I suspect that if you put Vince Young and Tim Tebow's careers together, Young would own the #1 game... while Tebow would own 7 of the top 10 and 15 of the top 20.
Baloney. VY's 2 Rose Bowls and the win vs. Ohio State are better than anything that Tebow ever did in college. There is also the game vs. OK State where he had 508 total yards including an 80-yard TD run on a pump fake, something Tebow could never do in his dreams. There is also VY converting 4th-and-18 vs. Kansas to keep the BCS bowl berth alive. There is the comeback vs. OK State where Texas was down 35-7 and ended up winning 56-35. VY was invincible. His high school coach said, "When he takes over that team, look out, he will not let them lose." And that is exactly what VY did. It just didn't get hyped as much as Tebow.One thing people forget is that when VY took over at Texas, the Longhorns were not respected nationally. Sure they could get 10 or 11 wins, but the rap was Texas could not win the big game. They were the underdog going into Ohio State and vs. USC. People doubted Texas because the Longhorns had yet to prove themselves under Mack Brown. VY not only played great, but he gave his teammates confidence that they could win the big game. He was always picking up his teammates. In the summer of '05, VY wrote on the chalkboard, "Whoever wants to beat Ohio State meet me on the practice field every day at 7AM." Had Tebow done that, you would never stop hearing about it from the media. For some reason, everything Tebow does is overhyped.
VY took a program and fanbase and made them believe they could finally get over the hump. Part of his legend is looking at the trophy case as a recruit, seeing that Texas hadn't won a NC in over 30 years, and saying, "Looks like these guys need some help." By contrast, by the time Tebow started his first game, Florida was already the defending national champion.
Here's a clear example of Tebow hyperbole. People often talk about him winning 2 NCs and a Heisman as if that is unprecedented. Well, Matt Leinart
started for 2 NC teams, almost won a 3rd, and also won a Heisman. Why is Tebow being a backup for one, starting for another (neither one an undefeated team) and winning a Heisman a bigger deal? Because its Tebow.
And that is the problem a lot of us have. The media hype for Tebow is hollow. He is among the great players of the decade, but to tout him as being the best without question is plain ridiculous. The facts simply do not support it.