The Florida Gators had last week off, though you wouldn’t know it. Following the lead of ESPN, where Tom Rinaldi was apparently assigned to Tebow’s bedside, sports news shows, reporters, etc., provided us with wall-to-wall coverage of No. 15’s every move reminiscent of The Weather Channel preparing the Gulf Coast for a hurricane. The big question: Will he play against LSU? Will he practice? Will he watch film? Will he walk on water again? If he’s so great, why can’t he heal himself? The last one is my question.
Some would say that Urban Meyer didn’t sell out Tebow against Kentucky, that instead Tebow WANTED to play and that’s why he was in the game even with the Gators’ big lead over the Wildcats. My two observations on that: 1. Apparently Tebow isn’t very smart. I mean, he’s so sick he travels SEPARATELY from the rest of the team, but he’s going to play to the point of a) exhaustion or b) injury because he WANTS to. 2. Urbie isn’t a very good coach. I mean, if Tebow is so sick that he travels SEPARATELY from the rest of the team, it seems like you’d pull him (more…)