Ponder These Questions: Tebow the New Coach of the Florida Gators?

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As a fan, you thrive off of your team's success. If your team goes out on a high note, then you are probably going to be pretty satisfied with your team when next season roles around.

As a player, I think they also thrive off of the last game more than anything else. Lose or win, that last game is a tremendous motivator for the next upcoming season. Like in Alabama's case, we got embarrassed in our own back yard, basically.

Don't get me wrong, Utah beat us fair and square; they played better oe were more prepared than our Bama squad was.

Then there is the case like Florida and LSU have.

Florida ending a great season by beating Alabama in the SEC championship and then going on to defeat Heisman winner Sam Bradford and his Oklahoma Sooners and then LSU coming off of a two game losing streak to Ole Miss and Arkansas and putting up probably their best game against foe Georgia Tech in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl.

They saw some promising play out of Jordan Jefferson in that game as he completed 16-25 passes for 142 yds, with no touchdowns and no interceptions.

So, as you can see, whether a loss provides motivation to play well next season or a going out with a win provides great things for the next season.

With that being said, let's take a look at a few things surrounding the SEC.

Jordan Jefferson and the Tigers have my respect.

The reason I say they have my respect is because their record in '08 does not truly show how well they played. They were in close games with Alabama and Arkansas but they finished with a record of 8-5 which is ah...ok I guess.

LSU had a big losing streak coming into their bowl game. They lost to the up and rising Ole Miss Rebels and to Bobby Petrino and his Pigs. Those two loses looked to cripple LSU but they ended up puttting a spanking on GT beating them by more than 30 points.

In that game they saw solid play form the backfield and the QB role which was not prevalent at all before that game.

 LSU '09 grade= B+

Jevan Snead cannot beat Tim Tebow in the race for the Heisman.

Last season, as I watched the Ole Miss Rebels roll into Tuscaloosa and almost beat us, I felt almost sick! I could not believe that this team just came to my team's stadium and put up that good of a fight...

They would then go on to every single team they played from that point on some including: Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, and Texas Tech! They truly did impress me after the Texas Tech beat down.

But their downfall will be all this hype they are going to have to live up to. I can't think of a possible way that Jevan Snead will be able to compete against senior quarterback Tim Tebow and win the Heisman.

Tebow has more skills than Snead in every aspect of the game. They both are great QB's but I can't see any way that Tim Tebow will be denied a trophy if he has another "Superman" quality season.

Ole Miss '09 grade= A-

Will Kodi Burns or Neil Caudle be the QB for the Auburn Tigers?

In the A-game for the Auburn Tigers  I don't know if this team got any closer to naming their starting QB or still trying to develop Kodi Burns into a dual-threat QB.

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