Tim Tebow ain’t clutch
Finally someone said it.
What got lost last year among the Heisman Trophy hype and all those huge four yard rushes was one simple fact. When the game is on the line, don’t look to Tim Tebow to win it.
He didn’t lead Florida to a single fourth quarter comeback last year. He had his chances against Auburn, LSU and Michigan. But with five minutes or less left in those three games, Tebow was 4-12 passing for 5 yards. That’s unfortunate.
The article blames it on Tebow’s run-first mentality. He can’t find anyone open so he takes off scrambling. And you really don’t want your fullback scrambling. So Florida wants Tebow to stay in the pocket longer and implemented a no-huddle offense during the spring to help his confidence.
I think the Florida coaches are misguided. You can’t develop ‘clutch’ through practice or through playcalling. It’s something you’re born with.
August 28, 2008 at 10:28 am
And that is one of the biggest differences in 9-4 Tebow and 11-2 Stafford. Stafford hasn’t been great for a full season yet… but in tight situations against Alabama, Florida, Auburn, and GT last year… he was absolutely huge.
(And before you say UF’s defense and Knowshon Moreno, I say UGA’s OL/WRs and Percy Harvin/Andre Caldwell/etc. So there.)
August 28, 2008 at 10:40 am
The Arkansas spin and toss to Ced is one of my all time favorites.
I like Tebow. I just hate the people who say he is in any way superior to Vince.
August 28, 2008 at 10:44 am
Tim Tebow is the clutchiest clutch player that ever clutched. He’s the man. He’s a better runner than Vince Young, a better passer than Joe Montana and a better messiah than Jesus Christ. He’s the best Heisman Trophy winner ever and the world’s most handsome man. If modern day America was ancient Sparta, we’d all be begging for him to breed with our wives so that our Great Nation’s future would rest securely in the steady, masculine hands of an entire generation of Tebow-esque supermen.
August 28, 2008 at 10:59 am
hey sweet that’s my video good choice.
August 28, 2008 at 11:01 am
Bush’s Heisman = Tebow’s Heisman.
Neither sit right.
August 28, 2008 at 11:13 am
Hi, my name is Tommy. I am kind of a big deal around here.
August 28, 2008 at 11:14 am
You left out:
God! Gogod? GodGOD!
August 28, 2008 at 11:15 am
…but evidently I don’t know how to embed video…
August 28, 2008 at 11:59 am
I prefer the Michigan spin despite the fact that I had to view it sitting next to SizzleChest.
August 28, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Things got pretty dicey when I saw a sharp object heading towards my nether regions. So I started started screaming 90 expletives a minute and sprinting towards the nearest hut. But the White Heathen God came through for me. So I call shenanigans when you say the Tebow isn’t clutch.
August 29, 2008 at 6:09 am
“Tim Tebow is the clutchiest clutch player that ever clutched. He’s the man. He’s a better runner than Vince Young, a better passer than Joe Montana and a better messiah than Jesus Christ. He’s the best Heisman Trophy winner ever and the world’s most handsome man. If modern day America was ancient Sparta, we’d all be begging for him to breed with our wives so that our Great Nation’s future would rest securely in the steady, masculine hands of an entire generation of Tebow-esque supermen.”
Hilarious!
But you left out, that Tebow was doing Heart, Brain and Spine transplants in 3rd world countries during the off-season with nothing but a pen knife, a bag of ice and some shoestrings.
August 29, 2008 at 6:11 am
I gotta admit: Tommy Frazier could ball. Damn.
August 29, 2008 at 8:38 am
The Frazier video also shows that “tough” has a much more liberal definition in Florida.