Not a Notre Dame story

The Notre Dame Football saga continues... The soap opera that has been the Charlie Weis experiment in South Bend now has rumor of Charlie's pretty boy QB along with female companion having involvement in a bar fight after Saturday's loss... Unfortunately I've been the victim of a sucker punch in a bar before so I feel for the situation Clausen found himself in. Equally as unfortunate is that a lead-in today if expected to be read needs to be about alcohol, fights, female companionship and so on. With all due respect to Jimmy Clausen, I hope your eye heals and you can play this Saturday. I'm sure you're a good guy and I wish you well but your actions have helped to write my lead in for the real QB everyone should be talking about. With the second saturday in December quickly arriving and as talk of the Heisman trophy lingers around the water cooler, the name of the quarterback people should be talking about is Tim Tebow.

We don't see Tim Tebow in a bar fight... Tim saves orphans from burning buildings, performs surgery on dying children in oppressed countries, speaks out for his faith, brings his head coach to tears with the thought of him playing his last game and oh yea, he's a pretty good football player too. Tebow has the chance to do something only one other collegiate football player has been able to accomplish in history. And as much as the people in Columbus, Ohio do not want a Florida Gator to equal the accomplishments of Archie Griffin; Tim Tebow deserves it. He exemplifies it on the field as much as he does off the field.

The NCAA mission statement includes core values which they hope to instill in athletes as they compete within the parameters of the organization. They use words like integrity, sportsmanship, the pursuit of excellence in both athletics and academics, enhancing the sense of community, and the top value listed on their website; to promote a collegiate model of athletics in which students participate as an avocation, balancing their academic, social, and athletic experiences.

Tim Tebow has done it the right way for four years at the University of Florida and has earned the right to be at the podium with his faith, his family, his academics, and his athletics the second Saturday in December. I hope college football gets this one right.