Big Shoes to fill.....

Occasionally in sports you have instances where someone replaces a legend, well in the State of Florida this year, this is happening in Tallahassee and Gainesville. Its always been said that it's hard to replace a legend, and who much easier it is for the guy, replacing the guy, who replaced the legend, and in these cases its no different.
In Gainesville John Brantley takes over at QB for the Florida Gators, this upcoming Saturday, replacing the Immortal Tim Tebow, who led the Gators to a National Championship, won a Heisman Trophy, and set numerous Conference Records and was a staple in the Gators locker room. Brantley, a 5 star QB out of high school will take his first meaningful snaps of his short Gators career. Can Brantley replace Tebow? No, he will not replace what Tebow brought to the table, but with Brantley being more of a pocket passer, the Gators will transition into more of a pro-style offense. With the weapons at his disposal, this will make things much easier on Brantley, but a 11-1 season is more than likely asking too much. With road games at Alabama, and at Tennessee to go along with LSU, Georgia, and a improving FSU team, 9-3 would probably be best case scenario for the Gators. A bit of advice for John Brantley, ignore the blog sites (except this one) and turn off the radio, because if things go bad during the regular season, he will experience a onslaught of negativity not seen in decade.

How do you replace 389 wins?? You cant, but this is the task Jimbo Fisher faces this year. There might not be a harder head coach to replace (no disrespect to Joe Paterno) than Bobby Bowden. From 1976 until 2009, Bobby Bowden led the Seminoles, week in and week out. He led them to a National Title, produced a couple of Heisman Trophy winners, and established the Seminoles as a mainstay in college football. But the writing was on the wall back in 2007, when Jimbo Fisher was named "coach in waiting", it was only a matter of time before Jimbo took full control. Now having full control, Jimbo takes over a team with lots of questions on Defensive. Jimbo will be on a short leash, and faces a very difficult schedule that includes Oklahoma, BYU, Miami, Boston College and Florida. Jimbo, a offensive wiz will bring back the ACC's best QB Christian Ponder this season to lead an explosive offense. Jimbo is also recruiting well as a Head Coach, but he will have to prove that he can coach that talent. FSU is not a place where you can learn on the job. Jimbo needs to win, and win fast, or he will have fans asking for a return of Bobby Bowden.

By Rashad Reed
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