The biggest SEC game of the year is just days ahead of us as No. 1 Florida will take on No. 4 LSU down in the bayou. I don't need to take time to explain the implication of this game, especially for LSU.
Even though this game is so important, Urban Meyer has to set aside football from real life. I know he's going back and forth on trying to decide whether or not to start the recently concussed Tim Tebow. Tebow suffered a concussion less than two weeks ago against Kentucky. As of right now Tebow is listed as a game-time decision.
The worst case scenario far out weighs the best case scenario is this situation. Besides, it's not like Florida is taking on Charleston Southern this week. They're taking on who is in my opinion the second best team in the SEC in LSU. This defense is going to blitz the you know what out of whichever guy lines up under center for the Gators.
All it takes is another massive blow to the head and Tebow's football career could be drastically destroyed. It's not even completely about Tebow's future as a football player. It's about his future as a regular person. Tebow just recently started praciticing with the team again and for a while wasn't even allowed to read a book.
How is a guy going to go from not being allowed to read to leading his team against one of the better defenses in the country in hostile territory? I know Tebow is the closest thing to God when it comes to playing college football, but it's just not a good idea to start this guy.
If something terrible does end up happening to Tebow, Meyer could end up putting himself under horrible scrutiny for starting a player that was extremely vulnerable to another concussion.
I know you're the football genius and I'm not, but you got to make the right choice here Urban. The right choice doesn't always get you the win, but that choice doesn't necessarily make it wrong.
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