The votes are in, the announcement’s been made, and Tim Tebow is your 2007 Heisman Trophy winner. I honestly thought during the preseason that he had zero chance of winning the award; after all, he’s a sophomore, and there were other, older guys out there like John David Booty and Mike Hart who were poised to put up excellent numbers on high-profile teams.
As those teams and players fell one by one, Tebow rose to the top like the cream always does over the course of a college football season. His team may have faltered some, but that was obviously due to the defense, not offense. Then, he started setting records (first 20/20 guy, longest streak of throwing and rushing for a TD in the same game) and his case became more compelling. After he scored 7 TDs against South Carolina, I thought it could happen. After wiping the field with the same FSU defense that knocked Matt Ryan out of the Heisman race, I figured he had it in the bag.
If you want to see (or see again, as the case may be) video from the ceremony, hit up ESPN.com. For now, enjoy watching all 51 of his touchdowns and reveling in the fact that you live in historic days.
It’s great to be a Florida Gator.
As a final note, Florida now has more Heisman winners than both FSU and Miami, and honestly, should Gino Torretta even count? One more stiff arm statuette, and it’s as many as they have combined.
Only 4 schools have more Heisman winners than Florida does – Notre Dame, Ohio State, and USC each with 7, and Oklahoma with 4. Florida is tied for fifth with Army, Michigan, and Nebraska. When you compare Florida’s tradition with the rest of those schools (about 30 good years out of 101), that’s not too shabby at all.
Year 2 
I was totally amazed when he won as well. I thought Mcfadden was going to take it to tell you the truth. I know in the interview afterwards he said he would be back next year, any chance you think of Tebow going pro?
Chris
Tim Tebow fan forever!
He can’t leave early until after next year.