By now, you’ve probably seen the footage of Tim Tebow going down yesterday during the game against Kentucky. The sack by Taylor Wyndham was pretty hard, but the real doozy was his head knocking forward off of the leg of another Gator, Marcus Gilbert.

He was injured and taken to hospital following the match against Kentucky that his team won handsomely.

Tim Tebow has been playing superbly for the last several years.

He opened the 2009 season continuing a streak of of throwing and running for a touchdown in blowout wins over Charleston Southern and Troy.

He ran for a touchdown in the third game, a win against Tennessee, but failed to throw for a touchdown for the first time since his freshman season.

Tebow started against Kentucky despite suffering from a respiratory illness and taking two bags of intravenous fluids before the game.

He ran for two touchdowns to put him in 2nd place on the all-time SEC touchdown list and he also threw for a touchdown.

Late in the third quarter he was hit in the chest by Kentucky defensive end Taylor Wyndham and then in the back of the head while falling by knee of Florida tackle Marcus Gilbert.

But after a couple minutes being attended to by Florida’s medical personnel, Tebow eventually sat up, eliciting a huge cheer from the crowd at Kentucky’s Commonwealth Stadium. The game was in the third quarter with Florida up 34-7 when Tebow went down, and he won’t return. Tebow initially sat on the bench but after vomiting he was taken to the locker room. Tebow was already ailing heading into Saturday’s game, having been diagnosed with what Florida is describing as a respiratory problem but what some media reports have speculated could be swine flu.

A report about his illness says, “After being evaluated at the hospital in Kentucky, they have now decided to keep him overnight for further evaluation. Reports say that keeping him overnight is purely for precaution and that they do not suspect there to be any further damage…There was already a question before the game on whether or not Tim Tebow would even play in the game or not. The Gators had several team members ride in a seperate plane to the game because of a sickness that was going around. The decision was almost made before the game to let John Brantley start, but Tebow was feeling well enough to play. Urban Meyer told the associated press, “He asked me ‘Did I hold onto the ball?. I told him he did and he winked at me and said It’s great to be a Gator.”