SI: Ranking Tebow as #76 College Player of All Time is a Joke

[gardnerwebbgator]

If Tebow would come out as gay and/or devout Muslim, or chop his dick off for a twathole, ESPN would put him in the top five.

 

[AuggieDosta]

Still: he ran and threw for a TD in the 06 NC, so it's pretty hard to say he was a bystander; and that's in addition to his other contributions that season getting tough yards/1st downs. Leak was the definite starter, but Tebow played his part in that Championship season as everyone knows.

And that point is further buttressed by the fact several QBs and RBs ahead of him didn't even have 1 title, let alone a Heisman.

Really, there's just no metric or justification for him not being in the Top 10. If one's going on stats: he's one of the all-time leaders in total TDs (and unlike some of the guys ahead of him: did his damage in the SEC and not the WAC, Conference USA) and has equal or better numbers to most of the others in front of him. Heck: Tebow has as many rushing yards/TDs as some of the RBs who were ahead of him.

And more over, in the game vs TN his 1st year, if he doesn't convert two 4th down plays then UF doesn't win the game or even have the chance to play for the Natty.

He was definitely important to winning it all that year.

 

[78]

Tebow broke Herschel’s SEC record for rushing TDs. In Jax. Against the Dwags. In a blowout. I was there. It was glorious.

Yes, he had one extra season as a part-time player, but he’s also a FREAKING QB! How many passing yards and passing TDs does Herschel have?

Imma say it again. TEBOW HAS MORE RUSHING TDs THAN HERSCHEL WALKER.


Alex.

Did you scan the list of writers, SIs and broadcasters who voted? It’s a decent sampling. I’m frankly puzzled that they dissed Tebow the way they did. It frankly makes me think his failed NFL career must have had an undue impact on the voting.

And yet there is Archie (yawn) Griffin 45 years later basking in the limelight. Who in their right mind puts Griffin ahead of Barry Sanders? Why, of course, dumbass Midwest voters with a Big Ten bias.

 

[gatorev12]

And more over, in the game vs TN his 1st year, if he doesn't convert two 4th down plays then UF doesn't win the game or even have the chance to play for the Natty.

He was definitely important to winning it all that year.

Or let's not forget top 10 LSU: Tebow was 2/2 passing for 2 TDs and had a rushing TD...accounting for all our TDs that game in a 23-10 victory.

 

[fasonfan]

No rg3? I can't take this seriously.

 

[fasonfan]

Even can newton is too low even though I can't stand him. There is too much bias in this

 

[gardnerwebbgator]

Danny won 4 SEC titles in a row, a Heisman and a natty. If he was wearing a turban, he'd be top 10.

 

[YLGator]

The participants in this list clearly aren’t college football people. Their #1 player of all time scored a grand total of 21 TDs in his career and went 4-4, 5-3 an 7-2 in his three years of CFB. This is a list of NFL guys. The fact that Walter Payton, Jerry Rice, Steve McNair and Randy Moss are on the list but Danny isn’t completely invalidates the list. Those four guys made zero impact to college football, while Danny won 4
SEC titles, a national title and the Heisman. Calling this list a joke is the understatement of the century.

 

[GatorInGeorgia]

How the fcvk is Danny not even in the list while Peyton is 21st and Doug Flutie is 28th? This list is a joke.

 

[Theologator]

I think Tebow is the greatest player I’ve ever seen (I’m UF ‘83, 58 years old.) Even reading what THEY WROTE - first soph to win the Heisman, unprecedented etc. I can’t fathom how he’s not too 5 or at least top 11. Pathetic.

I could not argue much about Jim Brown as #1. He was a beast. Herschel at #2 was incredible and the second greatest player I’ve seen. Both of them were the size of DEs of their day and faster than anyone else. I think Herschel was an SEC champion sprinter. Only Derrick Henry approaches their relative size/speed today.

 

[divits]

SI....nuff said.

 

[Spurdog98]

If he'd come out as gay and decide to be agnostic and a trooper for GW he'd immediately be in the top 10

 

[fischerwood]

Technically only the starter for one of those National Titles, which would be working against him. But 76 is far too low.

Edit: Peyton Manning is 21, Wuerfell and Tebow should be ahead of him.

Especially since he never beat the Gators!!

 

[gatorev12]

So we should focus on titles and Heismans… because all players who played have an equal shot at a Heisman? Griffin should have been #1 then, he is the only player with 2.

Going on stats is deceiving... Especially when talking about football over a 150 year time span. The stats argument, how are you going to compare a guys stats from the 00's against a guys stats from the 60s. Hell, just the change from 2009 to 2019. It's not a valid argument due to the changes in the game.

It's a hard list, and this one is grossly fcked up. But it should be about impact on the game. There are players who played great in big games... obviously we remember the guys we watched play. There are guys who are on the list that shouldn't be Peyton Manning... and guys who are left off that had an huge impact on the game (or conference) like Danny W. Of the guys I witnessed play Tebow is in my top 10, probably top five. But I didn't watch some of the older guys, nor do I truly understand their impact of the game because of the era in which I grew up.

I guess that's the point: by any objective metric available to compare players, Tebow should be much higher than he is.

If it's purely on titles/awards: his accomplishments there are much higher than 3/4rds of those above him.

If it's purely on stats: there again, he's near the top in total yards and TDs even now.

If it's on more subjective "impact": well, it's hard to claim he wasn't the dominant player of his time in college football and while he wasn't the first or the last dual-threat QB, he certainly transformed the game as a QB who instantly caused a mismatch and defensive headache. You had to respect his ability to take off and run for 4-10 yards...and yet, you couldn't load the box because he could--and would--hit you deep.

 

[TheDouglas78]

I guess that's the point: by any objective metric available to compare players, Tebow should be much higher than he is.

If it's purely on titles/awards: his accomplishments there are much higher than 3/4rds of those above him.

If it's purely on stats: there again, he's near the top in total yards and TDs even now.

This is why the objective measures won't work. It is easier to have a passing game now then even 15 years ago. I would say what Wuerfell did as a passer in the era he played grossly out weighed what Tebow did as a passer, and what Burrow did as a passer because of the era in which they played.

If it's on more subjective "impact": well, it's hard to claim he wasn't the dominant player of his time in college football and while he wasn't the first or the last dual-threat QB, he certainly transformed the game as a QB who instantly caused a mismatch and defensive headache. You had to respect his ability to take off and run for 4-10 yards...and yet, you couldn't load the box because he could--and would--hit you deep.

I believe we both agree Tebow being where he is, is straight garbage. Tebow both as a player and a figure was a major part of college football from 07 through 09. Obviously a huge part of Gator Nation in '06. He is in the process of possibly making a bigger impact as a commentator.

Did he change the game (which is another negative to Manning being 21)? Could the story of College Football be written without mentioned his career (my opinion no)? Which is why I do question a few of the members of the top 10.

 

[Pablos Tunnel]

The visceral bias against Tebow that exists in some people just baffles me. That kid has done nothing but spread excellence and positivity his entire life, and some people just can’t stand him for it.

And the way he was robbed of a 2nd Heisman was damn near criminal. I’ll never forgive all of those Midwest and Western region journalists who conspired to leave Tebow completely off their ballots so that Bradford would win... f*ck every last one of those bastards.

When you look into a mirror and don’t like what you see its makes you feel better to hate on those that live with purpose and righteousness. No way a rag like SI was going to put Tebow at the top.

 

[Pablos Tunnel]

If Tebow would come out as gay and/or devout Muslim, or chop his dick off for a twathole, ESPN would put him in the top five.

and he would win the ESPY
I will not even open the link and give them the click

 

[78]

When you look into a mirror and don’t like what you see its makes you feel better to hate on those that live with purpose and righteousness. No way a rag like SI was going to put Tebow at the top.

It’s an ESPN rating. The OP posted SI’s take, which is pretty much just as flabbergasted as you and me.