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Screamin' Tim Wants Title Tonight

ALTERNATE headline, more active, less cool -> Screamin' Tim has shot at glory

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 8, 2009 9:02 AM CST

(Newser) – With his high school team down big in the fourth quarter of the championship game, quarterback Tim Tebow begged his coach to use him as a defensive lineman. He sprinted screaming onto the field, led the team to victory, and hasn’t stopped winning—or screaming—since. The intense Tebow’s resume is already impressive, and if Florida wins the BCS title game tonight, he’ll secure a place among the legends of college football, says the Miami Herald.

That resume: National title in 2006, Heisman Trophy in 2007, conference title in 2008. But in 2006 Tebow was a backup. “Now my job is to lead the team,” he says, “and it’s a lot different.” “Different” is one way to describe Tebow’s leadership style. Last week, on a routine option pitch in practice, he chased his running back down the field, screaming, trying to fire up the team for tonight's bout. "Tebow needs medicine," joked one lineman.

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Florida quarterback Tim Tebow smiles during media day at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Monday Jan. 5, 2009. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow throws a pass during football practice on Saturday, Jan 3, 2009 in Boca Raton, Fla. Florida plays Oklahoma in the BCS Championship NCAA college football game tonight. (AP Photo/Steve Mitchell)

Florida Gator fans root for quarterback Tim Tebow in this Sept. 6 file photo. (AP Photo/Reinhold Matay, File)

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Oklahoma's Dominique Franks talks smack about Florida's Tim Tebow, saying he's only the fourth-best quarterback ... in the Southeast Conference. (AssociatedPress)

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You will never see any player in the entire country who will play harder than I will play the rest of the season.
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