Today was a big day for the University of Florida and its children. The Tim Tebow story, Joe Haden proving himself on his home field, the start of a new era of Florida Gator football, Urban Meyer returning from his LOA, as well as countless other storylines were in the spotlight on the day of the Pro Day and first day of spring practice.

The Florida Gators football team kicks off Spring Practice today, but you may not have heard much talk about it. Why? Because the annual Gator Pro Day is today as well and everyone in the world has their eyes on Tim Tebow. Tim, along with Joe Haden, Carlos Dunlap, Brandon Spikes, Riley Cooper and ten other Gators will have a chance to workout in front of NFL Scouts this morning. Tebow’s workout is special because he didn’t throw at the NFL Combine and will be unveiling a new throwing motion.

Anybody else freezing their toes off in North Florida? Yeah, It really shouldn’t be this cold in March. But anywho, just thought I’d weigh in on how the NFL scouting combine turned out for the former Gators, and the chances of Billy Donavon’s team getting into the big dance…Last week, the Tebow show moved it’s cameras to Indy and the NFL scouting combine. Tebow did fairly well at the combine, despite not throwing because of his throwing motion and mechanics being under reconstruction…

Typing away at the laptop while taking a lunch break…..
Hard to believe the Winter Olympics are already over; aside from the pre-opening ceremonies tragedy involving the luger from Georgia (Nodar Kumaritashvili) being killed on a training run, Vancouver deserves to be highly commended on a job well done. Based on the fact that the United States and Canada brought in the lion’s share of the total medals as well as staged impressive championship hockey games, albeit with Team USA settling for silver medals in both the men’s and women’s finals, …

Thinking about a few topics concerning all things Florida Gators…
Dan Werner. I think we are all in agreement that Dan Werner is a liability on the court at any given time. Now I’m not one that concentrates too much on basketball. I try to catch every Gator basketball game I can, but I certainly have less knowledge of the game than some. But every time I have seen Werner check in this season, I get nervous. He is shooting a career-low .336 from the field, and .279 from bonus …