Unless he is green lighted by the medical staff and that includes some of the doctors at Shands, he won't dress much less play and may not be allowed to travel. I have read a lot of stuff on other boards about Meyer and folks can say what they like (as they have about Miles, Saban, Richt, and any other winning SEC coach when they have an opportunity), he won't allow Tebow to play unless he is cleared and declared 100% by the medical staff. Head injuries are nothing to fool around with, it's not like playing with a sore ankle or shoulder, this is something that could affect the rest of the kids life and no coach or medical staff will allow that to happen in college. The pros, well that's a different story just as pointed out with Young and Aikman. As a Gator fan, sure I want him under center in two weeks, but only if he is 100%. Anything less than that I would rather him not even make the trip and let Brantley get the start. Football is a game of contact and with that you have injuries and players miss games, it's part of it, you accept that and move on. You put your best 11 on each side of the ball and have at it. The one thing that's constant in college sports, these are kids, and maybe it's just me but I hate seeing a kid get badly injured no matter who he plays for.
Right you are, UFGatorz1 - there's a lot more at stake here than a game - Tim Tebow is a fierce competitor and he'll probably WANT to come back as soon as he feels better, but he needs to heed the advice of his Docs on this situation. I don't ever want to see ANY player put his health, and perhaps his life, on the line for a game. It's just not worth it. Tebow is a fine young man and a great player. Those of us who have to face him may be glad to see him move on to bigger and better things, but we have NO desire to see him or any player seriously hurt. The only thing I find wrong with Tebow is that he's wearing the wrong color uniform. I think he'd look better in purple and gold. Whatever happens, I wish him the best and a full and fruitful life. :geaux:
I think many will be surprised with Brantley. He completes well over half of his passes- not EVERY pass, like Jarrett, but up there. I don't disagree with anything you posted here but it is ironic that had he been running he would not have been so defenseless. Any quarterback can get hit in the pocket but then again, it wasn't from him being hit so much as him hitting his teammate's knee so I guess in those terms- getting hurt from being running quarterback- he's still a virgin.
Entirely agree. If Tebow's medically cleared to go, then I expect to see him. If he's not, then no matter how much he wants to compete (and he will want to compete), then he shouldn't hit the field. It's that simple. One other thing, a lot of folks have been saying that he can come back in a week. Actually the way I understand it is that a concussion patient can be medically cleared to play a week after showing no symptoms. Depending on how severe the concussion is, the symptoms, as others have pointed out, can last for weeks. Here's to ruining Tebow's night by handing the Gators a loss. Here's to not ruining Tebow's life by having him play a violent sport before he's fully medically ready. :geauxtige:geauxtige:geauxtige
The key to the game besides the obvious need for production out of our offense, the longer we can sustain drives the more fresh our D will be. We'll need to put as much pressure on tebow as humanly possible. Keep knocking him down and hitting him as hard we can. We punch him in the mouth enough times in this game and he'll start making mistakes.
We should probably take a page from Monte Kiffen defensive scheme and use it against Florida. They did a great job against Florida defensively for what they have.
I was wondering that too. If he gets another hard hit, he could be out for the season much less 2 weeks. Head injuries are nothing to play around with.
Here's an excerpt from an interesting ESPN article on concussions and baseline testing. It would be interesting to know if LSU has done the baseline testing: Florida Gators trainers say Tim Tebow's concussion Saturday was his first - ESPN
