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Thursday, July 23, 2009

The Tebow mystery continues

We're no closer to finding out who didn't vote for Tim Tebow on the preseason All-SEC first team.

Tebow, as you know, was not a unanimous pick for the first team. We're assuming second-team selection Jevan Snead was the other selection. If that is the case, it couldn't have been Ole Miss' Houston Nutt, since coaches are not allowed to vote for their own player.

Georgia's Mark Richt and Alabama's Nick Saban both said Thursday they voted for Tebow. Saban even went into a mini-rant about how coaches should be free to think and choose the way they want, saying that's what many people have fought for in this country (he's right, but a bit melodramatic). "I guess it's somebody trying to create news," he said to the questioner. "I'm not trying to point any fingers about that."

All four of the first-day coaches -- Arkansas' Bobby Petrino, Vanderbilt's Bobby Johnson, Mississippi State's Dan Mullen and Kentucky's Rich Brooks -- said they voted for Tebow as well.

Assuming everyone is telling the truth (and that's no guarantee), that leaves one of the third-day coaches as the culprits -- South Carolina's Steve Spurrier, LSU's Les Miles, Tennessee's Lane Kiffin and Auburn's Gene Chizik.

My money is on everyone saying they voted for Tebow. I can't imagine somebody fessing up to it at this point. Well, maybe Kiffin.

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