Tim Tebow has been Injured since Birth
Posted by secsportsline on August 26, 2009
Tim Tebow let the Orlando Journal-Sentinel in on a little secret — his success on the football field has been despite a laundry list of injuries that would have killed a mere mortal.
Tebow’s offseason surgery corrected a bone spur which had evidently been ailing him since the Hawaii game. That’s right, the first game of the 2008 season. As if to help guide Florida beat writers to the real story here, Tebow continues “I broke my hand against FSU, that hurt some… In high school when I broke my leg playing on that, that hurt a lot. The shoulder, played with that all last year. Did that in the Hawaii game. Didn’t have surgery until the end of the year. That’s football.”
What is the reaction that Florida fans should have to this? Excitement about how good a healthy Tebow can be? Fear that, like Henry Rowengardner in Rookie of the Year, his talent will evaporate without some bizarre injury or another effecting him.
No, there is not much room for Tebow to improve just because he’s healthy — he is already a Heisman winner and national champion. The real story here is that Tim Tebow was evidently so wrapped up in his love for the game (and just maybe a desire to accumulate some Heisman-worthy stats) that he was unwilling to take a game off. Maybe, say, against The Citadel? Or maybe he didn’t need to be running the ball with a 49-3 lead over Kentucky in the 2nd half?
If I’m a Gator fan (and I’m not), I would hope that if Tebow has to take a cortisone shot to take the field against FIU on 11/21, he makes the smart call and just doesn’t take the field at all.
