GAINESVILLE — Tim Tebow sat on the Florida locker room floor, leaning his exhausted frame against coach Urban Meyer and replaying the crushing defeat over and over.
The teary-eyed Tebow blamed himself for the No. 4 Gators' stunning 31-30 loss to unranked Ole Miss. The team's Heisman-winning quarterback knew he never wanted to feel this way again.
Tebow eventually composed himself, showered and headed toward post-game interviews, pausing next to the iconic gator head near the locker room to be alone with his thoughts one last time.
Somewhere along the way, "The Promise" was born.
With Ole Miss returning Saturday to the Swamp for the first time since Tebow's inspirational speech, Florida tight end Jake McGee flipped on YouTube Monday night to watch it.