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Tebow, Florida take high-octane offense to Ole Miss

Sep 22, 2007 - 12:35 PM No. 3 Florida (3-0) at Mississippi (1-2) 1:30 pm EDT

OXFORD, Mississippi (Ticker) -- For the first time this season, the Tim Tebow show will be hitting the road.

Star sophomore Tebow and No. 3 Florida leave "The Swamp" on Saturday for a Southeastern Conference matchup at Mississippi.

As a freshman, Tebow was used primarily as a powerful rusher while backing up starting quarterback Chris Leak for the Gators in their national-championship campaign.

This year, however, Tebow has shown why he was arguably the nation's top quarterback prospect two years ago, ranking second in the country in passing efficiency (228.75) after throwing for 835 yards and eight touchdowns against just one interception for the Gators (3-0, 1-0 SEC East).

Last week, Tebow both ran and passed for two touchdowns as the Gators thumped SEC East rival Tennessee, 59-20, in their conference opener.

Fellow sophomore Percy Harvin had four catches for 120 yards and ran for 75 more and a touchdown on just nine carries.

Ole Miss (1-2, 0-1 West), meanwhile, has dropped back-to-back games, including a 31-17 setback at Vanderbilt in its SEC opener last week.

Seth Adams completed 10-of-17 passes for 154 yards, a TD and an interception in the defeat.

Backup Brent Schaeffer, a Florida transfer, threw a 54-yard touchdown for his only completion in five attempts for the Rebels.

Ole Miss leads the all-time series, 11-9, including wins in the last two matchups - in 2002 and 2003, when the Gators were coached by Ron Zook.