Friday, July 30, 2010

Keeping up with former Gator, Tim Tebow



While we "wait" for the Gators football season to begin, we might as well keep up with former Gator Tim Tebow. He seems to be in the news everyday now - signing contracts for his own shoe with Nike, Jockey commercials for underwear, and finally a contract with the Broncos.

On July 21st, the Denver Post article discussed Tebow and the Broncos - "Just how much "wild horse" offense should we expect to see this season? Or, to put it another way, just how much Tim Tebow?"
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On July 24th a poll was released regarding the most influencial athletes. After Lance Armstrong and LeBron James, "Tebow was recently ranked the third most influential athlete in the nation, according to a poll conducted by Encino (Calif.) E-Poll Market Research." read the article at gatorsports.com ...

On July 30th, the Denver Post interviewed John Elway who spoke about Tebow also -"The focus has been on Tebow because of what he did at college, but those other young guys have to come in and play too," Elway said. "You can't expect him to do it by himself." click to read the article...

On July 28th, even Focus on the Family had a post about Tebow - "Tim Tebow, the Denver Broncos first-round draft pick and Focus on the Family's favorite QB, is in the news again today, this time for signing on as a spokesman for Jockey underwear." click to read the article...

And on July 29th, the biggest news for Tebow fans - he finally signed his contract with the Broncos - "Rookie quarterback Tim Tebow officially became a Bronco on Thursday afternoon after signing a five-year contract only two days and three practices late."
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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Bronze statues for the three Heisman Trophy winners

University of Florida athletic association voted recently to approve three larger-than-life statues of the three Heisman trophy winners - Steve Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel and Tim Tebow.
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