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Am I the only one getting tired of hearing about Tim Tebow?  It seems like you couldn’t watch a game this bowl season, especially on ESPN, without hearing about Tim Tebow, seeing Tim Tebow highlights, or (worse yet) seeing Tim Tebow’s parents in the stands.  My Gator friends are convinced that despite his 9-4 record (so-so by Florida standards), Tebow is the greatest player ever.

Tim Tebow could be the all-time great Gators QB (which would really be saying something) or he could be Florida’s Quincy Carter. I remember Georgia people defending QC’s stats to death, in spite of the fact that his performance steadily declined each year. Tebow has already had a better season performance wise (though not W-L wise) than Carter ever had. But despite Carter’s individual promise, he couldn’t consistently win the big games against our biggest rivals: Florida, Tennessee, GT and Auburn. Some realized QC’s limitations early, some didn’t (UGA spent money on a Junior season “Quincy for Heisman” media campaign.)

I’m not bashing Tebow. Florida has a great QB and should be proud of his accomplishments. He seems like a really classy kid, he works hard (obviously) and has an enormous amount of talent. But until he starts consistently winning the big games, I’d keep my eyes wide open if I was a Gator fan.  Suggesting that Tim Tebow is less than “Superman” is a grave offense amongst Gator fans.  But when you stop looking at results objectively and making guys prove it on the field, with wins, you can regret it later.  Good example:  since super-talent QC was the “no-brainer” choice for Georgia’s QB, a guy named Nate Hybl transferred to Oklahoma where he led the Sooners to a 2002 Rose Bowl win, winning MVP honors for himself.

Only time will tell whether Tim Tebow is a great player that wins 9 games a season, or a great player meshes with his team and wins 14. It’s never a good idea to bash your own players, but if I was  Gator fan, I’d also be careful putting him on too high of a pedestal too early.