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Old 08-14-2012, 02:31 PM   #1
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Default The Tebow Thread, lol

Everyone knows I don't like Tim Tebow, half of the reasons I have been asked not to bring up on
this board. But the other half are more or less open season. It's not that I dislike the guy, he
is a legend and a heck of a runner. I am also not buying so much the "Tebow benefits a NFL team
because everywhere he has been he was a winner." But for the most part I have stopped just
plain hating on him because he is out of college finally and seems to be having mixed but reasonable
success in the NFL where I always thought he would do OK. But today I read this article:

http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/styl...-york-jets-nfl

And in it there is a pretty good summation of my thoughts on Tebow from day 1.
"This, really, is the root of my beef with Tebowmania: It has nothing to do with football,"
writes Devin Gordon. "It's a sales pitch -- a sensation built on evangelism, not ability, powered
by people who see a chance to turn the NFL into the next front of the culture war. And now
that culture war is coming to my team."


I doubt he is saying Tebow ANYTHING has nothing to do with football, but I think
it is clear that the HYPE that follows him and comes flowing from the lips of his biggest proponents
is fairly well characterized in Devin Gordon's statement. I think it is great that he is a role model
and seeming proof that people can lead a righteous life in a sick world. But I don't necessarily want
to hear about it like it's the one true path in life.

I know 80% of you disagree with me, but it was interesting to me that the guy managed to
sum up my feelings on the matter so well. As for the rest of the article and the photo, Jeezus.
All pun intended.
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Ehh, Brad, though I don't much like Tebowmania either, and absolutely DREAD the fact that it's gonna hit my town like a ton of bricks in about a month, I'd have more sympathy with your position if you'd just fess up to the fact you learned to hate Tebow when he was beatin' up on your LSU Tigers.



, but we all know it anyway, so what's the diff?
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Wait so "Tebowmania" is still going on? I thought it had more or less officially ended when he got traded.
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Wait so "Tebowmania" is still going on? I thought it had more or less officially ended when he got traded.
And 2nd string now.
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I'd have more sympathy with your position if you'd just fess up
to the fact you learned to hate Tebow when he was beatin' up on your LSU Tigers.
You can easily read as much by the line "now that he is out of college, finally...."

And to be honest, he didn't beat LSU every year he was at Florida. In fact, the
year he won the Heisman Trophy, LSU beat Florida 28-24...While he was ON THE TEAM,
LSU only won one out of four. He only started two years, right? I think his proponents
were hollering his name from the stands even back then to get him in the game.
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And for those of you who will not read the article, you SHOULD see the photo.
Utterly, ridiculously, overly-symbolic. He should be smarter than to pose like that.
Unless of course he wants you to relate Jesus and Tim Tebow so closely. jeez.
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And 2nd string now.
That hasn't made a difference!
He's managed to capture the back page of every NY area paper.
Probably the first Backup player to do so since Jeff Hostetler.
Tebow's done it without taking a pro snap here.
Hostetler had to win the Superbowl to wind up there.
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That hasn't made a difference!
He's managed to capture the back page of every NY area paper.
Probably the first Backup player to do so since Jeff Hostetler.
Tebow's done it without taking a pro snap here.
Hostetler had to win the Superbowl to wind up there.

Yepper, Dom . . . which is why I'm dreading the day he hits town, as I expect parades down Main Street here. And it will only get worse the first time Sanchez throws a couple picks, and the "Tebow!" chants start.
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Yepper, Dom . . . which is why I'm dreading the day he hits town, as I expect parades down Main Street here. And it will only get worse the first time Sanchez throws a couple picks, and the "Tebow!" chants start.
And you know dam well that will happen the first game!
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And I can't wait to see it happen!

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Spoken like a true Giants fan, broh.
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Thomas, this has nothing to do with Giants/Jets.

I've just always been a fan of the circus!
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I am a Tim Tebow fan, and not afraid to admit it.
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Tom and Dom, with ringside seats. One watching the highwire act, the other waiting for the clowns to come.
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So when will you arrive?
I thought I told you, sort of anyway . . . when the rest of the clowns come in.
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Default Re: The Tebow Thread, lol

I'm no big Tebow fan in the sense that I don't see a football player there. I truly hope he comes along, makes me eat my words, and kicks The Dirty out of his seat. Sanchez's numbers are absolutely pathetic. Sanchez could be effectively replaced by Seneca Wallace, let alone Tebow. Mind ya, this is from a guy who has been a Sanchez fan up until last year when his suckage became a thing of legend. I liked him despite the fact that I can't stand the Jets and think Rex Ryan is the biggest dick in football.
But I digress...
I think it's great that Tebow is creating a fervor based around his Faith. In my eyes, that's a far greater role model than Ochocinco or Dez Bryant, or James Harrison, or any other number of not so savory characters in the NFL today.

This is the first time I've seen the GQ picture, and I really don't have any thoughts on it. I'm not sure what they were shooting for, besides more sensationalism, or to be provocative, or to fuel the Tebowmania, or most likely, to sell magazines.

That stuff aside, I don't see Sanchez making it past Week 7. I wouldn't be surprised if he was holding his helmet on his lap by Week 5.
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For the people that have issues with Tebow, the media has a major factor in his popularity. People should be hating on the media more than the guy himself
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I'm no big Tebow fan in the sense that I don't see a football player there.
Scott, I do not see an NFL QB there, but I do see a football player. The guy's a horse! Aside from that, I've no issue with what you said.

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Yeah, there's that. It's the biggest problem I have with Tiger Woods also, which is not his fault. You read the papers, and the headline does not say that Phil or Ernie (for instance) are up two strokes, but rather that Tiger is 6 out. WTF??
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