Lindsay Jones of the Palm Beach Post, wrote an article of her observations from Spring Practice on Friday. Here is an excerpt of what she had to say about our favorite Gator, Tim Tebow.

The new wrinkles to the Gator offense this year will likely be the addition of a no-huddle offense, and putting quarterback Tim Tebow under center — instead of the shot-gun — at times. Adding the no-huddle should help Florida add to its total of number of plays per game (it averaged about 70 last year, and Mullen said the no-huddle could bump that up to around 80). “We’re not changing the offense,” Mullen said, “its just changing the speed we’re executing it.” Urban Meyer said that adding the no-huddle will hopefully help the team in late-game situations. “We have athletes,” Meyer said. “No-huddle is a chance for us to wear [opposing defenses] out.”

So they want to play Tebow more under center instead of in the shotgun. This obviously tells us they run be running Tebow as much anymore, at least not in the open field where he is exposed to injury. Meyer must be confident about his backfield if they want to reduce Tebow’s involvement in the running game. I’m excited about seeing Tebow use his arm a lot more this year and prove the NFL scouts that he can throw the ball far and accurate.

I also like the addition of the no-huddle offense. The Gators sucked last year in the 2-minute drill at the end of the game. If they put in a lot of time this Spring working on that, I know that Tebow can close out those close games.