Tebow To The Jags?

[reednavy]

Another reason not to draft him. He cries because he loses, like a child not getting his way. Pulease, enough Tim Tearbow, put your big boy undies on and suck it up.

[Sportmotor]

Another reason not to draft him. He cries because he loses, like a child not getting his way. Pulease, enough Tim Tearbow, put your big boy undies on and suck it up.

I would like to see you go out on the field and take 1/8th the amount of hits or plays he has to before you open your mouth. I bet you tear up after the first hit.
I have the upmost respect to anyone who can go out on the field and take hits, get up laught and go at it time and again.

Yes he cryed, everyone forgets the huge amount of pressure people place on him, and he does himself. Cry or not he is still an encredible collage player (no idea how he will be in the pros)

[vicupstate]

reednavy, get over yourself.

Troy Aikman cried a lot more than that when he retired. So did Brett Frave, if I remember right.  Are you going to call them babies?  Obviously Tebow felt he let himself and everyone else down.  At least he gives a sh*t, which is more than can be said for a lot of professional athletes.  That is why college football is so superior to NFL, BTW. The emotions are real, raw and not generated by million dollar paychecks. 

I have a lot more respect for a man that refrains from kicking someone else when their down, than for showing geniuine emotion. 

      

[hanjin1]

I don't think that he was crying because they lost the game. I believe after the interception Brandon Spikes gave him an eye gouge.

[Captain Zissou]

Seriously??

If anyone argues that there is a player in college football who is more passionate than Tim Tebow, I'd gladly pay to get your head examined.  
It was obvious that at the end of the first half Tim Tebow tried to do what he always does; put the football team, the Gator fans, and the game on his shoulders and carry them into the end-zone.  Unfortunately it was too little too late and Alabama was just too good.

Tebow cried, Urban Meyer teared up, Nick Saban was fighting off tears and I'm sure dozens of lesser known players and staff watered up with tears of sadness or delight.  If Tebow hadn't cried I would have been upset.  With the amount of heart, soul, energy, and work he has put into the last 4 years, to lose this close to a 3rd national championship must have been crushing.  

In an example you can relate to, how many times has Peyton Manning cried after a mid-season, unimportant, loss to the Jags??? I'd need at least too hands to count the number of times I've seen him cry.  Tom Brady was nearly crying yesterday.

[David]

If it weren't for the pros, a a good percentge of college players wouldn't play as hard. They're motivated by the dollar signs they might get if they make it to the NFL.

I'm enjoiying watching the overly sensitive gator fans defend Tebow's tears though. Gator fans are so spoiled by winning they're forgetting how to lose gracefully. Take the jokes and grow some skin! Let us gator-haters have this one, it's not often we get the chance.

[Captain Zissou]

I take no issue with the jokes, it's the asinine statements by reednavy that put me over the top. 

Normally I'd agree with you about the $$ motivating college players, but not in Tebow's case.  Clearly that's the only thing Carlos Dunlap cared about or he would have acted more maturely.

[buckethead]

I would be quite pleased if this debate could be boycotted for a few days.

It was old long ago. Give the mourners a chance to weep.

[David]

^ good point.

too soon.

[jason_contentdg]

^Exactly David, I'm a huge Gator and I understand that if we were losing we wouldn't be as hated as we are right now.  So enjoy the fact that Alabama won, and that Florida won't be winning a championship this year...I know its surprising to us Gator fans too.

The only thing that eases my pain is we've lost two games in two years, and won two NC's in three years. Oh, and Tebow can wipe his tears with his Heisman, haters.

[reednavy]

I can't believe some of you took my comment seriously, lighten the hell up. Anyone heard of sarcasm around here?

He has excellent passion for the game and had a lot of pressure to reaeat last year's season, and that is helluva lot to deal with. He probably felt like he let everyone down, but dude, it is nearly impossible to repeat back to back seasons as a National Champion, very few have done it.

The way they played the other night, it was as if they walked into Atlanta figuring it would be easy and left their soul in Alachua County. Well, that didn't happen as planned, and Bama wiped the floor with the entire team. Even Superman can only do so much, the entire team on both sides were not on the same page.

That said though, I have doubts about his ability to perform at the NFL level. When you set your expectations bar so high, it can come crashing down, and it did Saturday night.

[vicupstate]

Thought this might interest some folks. 

Tebow to the Panthers?

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/panthers/story/1208969.html

[Shwaz]

Jacksonville Jaguars general manager Rick Smith said that's normal for quarterbacks early during practice weeks for all-star games and that "I think we're being almost too critical at times with a guy who didn't work under the center maybe a lot in college."

Smith and the Jaguars live in the epicenter of where Tebow is most popular and many expect them to draft him in order to boost ticket sales.

"We know him probably better than any other NFL team," said Smith. "He's from Jacksonville.

"We certainly feel he's one of the better competitors in all of college football. Whether it's in Jacksonville or somewhere else, we feel he'll do well no matter what he pursues."

Who the hell is this 'Rick' guy? 

[77danj7]

^ I was wondering that too

[JeffreyS]

I hope we are able to trade down to the lower 1st and get Tim and a second round pick.