Nick J. Through My Eyes

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    Pages 1-18

    Tim's parents lived in the Phillipines while his mom was pregnant with him. Doctors told Tim's parents that he beat all odds when he was born he was not suspected to survive niether was his his mom but they both did. Tim moved back to Florida where he started growing up there he spent a lot of time at uncle Dicks.
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    Pages 19-56

    Tim and his brothers played all kinds of sports what ever season it was at that time.He was a big time baseball player and got invited to play for a traveling team where after awhile he proved to be to much with school. When tim first started playing football his first week he became really sick but he never wanted to quit and he overcame his illness and loved football as much he did baseball especially when he started playing for his highschool team.
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    Pages 57-98

    When Tim was about to turn fifteen he was more excited then usual because that meant he could travel to the phillipines where he was born for a mission trip.During Tims sophmore year of high school he recieved his first college recognition letters which he then started visiting colleges. Tim had many offers to schools and declared that he would declare his major shortly after the end of his senior season in mid December. He chose to go to the University of Florida.
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    Pages 99-134

    Since Tim was homeschooled he was able to graduate early and start college in January and attend spring practices for the gators. When the regular season was getting ready to start Tim changed his number from nunber 5 to number 15, in the first home game they dominated and Tim got his shot and delivered with a 6 yard rushing touchdown even though he wasn't a starter. Tim's first Florida-Georgia game as a starter was a win but not his best performance.
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    Pages 135-164

    The loss to Auburn was hard on Tim espeacially since he declared his major in family, youth, and community sciences so trying to balance everything wasn't easy for him and this week they played LSU. Threatening phone calls were recieved more and mor as the game grew closer. Later that year he went on to win the Heisman Trophy.
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    Pages 165-196

    With Tim's rise to fame it gave him the oppurtunity to raise money for the orphange they started in the Phillipines. Coming into the 2008 season the workouts began harder then ever all summer and the mission trips and vaccations he was going non-stop. Later that year the Gators suffered a close loss to Ole' Miss and almost destroyed there national championship hopes for that year.
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    Pages 197-227

    The 2008 Gators battled back from there loss and made it to the SEC championship where they would play Alabama and there new head coach Nick Saban. Tim changed the bible verse on his eye black from Phillipines 4:13 to John 3:16. Going into halftime they had a 17-10 lead but it was a battle. they went on to win the SEC championship and went on to beat Oklahoma in the National Championionship.
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    Pages 228-257

    The 2009 season was about to start where they would play Ole' Miss again a bad taste in there mouth from last year where they won. That year the Gators lost the SEC championship, national championship, and there undefeated seaon all at once. Tim later went on to be drafted by the Denver Broncos in the first round of the NFL draft.