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Tim Tebow (Blessed)

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Tebow was home-schooled from a very religious family.....so, I don't know if he was even adequately prepared for anything else other than what he is doing....seems like the right major based on his upbringing....
 
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BigWoof31;1645689; said:
Right. There should be some type of caveat that the QB has to throw at least 15 passes.
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Not a bad idea, but no sense tying up vCash now. Which team drafts Tebow also makes a big difference - perhaps in August.
 
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OGWheels;1645686; said:
Tebow was home-schooled from a very religious family.....so, I don't know if he was even adequately prepared for anything else other than what he is doing....seems like the right major based on his upbringing....
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There are slackers in every manner of education; however, home-schooling is no less educational than public school. Be careful with the innuendo.
 
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jlb1705;1645607; said:
So how did Toby Gerhart do it? He managed to take a real major at a tougher school and play TWO varsity sports. I guess Superman really wears Toby Gerhart PJs - sewn by Tim Tebow.
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I think you have my point misconstrued. Let Tebow focus solely on academics, and he could probably afford the challenge of a tougher major. I'm not saying he's going to pick up mechanical engineering, but he certainly could do something else. Given his intelligence that major was all he could handle in conjunction with football. Gerhart obviously has the intellectual capacity for a more rigorous academic career.


jlb1705;1645607; said:
I call BS. There are students who spend that kind of time actually studying for a tougher major. There are students who spend all their time assisting in research. There are students who suck at football and don't get to go to college for free who have to work full-time or work two jobs even while going to school full-time. And many students do those things with out the special treatment and accomodations afforded to student-athletes.
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I wanted to avoid the specifics, but if you insist:
  1. Students spending equal amounts of time studying proves what exactly? They spend that much on studying and what else, xbox? That's not a valid comparison. If you have two students in the same major one studies 40 hrs. a week, the other practices 40 hours , and then has to commit time to studying it's clear which one is at an academic advantage.
  2. Undergrad Research: Yes, I would concur here assuming that student spends an equal amount of time on their project. Otherwise it offers the same inequalities as point #1. Another item for consideration would be the disparities in respective academic and athletic strengths. A final point would be fatigue, and injuries which would be more prevalent in an athlete than researcher.
  3. The working undergrad: Internships are the only form of employment that would offer the same type of pressure, stress, expectations, and require "out of environment" work as a sport (once again assuming an equal amount of time spent). Employment otherwise, unless in some absurd number of hours, doesn?t compare.
 
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"Who wouldn't want their kid to be Tim Tebow?" -- Urban Meyer
Uhhhhh, me. My two-year-old daughter has a better pro throwing motion, and I'm actually not joking. She has a tight, compact throwing style and gets the ball out of her hand a split-second before her older sister earholes her with a Mulan doll.

Forgetting that no, I really don't want my kids to grow up to be like Tim Tebow for a variety of reasons, the bigger issue, and the biggest indictment of Meyer as a talent developer, is that Tebow never changed the long, looping throwing motion that doesn't work at the next level and is knocking him down several pegs. Really, it's not that hard to spend a few months in the off-season doing the basic technique work to become a more fluid NFL passer, and now Tebow will have to undergo a crash course in Pro Passing 101 to undo a lifetime of muscle memory.

There's a reason the pros want things to be done a certain way; they work better. Oh sure, Tebow could get away with hanging on to the ball for 14 minutes a throw in college, but over four years he needed to show some more improvement in his pro style. This doesn't just go for Tebow, this goes for all players who need to do something drastic to change the way they play. That's why there needs to be more evaluation and more communication from the NFL advisory board and from the pro GMs and scouts.

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Scout.com: Cavalcade, Part 2 - The Sucky 2009 Season
 
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buckeyesin07;1645987; said:
Scout.com: Cavalcade, Part 2 - The Sucky 2009 Season
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Meh....
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scarletngray;1645941; said:
Nice stereotype....

Religious family so they must be wierd
Home Schooled so he must be stupid
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Well, given his easy major, it's either
1) He's not that smart
2) He is pretty smart, he's just incredibly lazy with regards to school
2a) He's lazy with regards to school because he knows he can be.
 
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xcrunner;1646068; said:
Well, given his easy major, it's either
1) He's not that smart
2) He is pretty smart, he's just incredibly lazy with regards to school
2a) He's lazy with regards to school because he knows he can be.
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Or, as another poster highlighted, it happens to fall into his area of interests. I guess it's the cool thing to bash TT. Perhaps you should wait 5 yrs down the road, and see how "successful" he is in his career, before making judgments on something you can only speculate on at this point in time.

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