Why Tim Tebow Is NOT the Best Ever

I should also point out: Had the BCS existed in 1993, FSU would have never even played in that game. Nebraska would have played—and absolutely crushed—West Virginia, who also had an undefeated regular season. FSU played in the title game with a loss.

So where Frazier was harmed by the BCS by not getting to play West Virginia in 1993, Tim Tebow likely benefitted by avoiding USC in 2008. If Tebow threw two picks against Oklahoma's defense...well, USC had the best defense since Auburn in 1988. Meanwhile, Tommie Frazier's play in his three bowl games (again, all are now BCS games) was nearly flawless, which was why he was the MVP of even the two games that he lost.

The only way to make any case for Tebow's having been better than Tommie Frazier is to nullify in your minds the fact that Chris Leak was not only the unquestioned starter but leader and key player on offense of the 2006 team, and then credit Tebow with three titles to Frazier's two IF Tebow wins another title next year.

The amazing thing: Even if you do that, it is still mighty close, as Frazier will have still had the same or better winning percentage and four conference titles.

But once you acknowledge Tebow's true role in the 2006 team, he has no shot at catching Frazier no matter what he does next year. His only shot at surpassing Matt Leinart is winning a national title and a Heisman next year. And he needs to win a second conference title even to pass Vince Young. (That's right, Tebow and Young have the same number of conference titles: one.)

So Tim Tebow will need a great season next year (a conference title and BCS bowl game victory) even to pass Vince Young as the best dual threat QB of the decade, and even that won't get him past Danny Wuerffel as the best Florida QB ever, as Wuerffel was the starting QB for three SEC titles and a legitimate co-starter for a fourth.

He will need an outstanding season (national title plus Heisman) to surpass Matt Leinart as the best QB of the decade. And no matter what he does, he will not surpass Tommie Frazier as the greatest QB of the past two decades.

So the truth is that unless you whitewash Chris Leak from existence, Tebow has nowhere approaching a case for the best QB of the past 20 years, let alone the best college player ever, regardless of era or position. So in order to be truthful and honest, people need to quit lying. Tim Tebow is an excellent player and by all accounts a great person, but his career to this point comes nowhere close to justifying this "greatest ever" hype.

Again, that is just limiting the discussion to QBs...have SEC fans forgotten Herschel Walker? That is another guy that Tebow would have to win another national title before we can even start to talk about his surpassing.

So quit giving Tebow all of this undeserved hype, and give him (and other great players, including Chris Leak) no more or less than what they deserve.

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