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Tebow fever grips Denver
The Washington Times ^ | December 12,2011 | Valerie Richardson

Posted on 12/13/2011 1:37:32 PM PST by Hojczyk

Maybe this is how the residents of Bethlehem felt.

Coloradans — even the non-football fans — are as shocked and awed as anyone by the miracle occurring in their own backyard with the rise of Tim Tebow, the Denver Broncos quarterback and quite possibly the most famous Christian bachelor to walk the Earth in the past 2,000 years.

The “Mile-High Messiah” — just one of the many nicknames he’s acquired since arriving here last year — has led the city’s flagging NFL franchise on an improbable 6-1 run this season. In the process, he’s halted the team’s slide into midsize-market mediocrity and placed the Mountain Time zone at the center of the media universe.

“I think it’s been huge. He’s the talk of the NFL,” said Mohammed Suleiman, who runs a new pro-Tebow message every Monday on the electronic sign outside the headquarters of Multiline International Imports in Denver. “Every week, they talk about him on the news and ESPN. Just to be a part of that here in Colorado is a great feelin

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: broncos; celebrity; christians; nfl; tebow; timtebow
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To: Fu-fu2
I'm a New England Patriots fan, being that I'm from New England and all. However, I am actually going to root for Tim Tebow this weekend. It will be a strange feeling, rooting against New England. In fact, I would not mind seeing Tebow win the next 100 games in a row - just to silence his critics. Being that the average NFL season for a Super Bowl bound team is 19 games, this would mean five consecutive Super Bowl wins.

What I'd really like to see is for Denver to fall behind 55-0 in the first half, only to see Tebow and the Bronco run off 56 consecutive points in the second half to win 56-55. Now that would be an awesome game to see and worthy of being saved to my DVR.

81 posted on 12/13/2011 7:14:19 PM PST by SamAdams76 (I am 51 days away from outliving Marty Feldman)
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To: lonestar

In his 63 yard field goal, Tom Dempsey was standing around 1 foot below sea level.


82 posted on 12/13/2011 7:19:28 PM PST by trumandogz (If Rick Perry cannot secure his own Internet domain name, how could he be trusted to secure America?)
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To: trumandogz
In NOLA...but Tom Dempsey doesn't kick for Denver.

IIRC, Dempsey had a handicapped foot.

83 posted on 12/13/2011 7:36:51 PM PST by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: lonestar

Yes, Tom Dempsey has been retired for quite some time and does not play for Denver.

However, the Broncos have a kicker who can kick field goals of 59 and 51 yards does help the current Bronco QB who can only complete 48% of his passes.


84 posted on 12/13/2011 7:50:12 PM PST by trumandogz (If Rick Perry cannot secure his own Internet domain name, how could he be trusted to secure America?)
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To: Hojczyk



Who's Tim Tebow?
85 posted on 12/13/2011 8:01:53 PM PST by 38special (For real...)
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To: BluH2o

“s a long time Denver Bronco season ticket holder my advice is score early and often ... it would be nice if Tebow’s receivers started catching his passes early in the game, instead of in the last five minutes of the fourth quarter. Brady will put points on the board, get too far behind with him and you’re not going to catch up before the game clock runs out ... guaranteed.”

Yep, Fox’s strategy of “not losing” and “waiting to capitalize on the other team’s mistakes” while punting 20 times after 20 three-and-outs and scoring no points in the first three quarters isn’t going to work against New England. But Fox has seemed pretty savvy lately, so maybe he’ll adjust his game plan to actually try to score some points before overtime this next game.


86 posted on 12/13/2011 9:54:44 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Enchante

well the Broncos have rather slim prospects against the Patriots, but as the saying goes .... “any given Sunday” almost anything can happen


Well keep in mind it is a home game for the Broncos. Their home field was once an incredible advantage back in the day. NE Much better at home than on the road. NE Defense not good and Bronco defense is good. Not a long shot at all.


87 posted on 12/14/2011 4:07:27 AM PST by Rippin
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To: skeeter

Mine was sarcasm. If yours was, well, you got me!


88 posted on 12/14/2011 5:24:21 PM PST by Balding_Eagle (Overproduction, one of the top five worries of the American Farmer each and every year..)
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