gators.  Given the press coverage of the game, you wouldn’t know it.   The headlines of the game have focused on issues regarding each team’s respective head coach rather than Tebow getting his fourth consecutive bowl victory.

Tebow Closes Out Historic Career

Tebow Closes Out Historic Career

Tebow’s departure will leave a gaping hole on a team where the talent level has clearly declined over the course of the last four years.  That talent deficit was hidden by Tebow’s leadership, but was exposed as the Gators were hammered by Alabama 32-13 in the SEC Championship.  That defeat and Tebow’s departure will likely accelerate the decision of Florida’s top underclassmen to declare early for the NFL Draft.

That’s enough to give Urban Meyer another anxiety attack.

But the focus tonight should be a celebration of what Tim Tebow has meant to college football.  The fire is his eyes, his pure athleticism, his determination to win.  These are all things we will miss after the final gun sounds tonight.  Just take a look at some of Tebow’s accomplishments:

  • Heisman Trophy Winner
  • 3x finalist for Heisman Trophy
  • Two NCAA Championships
  • Three SEC Championships
  • 2x Maxwell Award Winner
  • NCAA First Team All-American
  • NCAA Academic All-American
  • 1st Player in NCAA history to score 20 Rushing TDs and throw 20 passing TDs in a season.
  • SEC record for Total Offense in a season
  • SEC record for Most Touchdowns, Career
  • SEC record for Most Touchdowns, Season
  • SEC record for Most Touchdowns, Game
  • SEC record for Most Rushing Touchdowns, Career
  • SEC record for Most Rushing Touchdowns, Season
  • SEC record for Passing Efficiency, Career
  • SEC record for Lowest Interception Rate, Career

The list can go on much longer, but lets leave it here.

NFL scouts say that Tim Tebow has no future at the next level.  That his intangibles don’t make up for his lack of pocket passing skills.  That he is a product of a system that has a proven failure in Alex Smith. That his arm motion doesn’t translate.  Or that his arm strength and accuracy just don’t measure up.

Pish Posh!

The Sugar Bowl serves as his final national television to silence the doubters with a masterful performance.  Expect Tebow to show up big and send notice to the NFL scouts that his intelligence, internal drive and ability to win make a future star at the professional level.

Tebow is a special player for the ages.  Let hope we get to enjoy him for many years to come in the NFL.

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Can Urban Meyer Please Make Up His Mind?

Sunday, December 27th, 2009
Urban Meyer Does Aboutface

Urban Meyer Does An About-Face

Florida Gators head coach resigned on Saturday due to health reasons.  On Sunday, he choose to take a leave of absence instead of resigning.  Is it a change of heart or did he get a call from his accountant to give him a dose of reality?

Meyer and the university have been mum on exactly what ails the head coach.  Reports about a visit to the hospital after the Florida Gators got thumped by the Alabama Crimson Tide have surfaced as well as details about an arachnoid cyst that was discovered in his brain in 1998.  Nobody has confirmed Meyer has a heart attack and arachnoid cysts do not appear to be a life threatening health issue…although I am not a doctor, I just play one in the newsroom.  Most Gator fans visited the hospitals with persistent convulsions after being thoroughly whooped in the SEC championship game.

So what gives?

Many fans believe Meyer woke up to the realization that the joy ride he has been coasting on called Tim Tebow is graduating.  With Tebow’s departure, the spotlight glare moves now to Meyer.  Is he a great coach or did Tebow do this all on his own?  Meyer’s legacy will be on trial as soon as Tim Tebow leaves campus and begins preparing for the NFL combine.  The pressure was going to build and be placed squarely on Meyer’s shoulders.

Now we have the about-face.  Meyer signed a six-year, $24 million dollar extension at the beginning of the college football season.  Prior to coming to Florida, Meyer was making peanuts compared to what he is making today.  His original contract with Florida was for $2 million per year, was extended for $3.2 million per year in 2007 and again this past August.  Meyer simply has not been on the gravy train long enough to just walk away.  He has bills to pay to continue the lifestyle he has been leading and it surely was a major top of conversation at the Meyer household dinner table.  He’d have to change his lifestyle considerable to change his cash outflows.

Is the about-face about money or a change of ailing heart?

The easy option for Meyer is to walk away.  The pressure in Gainesville is going to be tremendous and it is pretty clear he is having issues dealing with stress given what we know about his medical history.  But when you get paid millions it comes with the territory.  Many Americans live with same stress in their lives figuring out how to pay their mortgage, feed their children and keep their jobs in a sagging economy. Most Americans would trade spots with Urban Meyer in a heartbeat.

Meyer’s flip-flop will no doubt kill his recruiting efforts.  What blue chip athlete is going to come to Florida now with this major question mark?  If Meyer was concerned about be outted as a fraud coach, he just poured gasoline on the fire with his unexpected schizophrenic behavior this weekend.

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