The biggest fallacy in this whole thing is that anything about Tim Tebow is a media creation. An SEC fan like you should know that even in high school it's been a big story. That kind of stuff doesn't come from the media. It came from Tim Tebow and his family that used his religion to "spread the word" and also make tons of money off of it. Tim Tebow never found a microphone that wasn't the perfect place to make sure everyone knew how religious he was.

I think Tebow is conveniently genuine. There is no question that he considers his religion a very important part of his life but also he knows, and has known since he was in high school, that there are benefits to constantly bringing it up.

The media may have taken a big interest now but this has been a targeted PR campaign for a long time. The media has now decided to ride the wave.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Of course Berns may be playing possum waiting for a big push come playoff time.


Man, once they make the playoffs, youre gonna see some serious shit (88mph of hype)

Maybe.

He might be slow-playing it, waiting for his chance to go all in.

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The worst part about the Bears losing is that we still have to deal with this shit. I had pretty much realized that they were done for IF (and it was a big if) they made the playoffs.

But the Bears still had the chance to do 2 things this season that would at least make it somewhat enjoyable for a short time. That was beat Tim Tebow and ruin the Packers perfect season. Obviously they had the better chance to do the former even before the game began. But no. Instead the prevent defense gives up a late score and Marion Barer had his head up his ass for the second straight game.

So we're left with being Tebowed with ESPN and all. Its quite sickening actually.

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ESPN had a series about him in high school, can't remember if it was a series or just a OTL doc but I remember watching it a few times.

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You know me like that.

Good point, though I don't know if you were agreeing or disagreeing with me.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

ESPN once had a high school sports series called "Scholastic Sports America" which was hosted by Chris Fowler, I think in the early '90s, long before he, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, Desmond Howard, Tom Rinaldi & Erin Andrews have done "College GameDay".

ESPN has also done a series called "Year of the Quarterback", and Tim Tebow was once of the subjects.

I mainly use your posts as instruments to make my own points/recollections. Otherwise, I don't really pay attention to them....

...with all due respect (saying that absolves me of any ill-will that you might take from that, so I'm good).

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You know me like that.

I'm used to being used as an instrument so it's cool.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Yeah, I think that was it. They went into his home-schooling and recruiting. Pretty interesting.

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You know me like that.

Still hasn't started an entire season yet...

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ok but the media still is the one broadcasting it. anybody can have an interest in promoting themselves but it's not like the tebow family was making youtube videos and doing whatever they could to get in front of a mic. from what it seems, the mics were put into their faces because tebow was such a special player...but that was in high school and college.

essentially in the NFL he is still an intriguing player but the way he's being promoted you'd think he already has made the hall of fame. and yeah, ESPN seems to be the driving force behind all of it, going back to his HS days.

also, for the record, i am an LSU fan; that doesn't mean i root for the entire SEC. while i recognize that it is the strongest conference in college football, i'm not going to make arguments for it when it's in a down year, nor root for another SEC team in some other match up "because it's the SEC".

The new flavor of the month will be forthcoming.

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Middle Aged Crazy, like Uncle Terry

I'll answer that question. It worked out GREAT for Orton... in his first 6 games with Denver. At which time, people made the EXACT same arguments you're making now. What short memories people have. The very same QB that was the focus of this same argument, is the QB that people are now using as the counter-argument.

When Tebow is still doing this years from now, we'll talk again.

Here comes Timmy...

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It's getting more and more difficult to not like the football player Tim Tebow. You can keep the rest of it.

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Agreed.

I just wish ESPN and the media wouldn't fawn over him. Makes me want to see him decapitated.

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Did John Fox just do the "Santino trombone"?

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And there went Tommy.

Jesus did say he was taking today off...

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He has a birthday to plan for next week, give Him a fucking break ok?

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

That was pretty funny last night.

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Holla holla holla holla.

yeah, he'll get all the excuses today from his biggest supporters like skip bayless.

Trent Dilfer last night apparently praised Tebow's reads and accuracy.

He completed 50% of his passes.

Gotta stick to the script.

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...and we begin with yahoo sports:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=Ai8ceDtMfygwJ6gvVg1XL6lDubYF?slug=jc-cole_winners_losers_tim_tebow_broncos_patriots_121811

That's what people said about Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton.

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Don't take it personally.

So Tim Tebow is Fran Tarkenton.

Last week he was Bert Favre.

Can't wait to see who he is after next week's Buffalo game.

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I think he's a Peyton Hillis version of what Falcons Mike Vick was.

Good runner, bout 50% completion pct, wins games with defense and running.

Probably not. But Tarkenton was viewed as an oddity in his time with all that running. He had low completion percentages his first couple years too. I certainly wouldn't bet on Tebow becoming the kind of passer Tarkenton was, but I don't see why Tebow shouldn't get a chance to develop like every other first round quarterback.

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Don't take it personally.

With more games on tape, defenses next year will know what to expect with Tebow. The Bears and Pats have provided that template so far for the rest of this season. If anything unless Tebow can get a lot better throwing the ball in the pocket, that offense will be worse next year. Defenses are going to catch up to it even more than they already have.

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