Nine years ago today, I was a 24-year old graduate student at the university of Florida with season tickets for football games. I had just returned from my second stint of living in Rome and studying the ancient archaeology and architecture of the city and Italian peninsula. I had just finished my master’s degree after writing a weird thesis on cannibalism and violence. Heady times, to be sure.
Nine years ago today, Tim Tebow was slogging his way through his third football season at Florida — his second as the team’s starting quarterback — and he and his Gators entered Week 4 ranked No.