ORLANDO, Fla. -- LSU fans somehow got hold of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow's cell phone number leading up to last Saturday's 28-24 loss to the Tigers and the calls became so bad that he had to turn the problem over to someone else.

"His friends took his cell phone and the calls and messages would come in faster than they could erase them,'' said Tebow's father, Bob. "How many messages can you erase in a minute? They came in faster than that.''

Tebow called the ordeal "an interesting experience, just handling it all," Local 6 News partner Florida Today reported.

But he said it was not too much.

After scoring a touchdown in Baton Rouge, Tebow put his hand to his helmet and taunted the crowd, as if to say, "Call me now.'' He said it was all in good fun.

"They were having fun with me, so I was having fun with them, too,'' he said. "It's what college football is all about. It's just fun, and I had fun with it. I know it probably got under their skin a little bit.''

Asked what the messages from the fans said, he replied, "I don't use that type of language too much, so I can't tell you. Some people did take it way too far, farther than you should take it with sports. But I think for the most part people were just having fun.''

Some of the calls included threats.

"There was some stuff like that, but I didn't worry about it or think about it,'' Tebow said. "I didn't even think it was that big of a deal.''

Florida coach Urban Meyer talked to a campus police officer about the calls and said he was worried about his quarterback's safety.

"It's easy to just get rid of your phone,'' Meyer said. "I told Tim, 'Just dump it and get another one.' And he changed his number and all that.''

The calls started early in the week and never stopped.