Wright Thompson on Tim Tebow vs. Billy Cannon

Tim Tebow is the Billy Cannon of 2009. (Or maybe Billy Cannon was the Tim Tebow of 1959.) I went to the expert for an evaluation:Wright Thompson is, in my opinion (and as I have said before), the best sportswriter in America today. That's why it is a thrill and honor for me that he sent me an exclusive post for me to use at TimTeblog.com. The occasion? This weekend's 50th anniversary of Billy Cannon's famous punt-return TD vs. LSU -- Thompson has a typically terrific piece, about Cannon, on ESPN.com today. (Must-read!) I would normally point you to TimTeblog to see a post over there, but I'm so grateful and enthusiastic about having Thompson write something for me for that site, I am posting it here in full. Here you go:*****It’s hard to imagine today’s players being old. I look at Tim Tebow and don’t much think about how he’ll handle the rest of his life, what demons he’ll face, where his journey will take him. We see these guys now, burning like a star, then they’r...