Tim Tebow.
The Florida Wunderkind, Gainesville's Golden Boy. Since his first game as a Florida Gator, this kid has been the university's and media's dreamboat. He's beloved by anyone who loves the Blue and Orange and there is good reason for the Tebow cluster-love.
His play is passionate and tough. He says all the right things, makes all the right moves. He's a model citizen, a catholic missionary with his parents. At times I wonder if the dude has ever sneezed. Jesus sits and the right hand of God, I'm pretty sure Tim Tebow sits on the left...check that, Tebow is God.
All these reasons are why I can't stand the dude. Make a mistake, use a curse word, get a P.I. outside a nightclub while nailing the newest UF freshman hotty in the back alley, hell, just talking trash would suffice. DO something that makes you look human.
What makes it worse, it's not really Tebow's fault. Sure he's a smile-for-the-camera, kids eat your vitamins and say your prayers-sayin', seemingly flawless playin', master of media charm and wit, but as members of the media, we all should be able to see through this. Instead, they label him God's gift to college football. Lather him with praise. Hell, even when he's being told by an opposing defender that he would be the fourth-best quarterback in the Big 12, the media-darling with the dark brown spikes said it was a complement. Can this kid even act mad?
So as we enter the final days leading up to the BCS National Title game, I say this. Don't annoint the guy yet. He has done almost everything he can to earn it, but so had a guy named Manning in '97, and he gypped. Hope he has fun being a tight end in the NFL.
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