Johnson Wasn't Always Too Impressed By Tebow

Among the many titanic opponents facing the Commodores this season, none looms larger than Florida's deity of a quarterback, Tim Tebow. But try this on one for size: Vanderbilt head coach Bobby Johnson admitted Monday that he actually didn't think too much of the future Heisman winner the first time his team lined up against him. Not as a quarterback, anyway. "The first we played him , he was a back-up," Johnson said. "I was kind of thinking, 'I don't know about this guy, he just looks like a fullback to me.'" Ah, those were the days. That game was a surprisingly thrilling one back in 2006, when the Gators let a 25-6 advantage in the fourth quarter in Nashville turn into a tenuous 25-19 lead with a few minutes left after two Vanderbilt touchdowns and some errant passes by up-and-down starting quarterback Chris Leak. Tebow came in and did what he did best his freshman year: bowl over defenders for first downs, despite everyone in the stadium knowing what was going to happen when he came in ... (link)