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When Tim Tebow came to the University of Florida, Gator Nation fell in love with him immediately. Maybe it was running over an LSU linebacker effortlessly. It might have been the double pump jump pass, or the way he’d pump up everyone in the Swamp after making a big play. Tebow showed us that he would do whatever he could for the team by dropping his shoulder for the few extra yards, and did enough to earn the trust of Urban Meyer. In Tennessee, trailing in the forth quarter on forth down, Urban Meyer doesn’t give the four year starter the responsibility to make one of the most crucial plays of the season, he gives it to the freshman quarterback. Tebow makes the play, Leak gets the go ahead touchdown, and the road to the
National Championship still continues. Tim Tebow’s highlight reel expanded with every snap he took, the fans couldn’t get enough of this guy. It got to the point that they booed their four year starting quarterback, because they wanted Tebow, as they would chant. They would get him, Leak was a senior, and it would be Tebow’s
turn to run the offense as a sophomore. With so much hype, it would be pretty easy to disappoint, right?
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