Tebow makes it look easy in Big Easy with more than 300 yards in the first half

Tebow tremendous in first half of Sugar Bowl

NEW ORLEANS — Tim Tebow has needed only one half to make the final game of his stellar Florida career a special one.

Tebow has completed 20 of 23 passes for 320 yards and three touchdowns while staking the fifth-ranked Gators to a 30-3 halftime lead over No. 4 Cincinnati in the Sugar Bowl on Friday night.

Tebow’s third TD also was his longest career completion, an 80-yarder to Riley Cooper which tied for the second-longest completion in Sugar Bowl history.

Tebow entered the Sugar Bowl with single-game career highs of 338 yards and 25 completions.