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Why did you create this site?

First, I am not officially affiliated with the University of Florida or the UF Athletic Association. I am a graduate and a fan of both the school and the UF sports teams - I make no bones about it. However, I've been a graduate and fan for years and, while we've had other great players before, I've never felt inclined to do something like this.

In short, I believe Tim Tebow is great for college football. Anyone who's paid attention to things at UF has seen that Tebow-mania hit the school last year. He's had an intense light on him since the day he stepped foot on campus and he's continually shown the highest level of class, sportsmanship, citizenship, and humanity. While being in such an intense spotlight, this can't be easy to do. I have heard of many who have had the opportunity to meet him and he seems to be nothing but a kind, gracious young guy. Think about when you were 20 years old. Imagine not being able to walk to class in anonymity. Imagine having to change your cell phone number because rival fans acquired it and left you horrible messages. Could you continue to sign every autograph with a smile? Could you remember every day how lucky you are to be the quarterback at the University of Florida? Tebow remains the good young man his parents obviously raised him to be. While many high-profile athletes at big colleges face similar circumstances, I truly believe that Tebow is unique. He reminds me of a 1950's golden boy athlete (think Roger Staubach).

There were also extremely high expectations of him on the field this year. I am a fan of all college football and I had no idea he would perform as amazingly as he has. He is a sophomore starting his first season as quarterback of the defending national championship football team. Read that sentence again. I reminded everyone at the beginning of the season to lower their expectations. He's a sophomore. He'll make some bad reads. He'll throw some inadvisable balls and get intercepted. He'll get flustered by some of the great defenses in the SEC. Then he goes and proves me as wrong as I can ever remember being proven. He has not just had an All-American season, but an all-time season. He leads one of the youngest teams in major college football to a 9-3 record in one of the (if not the) most difficult conferences in football. Plus, he's a ton of fun to watch and his level of excitement is contagious.

If there is a coach out there who says he wouldn't take Tebow the young man (without the football skills), I'll call him a liar. If there is a coach out there who says he wouldn't take Tebow the football player - I'll call him crazy.

And, to answer those rival fans that have written me, I do have a life. I am a 36 year old entrepreneur with a beautiful girlfriend and a lot of friends. I also don't live in my parent's basement. I put this together for fun and because I like and respect what Tebow has done and what he stands for. And, frankly, I didn't expect the number of visitors the site has had.

Do You Know Tim Tebow? Did He Ask You to Put Together This Site?

Sorry, ladies - I do not know Tim Tebow, nor have I ever met him. I don't have his e-mail address and wouldn't give it to you if I did. I feel bad when I hear stories of him having to struggle for a little bit of privacy. Life is good as the Gator quarterback, but we sometimes lose sight that they give up more than their time and some blood for the Gator Nation. Nonetheless, as a huge Gator fan who spends a lot of time in Gainesville for business, I hope to have the opportunity to shake his hand someday.

As for him asking me to do this...you haven't been paying attention. If he had a vote, he'd probably vote for his offensive line or Percy Harvin or somebody else. I wouldn't have spent the many hours that it took to do this for someone who would self promote that much. He has plenty of resources at the University if he wanted to promote himself. I did this because he'd never ask anyone to promote him. He's 20 and refused to strike the trophy pose after his performance in the FSU game. If you had had the game/season he had, could you have resisted just a little gloating? How about against your arch nemesis who'd proclaimed they'd end your award chances? That's only part of what separates you from Tim Tebow.

But he's only a sophomore. Won't he have many more chances?

I think that's the most ridiculous argument I've heard this year. A first year starter goes out and has the best year of any college football quarterback this year (or in recent memory) and the argument is he's too young? It would be more impressive after another year or two of coaching or in the weight room? How many things could happen to prevent him another chance? I'm going to let you in on a little secret, but Florida has another player or two that could eventually split votes with Tebow. (Knock on wood)- Plus, players get injured all the time. These days great players tend to leave after their junior years (although I'd personally be surprised if Tebow did). One of the greatest years ever against some of the greatest competition ever...should age be an asterisk in that statement?

What do you have to say about his three losses?

Paul Hornung won the award in 1956 on a 2-8 Notre Dame team. I understood the award was to go to "the most outstanding collegiate football player in the United States". It seems people have tried to turn it into the best player in the offensive backfield of a major college national championship contender from a major conference who has a single memorable performance and one or fewer losses, no matter who is genuinely deserving of the award. The only undefeated team left in major college football is Hawaii and Colt Brennan has had a nice statistical year. But everyone outside of the Aloha State knows that they've played a glorified FCS schedule, which currently has a Sagarin Strength of Schedule rating of 142. That means 141 teams played tougher schedules than them. Darren McFadden seems to be another player people are hyping this week due to the win at LSU. His team lost four games against the 60th ranked schedule and Tebow beat him in rushing head-to-head against two of their common opponents, while passing for another 462 yards in those games. Chase Daniel - worse stats against the 35th ranked schedule and far (FAR) easier defenses. Ditto Pat White. Why is this not sinking in for some people?

But let's talk about the Florida losses. Without beating up on any particular players or specific units, there were some serious weaknesses on the Gators this year. They were ridiculously young (only 31% of their regular contributors were Juniors or Seniors). The team had three first time starters in the secondary for most of the year, including two true freshman (Haden and Wright). The defensive line has been so depleted that several true freshman have seen meaningful time at defensive end and defensive tackle. Things got so bad that a true freshman offensive lineman (Pouncey) had to be converted to defensive tackle for the last four games of the season. Tebow did enough to win in each of the Gators' losses. In the three losses, his QB efficiency rating was just under 140. He scored 8 touchdowns. Against Auburn's #7 ranked defense, Tebow threw for a touchdown and ran for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to even the score with the Tigers. Unfortunately, our young defense couldn't get the hold at the end of the game and Auburn won on a late field goal. Against LSU's #3 ranked defense, the Tebow led offense scored 24 points and led by 10 two different times. Unfortunately, our young defense couldn't stop the Tigers potent running attack, giving up 247 yards on the ground and yielding on all 5 fourth down plays. The Gators lost the game 28-24. In Florida's final loss, Tebow played "lights out" despite being injured and unable to run the ball like he did the entire rest of the year. The Tebow led offense scored 23 points against the Bulldogs' #19 rated defense. Tebow ran for two touchdowns and threw for a third, achieving a QB efficiency rating of 168.74 in the game. Florida's offense scored enough to win each of those games.

Anyone who watches SEC football knows that it's an "Any Given Saturday" conference. Two losses to teams in the top 7 of the BCS. All three losses came to Top 20 defenses (two in the top 8 in the nation). At least two of the games were probably within the top 10-15 best games all year. Are we really saying that we'd be more impressed if Tebow had the same stats against a bottom feeding schedule and far weaker defenses, but had only lost one game? If so, vote for Brennan, then give up your vote. You're missing your calling - there's a village somewhere missing their idiot.

Why not some of the other contenders?

I cover that in more detail here, but simply - they have not had the seasons that Tebow has. There are some great players out there who have had an impressive year. However, if you take into account statistics, individual effect on games, quality of competition, and consistency over the season - there shouldn't be any doubt. McFadden had a heckuva game against LSU and people took notice. Unfortunately, they didn't notice as much when he bombed against FIU's 111th ranked rushing defense or rushed for fewer yards than Tebow against Auburn and Mississippi. Has anyone also noticed that his great numbers are against the 60th ranked SOS in the country? Chase Daniel caught everyone's attention with his performance against Kansas. When you look at his statistics, they look really good. Unfortunately, Kansas was statistically the best defense he's played against all year. Just from watching that game, how'd they compare to even an average SEC defense? If you're looking for great numbers against nobodies, you might as well vote for Colt Brennan. He passed for just as many yards as Daniel with a higher passer efficiency rating. Only, he did it against the 142nd ranked schedule in the country. Yes, that means that means 23 lower division schools played tougher schedules than Hawaii did. Pat White? He's also had a nice year, but fewer total yards, a lower QB efficiency rating and far fewer touchdowns against far weaker competition (#35 SOS).

Why do you hate Candidate X? What do you have against Candidate X?

I never intended to appear that I don't like or respect any of the candidates. Every one of the candidates that I've mentioned on the site is a great player and has had a great year. This has taken far too much of my time to be a personal attack or just a "pump up" for Tebow. In another year, most of the candidates would deserve the award. However, this year an extraordinary player has had a year for the ages.

Didn't he just get all those rushing yards because he didn't have a productive running back?/Weren't all his passing yards because he had great receivers?

Another brilliant couple of arguments from the people looking for any reason not to give it to someone. What if the answers are yes & yes? We shouldn't give it to the best player with the best numbers against the best competition because...

Florida didn't have one consistent runner other than Tebow. However, the team utilized many options in the position. In fact, Tebow accounted for just a little more than one-third of the Gators average rushing yards per game (69.8 yards of 197.7 total rushing yards per game). One of the best things about him is that defenses know he's going to run. They expect him to run. They prepare for him to run. Yet they still cannot stop him. Oh, and he also carried the ball 191 times this year and never put the ball on the ground.

He has great receivers, no doubt. But he is able to throw to every point on the field with accuracy and the touch necessary for the receiver to be able to catch the ball. And while he has great receivers, he also has young receivers. There have been many great catches during the season, but just as many ugly drops. And Meyer has publicly stated that at least two of Tebow's six interceptions (including the only one returned for a touchdown all year) were caused by the receiver running the wrong route. The ball was where it was supposed to be, but the receiver wasn't there. A third interception was due to the ball bouncing off a receiver's helmet and ricocheting high in the air. So, at least three of his six interceptions can be called "unlucky" rather than bad reads or throws.

Did he ever really have a stiff arm trophy "moment"?

If you have to ask that, you've not watched many Florida games this year. He's had too many to name. One of the few "problems" with Tebow is the extraordinary almost looks mundane. Isn't being the only quarterback in history to pass for 29 touchdowns and run for 20 touchdowns a pretty good "moment"?

3rd and 8 against Tennessee, he gets flushed from the pocket. As he's running to the left, a defender makes a shoestring trip. As he is falling down, he bullets the ball between two defenders to his receiver for a first down. If there is another quarterback in college football that can make that play, please show them to me. Tebow finished the game with 299 yards, a 73.7% completion rate, and an unreal 230.09 QB rating.

Toward the end of the game at Mississippi, our young defense was exhausted and getting killed. The offense had built up a 27-9 lead with 5:17 left in the third quarter, but our inexperienced secondary gave up two long touchdown passes in the final three minutes of the quarter to allow Ole Miss to come within 3. Tebow carried the Florida team on his shoulders in the final quarter. He carried the ball 8 straight times in the final drive to run out the clock and win the game for the Gators. Tebow finished with 427 total yards of offense and 4 touchdowns with no interceptions.

With 3:35 left in the game, Kentucky (who had beat #1 LSU the previous week), brought the score to 38-31. Instead of running the ball and punting with around 1:30 left in the game, the coaches put the ball in Tebow's hands. He gained a couple of first downs, then threw a perfect deep ball to Percy Harvin to put the game away. Tebow finished the game with 5 total touchdowns and a 202.71 QB efficiency rating.

Against South Carolina (and its fourth ranked pass defense) Tebow threw for 304 yards, going 22 for 32 (68.8%) with 2 touchdowns. He also ran for 120 yards and 5 touchdowns. The whole game was a He15man moment.

Against FSU, he had two amazing plays in the first half, one a run for a touchdown and the other a pass for a touchdown. The first (a recent Top 10 play of the week on that Bristol, CT sports channel) was the Gators first touchdown of the game. The Seminoles had just driven the length of the field, taking up almost half of the first quarter and scoring first to lead 3-0. Tebow led the Gators down the field on their first drive of the game. On second and one on FSU's 23, the pocket collapsed. Tebow broke a tackle, evaded the rush and ran the ball in for a touchdown while dragging a couple of Seminoles with him. Two plays earlier, he had run for 16 on a 3rd and 14 to extend the drive. On the Gators next drive, Tebow it Louis Murphy in stride directly over the rear pylon for a 32 yard touchdown. Tebow finished the game 19 for 28 (67.9%) for 262 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions (a 181.81 QB efficiency rating). He also ran the ball for 89 yards and 2 more touchdowns.

I'm sure there are many more He15man moments, I've missed. If you haven't seen many Florida games this year, go to YouTube and do a quick search for Tebow and I guarantee you'll be amazed.

Isn't Tebow just a "system quarterback"?

I saw June Jones' comments live on that Bristol network. I get politicking for your players, but I think June Jones is absolutely classless for trying to belittle Tebow's accomplishments while promoting Colt Brennan. This site is intended as an unabashed promotion of Tebow for the stiff arm trophy, but I hope I never degraded any of the competitors or their accomplishments. We're talking about amateur college football players who give their bodies and a great deal of their time preparing mentally and physically for something for our enjoyment. The players I've mentioned on this site are amazing football players and all of them deserve accolades for their accomplishments this year. For anyone to try to belittle their accomplishments to improve another player's standing is beyond shameful.

That being said, name a college or professional PLAYER that isn't a "system player." A good coach has a base system that he modifies based upon the skills of his standout players. Not that McFadden couldn't thrive in other systems, but would his numbers be as good in a true run and shoot offense? If they had a stronger passing attack, could he and Felix Jones have been as statistically successful as they have been? Colt Brennan thrived playing a run and shoot offense against relatively weak competition - that's Hawaii's system. Could he have produced as well in a spread option against SEC defenses? Would Tebow have had 51 touchdowns if he played in a Nebraska option offense of the 80's and 90's? We'll never know. Meyer recruited him to play this offense. In fact, Florida's offense was a permutation of the traditional Meyer/Mullen offense until Tebow was ready to start. The question for me is how well did a player produce within the system in which he plays? Tebow produced (most yards per attempt, highest yards per play of the candidates) efficiently (second highest QB efficiency in the country, 51 total touchdowns) against the best defenses (#9 Sagarin SOS, 4 top 20 defenses, 7 top 25 pass defenses).

If that's merely a system quarterback and I'm a coach - I'll take two please. If June Jones doesn't agree, we'll see how he's feeling sometime during the evening of August 30, 2008.

Weren't all of Tebow's touchdown runs just 1-2 yard QB sneaks?

So those only count for 4 points instead of 6? Wow, we're really trying to find some reason to take away from his great season. Unfortunately, the naysayers again come up with....nothing.

As with many teams, a fair number of Florida's rushing touchdowns were from within the 5 yard line. These runs were often the result of long sustained drives in which we utilized our rushing and passing attacks to get close to the end zone. Quite a few were the result of defenders tackling our receivers inside the ten. If that hadn't happened Tebow would have been credited with a passing TD. The overall numbers wouldn't have changed much. Nonetheless, let's again compare Tebow's rushing statistics with the only rushing-first finalist - Darren McFadden.

Tebow's Rushing Touchdowns
Under 5 yards - 12 TDs (54.5%)
5 Yards and over - 10 TDs

McFadden's Rushing Touchdowns
Under 5 yards - 8 TDs (53.33%)
5 Yards and over - 7 TDs

Irrelevant statistical difference on 50% more rushing touchdowns. Any more questions?

	Why did you create this site? First, I am not officially affiliated with the University of Florida or the UF Athletic Association. I am a graduate and a fan of both the school and the UF sports teams - I make no bones about it. However, I've been a graduate and fan for years and, while we've had other great players before, I've never felt inclined to do something like this. In short, I believe Tim Tebow is great for college football. Anyone who's paid attention to things at UF has seen that Tebow-mania hit the school last year. He's had an intense light on him since the day he stepped foot on campus and he's continually shown the highest level of class, sportsmanship, citizenship, and humanity. While being in such an intense spotlight, this can't be easy to do. I have heard of many who have had the opportunity to meet him and he seems to be nothing but a kind, gracious young guy. Think about when you were 20 years old. Imagine not being able to walk to class in anonymity. Imagine having to change your cell phone number because rival fans acquired it and left you horrible messages. Could you continue to sign every autograph with a smile? Could you remember every day how lucky you are to be the quarterback at the University of Florida? Tebow remains the good young man his parents obviously raised him to be. While many high-profile athletes at big colleges face similar circumstances, I truly believe that Tebow is unique. He reminds me of a 1950's golden boy athlete (think Roger Staubach). There were also extremely high expectations of him on the field this year. I am a fan of all college football and I had no idea he would perform as amazingly as he has. He is a sophomore starting his first season as quarterback of the defending national championship football team. Read that sentence again. I reminded everyone at the beginning of the season to lower their expectations. He's a sophomore. He'll make some bad reads. He'll throw some inadvisable balls and get intercepted. He'll get flustered by some of the great defenses in the SEC. Then he goes and proves me as wrong as I can ever remember being proven. He has not just had an All-American season, but an all-time season. He leads one of the youngest teams in major college football to a 9-3 record in one of the (if not the) most difficult conferences in football. Plus, he's a ton of fun to watch and his level of excitement is contagious. If there is a coach out there who says he wouldn't take Tebow the young man (without the football skills), I'll call him a liar. If there is a coach out there who says he wouldn't take Tebow the football player - I'll call him crazy. And, to answer those rival fans that have written me, I do have a life. I am a 36 year old entrepreneur with a beautiful girlfriend and a lot of friends. I also don't live in my parent's basement. I put this together for fun and because I like and respect what Tebow has done and what he stands for. And, frankly, I didn't expect the number of visitors the site has had. Do You Know Tim Tebow? Did He Ask You to Put Together This Site? Sorry, ladies - I do not know Tim Tebow, nor have I ever met him. I don't have his e-mail address and wouldn't give it to you if I did. I feel bad when I hear stories of him having to struggle for a little bit of privacy. Life is good as the Gator quarterback, but we sometimes lose sight that they give up more than their time and some blood for the Gator Nation. Nonetheless, as a huge Gator fan who spends a lot of time in Gainesville for business, I hope to have the opportunity to shake his hand someday. As for him asking me to do this...you haven't been paying attention. If he had a vote, he'd probably vote for his offensive line or Percy Harvin or somebody else. I wouldn't have spent the many hours that it took to do this for someone who would self promote that much. He has plenty of resources at the University if he wanted to promote himself. I did this because he'd never ask anyone to promote him. He's 20 and refused to strike the trophy pose after his performance in the FSU game. If you had had the game/season he had, could you have resisted just a little gloating? How about against your arch nemesis who'd proclaimed they'd end your award chances? That's only part of what separates you from Tim Tebow. But he's only a sophomore. Won't he have many more chances? I think that's the most ridiculous argument I've heard this year. A first year starter goes out and has the best year of any college football quarterback this year (or in recent memory) and the argument is he's too young? It would be more impressive after another year or two of coaching or in the weight room? How many things could happen to prevent him another chance? I'm going to let you in on a little secret, but Florida has another player or two that could eventually split votes with Tebow. (Knock on wood)- Plus, players get injured all the time. These days great players tend to leave after their junior years (although I'd personally be surprised if Tebow did). One of the greatest years ever against some of the greatest competition ever...should age be an asterisk in that statement? What do you have to say about his three losses? Paul Hornung won the award in 1956 on a 2-8 Notre Dame team. I understood the award was to go to "the most outstanding collegiate football player in the United States". It seems people have tried to turn it into the best player in the offensive backfield of a major college national championship contender from a major conference who has a single memorable performance and one or fewer losses, no matter who is genuinely deserving of the award. The only undefeated team left in major college football is Hawaii and Colt Brennan has had a nice statistical year. But everyone outside of the Aloha State knows that they've played a glorified FCS schedule, which currently has a Sagarin Strength of Schedule rating of 142. That means 141 teams played tougher schedules than them. Darren McFadden seems to be another player people are hyping this week due to the win at LSU. His team lost four games against the 60th ranked schedule and Tebow beat him in rushing head-to-head against two of their common opponents, while passing for another 462 yards in those games. Chase Daniel - worse stats against the 35th ranked schedule and far (FAR) easier defenses. Ditto Pat White. Why is this not sinking in for some people? But let's talk about the Florida losses. Without beating up on any particular players or specific units, there were some serious weaknesses on the Gators this year. They were ridiculously young (only 31% of their regular contributors were Juniors or Seniors). The team had three first time starters in the secondary for most of the year, including two true freshman (Haden and Wright). The defensive line has been so depleted that several true freshman have seen meaningful time at defensive end and defensive tackle. Things got so bad that a true freshman offensive lineman (Pouncey) had to be converted to defensive tackle for the last four games of the season. Tebow did enough to win in each of the Gators' losses. In the three losses, his QB efficiency rating was just under 140. He scored 8 touchdowns. Against Auburn's #7 ranked defense, Tebow threw for a touchdown and ran for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to even the score with the Tigers. Unfortunately, our young defense couldn't get the hold at the end of the game and Auburn won on a late field goal. Against LSU's #3 ranked defense, the Tebow led offense scored 24 points and led by 10 two different times. Unfortunately, our young defense couldn't stop the Tigers potent running attack, giving up 247 yards on the ground and yielding on all 5 fourth down plays. The Gators lost the game 28-24. In Florida's final loss, Tebow played "lights out" despite being injured and unable to run the ball like he did the entire rest of the year. The Tebow led offense scored 23 points against the Bulldogs' #19 rated defense. Tebow ran for two touchdowns and threw for a third, achieving a QB efficiency rating of 168.74 in the game. Florida's offense scored enough to win each of those games. Anyone who watches SEC football knows that it's an "Any Given Saturday" conference. Two losses to teams in the top 7 of the BCS. All three losses came to Top 20 defenses (two in the top 8 in the nation). At least two of the games were probably within the top 10-15 best games all year. Are we really saying that we'd be more impressed if Tebow had the same stats against a bottom feeding schedule and far weaker defenses, but had only lost one game? If so, vote for Brennan, then give up your vote. You're missing your calling - there's a village somewhere missing their idiot. Why not some of the other contenders? I cover that in more detail here, but simply - they have not had the seasons that Tebow has. There are some great players out there who have had an impressive year. However, if you take into account statistics, individual effect on games, quality of competition, and consistency over the season - there shouldn't be any doubt. McFadden had a heckuva game against LSU and people took notice. Unfortunately, they didn't notice as much when he bombed against FIU's 111th ranked rushing defense or rushed for fewer yards than Tebow against Auburn and Mississippi. Has anyone also noticed that his great numbers are against the 60th ranked SOS in the country? Chase Daniel caught everyone's attention with his performance against Kansas. When you look at his statistics, they look really good. Unfortunately, Kansas was statistically the best defense he's played against all year. Just from watching that game, how'd they compare to even an average SEC defense? If you're looking for great numbers against nobodies, you might as well vote for Colt Brennan. He passed for just as many yards as Daniel with a higher passer efficiency rating. Only, he did it against the 142nd ranked schedule in the country. Yes, that means that means 23 lower division schools played tougher schedules than Hawaii did. Pat White? He's also had a nice year, but fewer total yards, a lower QB efficiency rating and far fewer touchdowns against far weaker competition (#35 SOS). Why do you hate Candidate X? What do you have against Candidate X? I never intended to appear that I don't like or respect any of the candidates. Every one of the candidates that I've mentioned on the site is a great player and has had a great year. This has taken far too much of my time to be a personal attack or just a "pump up" for Tebow. In another year, most of the candidates would deserve the award. However, this year an extraordinary player has had a year for the ages. Didn't he just get all those rushing yards because he didn't have a productive running back?/Weren't all his passing yards because he had great receivers? Another brilliant couple of arguments from the people looking for any reason not to give it to someone. What if the answers are yes & yes? We shouldn't give it to the best player with the best numbers against the best competition because... Florida didn't have one consistent runner other than Tebow. However, the team utilized many options in the position. In fact, Tebow accounted for just a little more than one-third of the Gators average rushing yards per game (69.8 yards of 197.7 total rushing yards per game). One of the best things about him is that defenses know he's going to run. They expect him to run. They prepare for him to run. Yet they still cannot stop him. Oh, and he also carried the ball 191 times this year and never put the ball on the ground. He has great receivers, no doubt. But he is able to throw to every point on the field with accuracy and the touch necessary for the receiver to be able to catch the ball. And while he has great receivers, he also has young receivers. There have been many great catches during the season, but just as many ugly drops. And Meyer has publicly stated that at least two of Tebow's six interceptions (including the only one returned for a touchdown all year) were caused by the receiver running the wrong route. The ball was where it was supposed to be, but the receiver wasn't there. A third interception was due to the ball bouncing off a receiver's helmet and ricocheting high in the air. So, at least three of his six interceptions can be called "unlucky" rather than bad reads or throws. Did he ever really have a stiff arm trophy "moment"? If you have to ask that, you've not watched many Florida games this year. He's had too many to name. One of the few "problems" with Tebow is the extraordinary almost looks mundane. Isn't being the only quarterback in history to pass for 29 touchdowns and run for 20 touchdowns a pretty good "moment"? 3rd and 8 against Tennessee, he gets flushed from the pocket. As he's running to the left, a defender makes a shoestring trip. As he is falling down, he bullets the ball between two defenders to his receiver for a first down. If there is another quarterback in college football that can make that play, please show them to me. Tebow finished the game with 299 yards, a 73.7% completion rate, and an unreal 230.09 QB rating. Toward the end of the game at Mississippi, our young defense was exhausted and getting killed. The offense had built up a 27-9 lead with 5:17 left in the third quarter, but our inexperienced secondary gave up two long touchdown passes in the final three minutes of the quarter to allow Ole Miss to come within 3. Tebow carried the Florida team on his shoulders in the final quarter. He carried the ball 8 straight times in the final drive to run out the clock and win the game for the Gators. Tebow finished with 427 total yards of offense and 4 touchdowns with no interceptions. With 3:35 left in the game, Kentucky (who had beat #1 LSU the previous week), brought the score to 38-31. Instead of running the ball and punting with around 1:30 left in the game, the coaches put the ball in Tebow's hands. He gained a couple of first downs, then threw a perfect deep ball to Percy Harvin to put the game away. Tebow finished the game with 5 total touchdowns and a 202.71 QB efficiency rating. Against South Carolina (and its fourth ranked pass defense) Tebow threw for 304 yards, going 22 for 32 (68.8%) with 2 touchdowns. He also ran for 120 yards and 5 touchdowns. The whole game was a He15man moment. Against FSU, he had two amazing plays in the first half, one a run for a touchdown and the other a pass for a touchdown. The first (a recent Top 10 play of the week on that Bristol, CT sports channel) was the Gators first touchdown of the game. The Seminoles had just driven the length of the field, taking up almost half of the first quarter and scoring first to lead 3-0. Tebow led the Gators down the field on their first drive of the game. On second and one on FSU's 23, the pocket collapsed. Tebow broke a tackle, evaded the rush and ran the ball in for a touchdown while dragging a couple of Seminoles with him. Two plays earlier, he had run for 16 on a 3rd and 14 to extend the drive. On the Gators next drive, Tebow it Louis Murphy in stride directly over the rear pylon for a 32 yard touchdown. Tebow finished the game 19 for 28 (67.9%) for 262 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions (a 181.81 QB efficiency rating). He also ran the ball for 89 yards and 2 more touchdowns. I'm sure there are many more He15man moments, I've missed. If you haven't seen many Florida games this year, go to YouTube and do a quick search for Tebow and I guarantee you'll be amazed. Isn't Tebow just a "system quarterback"? I saw June Jones' comments live on that Bristol network. I get politicking for your players, but I think June Jones is absolutely classless for trying to belittle Tebow's accomplishments while promoting Colt Brennan. This site is intended as an unabashed promotion of Tebow for the stiff arm trophy, but I hope I never degraded any of the competitors or their accomplishments. We're talking about amateur college football players who give their bodies and a great deal of their time preparing mentally and physically for something for our enjoyment. The players I've mentioned on this site are amazing football players and all of them deserve accolades for their accomplishments this year. For anyone to try to belittle their accomplishments to improve another player's standing is beyond shameful. That being said, name a college or professional PLAYER that isn't a "system player." A good coach has a base system that he modifies based upon the skills of his standout players. Not that McFadden couldn't thrive in other systems, but would his numbers be as good in a true run and shoot offense? If they had a stronger passing attack, could he and Felix Jones have been as statistically successful as they have been? Colt Brennan thrived playing a run and shoot offense against relatively weak competition - that's Hawaii's system. Could he have produced as well in a spread option against SEC defenses? Would Tebow have had 51 touchdowns if he played in a Nebraska option offense of the 80's and 90's? We'll never know. Meyer recruited him to play this offense. In fact, Florida's offense was a permutation of the traditional Meyer/Mullen offense until Tebow was ready to start. The question for me is how well did a player produce within the system in which he plays? Tebow produced (most yards per attempt, highest yards per play of the candidates) efficiently (second highest QB efficiency in the country, 51 total touchdowns) against the best defenses (#9 Sagarin SOS, 4 top 20 defenses, 7 top 25 pass defenses). If that's merely a system quarterback and I'm a coach - I'll take two please. If June Jones doesn't agree, we'll see how he's feeling sometime during the evening of August 30, 2008. Weren't all of Tebow's touchdown runs just 1-2 yard QB sneaks? So those only count for 4 points instead of 6? Wow, we're really trying to find some reason to take away from his great season. Unfortunately, the naysayers again come up with....nothing. As with many teams, a fair number of Florida's rushing touchdowns were from within the 5 yard line. These runs were often the result of long sustained drives in which we utilized our rushing and passing attacks to get close to the end zone. Quite a few were the result of defenders tackling our receivers inside the ten. If that hadn't happened Tebow would have been credited with a passing TD. The overall numbers wouldn't have changed much. Nonetheless, let's again compare Tebow's rushing statistics with the only rushing-first finalist - Darren McFadden. Tebow's Rushing Touchdowns Under 5 yards - 12 TDs (54.5%) 5 Yards and over - 10 TDs McFadden's Rushing Touchdowns Under 5 yards - 8 TDs (53.33%) 5 Yards and over - 7 TDs Irrelevant statistical difference on 50% more rushing touchdowns. Any more questions?