The Tim
Tebow, you have heard the legend and seen his face everywhere. But time to take a bit of a deeper look at him as a Broncos fan. Not being a Gators fan I have not seen enough of Tim
Tebow play and
didn’t know much about the legend. The only game I saw him play in was against
LSU and well he was terrible in that game. And he threw some terrible passes, I completely wrote him off then and did not want him as our quarterback. But that was only one game and I hope I was wrong in my initial assessment. That is one of the main reasons why I undertook this article was to understand more about the Tim
Tebow and his history.
The ManTebow was born in
Makati City in the Philippines, to Bob and Pam
Tebow, who were serving as Christian missionaries at the time. While pregnant, Pam suffered a life-threatening infection with a pathogenic amoeba. Because of the drugs used to rouse her from a coma and to treat her dysentery, the fetus experienced a severe placental
abruption. Doctors expected a stillbirth and recommended an abortion to protect her life, but the mother wisely refused. Tim
Tebow is the fifth child of Bob and Pam
Tebow, both of whom are University of Florida graduates, Tim was born on August 14, 1987 in the Philippines.
All of the
Tebow children were home-schooled by their mother, who worked to instill the family’s Christian beliefs along the way. In 1996, legislation was passed in Florida allowing
homeschooled students to compete in local high school sporting events. The law specifies that
homeschooled students may participate on the team of the local school in the school district in which they live. The
Tebows moved in Jacksonville, Florida, and Tim played linebacker and tight end at the local Trinity Christian Academy for one season.
Tebow's preferred position was quarterback, but Trinity football team's offense did not rely on passing the football, so he began to explore his options to play for a new high school. He decided to attend
Nease High School, which under head coach Craig Howard was known for having a passing offense. With the rest of his family living on a farm in
Duval County, Tim and his mother moved into an apartment
innearby St. Johns County, making him eligible to play for the football team at
Nease. His performance soon turned heads and led to a minor controversy of him being a home-schooled student having his choice of school to play for.
Tebow was a three-sport standout at
Nease, where he also competed in basketball and baseball.
Tebow grew into a man of 6 feet and 2’6 inches. And weighs somewhere between 236 and 240 pounds.
The HistoryWe have looked a little bit into his past with his homeschooling and where he played. But more of a look is needed into the dude’s history. The history of Tim
Tebow is long and I am not going to focus or go over it all. I want to go over more of his college career here. But I am not going to leave his high school history completely out. Check out the links below, they are the ESPN “Outside the Lines” show about Tim
Tebow, it is very good and interesting, there are 5 parts.
Tim Tewbo - Part 1
Tim Tewbo - Part 2Tim Tewbo - Part 3Tim Tewbo - Part 4Tim Tewbo - Part 5On to his college career but a look at the end of his high school career to begin his college history. As a junior, Tim
Tebow’s stock rose as he became a high profile, highly recruited major college quarterback prospect. The 6’3”, 225 lb (1.91 m, 102 kg) quarterback continued to impress during his senior season, leading the
Nease Panthers to a state title, earning All-State honors, was named Florida's Mr. Football and a Parade All-American. Tim
Tebow finished his high school career with 9,810 passing yards, 3,186 rushing yards, 95 passing touchdowns and 62 rushing touchdowns. He played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Game in San Antonio, Texas which features the top 78 senior high school football players in the nation and is shown nationally on NBC television.
Despite having parental and sibling ties to the University of Florida, Tim remained open minded during the recruiting process and became very close to Alabama coach Mike Shula. But after careful consideration and much deliberation, he decided to play for the team he felt best suited his skills and style of play. Tim
Tebow chose to play for coach Urban Meyer and the Florida Gators, who employ a similar “spread option” offense that he excelled in at
Nease High School.
In Florida's 2006 "Orange and Blue" Spring scrimmage, he completed 15 of 21 pass attempts for 197 yards and one touchdown. After the game, some Gator fans suggested that Tim
Tebow could be named the starting quarterback over then starter, Chris Leak. Coach Urban Meyer later said that despite Tim
Tebow's impressive performance, Leak would remain the starting quarterback. Prior to the 2006 season, Tim
Tebow was listed by Sports Illustrated as college football's future top mobile quarterback.
Coming off the bench behind senior
quaterback Chris Leak. Tim
Tebow made his college debut in a goal line situation against Southern Miss, rushing for a touchdown on a designed quarterback scramble. He led the team in rushing in the next game, against
UCF, and finished 2006 as the Gators' second-highest season rushing leader.
He made his SEC debut against the Tennessee Volunteers on September 16, 2006. His performance included a ten-yard run on his first carry and converting a critical fourth down near the end of the game.
Tim
Tebow's biggest game to date came against the
LSU Tigers on October 7, 2006, where he accounted for all three of the Gators' touchdowns, passing for two and rushing for another. Tim
Tebow had a one-yard run on the goal line for his first score, a one-yard "jump pass" to tight end Tate Casey, in which he jumped in the air and double-pumped his arm before releasing the ball, and a 35-yard play-action pass to wide receiver Louis Murphy.
Tim
Tebow played a role in the Gators' victory in the 2007
BCS National Championship Game against Ohio State. He threw for one touchdown and rushed for another, finishing with 39 rushing yards.
Tim
Tebow - 2007
Tim
Tebow was named as one of the "Breakout Players of 2007" for college football by Sporting News, and will start at quarterback for the Florida Gators in the 2007 season. The Gators' offense in 2007 should be similar to what Urban Meyer used at Utah, since Meyer views Tim
Tebow as “very similar to Alex Smith.” Smith was quarterback for Meyer's last team at Utah in 2004, which became the first team from outside the
BCS conferences to play in and win a
BCS bowl game, and went on to be the top overall pick in the 2005 NFL Draft.
While there were some questions about how he would perform as a full time passer, he opened the year with a bang, going 13-of-17 for 300 yards and 3 touchdowns in his starting debut against Western Kentucky University. For the season, Tim
Tebow is currently 97-148 for 1455 yards and 13 touchdowns passing—ranking third in pass efficiency—with an additional 105 rushes for 500 yards and 9 touchdowns on the ground through six games.
In week 4 of the season, when the Gators faced Ole Miss in an SEC match-up, Tim
Tebow broke the school record for rushing yards by a quarterback in one game, with 166 yards.
In December of the season, Tim
Tebow became the first underclassman to have been awarded the Heisman Trophy. His record of 23 rushing touchdowns were the highest for any position in the entire SEC history.
Tim
Tebow - 2008
In 2008, Tim
Tebow led the Gators into SEC championship victory over the Alabama Crimson Tide. This gave them #2 ranking for the
BCS standings, pitting them against #1 seeded Oklahoma
Sooners.
They crushed the
Sooners 24-14, thus earning the 2009
BCS National Championship.
All this, despite having a bruised shoulder and broken non-throwing hand.
Tim
Tebow - 2009
Tebow opened the 2009 season continuing a streak of throwing and running for a touchdown in blowout wins over Charleston Southern and Troy. He ran for a touchdown in the third game, a win against Tennessee, but failed to throw for a touchdown for the first time since his freshman season.
Tebow started against Kentucky despite suffering from a respiratory illness and taking two bags of intravenous fluids before the game. He ran for two touchdowns to put him in 2
nd place on the all-time SEC touchdown list and he also threw for a touchdown. Late in the third quarter he was hit in the chest by Kentucky defensive end Taylor Wyndham and then in the back of the head while falling by knee of Florida tackle Marcus Gilbert. Upon impact, he briefly displayed a prominent Fencing Response with his left arm, indicating that a concussion had taken place. He lay motionless for several minutes before being helped to the sidelines. Once there, he vomited. He was taken by ambulance to the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center. A CT scan showed no bleeding in the brain, with the injury described as a mild concussion. Coach Urban Meyer stayed the night in the hospital with
Tebow, who was discharged in the morning.
On October 31, 2009 playing against the Georgia Bulldogs, Tim
Tebow ran for his 50
th and 51st rushing touchdowns, breaking the SEC career record previously held by former Georgia running back Herschel Walker. His penultimate collegiate game, the 2009 SEC Championship saw him once again facing the University of Alabama. After a poor performance from the QB, the game ended in a Florida loss with
Tebow on the sideline in tears. In the 2010 Sugar Bowl,
Tebow's last college game, he had 533 yards of total offense—a record for a Bowl Championship Series game—and accounted for four touchdowns in a 51–24 Florida win against Cincinnati.
Tim
Tebow Awards and Recognitions
• Walter Camp Foundation National Offensive Player of the Week
• Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Week, two times
• Manning Award Watch List
Tebow would become known as the greatest ever college quarterback or player for that matter. He poured blood, sweat and tears into the field of the gridiron and yet they still doubt him.
The Analysis
After passing on the 2009 NFL Draft for his senior season at Florida,
Tebow went on to enter the 2010 NFL Draft. Despite his college success,
Tebow's NFL potential was much debated. According to former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon
Gruden, he could "revolutionize" the pro game. Says
Gruden: "Tim
Tebow is 250 pounds, and he's the strongest human being that's ever played the position. He can throw well enough at any level." Former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony
Dungy said he would pick
Tebow with a top 10 pick, and would take him over any quarterback in the 2010 draft.On the other hand, NFL analyst Mel
Kiper, Jr. believes
Tebow does not have the intangibles to play quarterback in the NFL. "I don't think he can be a
fulltime quarterback. I don't think he can be the quarterback of the future for you, but I do think in the third round, maybe the second round, he'll be the same as Pat White," said
Kiper.
Height: 6'2¾
Weight: 236 lb
40-yard dash: 4.71
10-yard split: 1.55
20-yard split: 2.66
20-
ss: 4.17
3-cone: 6.66
Vert:38½ in.
Broad: 9'7
Wonderlic: 22
NFL.com combine says:
Overview
Tebow is arguably one of the best college quarterbacks of all time. He has won a lot of games over the years as he is a perfect fit for Urban Meyer’s offensive system. He will need a lot of retraining when he gets to an NFL camp as he plays out of the shotgun formation and will need a lot of work on dropping from center and setting up in the pocket while reading coverage schemes. He has a strong arm but his accuracy has been inconsistent over the years as he often ends up throwing the ball when on the move. He is not generally real quick to pull the trigger once he decides where he wants to throw the ball.
Strengths
Tebow has the size and bulk to hold up at the next level. Is a highly-competitive player. Exhibits rare character on and off the field. Is athletic enough to pick up tough yards with his legs. Was extremely productive in college. Possesses very good arm strength. Is a winning football player.
Weaknesses
Tebow really struggles with his accuracy. Release is far to slow to fit balls into spots against NFL defensive backs. Release point and mechanics (elongated, wind-mill delivery which comes out too low) likely need to be altered. Was not asked to run through pro-style progressions and struggled reading defenses, especially those with NFL concepts, in college.
The dude is a freak, his numbers show it. He is a machine, a true athlete. But as a quarterback in the NFL? Well we cannot know that yet I would give him some time first. It will be some time before he is a starting QB in the NFL but I think he will. I hope he does, I believe he can. He has been doubted by so many, myself included but this kid is destined for great things.
He was selected as the 25
th pick in the first round of this year’s draft, by the beloved Denver Broncos.
The LegendI was thinking of writing a long list of the things that
Tebow has done and completed to become who he is. Like playing on a broken leg, playing with all his injuries, crying for his teammates and their loss, the super bowl ad that he did, his college accomplishments. The nicknames that we as fans have gave him like The Big
Tebowski and my person favourite The Mile-High Messiah.
WWTMHMD, What would the Mile-High Messiah Do? These are the things that have made him famous and infamous with people.
But I did not think that was correct for this man. He has completed so much but that is all in the past, his legend has not been completed or started for that matter. It will not be until he takes the field as a NFL professional that his legend will being...
At the moment we have four quarterbacks on our roster but only one will rise…. and I
wouldn’t beat against him.
This article is a collection of other works and a number of sources used for this information. ~ Aussie out!
Ok guys I am doing a bit of a post on Madden 11, which as we know comes out in August. This article will probably be useful to the likes of us gamers, Doc, 80#. Now you are probably thinking that this will be an article about how good Madden 11 will be, but instead I have a beef with this Madden and EA in general. So lets being with the new features that we will be getting this year:
Sounds good, a lot of good new features. And they do look awesome and will be a massive improvement to the game play. But this is where the beef starts. Now I think this is all good and well but my problem is with what EA did next. They went and said this:
