Tim Tebow Confirmed to Play vs. LSU

A source tells ESPN’s Pat Forde that, having been medically cleared, Tim Tebow will play tonight in Baton Rouge.

The Gainesville Sun reported the news, as well, and says that a decision on whether Tebow will start will not be made until tonight’s 8 P.M. kickoff:

Gator Sports is reporting that Tim Tebow has been medically cleared to play.

Our own Team Speed Kills has been all over a rumor posited by Channel 6 that he will “definitely” play Saturday night against

. The team is denying that they have made a decision regarding Tebow yet, and

We remain in the same holding pattern we knew we’d be in this week: Tim Tebow practiced once again on Thursday, but afterward, Urban Meyer still knew nothing of his status for Saturday night. From the Orlando Sentinel:

But, of course, he did have to leave the window of possibility ajar:

No word yet on whether Tebow will be at practice this afternoon.

Tim Tebow will be a no-contact target at today’s practice, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

is not expected to obey the same rules, no matter how nicely Urban Meyer asks.

ESPN’s Joe Schad reports that Tim Tebow is at practice in full pads today. Whether that means he’s actually participating in practice, or just felt like seeing if the gear still fits, is anyone’s guess.

Buried in the Palm Beach Post’s story about Tim Tebow not practicing on Monday is this:

Urban Meyer said yesterday that even if Tebow does practice this week, he won’t be taking any hits. Which is the wrong way to reintroduce a concussion victim back into football, according to a neurology expert:

(HT: The Sporting Blog)

Tebow is going to play. Don’t believe me? Listen to how his coach is talking just four days after his quarterback was rushed to the hospital with his first concussion ever:

This has bad news written all over it, does it not?

Those people in Florida are nice because those people in Kentucky are darn nice, too:

Scot Brantley, a former Gator football himself, then points out that he wants to see Tim Tebow play to fulfill his promise to play because “Tebow made that commitment to come back, and I want to see him fulfill his commitment.” Even if his brain is bruised. I’ll be over here mourning the death of common sense if you need me.

There is no specific timeline for concussion recovery, and how long players who suffer them need to sit out, but it should certainly be longer than two weeks. You know, it really is just a football game.

Spencer Hall at SB Nation’s Every Day Should Be Saturday takes a break from discussing cock-punching to break down Tebow’s brain injury real serious-like:

Tim Tebow will be sleeping in his own bed tonight. He’s back home after spending the night in the hospital:

Urban Meyer claims that, after taking the hit that caused him to be whisked away in an ambulance for an overnight hospital stay, Tim Tebow was asking questions, winking, and saying inspiring things. That version of events doesn’t quite ring true, according to Georgia blog Dawg Sports.

SB Nation’s Florida Gators blog, Alligator Army, addresses a couple of questions that people are asking this morning.

He then vomited three times and went to the hospital, so it wasn’t all great to be a Florida Gator. Dave Curtis of the Sporting News reported that the CT scan showed no damage to the brain, but that Tebow has what is most likely a severe concussion.

Urban Meyer is not a doctor and hasn’t played one on TV but he’s weighing in on Tim Tebow.

We shall see, Dr. Meyer.

There are plenty of questions to answer about Florida’s season -- and why it was placed in danger to begin with -- even after we find out if Tim Tebow’s injury is serious.

SB Nation’s UF blog analyzes the impact of Tim Tebow going down: