AMEN! On Aug 12, 2010, at 5:29 PM, Keith Baldwin wrote:
I agree – but every other team thought that we could not be beat when we had Tebow. Now they think that they can beat us. Can’t wait to beat the crap out of them even worse now. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Oliver Barry Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 3:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [gatortalk] FW: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi: Tim Tebow has left UF and maybe that's not a bad thing Isn’t Mike just stating the obvious here? I think our offense will be great this year. Not to take anything away from Tim Tebow, but it’s time he move on. That’s one of the great things about college football. No one stays more than 4 years… redshirts not withstanding. Oliver Barry CRS,GRI Real Estate Broker Bob Parks Realty 1517 Hunt Club Blvd Gallatin TN 37066 Phone: 615-826-4040 Fax: 615-822-2027 Mobile: 615-972-4239 From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Vega Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:21 AM To: GatorNews Subject: [gatornews] Mike Bianchi: Tim Tebow has left UF and maybe that's not a bad thing orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-bianchi-gators-tebow-20100810,0,2454803.column OrlandoSentinel.com Tim Tebow has left UF and maybe that's not a bad thing Now other stars can emerge Mike Bianchi SPORTS COMMENTARY 8:52 PM EDT, August 10, 2010 GAINESVILLE Here's all you need to know about the state of University of Florida football in the year 2010 AD (After Divinity). Tim Tebow's new haircut at Denver Broncos training camp has generated more national buzz than coach Urban Meyer's entire team. "Tim creates a storyline wherever he goes," a smiling Meyer said of Tebow's "awful" Friar Tuck hairstyle . Even at UF's Media Day Tuesday, the major storyline seemed to be this: How can the Gators possibly avert a Biblical plague and keep Ben Hill Griffin Stadium from getting turned into a dust bowl by a swarm of locusts without Timmy Terrific here as its protector and promise keeper>? At the risk of being struck down by a bolt of lightning emanating from heaven above (aka Pope Urban's second-floor office), I am now going to write something that Gator Nation might find completely and utterly blasphemous. Are you ready for this? I'm glad Tim Tebow is gone! That's right, I'm actually excited about watching Florida football without every bit of media attention, every ounce of fan adoration and every third-and-1 carry going to Tebow. Don't get me wrong, Tebow was great for UF in every way imaginable. He is one of the best players and greatest ambassadors college football has ever known. He had it all charisma, character, passion and performance. And it's certainly not his fault the media and fans fell in love with him, fawned over him and turned him into the most overexposed college athlete in history. But it's OK to admit it. After four years of endless hype and hoopla, you became all Tebowed out, didn't you? It's something I like to call Chronic Tebow Fatigue. Symptoms include glazed eyes and a noticeable face twitch whenever his name is mentioned. I've written this once, and I will reiterate it here: If you listen to the same song -- even if it's your favorite song -- over and over again, you start to grow tired of it. Even though UF players and coaches won't admit it publicly, they, too, are excited to be entering the this new phase of Florida football. All you have to do is read between the lines and you can grasp it. "No rock stars this year," safety Ahmad Black told reporters at the beginning of fall drills. "It's a new era," Florida wide receiver Deonte Thompson declared Tuesday. No, UF fans won't have "The Chosen One" running over speeding linebackers on the field and circumcising Filipino children off of it, but there's something inherently charming and disarming about slow-talking new quarterback John Brantley, who described himself Tuesday as "Just a regular dude from Ocala." And let's not forget, Tebow may be Gator divinity, but Brantley is Gator aristocracy. His father, John, of course, quarterbacked UF in the 1970s, and his uncle Scot was a star linebacker who went on to play for the Tampa Bay Bucs. Brantley still has not proven he can succeed at the major college level, but he was every bit as highly recruited as Tebow. In fact, he broke Tebow's state high school record for career passing yards. And make no mistake, the other players are excited about Brantley taking over. As great as Tebow was, he undoubtedly monopolized the offense. He carried the ball more than the running backs. He targeted only a couple of receivers. He dominated the ball more than he distributed it. Let's not kid ourselves. Playmakers want to make plays; they don't want to be downfield blockers so the quarterback can make all the plays. "Everybody knows Tebow was our main ball carrier," running back Mike Gillislee says. "Now that he's gone, the backs are going to get a chance to shoulder more of the load. That's exciting for us. If you're a running back, you want to run the ball as many times as you can." I believe UF's offense will be even more explosive with Brantley at quarterback. Different receivers will catch more passes. The running backs will get more carries. Of course, the big Urban Meyer $4-million-a-year question is this: Will the Gators get as many wins? Nobody knows for sure what the post-Tebow era will be like. It might be great. It might not. But what we do know is this: At least it will be something fresh and new. Read Mike Bianchi's blog at OrlandoSentinel.com/openmike and listen to him every weekday at 9:30 a.m. on ESPN-1080 AM. You can e-mail him at [email protected]. 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