Tim Tebow Zone

Tune in to ESPN tonight at 8:00 PM EST for the Heisman Award Show. Tebow is the hands down favorite to win, but that doesn’t mean he’s free from competition. June Jones has been pushing Colt Brennan really hard the past few weeks. Tebow is also up against Chase Daniel and Darren McFadden or Arkansas (who many say is the best player in college football).

It’s important to remember that the Heisman award goes to the most outstanding player of the year. Not the most NFL ready player. Not the most electrifying player for 3 games. And not the player with the best win-loss record. If the voters hold true to what the award really stands for, then it should be Tebows.

Tune in tonight and cheer on our favorite Gator. Even if Tebow doesn’t win, he still has 2 more years to do it.

Go Gators!

So I’m reading some Palm Beach papers to see what FAU is saying about the Gators and Tebow, and I came across an article that is titled “Defense Doesn’t Fear Tebow.” How appropriate I thought. I just had to open it up and read it.

Right at the beginning of the article it says:

“My game plan - and I heard other people downstairs talking about it - is to get him out of the game,” FAU senior safety Taheem Acevedo said when asked how to stop Tebow. “I don’t care how it happens, we just have to get him out of the game. He carries that team.”

Acevedo said he wants Tebow to remember him each time he is tackled.

“Whenever I see big guys like that, I’m not going to go low,” Acevedo said. “My first thought is to go high and hit where it will hurt him more than anything.”

This quote makes it seem like they’re trying to hurt Tebow. Show some class FAU! Since when do players say they’re trying to “get him out of the game.” That is clear indication that FAU players are aiming to hurt Tebow. I wonder if their coaches told them to do it?

I hope Meyer prints this article out and posts it on Tebow’s locker. I would love to see the fire in his eyes when he meets Acevedo on the field. Tebow will make him wish he never played football. If Acevedo tries to go high on Tebow, he’ll just get stiff armed in the face and pushed to the side like everyone else.

From GatorZone.com

Gainesville, FL University of Florida sophomore quarterback Tim Tebow (Jacksonville, Fla.) earned a selection on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All- District III First Team Thursday. Tebow was a member of the first team and advances to the national ballot for academic All-American accolades.

Tebow has a 3.76 GPA while majoring in Family, Youth and Community Service at Florida. The sophomore signal-caller has earned SEC Offensive Player of the Week honors twice this year following his efforts against Ole Miss and Troy. He was recently named as a semifinalist for the Maxwell and Davey O’Brien awards.

That’s a great honor for Timmy. For a football player to manage a 3.76 GPA while having to practice everyday and travel all the time is so impressive. Congrats to Tebow on the honor!

A lot of speculation went on before last Saturday’s game about the extent of Tebow’s injury. I even heard rumors online where Tebow was supposed to be finished for the rest of the season. Well, his performance put those rumors to rest.

“Tim’s not the most honest guy when it deals with injuries,” Meyer said Sunday. “He’s going to be so defensive about it - I’m fine, I’m fine, I’m fine. He made the comment to me that this week he thinks it’s as close to 100 percent as it’s been because he did not get hit one time [on the shoulder against Vanderbilt].”

Tebow did an excellent job avoiding big hits in the Vandy game. The offensive line protected him and didn’t allow one sack during the game, and Vandy is the SEC’s leading sack defense.

Tebow should be at full speed when the Gators head to South Carolina this weekend.

The ESPN and the CBS Sports dot com guys have put our favorite Gator, Timmy Tebow, as the current Heisman front runner. Andre Woodson is in second place in the CBS poll, and Matt Ryan is in second place in the ESPN poll. You can view the CBS Heisman watch here and the ESPN Heisman watch here.

The only thing we have to worry about is if a sophomore will win the Heisman. It’s never happened before, so it would take a very special season for it to happen again. Also, if the Gators were to lose another game, it might seriously push Tebow out of contention.

According to SI, there’s a new #1 candidate for the Heisman trophy. Our boy Timmy Tebow! Here’s what they had to say:

He’s versatile. He’s tough. And now he’s No. 1. Think about this: On Saturday he almost matched the rushing yardage of Arkansas’ Darren McFadden (173) and the passing yardage of Kentucky’s Andre’ Woodson (265). Most impressively though, when the Gators needed to run out the clock against the Rebels, it was Tebow pounding the line with 12 carries in Florida’s final two possessions.

No Freshman or Sophomore has ever won a Heisman trophy. Could this be the first year?

Monday, Tim Tebow was named the Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Gators’ 30-24 win at Mississippi on Saturday.

We all know Tebow played a hell of a game on Saturday. Timmy had career-highs in completions (20), attempts (34) and rushing attempts. The 427 yards of total offense is the best in the SEC this season. He rushed for 166 yards and threw for 261 with a total of 4 offensive touchdowns.

It’s always hard work when a Quarterback has to change his throwing motion. You grow up throwing the ball one way, but then later in life coaches ask you to change it. Generally, it’s for the good of the game and the good of your body. Having a bad throwing motion can wreck a QB’s shoulder.

“Always when you have a habit and you’ve done something for so long, it’s tough to change,” Tebow said. “That’s why you have to go out there disciplined and really work hard every day.”

Word around campus is that all the hard work Timmy put in this offseason is paying off. “He’s throwing a better ball,” Murphy said. “It’s a smooth, real accurate throw. From what I can tell, he got a lot of tips in the offseason. And now he’s putting them into effect.”

I can’t wait to see what he can do against Western Kentucky.

Don’t let Tebow’s iron clad workout routine and toughness on the field fool you. Our boy Timmy is all about one thing. F-U-N.

“It’s been fun, it’s been a good camp so far,” he said. “We’ve been working hard trying to get ready. We’ve got a lot of young guys working in there, and we’re just trying to get that timing down with everybody. Everybody’s going hard and making plays and so it’s been a lot of fun. It’s been a good camp so far, we’ve just got to make our timing a little more crisp and I think we’ll be pretty ready.”

Now, how many players are going to sit there and say two-a-days are fun?