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Spurrier takes blame for Tebow-gate

FROM THE GAINESVILLE SUN:::

Finally, the truth is revealed. One of the 12 SEC coaches stepped forward on Friday morning and admitted that his ballot for the All-SEC team did not have Tim Tebow as the top quarterback.

The coach? Florida legend Steve Spurrier.

"Some coach made a mistake, a careless mistake in not voting Tim Tebow All-SEC," he said in his first press conference on the final day of SEC Media Days in Hoover, Ala.

Spurrier kept everyone in the radio/Internet room in suspense at first by offering some historical perspective. The press conference was streaming live on Gatorsports.com.

He continued, "Tim Tebow is the best quarterback in SEC history. I see Tim Tebow and Danny Wuerffel when history plays out, they will be the best QBs in history. They live the Christian life. Two tremendous leaders.

"Lemme tell you what's happened ... Tim Tebow is now a unanimous selection. The coach who left him off has put him in.

"That was me.

"Let me explain. I don't fill out the form. I had my director of operations do it. I glanced at it. I saw A.J. Green, I saw Carlos Dunlap. I glanced at it. I didn't look at it.

"I said certainly we had Tim Tebow as the first QB, didn't we? And there was little pause. I said why in the world didn't you put Tim Tebow on there? He said he already had 10 Gators on there, and I said that wasn't a good reason.

"I'll take the blame."

Spurrier said he called SEC associate commissioner Charles Bloom and told him he didn't fill out the ballot and a mistake had been made.

"It's been changed," Spurrier said. "I'll say that probably about 20 more times. That's the way it happened and I feel bad about it. I really do. Because Tim Tebow is the best. He's the best."