No Tebow No Problem at Florida

Now that Tim Tebow is throwing passes for the Denver Broncos don’t expect a huge drop off from Urban Meyer’s Florida Gators. Yes Tebow was a Heisman Trophy winning Quarterback who holds the SEC record for touchdowns. I’m well aware that the Gators won a pair of National Championships during his 4 year stay in Gainesville. Lets take a closer look at why the Gators won and why they will continue winning with Timmy Title.

Everyone talks offense in Gainesville but the defense makes Urban Meyer’s program flow. A lot of those Gator wins in the swamp were defensive wins. The last 4 NFL drafts have produced a handful of 1^st Round Draft picks. This past draft had 3 Florida defensive players going in the first two rounds. Offense has received all the print in the paper but Charlie Strong’s defense has put the Gators BCS Title game.

Urban Meyer is back for another title run and breaking in a new QB has been smooth sailing. Meyer had former # 1 pick Alex Smith at Utah.  When he won his 1^st title in Gainesville it was with All American QB Chris Leak. Now Tim Tebow will be replaced by strong armed QB John Brantley. Meyer knows how to replace a QB better than anyone in the country. He will lean on his defense and strong running game the first few games until Brantley gets his feet wet then he will take off the training wheels. Meyer has built his program so strong that transition is not a dirty word in Gainesville. You will not hear the word rebuilding near the Swamp anytime soon.

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