Touchdown-happy Tebow running away with Heisman

With two weeks left in the season, Florida QB Tim Tebow has significantly distanced himself from the rest of the Heisman field. Skip Williams/Icon SMI

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Tim Tebow has counted to infinity -- twice.

When it rains in the Swamp, Tim Tebow doesn't get wet. The rain gets Tim Tebow'd.

These are just some of the "facts" on the Florida quarterback, at least according to TimTebowFacts.com, a tribute of absurdly heroic feats in the vein of the infamous Chuck Norris Facts. The Paul Bunyan-esque tall tales have become a running joke among the Gators, who have been known to come up with their own versions, and Tebow himself has a favorite.

"I think the one 'Tim Tebow can believe it's not butter' is pretty funny," he said.

Here's another, more concrete fact regarding the sophomore QB: While the national title race continues to have all the clarity of Lost, the Heisman Trophy is all but Tebow's. At this point, if you're looking for a reason to not give him the trophy, well then you must be looking for a reason.

Tebow is putting together one of the most prolific seasons in college football history. Last Saturday against Florida Atlantic he became the first player in I-A history to pass for 20 touchdowns and run for 20 in the same season and he broke the SEC single-season record of 19 rushing TDs -- a staggering accomplishment when you consider the who's who of backs that have played in the conference, and that his rushing TDs are equal to or more than that of 83 teams, 13 of which are in the Top 25.

"He's about as good as I've seen at quarterback in his sophomore year," said Florida Atlantic coach Howard Schnellenberger, who coached Joe Namath at Alabama and Jim Kelly and Bernie Kosar at Miami.

At this point, the only legitimate knocks on Tebow are that he's not a junior or a senior and that the Gators have three losses. But the fact that he's a sophomore -- and no sophomore has ever won the award -- shouldn't even come into play and despite the losses, no other player is his team's offense to the effect of Tebow, who is responsible for 72 percent of Florida's total yards and TDs.

"My understanding is it goes to the best player in college football, and if he is it as a sophomore, if he's having that type of year to deserve it, then he deserves it," Florida quarterbacks coach Dan Mullen said. "I heard someone say, 'He'll get it as a junior or as a senior.' Well, he might not have that type of year those years. People might look back and say, 'Boy, he was the best player in college football when he was a sophomore and he really didn't get any awards.'"

It's that same clouded judgment that was the logic behind denying Oklahoma freshman Adrian Peterson in 2004, as USC's Matt Leinart took home the bronze statue, or most famously, in 1980 when Georgia freshman Herschel Walker finished third behind seniors George Rogers and Hugh Green.

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