Florida Will Do Anything to Try and Wedge Tebow’s “Mississippi Speech” Into Gipper Territory
College Football, Video March 24th. 2009, 5:30pm
Missed this last week, while obsessing over the NCAA tournament:
Florida recently put up a plaque outside the front entrance to the new football facility at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium with Tebow’s speech inscribed on it.
Just so we’re clear - it’s no Gipper speech. Never will be. It’s not even as moving as the one below. Not seen in that Gainesville Sun photo of the plaque - Verne Lundquist and Thom Brennaman stopping by to pay homage. Anyone know Tebow’s summer plans? And do they involve foreskin, politics, or this girl?
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March 24th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Of course its not that epic but he did exactly what he said he was going to do. I think its pretty cool.
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/gator_clause/2009/03/uf-commemorates-tebows-promise-with-a-plaque.html
March 24th, 2009 at 5:43 pm
i think it is pretty cool. he could have said “as long as i got my stats so what?” or “well if so and so would have made that catch ” he didnt though and in this day and age of selfish me me me me athletes i found this speech rare and cool.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
I can’t wait until Texas beats the Gators next year.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
I think it’s cool too. Why does every single thing have to be compared to the greatest in history? I didn’t hear anyone compare it to Schmidt or Gipper before you, TBL. Just let it be what it is, a bad ass speech for Florida to have fond memories of
March 24th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
backing it up is pretty bad ass, no doubt
March 24th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I’d like to thank the University as a whole for providing such great bulletin board material. Even Jeff Capel couldn’t have come up with something better.
And it’s not the fact that he made the speech and was lucky enough to have his teammates help him pull through, but it’s such short-sighted dbaggery (clearly not tebow’s fault) that leads to them putting up a plaque within just a few months and before he even graduates.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
They’re not trying to wedge it into anything. They lost a game, and he said that he would do whatever he could to make sure they didn’t lose any more. He did exactly that and took them to a national championship. That’s pretty bad ass.
If Steph Curry made a speech like this and delivered on it you’d have built a cathedral in his honor.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
i agree with everything vince young’s sausage just said.
now please excuse me while i take a shower after typing the words “vince young’s sausage.”
March 24th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
streak for cash lock city:
Boozer and Deron outscore Artest and Yao
in Utah.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:15 pm
TBL hates Tebow more than he hates Hansbrough.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
he should have just yelled ” i’m a soldier!” and stepped away from the mic.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Don’t really have an opinion on the plaque, I’ll just choose to ignore it. Really ready for him to graduate already.
March 24th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
streak for cash lock city
Is that Howie Mandel’s new show?
March 24th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
The Inches > The Promise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rFx6OFooCs
March 24th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
Wow, talk about overrated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIHNUt1gw7A
March 24th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Yep.
Yep.
March 25th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Power to the MEple
Tim Tebow’d
I mean in all seriousness, the choad is still in school. People weren’t framing Michael Jordan or David Thompson gear before those guys left. It seems these days all you have to do is pull a Joe Namath and people sweat your dong. I think Tebow’s crown is going to get a little bit heavier every time he sees that plaque.
March 25th, 2009 at 9:27 am
I don’t see anything wrong with the plaque, its an epic moment in their football history and its on a football/sports building. They didn’t etch it in the most historic school building or anything. It may have been better to wait until after he graduates but either way its not like the national championship is going anywhere.