Over the course of my somewhat young lifetime very few legends have been made in college football.
Marshall Faulk was hands down the most unstoppable player I’ve ever seen. I remember staying up late nights waiting to catch his games on ESPN. He played for San Diego St so most of his games were played on the west coast and since I’m on the east coast they normally didn’t start till 10pm est. But after passively watching about 3 weeks of his games he quickly became must see TV. It seemed like every time I looked up from my X-Men comic book he was breaking off a 60 yard run. Swift. Graceful. Powerful. That was Marshall.
Then there was Reggie Bush. Some of the moves he could do on the field just defied logic. While Faulk could go north, south, east and west, Reggie was more like 360 degrees of speed. A tornado in cleats. It’s like the difference between the Tazmanian Devil and the Road Runner when comparing the two, with Reggie being Taz.
Now to our boy Tebow. My other choice of title for this blog was going to be “Tim Tebow is a Legend”. Tim Tebow isn’t an athlete. Tim Tebow is a tank. He may not make it in the NFL but he might make it to be the President of the United States. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard Ray Lewis talk but he preaches leadership and accountability. Tebow is the embodiment of a leader.
He creates a fellowship amongst his teammates. He doesn’t feel his responsibility ends with him leading the offense he must motivate the entire team. He thirst for contact just like Mr. Lewis because he knows for him to run over an opposing line backer means more to his team than it does to him making a highlight. It may seem like I’m jocking the dude and maybe I am just a little. But if you can’t respect what this man has done for college football and the University of Florida well than you’re probably not a leader.
