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Lord knows the Colts are a lost cause this season; Tebow's the only thing making this season interesting and I admire the shit out of him for not downplaying or apologizing for his faith. I hope he Tebows them all the way to the Super Bowl.
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The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners.
I am just so excited about Tebow winning, I cant stand it!
It is like watching the movie Rudy.
We all know that quarterbacks are the only ones that play, and win, the game.
The other plays on the field are just there because the rules say so.
Personally, I was p*ssed when I say "Rudy" the movie.
I would have kicked Ruettiger in the b@lls if I had a chance.
Here he was, able to go to Notre Dame and all he could think of is walking on to the punching bag scout squad to be the live tackling dummies for the 1st and 2nd string.
Notre Dame! If one minute of study or class time was taking up by attending practice it was a waste.
And there it is from buzzkill Potemkin .
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Pot, Tebow is not Rudy. Tebow is not the team. Tebow does not win games.
Tebow is a guy who tries to do what he can to be a good person and play football. Everything, everybody says about his lack of talent is true. The only comparison between him and Rudy is heart and motivation to do something important to them in the face of overwhelming odds and obsticals.
Tebow knows he cant win a game himself. He knows it takes a team to win. However, he feels really bad when he fails himself and lets down his team. He plays by example. He is willing to put in the time to learn what is needed and requird of him to play and win. He is disiplined to do what he has to do to be at practice on time, and with a good atitude to work with and motivate others to win. He is a team player.
He does not do drugs, gamble on football, denigrate others, MAKE EXCUSES(!!!!!), feel sorry for himself, promote dog fighting, pick up chicks, stay out late, beat his wife, wreck cars, or otherwise be a JERK!
He is a good kid. He exemplifies good moral values. He walks the walk and talks the talk and is willing to put in a good days work without bitching about it.
My Daughter met him when she was 15. I would have had no problem with her going out with him. Neither would John Elway. Win or lose - It is a good ride.
I like the "Throws left,prays right". I'm a Packers fan by birth but a Bronco fan by choice...if by some chance they face each other in the super bowl I'll probably not be able to handle it and just explode!lol
I'm not a football fan. I didn't have a clue who Tim Tebow was before all this fuss over him started up.
I don't know how good or bad a player he is, what his charactor is like or anything else.
All I've seen is a young wuarterback who's not afraid to show his faith but who doesn't seem to shove it down anyone's throat. He is expressing HIS beliefs - proudly, unashamedly.
Good for him for doing that.
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Now that he's done for the season, here's something that I can't believe ESPN (which is about as "fair and balanced" as FOX News regarding anything that doesn't have to do with the Patriots or Tom Brady) had the class to publish:
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Originally Published: January 13, 2012
I believe in Tim Tebow
By Rick Reilly
ESPN.com
I've come to believe in Tim Tebow, but not for what he does on a football field, which is still three parts Dr. Jekyll and two parts Mr. Hyde.
No, I've come to believe in Tim Tebow for what he does off a football field, which is represent the best parts of us, the parts I want to be and so rarely am.
Who among us is this selfless?
Every week, Tebow picks out someone who is suffering, or who is dying, or who is injured. He flies these people and their families to the Broncos game, rents them a car, puts them up in a nice hotel, buys them dinner (usually at a Dave & Buster's), gets them and their families pregame passes, visits with them just before kickoff (!), gets them 30-yard-line tickets down low, visits with them after the game (sometimes for an hour), has them walk him to his car, and sends them off with a basket of gifts.
Home or road, win or lose, hero or goat.
Remember last week, when the world was pulling its hair out in the hour after Tebow had stunned the Pittsburgh Steelers with an 80-yard OT touchdown pass to Demaryius Thomas in the playoffs? And Twitter was exploding with 9,420 tweets about Tebow per second? When an ESPN poll was naming him the most popular athlete in America?
Tebow was spending that hour talking to 16-year-old Bailey Knaub about her 73 surgeries so far and what TV shows she likes.
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"Here he'd just played the game of his life," recalls Bailey's mother, Kathy, of Loveland, Colo., "and the first thing he does after his press conference is come find Bailey and ask, 'Did you get anything to eat?' He acted like what he'd just done wasn't anything, like it was all about Bailey."
More than that, Tebow kept corralling people into the room for Bailey to meet. Hey, Demaryius, come in here a minute. Hey, Mr. Elway. Hey, Coach Fox.
Even though sometimes-fatal Wegener's granulomatosis has left Bailey with only one lung, the attention took her breath away.
"It was the best day of my life," she emailed. "It was a bright star among very gloomy and difficult days. Tim Tebow gave me the greatest gift I could ever imagine. He gave me the strength for the future. I know now that I can face any obstacle placed in front of me. Tim taught me to never give up because at the end of the day, today might seem bleak but it can't rain forever and tomorrow is a new day, with new promises."
I read that email to Tebow, and he was honestly floored.
"Why me? Why should I inspire her?" he said. "I just don't feel, I don't know, adequate. Really, hearing her story inspires me."
It's not just NFL defenses that get Tebowed. It's high school girls who don't know whether they'll ever go to a prom. It's adults who can hardly stand. It's kids who will die soon.
For the game at Buffalo, it was Charlottesville, Va., blue-chip high school QB Jacob Rainey, who lost his leg after a freak tackle in a scrimmage. Tebow threw three interceptions in that Buffalo game and the Broncos were crushed 40-14.
"He walked in and took a big sigh and said, 'Well, that didn't go as planned,'" Rainey remembers. "Where I'm from, people wonder how sincere and genuine he is. But I think he's the most genuine person I've ever met."
There's not an ounce of artifice or phoniness or Hollywood in this kid Tebow, and I've looked everywhere for it.
Take 9-year-old Zac Taylor, a child who lives in constant pain. Immediately after Tebow shocked the Chicago Bears with a 13-10 comeback win, Tebow spent an hour with Zac and his family. At one point, Zac, who has 10 doctors, asked Tebow whether he has a secret prayer for hospital visits. Tebow whispered it in his ear. And because Tebow still needed to be checked out by the Broncos' team doctor, he took Zac in with him, but only after they had whispered it together.
And it's not always kids. Tom Driscoll, a 55-year-old who is dying of brain cancer at a hospice in Denver, was Tebow's guest for the Cincinnati game. "The doctors took some of my brain," Driscoll says, "so my short-term memory is kind of shot. But that day I'll never forget. Tim is such a good man."
This whole thing makes no football sense, of course. Most NFL players hardly talk to teammates before a game, much less visit with the sick and dying.
Isn't that a huge distraction?
Stephanie Taylor Not everything Tim Tebow does on one knee is controversial. Ask Zac Taylor.
"Just the opposite," Tebow says. "It's by far the best thing I do to get myself ready. Here you are, about to play a game that the world says is the most important thing in the world. Win and they praise you. Lose and they crush you. And here I have a chance to talk to the coolest, most courageous people. It puts it all into perspective. The game doesn't really matter. I mean, I'll give 100 percent of my heart to win it, but in the end, the thing I most want to do is not win championships or make a lot of money, it's to invest in people's lives, to make a difference."
So that's it. I've given up giving up on him. I'm a 100 percent believer. Not in his arm. Not in his skills. I believe in his heart, his there-will-definitely-be-a-pony-under-the-tree optimism, the way his love pours into people, right up to their eyeballs, until they believe they can master the hopeless comeback, too.
Remember the QB who lost his leg, Jacob Rainey? He got his prosthetic leg a few weeks ago, and he wants to play high school football next season. Yes, tackle football. He'd be the first to do that on an above-the-knee amputation.
Hmmm. Wonder where he got that crazy idea?
"Tim told me to keep fighting, no matter what," Rainey says. "I am."
I'm not a football fan. I didn't have a clue who Tim Tebow was before all this fuss over him started up.
I don't know how good or bad a player he is, what his charactor is like or anything else.
All I've seen is a young wuarterback who's not afraid to show his faith but who doesn't seem to shove it down anyone's throat. He is expressing HIS beliefs - proudly, unashamedly.
Good for him for doing that.
I think he is prosletyzing too much.
Seems Jesus abandoned him this past weekend.
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I think you might be missing the message here AB. He does not care about the game as much as he cares about a whole bunch of stuff. He cares about his family. He really cares and values normal people. He really does. A lot of people dont like the behaviour of good people. Funny how that works.
Additionally, I dont think Jesus gives a fuck who wins or loses - it is how you plany the game (of life) that matters.
GO TEBOW!
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