In his final game at The Swamp, Florida senior quarterback Tim Tebow made a Biblical statement with his eye-black and a Heisman statement with his Senior Day performance during a 37–10 win over Florida State.

As visible and outspoken as any Christian personality this side of Rev. Billy Graham, the 22-year-old Tebow has been known to write Bible book chapter:verse(s) on his eye-black, where other players use the space to rep their hometown’s area code or their school's logo.

The charitable son of missionaries has worked with orphans in the Philippines and claimed to be a virgin at this year’s SEC Media Days — despite plenty of short-jorts temptation in bikini-friendly Gainesville.

Today, Tebow made news by writing “HEB.” on the black strip under his right eye and “12:1-2” under his left eye. The following is the King James’ version of the Bible verse Hebrews 12:1-2:

1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the same, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

A fitting message, Tebow had a Florida Field record 90,907 “witnesses” in the stands to watch the 6’3”, 245-pounder “run with patience” and power past the Seminoles in his final home game as a Gator.

Wearing UF uniforms whose technology is so new it almost looks like old throwback gear, Tebow completed 17-of-21 passes for 221 yards, three touchdowns and zero picks, while lowering the boom on 15 carries for 90 yards and two trips to the end zone — including one final, flashbulb-filled, “Tebow” chanted, one-yard run with 10:18 remaining — to re-establish the 2007 Heisman Trophy winner as a legitimate threat to join Ohio State running back Archie Griffin as the only player in history to win the most prestigious award in college football twice.

“It’s like playing against 12 people; he presents so many problems,” said Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, who has lost six straight to Florida from 2004-09 after winning five of the previous six from 1998-2003. “Tim Tebow is a great player.”

Tebow headlines a 25-man Florida senior class that has produced a 46–6 overall record — with a 27–5 mark in the SEC and a 25–2 slate at home in The Swamp — and two crystal football BCS national championship trophies (2006, 2008).

The Gators are now 12–0 for the first time in school history, extending the nation’s longest winning streak to 22 games, heading into next week’s No. 1 vs. No. 2 match-up with Alabama in the SEC Championship Game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

“I want to thank the Gator fans for showing up pregame and sending off one of the greatest groups of players to come through Florida,” said UF coach Urban Meyer, whose teams have outscored FSU 182–58 during his 5–0 run vs. Bowden’s Seminoles.

“I thought that was one of the best performances we’ve had here. It’s time to get ready for the SEC Championship Game, which is our goal every season.”

BCS Bound

TCU capped its first undefeated regular season since 1938 and first Mountain West title since 2005 with a 51–10 win over New Mexico.

The Horned Frogs seem to have established themselves as the latest in a growing line of “BCS busters” — schools from non-BCS conferences who have earned a trip to one of the five BCS bowls (Rose, Orange, Sugar, Fiesta or BCS national title game).

After posting the team’s first 12–0 season — which included wins at Clemson (14–10), at Virginia (30–14), at BYU (38–7) and Utah (55–28) — by a combined score of 488–149 over 12 games, or an average score of roughly 41–12 per game, TCU hopes to continue the non-BCS success in the postseason spotlight.

The underdog has a 3–1 record — with Utah wins over Pitt and Alabama, as well as a Boise State overtime classic against Oklahoma, but a Hawaii humiliation to Georgia — not counting Notre Dame’s 0–3 mark as the golden-domed, silver-spooned “non-BCS.” This year could be the first year that two non-BCS teams make the big money, with TCU all but locked in and Boise State closing in on its second invitation.

“This is 12 years for me,” said TCU coach Gary Patterson, who served as Dennis Franchione’s defensive coordinator from 1998-2000 before taking over the program on a full-time basis in 2001.

“It’s been a process. We’ve tried not to do it too fast and tried to do it the right way. We tried to make sure that we did it so that the University was happy with the way we did it, so that we could build it for a long time.”