This might be the 1st time in the last 2 years Gators fans can see how Tim Tebow can quarterback pain free. Tebow certainly played last year with more pain than he let on. You remember that right shoulder surgery in January to remove a bone spur and correct chronic inflammation? That injury stemmed from the Hawaii game, the 2008 season opener.
Tebow played 13 games on that bum shoulder. That same shoulder bothered him in 2007, meaning he's been taking painkilling injections for much of the last 2 seasons. In fact, the Hawaii game was the last time he didn't receive a shot before a game.
Now that this lower-back tightness isn't an issue and he's practicing without pain, Tebow said he's excited to see what he can do. “It’s more comfort than it was last year or the year before," Tebow said. "It's so much easier now that I can take hits and smile and not grunt now. That will be nice.”
Tebow said he would never pull himself out of a game because he loves playing too much, but sometimes he's being "hardheaded."
“I broke my hand against FSU, that hurt some," Tebow said. "In high school when I broke my leg playing on that, that hurt a lot. The shoulder, played with that all last year. Did that in the Hawaii game. Didn’t have surgery until the end of the year. That’s football.”
Coach Urban Meyer said he's simply stopped asking Tebow about injuries, and he barely remembered the shoulder problems when asked Monday. "I don’t ask him anymore because he’s not going to tell me,'' Meyer said. "Mickey (Marotti, strength and conditioning coach) is the guy he talks to so I’ll get all the inside scoop from Mickey.'' The SEC Rocks!
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