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Jamie George scored a try in front of England head coach Eddie Jones as Saracens overwhelmed Sale 50-3 in a Champions Cup mismatch at Allianz Park.Marcelo Bosch, Sean Maitland (two), George, Chris Wyles and Richard Barrington all touched down for the rampant Saracens while Owen Farrell added 13 points with the boot before Alex Lozowski took over kicking duties.A sole Alan MacGinty penalty accounted for all of Sales points in the heavy defeat by the reigning champions.George is hoping to capitalise if Dylan Hartley is banned for the beginning of the RBS 6 Nations after being sent off for Northampton against Leinster on Friday and he did his cause no harm.Hartley was shown a red card for a swinging arm on Sean OBrien and faces a lengthy suspension, potentially offering George the chance to make his full debut at hooker against France on February 4.Saracens were bolstered by the return of their England contingent from autumn duty and responded by seizing control of Pool Three with a bonus-point victory numbering six tries despite the driving rain.George, Farrell, Mako Vunipola and George Kruis returned to Saracens starting XV, but it was lock Maro Itoje who starred with an influential shift that saw him named man of the match.Farrell, who successfully kicked three penalties and two conversions, was replaced just seconds after the interval, Lozowski coming on despite the England playmaker not appearing to have suffered an injury.The result leaves Saracens just one match short of equalling Munsters tournament record of 13 successive wins.Sale had three players sin-binned and in the 53rd minute the task before them grew even bigger when Australian giant Will Skelton stepped off the bench to make his debut for the hosts having been signed on a short-term contract.Mark McCalls double winners used their driving maul to force an early penalty that was slotted by Farrell and were denied a try soon after when wing Josh Charnley executed a magnificent try-saving tackle on Richard Wigglesworth.Wigglesworths authority was stamped all over the opening quarter and in the 17th minute he conjured a try for Bosch.Brad Barritt sucked in defenders with a robust carry and Wigglesworth arrived to dart through a gap at the breakdown and bided his time before sending Bosch over.Saracens would have grabbed a second try had Alex Goode not been offside when Farrell brilliantly steered a kick off the side of his foot for the full-back to touch down.Farrell was flattened off the ball by number eight Laurence Pearce, who was sent to the sin bin as a result, but Englands fly-half exacted revenge when he helped orchestrate a dynamic try for Maitland coming off the right wing.Sales defence splintered too easily and Maitland was able to glide through the gap in midfield opened by the hosts quick hands, coasting over the whitewash.The half ended with a long-range penalty by Bosch and when play restarted the Sharks were once again reduced to 14 men with lock Jonathan Mills sent to the sin-bin for a line-out offence.George finished a powerful Saracens drive and in the 51st minute the bonus point was secured when Goode stabbed a kick to the left wing for Wyles to grab and touch down.The floodgates opened as Maitland plotted a mazy path over the whitewash and replacement prop Barrington burrowed over from close range to complete the rout. Let me say this about Tim Tebow: I hope all his dreams come true. I hope he hits more home runs in his showcase than Giancarlo Stanton whomped in the Home Run Derby. I hope theres a big league contract awaiting him as well as a major motion picture he can star in himself.But now that Ive got that out of the way, its time to break it to him: That aint happening.That isnt how his beautiful baseball comeback tale is going to end. I bet he gets signed. I bet he gets an invitation to somebodys spring training camp. I even bet Ill be waiting for him when he pulls in, happily awaiting the chance to tell you all about it.But the truth is, what Tim Tebow is attempting to do cant be done. Hasnt been done. Wont ever be done.Hes missed 11 years in the batters box, one longtime scouting director said Tuesday. Nobody overcomes that. I know Josh Hamilton missed four years and he came back. But he was the No. 1 pick in the draft. Youd have to be a guy like that and just have stupid ability. And nobody ever thought of Tim Tebow like that.Not to say Tebow wouldnt have had a future if hed wanted to grow up and be the next Mike Trout instead of the next John Elway. He did hit almost .500 in his junior year in high school, against great competition in Florida. But even then, he was viewed as a guy with raw strength and athletic aptitude but lacking exactly the same quality that kept him from succeeding on Sunday afternoons -- fluidity.So who knows what he might have been if hed spent the last 11 years accumulating at-bats and reps and knowledge? But when he chose to spend those 11 years running bootlegs, learning to read zone defenses and pumping weights to build football strength, he was leading himself down a path that does not normally lead -- andd has never led -- to the top story on Baseball Tonight.ddddddddddddYes, Deion Sanders made it from the Falcons defensive backfield to the World Series. Yes, Brian Jordan played both these sports professionally. Yes, D.J. Dozier spent five years in the NFL, then played left field for the Mets. But you know what those guys never did? They never stopped playing baseball for a whole decade. Thats what. They all played in the minor leagues while they were dabbling in football. Thats what.Unfortunately, Tim Tebow did stop piling up those invaluable at-bats. From age 18 until age 29, he has had zero competitive plate appearances. So if youre ready, were about to reveal the complete list of players who missed 11 years of baseball, then made it to the big leagues as a position player. Here it comes in 3 ... 2 ... 1.INSERT BLANK WHITE CANVAS HEREIts never been done, said another exec Tuesday. Not that I know of.You know, said the scouting director quoted earlier, you always hear these stories about some kid who was out of baseball, then shows up in an independent league and surfaces as a big leaguer. But its as a pitcher. This guy is trying to do it as a position player. And ... he didnt even play his senior year of high school.So teams will go to his showcase later this month. In fact, I couldnt find a single team that said it wouldnt. And one of those teams will no doubt sign him. Why the heck not, right?But the dream hes chasing is one that has never come true. On the big screen down at the Cineplex, maybe. Just not in the world of professional sports that Tim Tebow is having such a hard time letting go of. ' ' '