Posted on 01/09/2012 7:52:40 AM PST by Colofornian
Sportswriters and ballplayers have nothing in common so much as an urge to utter four favorite words:
I told you so.
It’s become the coin of the realm in this business. Nothing inspires such opportunistic passion as a chance to hate the doubters and doubt the haters.
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What happened Sunday night was more than an upset. It was more than a thrilling playoff win for the Broncos. It was an epic rebuke to Tebow’s legions of doubters. Call it Tebow 3:16...
Tebow came out for the postgame presser in a knit cap and a vest, jeans and sneakers. He offered praise to God (which, for some reason, doesn’t bug me so much when he does it). He spoke of how privileged he was to spend time before the game with Bailey Knaub, a 16-year-old who has endured 73 surgeries battling Wegener's granulomatosis, a rare disease that attacks vital organs. And he credited his teammates...“who make me look a lot better than I really am.”
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I can’t think of an athlete, who has been judged by such bipolar standards. Tebow began the season as a bum. Then he became a savior (not just the garden-variety redeemer of a franchise, but spoken of as a true messianic figure). Then he became a bum again. By Sunday morning, ESPN’s various broadcasters were pontificating on his crushed confidence and predicting his replacement by Brady Quinn, who is not only a proven failure as an NFL quarterback but hadn’t thrown a pass all season.
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With the safeties blitzing, there was nothing between Thomas and the end zone. An 80-yard touchdown ended the overtime just as it began 11 seconds earlier. The stadium erupted in a way I have never seen, not at a football game...
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.foxsports.com ...
From the column: Tebow came out for the postgame presser in a knit cap and a vest, jeans and sneakers. He offered praise to God (which, for some reason, doesn’t bug me so much when he does it). He spoke of how privileged he was to spend time before the game with Bailey Knaub, a 16-year-old who has endured 73 surgeries battling Wegener's granulomatosis, a rare disease that attacks vital organs. And he credited his teammates — wideout Demaryius Thomas (204 yards, the game-winning score), presumably first among them — “who make me look a lot better than I really am.”...With the safeties blitzing, there was nothing between Thomas and the end zone. An 80-yard touchdown ended the overtime just as it began 11 seconds earlier. The stadium erupted in a way I have never seen, not at a football game.
He threw 316 yards :)
For all you old Squad Leader/Cross of Iron players out there: 10/-3.
What impressed me the most with Tebow yesterday was his poise, especially after Pittsburgh came back to tie the game, and after he missed that throw on third down late in the game. This is a guy who wants the ball in crunch time.
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I think if you post the same article 3 times in a row, you have done something wrong and need to adjust your posting skills accordingly.
He is a true leader.
But his 10/-3 status is complemented by his 8-3-8 squads with satchell charges. I love SL, COI, COD and ASL.
John 3:16
New International Version (NIV)
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
:) Tim will not perish.
It’s entertaining to read the rants of the atheists on various discussion threads, especially on YouTube. Their whining about how Tebow “puts Christianity in their faces” reveals a degree of discomfort about a true believer in God’s grace actually being unapologetic about his faith. If they were truly at peace with their own belief (rather, DISbelief) system, they’d ignore it.
But no... Tim Tebow gets under their skin... and it’s making them squirm.
Satchel charge would kick my ass. I hated those things. And German artillery.
I used to read read scripture on Monday mornings to start the week. Now I read Tebow game reports.
When Tebow was at Florida, I didn’t see the guy I see now because Florida almost always won. Grace in victory is relatively easy. The one time he lost, he cried. That’s not exactly the response I would have wanted to see.
But the Tim Tebow I have seen this year is pretty much the same guy in defeat as he is in victory. He still has his priorities. He still reaches out to others. He still maintains an optimism and humility that seem unshakeable.
I like this guy a lot better than the victor we saw at Florida. He’s been humbled. He’s been broken down. And yet he shows in his grace that football doesn’t consume him even as he works tirelessly to be a better quarterback.
Like some of our political heroes, I worry sometimes that he’s too perfect - that there’s going to be some personal flaw that will surface (see Sarah Palin or Herman Cain) that will disappoint us and cause us to lose hope. Tim Tebow is still just a young man in his 20s and I can only imagine the weight on his shoulders and how it deepens his faith.
No man is perfect and if/when he fails as a person, not as a quarterback, I hope we will respond with mercy and forgiveness which we know the media jackals will not have.
As a Bronco fan of 40 years, I obviously want him to continue to succeed on the field. But, as a Christian, I know living a holy life is far more difficult than reading the defense and hitting the open receiver when the blitz is coming. He seems like such a special person that I’m almost more anxious to see what he becomes when his football days are over than to see what he’ll do in leading the Broncos on the field.
In the Age of Obama, we all need a hero. I want to make sure I don’t worship Tim as much as He whom he worships, although Tim doesn’t make that easy at times. I wish him all the best in life, even moreso than on the field.
Easy to forget that the year Tebow won the Heisman, Florida wasn’t a very good football team, they even lost their bowl game to the same Michigan team that had lost to Appalachian State.
Translation: They have a "license" of sorts to post & put atheism in the "faces" of others; but that's a one-way street of which they frown upon other "traffic."
I think God was having fun last night!
Tebow could lose against New England next week and would walk off the field with a smile. He’d then visit a sick child and consider that his accomplishment of the day. Sportscasters et al would say “I told you so” and Tebow will continue to smile. Driving them nuts, They’re so full of hate and so void of any belief system.
It’s all gravy from here on out.
Steelers fan here, but I give props to Tebow and the Broncos. They played a fantastic game. They deserve this win and hopefully, more, including the Super Bowl.
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