The Heisman Goes To
Ian Fletcher
November 25, 2007

Tim Tebow the phenomenal sophomore quarterback for the Florida Gators entered Saturday evening game against the Florida State Seminoles with winning on his mind and the Heisman on the minds of Gator fans.

Tebow has put up a sensational record breaking season becoming the first player in NCAA Division I history to rush and pass for over 20 touchdowns passing for 29 and rushing for 22.

Heisman voters spent Friday evening watching last year Heisman runner-up Darren McFadden and the Arkansas Razorbacks defeat the BCS number one team LSU 50-48 in triple overtime.

Florida head coach Urban Meyer was ask in after practice this week ,why he was not promoting Tebow for the Heisman, “This is the University of Florida you should not have to promote any player for the Heisman, you just go out every Saturday and give him the ball,” said Meyer.

Meyer gave the ball to Tebow and he went out and performed against FSU, breaking out of the grasp of FSU defensive tackle Justin Mincey avoiding a sack and ran 22 yards for the games first touchdown.

On Florida’s next drive Tebow led the Gators on a 5 play 62 yard drive, capping it with a 32 yard touchdown to wide-receiver Louis Murphy.

Tebow then proceed to lead Florida down field on a third consecutive drive with a 14 yard touchdown pass to Murphy again for his second touchdown of the game.

This was the 13 consecutive time that Tebow has rush and thrown for a touchdown in a game and the 7 time in his career that he has rushed for more than two touchdowns in game.

Tebow finished the season defeating arch rival Florida State 45-12, passing for 262 yards, rushing for 89 yards, and rushing and passing for 2 and 3 touchdowns respectively.

Tebow’s final record for the season is 217 of 317 attempts 3,132 yards and 29 passing touchdowns, and 194 rushing attempts for 838 yards and 22 touchdowns.

The question is will Tebow be invited to New York for the Heisman presentation on December 8, and when Chris Fowler approach the podium that night and say the words An the Heisman goes to!!, whose name will he call, Florida Gators fans all hope it will be Tim Tebow.

Ian Fletcher is our special correspondent at UF. He provides Gator coverage, SEC coverage and more.
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