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by Orson on Dec 13, 2005 5:09 PM EST

5:07: The shortest liveblog in the history of the internet. Staring at the Tebow kommisariat: Mom, Dad, brother, all lined up behind a table draped with a Nease High School banner. Bet it smells like floor wax and sweat in there.

5:09: Lotsa sitting still. Tebow grinning like a mannequin. Waiting for the Worldwide Leader here?

5:11: Answering inaudible questions being posed off-camera. Put on a damn hat and get this show on the road!

5:12: Tebow clearly petrified, swallowing nervously like a man in front of a firing squad. We remember when we made our decision to attend college: witnesses, one redbone hound and Mom.

5:14: Okay, pap interview going on. Lotsa yessirs going on here. Tebow will have to get a new hairstyle at either university: they do the qb shag at 'Bama, while UF will metro him up a bit.

5:15: "I will be playing football next year at the University of Florida." A Beatles-loud cheer detonates in the auditorium.

5:21: Blahbeddy blah. Reads a statement that makes it sound like Bama was this close but couldn't take his whole family on board. Reminds us that besides the bowls, this is all the football poonanny you're getting for seven and a half months: high schoolers putting on hats and getting Tom Lemming all hot and bothered.

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Excellent live coverage. My only source if information.

by Panhandler on Dec 13, 2005 5:20 PM EST reply actions

Oh yeah? We got a 6’6" white guy who ran the option in high school. Tremble in fear!

by Brian @ mgoblog on Dec 13, 2005 5:47 PM EST reply actions

That is impressive; like trying to tackle an ostrich, right? All knees and feathers.

by Orson Swindle on Dec 13, 2005 5:48 PM EST reply actions

Funny, he didn’t look all that thick. I did think it was pretty cool that the ESPN guy kept trying to get him to pimp the documentarty they made and Tebow gave him nothing. Turned it off when he started to read the hostage letter.

by Rick on Dec 13, 2005 6:18 PM EST reply actions

Just an awesome announcement. Awesome for the Gators. Awesome for Tebow to be going to awesome Gainesville. Jesus is awesome, too. And Alabama? Awesome.

For some reason, Larry Fedora also is awesome. Didn’t quite understand why that was. Awesome.

I guess when you don’t curse, you replace questionable words with “awesome.” Awesome, huh?

by WATB on Dec 13, 2005 6:31 PM EST reply actions

I didn’t think that seemed very impressive… besides, when he gets to Michigan he’ll never be asked to cross the line of scrimmage again. Unless it’s third and goal and there’s a linebacker he can run directly into.

by Brian @ mgoblog on Dec 13, 2005 7:15 PM EST reply actions

Lemming won’t be excited about Tebow any longer. He can’t make any more money off him. Now, if Tebow was from Chicago or headed to Notre Dame then Lemming will still be all over him. But he isn’t so Lemming will move on to disturbingly pimp the next revenue-generating source…errr..recruit.

by Pat @ BGS on Dec 13, 2005 8:04 PM EST reply actions

How could you tell if he looked thick… he was wearing pants wasn’t he?

by Stranko Montana on Dec 13, 2005 9:16 PM EST reply actions

According to the article about him on CNNSI.com, Tebow’s home-schooled. So if he doesn’t actually go to Nease, how does he get to play for their football team? Not trying to be snarky, but I thought part of being on a HS team was actually going to the school. That’s got to be interesting for his teammates who actually have to attend classes.

I’m not trying to debate home-schooling vs. normal school in regards to educational value, but if I were on his team, I’d be a little jealous that he only showed up to school for practice.

by Nate on Dec 14, 2005 4:47 AM EST reply actions

since home schooled students can’t really do stuff like P.E. and lab work, as well as athletics, they are allowed to do that stuff at the public school in the discrict they live in. i guess tebow lives somewhere around ponte vedra beach, or something, because that’s where all the rich kids who’s parents were too cheap to pay for Bolles lived.

by Adam on Dec 14, 2005 8:20 AM EST reply actions

Are you serious?
This kid was home schooled?

This kid goes from spending nine hours a day with Mommy to having the best trim in the south chasing him around on a daily basis?

by Ryno on Dec 14, 2005 8:32 AM EST reply actions

Yes, Ryno…and he’s awesome thickness personified, too.

by Orson Swindle on Dec 14, 2005 9:11 AM EST reply actions

Reminds me of the big GIT basketball signing years ago when Stephon Marbury stepped up to the camera and averred his joy at his future career at “Georgia Tech University.” He stayed 2 quarters … wonder if he ever learned the name of the school?

by Canis Familiaris on Dec 14, 2005 10:46 AM EST reply actions