GATOR GRIDIRON
OLD SCHOOL GATOR
ROGER FRANKLIN WILLIAMS
With the start of a new college football season around the corner, good natured (and not so good natured) passionate debates over who is the greatest college team ever?......the greatest coach ever?........greatest running back ever?.....greatest PLAYER ever? are on track to resume in earnest.
Gator Gridiron/Old School Gator casts a resounding vote for Tim Tebow as Greatest College Player Ever!
In fact, I really don't see how the issue is even up for debate...when ALL relevent factors are seriously studied and considered. For the last couple of years, when the subject of Tebow has come up, Gator Gridiron/Old School Gator has proclaimed Tebow as, "the greatest player I have ever seen, and I've been following College Football very closely for 45 years". But upon informed reflection, why the qualifer?.....
When what Tim Tebow accomplished over 4 years is compared with other all-time great players in clear-eyed, objective observation , in a variety of contexts, it becomes clear that what Tebow achieved STANDS ALONE....
in terms of consistent, on-the-field field performance....
in terms of statistics and records.....he holds records as diverse as the all-time BCS Bowl Game record for PASSING yardage and Total Offense (over 450 yards) to holding the all-time SEC record for RUSHING TDs being the 3rd all-time most efficient passer in NCAA history AND the MOST efficient passer in SEC history...to name JUST A FEW all-time records...
in terms of versatility.....in practical terms, HE LITERALLY PLAYED 2 POSITIONS IN THE FLORIDA OFFENSE HIS LAST 3 YEARS, record setting passing QB AND RUNNING BACK (as primary, between-the- tackles ball carrier, leading ball carrier and leading rusher for 3 years)....
in terms of "intangibles" such as leadership, work ethic, passion, intensity......
in terms of "TANGIBLES" such as passing yardage (almost 10,000 yards passing alone), passing efficiency (3rd highest passing efficiency ALL-TIME in college football and highest in SEC history), touchdowns-- both running and passing (the all-time SEC leader in rushing touchdowns) and rushing (Florida's leading ball carrier, rusher and scorer for 3 years in a row, in addition to putting up almost 10,000 passing yards)
FINALLY, IN TERMS OF WINNING!!!!
........during Tebow's 4 years in Gainesville he quarterbacked Florida to one National Championship, was a major contributor as a pure Freshman to another National Championship (if Tebow doesn't gain 2 yards on 4th and 2 late in the game at Tennessee, Florida doesn't win that game....and if they don't win that game, the Gators don't even win the SEC East that year, much less a National Championship) AND during his last two years, led Florida to back to back 13 win seasons, the only time in NCAA History (established 1906) a team has won 13 games back to back.....(and I guess we don't have to mention what happened after Tebow was no longer playing for the Gators....)
the bottom line is the accomplishments of Tim Tebow are unrivaled and unmatched....IN THE HISTORY OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL
(In the days to come Gator Gridiron will compare the accomplishments of Tim Tebow to other all-time great players who are frequently mentioned as "The Greatest" in College Football History AND point out the evidence of why Tebow the greatest of all, stay tuned)
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