OT: Behold the power of Tebow

Please stop. You are only embarrassing yourself at this point.

I agree with you.  At the same time, the quote itself bothers me.  "Sorry we lost... but you'll never see anyone in the country work as hard as I will.  You'll never see anyone push their team as I will.

The speech seemed like it was written.  In fact.. was it?  It seemed like it.  The speech (to me) was just annoying.

Tebow demonstrated his expertise shortly after this photo was taken by diplaying his motorboating skills. 

Not Tim, but those next to him!

She is not his girlfriend. Howeva, I'm sure he could pull women like this.

This is the mammarial equivalent of a doughy high school defensive tackle sporting a 4.7.

spectacular disaster.

Are you angry with the "oldsters" or Tebow?  It sounds like your issues are more with the "oldsters" and your hate for Tebow is somewhat unfounded.  Just trying to understand where you're coming from. 

He's marketable.  Meaning he fits as an icon of the richest spending segment in the consumer market, White male between 18 and 40 years of age.

I don't know why everyone makes a big deal about the praying, there's a prayer group on each NFL team, many athletes are religious, and many conduct very good lives off the field.

But media communications is about marketing a product.  the NFL is a product, the players are products, and we consumer them.

To expect marketing to NOT market to the strongest segments is just foolish.

What I'm really hoping is that Tebow can displace some of the TV time devoted to the Manning twins.  But probably not, thank god for DVRs and the fast forward button.

You don't like Tebow because old people like Tebow, and old people idealize their youth now as they have been for centuries (and as you may find yourself doing when you're old).  What does any of that have to do with Tebow?

I honestly think the reasons the media love Tebow are (a) he is a winner (two MNCs, one Heisman) on a very prominent team, (b) he seems to keep his nose clean and doesn't wind up drunkenly groping a UF coed or getting into a bar fight, and (c) he is a throwback in the sense that he cares about team winning over personal gain.  True, there are other players that display this same team-first desire (BG being a great example), but are stuck on bad teams or play less-prominent positions.  And yes, the fact that he is a white Christian probably helps a bit, as most of the announcers are, you guessed it, older white guys who are Christian.  That is not to say they wouldn't get behind a black, hispanic, etc. player who displayed these same characteristics, but Tebow is what he is and it makes it easy for certain portions of the media to support him. 

The more Tebow's legend grows, the sweeter our bowl victory tastes.

wow.  i had forgotten how much of a physical beating we gave Tebow.   i need to watch that game again.

That was a damn good day!

That game was fantastic, man.  Easily one of my favorites of the last decade.

Tebow is getting exactly what he deserves: an opportunity to fail or succeed on his own merits.  I still think his eventual position in the NFL will be at TE or H-back, but I'm glad he will get the opportunity to prove it one way or the other.

I'm pretty sure you just broke the third rule of MGoBlog.  The first and second being "Don't talk about MGoBlog", for which I have to punish myself as is.

But seriously, what the hell possessed you to bring politics into a discussion about sports and marketing?