June Jones made the comment last season the week before the Heisman Trophy was handed out that his quarterback Colt Brennan was not a “system quarterback” like Tim Tebow.

The media went into a frenzy. How could he call the Heisman frontrunner (and eventual winner) a product of a system?

Jones quickly backtracked on his comments and said he never meant to down Tebow, but it was too late. When asked about Brennan Tebow said, “I think he’s a good quarterback and runs a good system.” The reporters all around him burst out in laughter.

Jones then quickly backtracked on what he said. “Guess what we’ve got to go down there and play him and they are going to be playing what I said. We’ve got to open up in Gainesville next season,” said the Hawaii coach.

And then it looked like everything was adding up to a great Tim Tebow-June Jones showdown 15 days from now……

But shortly after the season Jones left and took the SMU job. Was June Jones scared of Tim Tebow? It’s a crazy thought but I just wonder if it entered into his mind at all when he made his decision to leave Hawaii. Maybe it did. Maybe it didn’t.