The Trouble With Tebow

Sports writers from the markets covering the Southeastern Conference recently picked the Florida Gators to win the Southeastern Conference title this season. Their prediction was due, in largely in part, to the return of Tim Tebow. Tebow you see, at the start of last season, was thought too good to be true. In year when the Southeastern Conference is lacking many big name quarterbacks, there is one team that that has the biggest name of them all.

Tim Tebow is the straight-laced kid, with good looks and the big strong body-just the kind of role model most parents want their own kids to grow up and be. Tebow went on to complete 234 of 350 passes for over 3,200 yards and 32 TD passes. He also carried the ball 210 times for 895 yards and another 23 TDs. Those are lofty numbers never before reached by anyone in the history of the collegiate game. It was no surprise that he walked away with the Heisman Trophy in just his sophomore season of college football.

Make no mistake, in order to win the SEC Championship in 2008, teams are going to have to beat Florida. In doing so, they are going to have to find a way to harness Tebow and slow him down. Only a few defenses found a way to do so last season and even then part of their equation was solved by injuries to the modern day "Superman". The trouble with Tebow is that his own strength strength has beens kryptonite. He is just so big and strong that he is able to break tackles and fight for more yards, which opens himself up to more hits.

Will football fans see the maturation of its marquee player? Will he morp into something even better this season? Will it be a repeat of his strongman act from a year ago? No matter, it will be a fun season and its still Tim Tebow's stage.