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No doubt that college football players have tunnel vision.

Coaches ask players to focus so hard on the task at hand that players lose track of what's going on in the real world. They get on a treadmill of class, work out, practice, eat, study, sleep.

Florida quarterback Tim Tebow is like that. He puts his heart and soul into every game and when he comes up short, like against Georgia last weekend, it hurts.

He takes losses extremely hard. He cried while walking off the field at LSU in a 28-24 loss, and he choked back tears at the postgame podium Saturday in Jacksonville after Florida fell to Georgia, 42-30.

"I do take them hard," Tebow said. "but that's because I am so passionate."

What helped Tebow recover from last Saturday's game was a phone call he made to his sister, Christy Allen.

She recently moved to Bangladesh with her husband and their 1-year-old child to do missionary work.

Bangladesh, located in South Asia, is one of the poorest countries in the world. Tebow's sister and her family are planning to live there for three years.

Tebow said his sister woke up in the middle of the night to listen to Saturday's game on the Internet. The Gators sophomore quarterback got to talk to her after the game.

"It makes you realize that everything that happens in this game doesn't really mean that much in the grand scheme of things," Tebow said. "Losing to Georgia is not the biggest thing in the world."

No it isn't, Tim. Unless it happens again next year.

Mikey Likes It: Georgia receiver Mikey Henderson has just two touchdown catches in his career, but he sure knows how to make them count. He had a 25-yard reception to beat Alabama in overtime earlier this season and a vital 53-yard touchdown grab against Florida.

"I'm catching those deep balls in some good moments, but I just want to help my team when they call my number," Henderson said. "You don't get many opportunities."

Johnson Factor: Vanderbilt coach Bobby Johnson reached 20 wins with last Saturday's 24-13 victory over Miami (Ohio), becoming the Commodores' first coach to do so since George MacIntyre, who went 25-52-1 from 1979-85. Johnson is 20-46 since taking over in 2002.

Since the start of the 2005 season, Johnson is 14-17 - the most wins in a three-year span since Gerry DiNardo's 1992-94 teams went 14-19. His win last week, following the 17-6 victory at South Carolina two weeks ago, marks Vanderbilt's first post-September two-game win streak since the 1998 team won back-to-back home games against South Carolina and Duke. Vandy hasn't won three straight after September since the '91 squad won four straight.