Tebow shakes off comments
By John Shinn
The Norman Transcript
The quoteboard material has been flying steadily over the last two days. Today is the last day OU and Florida players will meet with the media.
90 percent
Florida All-American wide receiver Percy Harvin, who has scored 19 touchdowns this season, said Monday that his injured ankle is just about healed.
“I’m at 90 percent. I’ve been that way most of my career. I’ll take 90 percent any day of the week,” he said.
Harvin suffered the injury Nov. 29 against Florida State. He didn’t play in the Gators’ 31-20 victory over Alabama in the SEC championship game.
Asking for fans
OU coach Bob Stoops figures everyone in South Florida can’t be pulling for the Gators Thursday night. He gave a plea to fans of their biggest rivals — Florida State and Miami — to jump on the OU bandwagon.
“I’m calling on all the Hurricane and Seminole fans that are down here to root for us,” he said. “That won’t be hard I don’t think. There’s another part of South Florida that isn’t for the Gators, and we’re hoping to recruit them here this week.”
Nimmo as Tebow
Walk-on quarterback John Nimmo has been OU’s scout team quarterback during preparation for Thursday night. The 6-foot-2, 207-pound sophomore has been running Florida’s offense and trying to mimic Tebow as both a runner and a passer.
“He mocked Tebow as well as you can mock a player at quarterback like that,” linebacker Travis Lewis said. “He’s been great, and he’s really given us a good look.”
The hammer?
OU linebacker Travis Lewis and Tebow both weigh 235 pounds and odds are both will collide several times Thursday night.
Lewis is so anxious to play he almost jumped out of his skin when asked about the matchup Monday.
“I guarantee you I’m going to bring that hammer,” he said. “It should be a good matchup.”