Well, Keith... you're a little different kind of "me" than Tim is. LOL.
Cee
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Subject: [gatortalk] RE: [gatornews] [SUN / A.P.]: Tebow will 'just be me' at
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Easy for Tebow to say.
I say that "I'm just going to be me" and just let things hang out - and
people remark "no, please don't".
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Subject: [gatornews] [SUN / A.P.]: Tebow will 'just be me' at Senior
Bowl [Associated Press]
From: Shane Ford <go.ufgator...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, January 25, 2010 11:06 am
To: gatorn...@googlegroups.com
Tebow will 'just be me' at Senior Bowl
The Associated Press
Published: Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 8:48 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 8:48 p.m.
MOBILE, Ala.— The questions came at Tim Tebow like a blitzing linebacker —
about his mechanics, ball placement, footwork, release. All that technical
stuff that the Florida quarterback will continue hearing about as he tries to
transition to the NFL.
Tim Tebow
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In this Jan. 1, 2010, file photo, Florida quarterback Tim Tebow looks to
pass during the Sugar Bowl football game against Cincinnati at the Louisiana
Superdome in New Orleans. Analyzed and scrutinized more than any college player
the last four years, Tebow is really about to go under microscope. Tebow will
spend next week at the Senior Bowl, trying to impress NFL scouts, coaches and
general managers and prove he can be an NFL quarterback.
The Associated Press
And that was just from the media.
For all the talk about what he needs to change, Tebow is more focused on
the latest piece of advice from Gators coach Urban Meyer ahead of his weeklong
attempt to impress far more important observers: NFL executives and coaches at
the Senior Bowl.
"Coach Meyer called me last night and he said, 'Promise me one thing: Just
be you and you'll be fine,'" Tebow said Sunday, a day before the players go
through weigh-ins and their first practices in front of a few hundred NFL
personnel.
"I'm just going to be me. I'm going to be excited, I'm going to be
passionate, I'm going to have fun," Tebow said. "I'm going to love playing the
game out there, just like I always have. Hopefully the coaching staffs and the
owners and general managers will just like me."
As usual, Tebow will be the most talked about and scrutinized player on
either team leading up to Saturday's game. The Senior Bowl is his first real
shot at answering the oft-voiced questions about whether he can successfully
run an NFL offense, or whether he will have to switch to tight end or H-back.
He's not in Mobile, Ala., to show he can play either one of those fallback
positions. "I'm here to be an NFL quarterback," Tebow said.
Tebow said it was an easy decision to come to the Senior Bowl and let NFL
types pick apart his game — including a long windup and the fact that he's got
to go from the shotgun to taking snaps under center — and pick his brain in
face-to-face interviews.
"I'm going to be playing with a lot of the best players around the
country," Tebow said. "Also it's an opportunity for me to compete, and that's
never been anything I shied away from."
NFL Network analyst Mike Mayock called it "a brilliant move" because it
lets Tebow put his intangibles like leadership on display.
"The fact that Tim Tebow is coming here and willing to expose himself to
this kind of scrutiny, I think, speaks volumes to the type of kid that he is,"
Mayock said.
"Here's a guy that's arguably the best football player that ever played
college football. Yet most NFL scouts will probably put him in the third round.
He's got some major issues here, but he's so impressive a kid and those
intangibles are so high."
So are the demands on his time. Even with Alabama stars like Terrence Cody
and Javier Arenas on hand, Tebow still had to navigate fans wanting him to sign
autographs and pose for photos at the downtown hotel where Senior Bowl players
and coaches are staying.
An official even warned reporters not to ask for autographs before Tebow
spoke at a news conference.
Walking out of the room, he stopped for a youngster who asked, "Can you
please sign my ball?" Then he obliged when a woman pleaded, "Tim, can you pose
for a quick picture?"
Beforehand, he shook hands with 10-year-old Garrett Dyess of nearby Spanish
Fort, who was sporting a No. 15 Tebow jersey.
"I'm an Alabama fan, but I'm a huge Tebow fan," said Dyess, who waited
another hour before managing to get Tebow's autograph.
Now, his job is to make the same kind of fans out of NFL teams. In the
meantime, he can draw on the skepticism voiced by draft analysts for a little
extra fuel.
"I look at myself as a pretty self-motivated person, so I don't really need
to listen to all the critics," Tebow said. "But if I need a little extra
motivation, they're all there. Maybe just throw them on the top to get a little
extra motivation."
He said he hasn't signed any endorsement deals yet, but the outspoken
Christian has drawn debate for a Super Bowl commercial that is believed to be
an anti-abortion message.
Tebow is standing his ground on that position, just like he is on his
playing position.
"I know some people won't agree with it, but I think they can at least
respect that I stand up for what I believe and I'm never shy about that," Tebow
said. "I don't feel like I'm very preachy about it but I do stand up for what I
believe. Unfortunately in today's society not many athletes seem to do that.
"I always stand for something."
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