Why is Tebowing a thing?

[Bells]

It totally is!

http://tebowing.com/


Really... early this year was Planking, not it's Tebowing. Google has a couple hundred thousand results on the matter...

But here is the big ass question... Why?

And yes, i already know the answer... damn i'm getting old

[Flarecobra]

What IS Tebowing?

[Osterbaum]

Nowhere near as stupid as planking.

[Geminex]

There's this football player called Tim Tebow who's apparently risen to prominence. He makes a custom of praying before a match, kneeling, with his forehead on his fist. And apparently, all the kewl kids are now doing it. So wa~a~a~acky amirite?

Edit:
Nowhere near as stupid as planking.
I'd say it's pretty near. At least planking requires some strength and coordination if you do it somewhere interesting. This is just "LOL IM BOWING JUST LIKE THAT OTHER DUDE"

[Flarecobra]

To be honest, I've NEVER seen anyone actually doing it here.

[Magus]

I'm glad what would normally be a deeply religious experience has been reduced to a stupid meme high schoolers do in the hallway between classes.

Maybe Tebow should realize you're supposed to pray in your closet instead of in public like some kind of freaking PHARISEE or something. READ THE BIBLE MAN

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

And no, the reward isn't a Superbowl ring.

EDIT: Also it totally looks more like the Thinker than praying if you ask me. If you're going to perform a stylized prayer victory move shouldn't you put your hands up in front of you like a little kid saying "Now I lay me down to sleep", and be on both knees? That is a more stylized prayer victory move.

PRAYER HANDS

http://img862.imageshack.us/img862/273/prayinghands1.png

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Tim Tebow appears to be one of those public figures that's actually a good guy. He's constantly torn apart for his style of quarterbacking and even picked on for his religious beliefs. Now I'm no Christian, but I admire I guy that spends his off-seasons building homes and helping the needy in impoverished countries.

The guy likes to pray. And now his religiousness has become a meme which proves that no one is willing to take good people at face value.

[POS Industries]

Wait, this is why people won't shut the fuck up about this guy?

I hate this country sometimes.

[BahamutFlare]

Also, he isn't even a good quarterback, but somehow wins all the time in the 4th quarter it seems. It's like God is on his side and some people actually believe that God is now interested in football. To each their own.

[Solid Snake]

Also, he isn't even a good quarterback, but somehow wins all the time in the 4th quarter it seems. It's like God is on his side and some people actually believe that God is now interested in football. To each their own.

Don't worry, my team took care of that for you.
As a Pats fan I have embraced the fact that we are totally the Dark Side Imperialists of the world and Satan is totally pulling for us. It is awesome. It is my one embrace of evil. I laugh manically during Pats games as if Brady and Belichick were dictators conquering the world.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Don't worry, my team took care of that for you.
As a Pats fan I have embraced the fact that we are totally the Dark Side Imperialists of the world and Satan is totally pulling for us. It is awesome. It is my one embrace of evil. I laugh manically during Pats games as if Brady and Belichick were dictators conquering the world.

So that would make the Broncos the Rebel Alliance? The Force is strong with Tim Tebow.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Am I the only who got a chuckle out this and think it's kind of cool?

[Living Bobbeh]

Stocking (http://stockingisthenewplanking.com) is the best "-ing"

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/4725/jamiedennis.png

[Fifthfiend]

before a match

Not so much before a match as after like any time he happens to pull off a play.

It's like partying in the end zone except instead of the end zone like a passing completion or whatever the fuck and instead of partying JESUS.

[Fifthfiend]

picked on for his religious beliefs.

Lots of people have the same religious beliefs and don't get picked on for them because they don't feel the need to repeatedly publicly announce their religious beliefs in front of tens of thousands of people plus whatever the average TV audience is for a Broncos game.

[Fifthfiend]

I'm an atheist, I think I'll start announcing HEY EVERYONE I DON'T BELIEVE SHIT repeatedly over the course of my working day I think that'll work out real well for me I'm sure people will appreciate my good-heartedly spreading my personal ministry of un-belief amidst a bunch of other people trying to unobnoxiously do their jobs.

[walkertexasdruid]

Tebow is ok, there have been other players that have been pretty strong and public in their religious beliefs. Reggie White comes to mind, he was an ordained minister and he did not get half the flack that Tim Tebow is getting. My team, the Steelers, I think are on the side of good, though there are a lot of jerks, I mean fans of other teams, that hate them. We are almost like a cult, everywhere the Steelers go half of the opposing team's stadium is filled with Steeler fans. And of course Heinz Field is one of the best NFL environments out there. God did help us win two Super Bowls recently, though I guess he decided last year that the Packers were due for one.

[Fifthfiend]

Like half the people on this blog objectively are more justified than Tim Tebow in their Tebowing cause at least they're pregnant or in egypt or they climbed on top of a horse at PF Changs (http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwd3npD1t71r5ubj1o1_500.jpg) or something like that instead of just like, achieving the basic minimum level of competence at their professional occupation.

[Fifthfiend]

Reggie White comes to mind, he was an ordained minister and he did not get half the flack that Tim Tebow is getting.

Lots of people have the same religious beliefs and don't get picked on for them because they don't feel the need to repeatedly publicly announce their religious beliefs in front of tens of thousands of people plus whatever the average TV audience is for a Broncos game.

Thank you for making my point for me.

Tebow isn't Reggie White he's fucking Ochocinco.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

My team, the Steelers, I think are on the side of good, though there are a lot of jerks, I mean fans of other teams, that hate them.

It doesn't help that their quarterback is an alleged rapist.


And Fifth, we're both in the atheist club here and I'm not bothered by Tebow having a moment to himself on the sideline with his faith. Sure, it gets attention because he's an athlete, but it's not like people are running out like assholes just because they saw Ochocinco or Owens doing a flashy dance.

[Fifthfiend]

Hahaha moments to himmself.

Yeah that's why he joined a national professional sports league and then started doing this in the middle of nationally broadcast games for that league.

Because he wants moments to himself.

I'm sure that's the same reason he paints bible verses on his face and makes shitty anti-choice Superbowl commercials.

When this asshole stops pointing to God and starts pointing to his defensive line then I'll start believing he's just some innocently well-meaning self-effacing dude who just happens to believe in his faith.

[Betty Elms]

I'm an atheist
man what, I thought I had you pegged as evangelical baptist.

[Bells]

man what, I thought I had you pegged as evangelical baptist.

I had him as a Passive-Aggressive Anti-Christ myself... but hey! Wha'chu'know...

I must say i'm a little bit torned...

See, here, 90% of all Football (not fucking soccer...) players celebrate their goals, victories or achievements during a match by thanking God, or something like that... mostly it's just looking and pointing up and saying "thank you god" or somesuch while running back to their side of the field, so... it's still a personal thing, but it's not drawing focus over them... also it's pretty common.

This guy, on the other hand... kinds does the same thing, but in a situation where the whole focus is right on him, center stage... so it's kinds weird to see that as a "personal moment"

[Archbio]

I thought Fifthfiend was secretely Benjamin Ashworth Ramsbottom, Strict Baptist and editor of the Gospel Standard, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_Standard) because of his opposition to the doctrines of duty-faith and the free offer.

[Magus]

Any accolades Roethlisberger would receive over Tebow go down the toilet every time he turns the ball over four times a game. He is much like Babe Ruth, except getting struck out a lot doesn't really lose you a ball game, and a homerun will win you one, whereas one touchdown ain't gonna do shit unless you're playing the Dolphins or something, and throwing three interceptions will lose you a ballgame right quick. So he is actually not like Babe Ruth at all.

The Steelers always lose to the worst teams. That's why they can't beat the fucking 49ers.

The reason people like Tebow isn't the Tebowing, it's the fact that he's the first competent quarterback the Broncos have had in years and everyone wants him to be the next John Elway despite not being distinguished in any way at all.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

Any accolades Roethlisberger would receive over Tebow go down the toilet every time he turns the ball over four times a game. He is much like Babe Ruth, except getting struck out a lot doesn't really lose you a ball game, and a homerun will win you one, whereas one touchdown ain't gonna do shit unless you're playing the Dolphins or something, and throwing three interceptions will lose you a ballgame right quick. So he is actually not like Babe Ruth at all.

The Steelers always lose to the worst teams. That's why they can't beat the fucking 49ers.

The reason people like Tebow isn't the Tebowing, it's the fact that he's the first competent quarterback the Broncos have had in years and everyone wants him to be the next John Elway despite not being distinguished in any way at all.

He also has a fucked up motion with his throwing arm.

[POS Industries]

Ramsbottom
I cannot believe that's a real name, but it is.

[Flarecobra]

The Steelers always lose to the worst teams. That's why they can't beat the fucking 49ers.

Arn't the 49ers leading their division, and like, 11 and 3?

And the Steelers only lost agenst San Fran, Baltimore, and Houston this year.

So be glad your team's winning games... unlike the Dolphins for the first 2/3 of the season. -_-

[walkertexasdruid]

I am not sure what Reothlesburger is, except that the accusations happened interestingly enough soon after he got a 100 million dollar contract, and he is married now. They are in the playoffs, but I am not sure how far they will go since his injury really should have side-lined him for at least a month. It may be that evil, the Patriots or even the Ravens, will be victorious this uears.

[Magus]

Arn't the 49ers leading their division, and like, 11 and 3?

And the Steelers only lost agenst San Fran, Baltimore, and Houston this year.

So be glad your team's winning games... unlike the Dolphins for the first 2/3 of the season. -_-

See this would imply that I pay any attention to the 49ers record. You are indeed correct, however, through some strange fluke of fate the 49ers will be in the playoffs this year, something they haven't done in the past decade if I remember correctly.

This probably has something to do with the End Times. Perhaps that's why Tebow is praying?

I am not sure what Reothlesburger is, except that the accusations happened interestingly enough soon after he got a 100 million dollar contract, and he is married now.

All I know is if you don't want to get accused of raping women then quit getting drunk out of your mind and barhopping with college co-eds and having sex with them in bathrooms in your spare time while having your bodyguards keep everyone else away, including the woman's friends she was with. Perhaps this is why he decided to get married.

I mean, I'm just trying to figure out why they told the police immediately after the supposedly consensual sex in the bathroom and complained that she had been sexually assaulted. I mean, where exactly is the time for the in-depth planning and premeditation to defraud an innocent football player of his money by incidentally meeting him at a bar and a few hours later accusing him of rape a few minutes immediately after having sex with him in the bathroom, in fact walking up to the first cop they saw and making the accusation (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/ben-roethlisbergers-bad-play)?

[Flarecobra]

Well, Detroit's actually got a good football team with a good shot at making the playoffs. Would that be one of the signs?

[Fifthfiend]

I am not sure what Reothlesburger is, except that the accusations happened interestingly enough soon after he got a 100 million dollar contract, and he is married now. They are in the playoffs, but I am not sure how far they will go since his injury really should have side-lined him for at least a month. It may be that evil, the Patriots or even the Ravens, will be victorious this uears.

golddiggurz

[Aerozord]

wait wait wait, let me see if I got this straight

people care about football?

[Flarecobra]

Damn right!

[Solid Snake]

wait wait wait, let me see if I got this straight

people care about football?

Yes.

Also, have I laughed at Bob re: the Jets yet?
If not I need to laugh at Bob re: the Jets.

[Osterbaum]

people care about football?
Yes. Just not AMERICAN Football.

UNDERSTAND!?

[TDK]

I'm actually somewhat intrigued by the idea of Fantasy Football, and find it interesting that non-nerdly people are interested in so meta a game. Does that count?

[Aerozord]

Yes. Just not AMERICAN Football.

UNDERSTAND!?

its all a bunch of guys chasing other other guys down a field trying to get each others balls as far as I'm concerned. Be it futbol or american handegg

[walkertexasdruid]

Anyway, Tebow and the broncoes should beat the bills tomorrow. The Steelers should beat the Rams as well.

[Magus]

Anyway, Tebow and the broncoes should beat the bills tomorrow.

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/941/220pxedwardgrobinsonint.jpg

WHERE'S YOUR MESSIAH NOW?!

The Steelers should beat the Rams as well.

I'm kind of glad Roethlisberger was hurt, if he had been in that St. Louis game instead of Batch, instead of it being a shut out it would have been like, 27-21 Pittsburgh with three turnovers and the Rams on the 1-yard line, 1st down and goal with 30 seconds left.

Such is the Roethlisberger curse.

I'm actually somewhat intrigued by the idea of Fantasy Football, and find it interesting that non-nerdly people are interested in so meta a game. Does that count?

I think it shows we are all nerdy about different things, just some stuff is apparently more socially acceptable to be nerdy about.

Still can't figure out why EA hasn't taken the Madden franchise and figured out how to combine Fantasy Football with their football simulator to like, show you the actual game that would have occurred had your Fantasy Football team in your Fantasy Football league played another Fantasy Football team of your friend's, so as to make money in some other shape or form. Like you pump your numbers and play-by-play from your Fantasy Football game into the game system by pressing a button or something and it shoots out a computerized football game simulation. They were already trying to do something like this by integrating stock footage into some of these Fantasy Football sites, since heretofore most of them have just been like, dots chasing each other or something.

(My understanding of Fantasy Football is pretty sparse, as I don't participate in what appears to be the nerdiest damn thing ever. Like it makes Dungeons & Dragons seem positively mainstream in its execution if you really think about it).

[walkertexasdruid]

Tebow's magic may be running out, though they still have a chance next week against the chiefs, who are about as dreadful as the broncoes.

The Steelers still have a shot at winning their division. The play at the brownies and the ravens play at the bungles, who need to win to get in the playoffs. Either way, Batch should start so that Big Ben can get somewhat healthy for the playoffs.

[Raiden]

I'll say this much. Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers (my favorite team) is considered one of, if not the, best quarterbacks in the league right now. He doesn't gain his power from reverence to God in the middle of a football game and slowing down the game.

No, good sirs and siresses, he gets it from the faithful patriotic past time of photobombing.

http://slashbored.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Screen-shot-2011-12-04-at-10.30.11-PM.png.pagespeed.ce.T4XKTdrN0_.png

http://media.avclub.com/images/articles/article/63/63765/3_jpg_627x1000_q85.jpg

Plus he helped lead the packers to a nearly perfect season so far, and holds one of the longest win records since the 1980s. In short:

http://chzjustcapshunz.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/funny-captions-aaron-rodgers-green-bay-packers-13-0.jpg

[walkertexasdruid]

I am afraid that my Steelers are going to have to be the evil team that some think that they are and knock out Tim Tebow and the Broncoes. Here we go, Steelers, here we go!

[Magus]

Haha, after they just had trouble beating the Browns? With Roethlisberger hobbling around and Mendenhall out with a torn ACL, unless it's Charlie Batch handing the ball off to Redman for 60 minutes I don't even want to try and pretend I think they'll win. At least with that strategy they might win through the Broncos defense presuming they won't run that play 100 times in a row. And it might not even matter. It is Isaac Redman, after all. Easily my favorite rookie right now. He brings back fond memories of a rosier, Jerome Bettis-ish time.

And with Batch you at least get the possibility he might be able to roll out of the pocket. He might just suddenly start doing that! A half a bird in the hand beats one on crutches, they say.

It's not surprising you like the Packers, Raiden, as they are the most popular team right now, with 22% of a recent poll. This was rather hilariously run as the headline "Cowboys haven't been 'America's team' in a while".

[Flarecobra]

And are "America's most hated team" now. (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/07/13/poll-cowboys-americas-most-hated-team/)

And I'd disappointed in my Dolphins this year.... They've just been sucking it up all over the place in the last quarter of games. I can't remember how many leads they've blown in the last quarter this season.

[Solid Snake]

And are "America's most hated team" now. (http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2009/07/13/poll-cowboys-americas-most-hated-team/)


Man I was going to be all for the Cowboy-bashing but then the article quickly made it clear that, because 34 percent of Americans are apparently really terrible judges of awesomeness, the real moral of the poll is "Americans are just stupid, dislike amazing things."

Also: BOB THE MERCENARY WHERE ARE YOU IT'S TIME TO LAUGH AT SEXY REXY AND THE SANCHIZE NOW

[Premmy]

I think it shows we are all nerdy about different things, just some stuff is apparently more socially acceptable to be nerdy about.

Still can't figure out why EA hasn't taken the Madden franchise and figured out how to combine Fantasy Football with their football simulator to like, show you the actual game that would have occurred had your Fantasy Football team in your Fantasy Football league played another Fantasy Football team of your friend's, so as to make money in some other shape or form. Like you pump your numbers and play-by-play from your Fantasy Football game into the game system by pressing a button or something and it shoots out a computerized football game simulation. They were already trying to do something like this by integrating stock footage into some of these Fantasy Football sites, since heretofore most of them have just been like, dots chasing each other or something.

(My understanding of Fantasy Football is pretty sparse, as I don't participate in what appears to be the nerdiest damn thing ever. Like it makes Dungeons & Dragons seem positively mainstream in its execution if you really think about it).
Maybe I'm missing something but isn't Fantasy Football just the "Create a Team" thing that Madden games have, but players get their stats adjusted based on previous game performance? It would probably be simpler just to have a regular DLC adjustment to X player's stats. OR! that thing everyone's been saying for years, that they really shouldn't be releasing new "Major Sport x year" games and just doing the DLC thing by now.

[Japan]

Aaron Rodgers made a dark pact with the desolate one, everyone knows that.

Also Fantasy Football is Dungeons and Dragons for Jocks.

But I wonder, then... what would Final Fantasy Football be?

[Magus]

Aaron Rodgers made a dark pact with the desolate one, everyone knows that.

Also Fantasy Football is Dungeons and Dragons for Jocks.

But I wonder, then... what would Final Fantasy Football be?

Water polo. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_polo) It lacks the 3-dimensional field and poison blitzballs, but pretty much this is what Tidus was good at and what the entire entertainment culture of Spira pretty much revolved around.

Now you know why FFX is terrible.

Maybe I'm missing something but isn't Fantasy Football just the "Create a Team" thing that Madden games have, but players get their stats adjusted based on previous game performance? It would probably be simpler just to have a regular DLC adjustment to X player's stats. OR! that thing everyone's been saying for years, that they really shouldn't be releasing new "Major Sport x year" games and just doing the DLC thing by now.

Pretty much, as far as I can tell, this is what I meant I think.

[Darth SS]

Yesterday, I scored a sweet goal on a penalty shot in a hockey game. As my celebration, I Tebow'd. Even the other team thought it was hilarious.

Thank you, internet.

[synkr0nized]

Having been away on break and generally not caring about the Internet during that time, this is old, but I hope everyone lol'd at Tebow's four interceptions and general failures. All that kneelin' did him a lot of good that game.

[walkertexasdruid]

Steelers will win, though playing either the Patriots or the Ravens the following week is not very appealing. The Ravens would finish off Big Ben, and the Patriots would probably score close to 40.

[Magus]

I'm pretty sure Roethlisberger will just take Tebow's four interceptions as a challenge to outdo him in suckitude. Roethlisberger throws four interceptions on a slow day.

[Magus]

Mad Magazine finally created what was on everyone's minds:

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7854/madmagazinetimtebowlast.jpg

[Solid Snake]

...The picture's not complete without Big Ben as Judas.
(Oh wait that actually could be him as #7.)

[Magus]

...The picture's not complete without Big Ben as Judas.
(Oh wait that actually could be him as #7.)

That or a reference to John Elway which...kind of makes sense sort of but not really? Like the expectation that he is the next John Elway will cause his inevitable and total failure to be the next John Elway that much more painful?

[Flarecobra]

Well, so much for the Lions... but they made the Saints work for a good chunk of the game... they just need to tighten up that defense.

[Fifthfiend]

Aaron Rodgers made a dark pact with the desolate one, everyone knows that.

Also Fantasy Football is Dungeons and Dragons for Jocks.

But I wonder, then... what would Final Fantasy Football be?

Fantasy soccer.

[Solid Snake]

Well, so much for the Lions... but they made the Saints work for a good chunk of the game... they just need to tighten up that defense.

I really thought that the Lions got jobbed by the refs throughout that game. Should have been 21-10 after that fumble recovery that was blown dead by the whistle.

[Magus]

Tim Tebow playing like a younger Ben Roethlisberger. It has to irk Ben Roethlisberger when he realizes that he can't even attempt to run these things in himself even if the opportunity presents itself.

Glad to see Roethlisberger stepping up to Tebow's challenging of his interception record with such style.

That Saints/Lions game was one of the best games I've ever watched. Both teams performed incredibly well. Yeah, you could argue that if the Lions had been able to run that fumble back it wouldn't have been such a big gap. This is just testament to what a good game they played, really.

EDIT: lol I guess Roethlisberger decided that he can't get hurt any worse, might as well lumber forward a few times and at least try to look like the majesty that is Tebow.

ANOTHER EDIT: Man I hope this farce doesn't go into overtime. Maybe if the Steelers win they can just forfeit against the Patriots instead of wasting their time having a football game.

ANOTHER ANOTHER EDIT: 7:57: "WHOOPS MY CHANCE TO WIN THIS GAME"

EDIT TO INFINITY: RAHAHAHAHAHA. Delay of game. Words fail.

EDIT TO WHO GIVES A SHIT: "Bah, here. Try and run this shit up there 30 yards."

FINAL EDIT?: lolololol okay OT see you in a few minutes.

[Flarecobra]

And watch as the Broncos are defeated.

[Magus]

lol forgot to refresh before editing that other post 90 times, well I think you have seen the vast error of your belief in the Ben, Flare.

EDIT: lololol I'm sure no one will blame Roethlisberger for this shit yet again.

ANOTHER EDIT: At least Denver can enjoy a week of wallowing the utter humiliation of Roethlisberger before going home.

[Flarecobra]

Meh. There's still the Patties.

[The Sevenshot Kid]

FUCK YES!

[Magus]

Meh. There's still the Patties.

Yes, whether you are a Pats fan or simply tuning in to watch the Broncos lose, all signs point to

FUCK YES!

for next week.

[Solid Snake]

Oh man guys this is a crisis moment for my faith.

Next week is going to be the Second Coming of Jesus vs. The Team Everyone Compares to Satan and my favorite team is the Satanic one.

And I call myself a Christian? Like seriously when even my pastor is telling me that for some reason I have to root for Tebow (because apparently no one on the Patriots roster is actually a Christian and you know, none of them publicly advertise their faith in a manner as annoyingly persistent as Tebow does) I know I am in some deep spiritual doldrums.

[Flarecobra]

http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/239/5/6/new_england_dashtriots_by_xfizzle-d482ei3.jpg

[Solid Snake]

Oh man even just seeing Rainbow Dash with a Patriots cap on cheers my heart like you wouldn't believe.

[Flarecobra]

Well, she IS the best pony. And since my Dolphins didn't do so well this year...

So now I root for teams to take down ones I'm not fans of.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Oh man guys this is a crisis moment for my faith.

Next week is going to be the Second Coming of Jesus vs. The Team Everyone Compares to Satan and my favorite team is the Satanic one.

And I call myself a Christian? Like seriously when even my pastor is telling me that for some reason I have to root for Tebow (because apparently no one on the Patriots roster is actually a Christian and you know, none of them publicly advertise their faith in a manner as annoyingly persistent as Tebow does) I know I am in some deep spiritual doldrums.

Meh I wouldn't worry about it. I'm a Eagles fan and our fan base are mostly evil assholes as far as I can tell.

Though I might be secertly evil and not know it yet... maybe you should be worried... atleast a little.

[Flarecobra]

Seeing as this has seemed to turned into the NFL Playoffs thread...

Saints have just gone down, 49ers are moving on after one HELL of a final 5 minutes.

And the Broncos are already down by a touchdown. in the first 4 minutes of the game.

And Tebow fumbled the ball.

[Solid Snake]

HEY EVERYBODY GUESS WHO SLAIN THE SON OF THE LORD OUR GOD, TIM TEBOW

THAT WOULD BE MY FUCKING NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

MY BOYFRIEND TOM BRADY WAS TOTALLY LIKE "FUCK YALLS I GONNAS KICK YOUR ASSES"

AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED EVERYONE

TIM TEBOW BENT OVER AND GOT HIS SORRY ASS KICKED

May he never paly football again

Now it's time for rums and CELEBRATIONS

Also you're all beutiful people because the Patriots slain Tim Tebow

[phil_]

HEY EVERYBODY GUESS WHO SLAIN THE SON OF THE LORD OUR GOD, TIM TEBOW

THAT WOULD BE MY FUCKING NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

MY BOYFRIEND TOM BRADY WAS TOTALLY LIKE "FUCK YALLS I GONNAS KICK YOUR ASSES"

AND GUESS WHAT HAPPENED EVERYONE

TIM TEBOW BENT OVER AND GOT HIS SORRY ASS KICKED

May he never paly football again

Now it's time for rums and CELEBRATIONS

Also you're all beutiful people because the Patriots slain Tim Tebowhttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HoDij8Z2tHY/TJDxVh1Sk1I/AAAAAAAAEsM/Bs5a37M6ges/s320/Jesus+Wept.jpg

[Solid Snake]

Jesus lvoes me what are oyu talkign about

[synkr0nized]

Tim Tebow could go on to have successful seasons, but I don't think anyone will remember them in the future. He'll just be that kneeling guy that white kids on Facebook pretended to be like.

[Flarecobra]

Can we move on now? Have a proper NFL playoffs thread?

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Wait wait wait- tebowing is a god thing? I thought everyone was channeling Rodin.

[Magus]

Wait wait wait- tebowing is a god thing? I thought everyone was channeling Rodin.

Dammit, Smarty, I already made that joke.

EDIT: Also it totally looks more like the Thinker than praying if you ask me. If you're going to perform a stylized prayer victory move shouldn't you put your hands up in front of you like a little kid saying "Now I lay me down to sleep", and be on both knees? That is a more stylized prayer victory move.


Anyway, Tebow is totally okay with losing for God's will must be done. And it was God's will that the Broncos win some games and lose some other games and that everybody act like Tebow was super great and then for his team to lose brutally to the Patriots to illustrate the hubris of Man in attempting to impose their will upon the Will of God Incarnate Upon The Earth, who is Tom Brady, May Paeans to His Name Be Exulted Forever and Ever, and Yea, May He Even Break The Records of the Marino, Amen.

[synkr0nized]

Can we move on now? Have a proper NFL playoffs thread?

How dare you go off topic.

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Wait wait wait- tebowing is a god thing? I thought everyone was channeling Rodin.

Hey for me, it's a physical therapy exercise, to help me work on my balance. (Which is horrible, BTW.)

No religious connotations required.

(Well, it isn't exactly the same, since my arms stay at my side. Still, I bet Tim might benefit a bit from it. Heck, he might unconsciously be working on his cordination, thinking its a religious thing.)

[Magus]

Why is Steven Tyler utterly ruining the national anthem on my television?

You have to be bad to make me wish Roseanne Barr was doing it again.

[Solid Snake]

REVENGEANCE TIME

[MSperoni]

I KNEW when I saw you posting in this thread it was gonna be something like this.


GO GIANTS!


(this is ironic because my favorite baseball team is the Red Sox and I hate the Yankees)


EDIT: The Giants beat Greenbay though, which is my favorite football team... So I have trouble pretending to be a fan of them just to annoy Snake... I don't think I really care who wins the Superbowl, actually :P

[Magus]

Those games were actually close, unexpectedly. Well, tied even. My picks still came through, though.

[Sky Warrior Bob]

Those games were actually close, unexpectedly. Well, tied even. My picks still came through, though.

Both games also came down to epic failures. Be it a kick that should have been easy, or a fumbled punt return.

Just since we're talking about similarities between the two games.

[Raiden]

It's not surprising you like the Packers, Raiden, as they are the most popular team right now, with 22% of a recent poll. This was rather hilariously run as the headline "Cowboys haven't been 'America's team' in a while".

Actually it's because I grew up in Wisconsin, and my dad is a Packers fan, and his dad was a Packers fan, and so on. I'm not a fair weather Packers fan, I was there for it all. The superbowl wins and the crushing losses. The rise and fall of Brett Favre.

And then they lost to the fucking Giants.

[Solid Snake]

Both games also came down to epic failures. Be it a kick that should have been easy, or a fumbled punt return.

Just since we're talking about similarities between the two games.

I did read a great article lately about how this Super Bowl really hould have been Houston v. New Orleans, and how injuries / imbalances in the NFL system / etc. effectively put us in position where this year's top two teams weren't even present in the Championship Games, hence why they were so fluky.

...But dumb luck is part of the game!

[Magus]

I could buy that if the imbalance didn't seem to simply come down to the Saints turning over the ball five times, in the case of that particular game. More of a fluke on that one, since the sheer amount of turnovers couldn't be predicted merely by the amount of second-string players playing.

[MSperoni]

Actually it's because I grew up in Wisconsin, and my dad is a Packers fan, and his dad was a Packers fan, and so on. I'm not a fair weather Packers fan, I was there for it all. The superbowl wins and the crushing losses. The rise and fall of Brett Favre.

And then they lost to the fucking Giants.

I'm a Packers fan too but it isn't because "they're the most popular team right now" either.

I'm not from Wisconsin, and I didn't actually become a fan of them till the year after Favre left. I liked them as a team, but I wasn't a fan. When Favre left, everyone who I knew who was a Packer fan seemed to be coming down on Aaron and the team for reasons I thought were unfair, and some of them jumped ship. I thought that was kinda jerky for "life long fans" to do, so I decided *I* would just take over and be loyal since they couldn't be. I didn't think they would be any good, after all "How can you follow Favre?" ...WELL.... It sorta worked out!

[Solid Snake]

I could buy that if the imbalance didn't seem to simply come down to the Saints turning over the ball five times, in the case of that particular game. More of a fluke on that one, since the sheer amount of turnovers couldn't be predicted merely by the amount of second-string players playing.

With Houston, the point was more that a healthy Matt Schaub easily makes Houston the best team in the AFC, probably insures that Houston grabs at least the #1 or #2 seed, forces Baltimore to play Cincinnati (the Steelers still play the Broncos), reverberates from there. If Houston's the #1 seed, and they were the #1 seed before Schaub went down, assuming that Baltimore easily defeats Cincy, the Pats would've faced Baltimore in the Divisional Round (owch) while Houston played the Broncos. Even if Houston was only the #2 seed, they'd still play Baltimore as they did in the Divisional Round, but they'd play Baltimore at home and not on Ravens turf (and with a healthy Schaub.) That game was close enough as it was, with Schaub -- a huge upgrade over TJ Yates -- and in Houston, Houston probably wins. Then they'd have the Pats in Foxborough.

But the larger point there appeared to be that with a healthy Schaub, Houston would be by far the best team in the AFC this year, particularly given how Baltimore and New England played in the Conference Finals, and how close Houston got to beating Baltimore in Baltimore with TJ Yates leading the team.

As for the NFC, the Saints had a different issue: They tied the San Fran 49ers with 13-3 records. The difference, and why SF got the bye and NO didn't? A better NFC conference record (10-2 to 9-3).

However, the argument for the Saints there is largely based on strength of schedule of opponents: SF played six games against the weak NFC west competition (Rams, Seattle, Arizona) while NO played games against Atlanta and the newly revamped Cam Newton led Carolina (and, yes, 2 games against an extremely weaksauce Bucs team.) Furthermore, as NO was 2nd best in the NFC South in 2010, SF was 3rd best in the NFC West in 2011. The NFL gives "easier" schedules next year to opponents who struggled more in previous years, leading to this:

NO Schedule: @Packers, Bears, Texans, @Jags, @Panthers, @Bucs, Colts, @Rams, Bucs, @Falcons, Giants, Lions, @Titans, @Vikings, Falcons, Panthers

SF Schedule: Seattle, Dallas, @Cinci, @Philly, Tampa Bay, @ Detroit, Cleveland, @Washington, Giants, Arizona, @Baltimore, Rams, @Arizona, Pittsburgh, @Seattle, @Rams

So basically the point was, just looking at NFC schedules (as that's what the tiebreaker was based on) NO's position and #2 ranking in the South led to a scorcher NFC route -- tougher in-division games + the entire NFC North (arguably the best division in the NFL that year) with an away game at the Packers and home games against the Lions and Bears (back when the Bears had a healthy Cutler and were projected for the playoffs.) Then there's the Giants, who were slated to be NO's NFC East opponent based on strength of schedule.

(They even played Houston when Schaub was healthy, but that's irrelevant to this point as they're an AFC team.)

Aside from literally SF, NO had to play every NFC team that made it into the playoffs in the regular season, including Atlanta twice. And Cutler-era Chicago was good enough to qualify for the playoffs too, before they self-destructed.

Then there's SF. Their tough games were almost universally against the AFC -- didn't count for the metric as to whether they or NO would be the #2 seed. They played Philly before Philly actually came together and played good football, Tampa Bay was their NFC South matchup, their one unlucky match was against Detroit in the NFC North. But playing the entire NFC East once is much easier than playing the entire NFC North -- particularly when the best two NFC East teams, Dallas and NYG, have to fly out to SF. Their division games were easier, and Tampa Bay was icing on the cake. Much easier NFC schedule.

The article's point was basically that under any other discernible metric aside from schedule against common NFC opponents, in which SF lucked out by sucking so much in 2010, NO would have been the #2 seed.
...And, if SF was the second-best team in the NFC west last year, just as NO was in the NFC south, they'd have gotten @Green Bay and New Orleans (instead of @ Detroit and Tampa Bay.)

If SF and NO had an equally difficult schedule or if SF had been as good as NO in 2010, the site projected that NO would be the #2 seed, leading SF to travel to NO, instead of NO traveling to SF. The Giants still clobber Green Bay, but the site implied that the change in venue + SF surviving the Lions a week beforehand would translate into fewer turnovers and an NO victory.

Then it would have been NO against the Giants, in NO. No way to tell who would win that game, but the author suggests in the end that he thinks NO would have won, and that if the two best teams in football really were playing in the Superbowl it'd be Houston v. NO; screwy tiebreaker mechanics and injuries cost us the "correct" result.

If NYG v. my Patriots turns out to be a dud game with many mistakes, just as in the Conference Finals, maybe that's why.

[DarkDrgon]

just a call back to the op.... this is what happened at the NHL all star skills comp

http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Carey-Price-Tebowing.jpg

also, LETS GO GIANTS!!!!

my prediction:its gonna be a close, down to the wire win with the Giants coming out on top. Because they love to give me heart problems (and drinking problems)

[Solid Snake]

Your arrogance will be your undoing, Drgon.

[Bob The Mercenary]

For those not familiar, there's something of an unwritten rule around here where if you're a Jets fan you MUST hate everything the Giants stand for and vice versa. I think it's idiotic and will be rooting for the Giants even though my brother gives me crap for it. A local team's a local team and I'm not exactly crazy about the Pats. Giants and Jets don't even play in the same conference. I hate this stupid "NYC is a Giants/Jets town" argument we have every single year.

[Flarecobra]

That was one crazy Pro Bowl.

[DarkDrgon]

For those not familiar, there's something of an unwritten rule around here where if you're a Jets fan you MUST hate everything the Giants stand for and vice versa. I think it's idiotic and will be rooting for the Giants even though my brother gives me crap for it. A local team's a local team and I'm not exactly crazy about the Pats. Giants and Jets don't even play in the same conference. I hate this stupid "NYC is a Giants/Jets town" argument we have every single year.

I'm the same way. I'd rather the Jets win than anyone else, if the Giants aren't going to.

Also neither are NYC teams. they play in Jersey

[Magus]

There is an unspoken agreement regarding the Eagles and the Steelers here in PA, as well, despite as you said their not being in the same conference and there only being about three real chances of a "Pennsylvania Superbowl" in the past 15 years. In every case however one or the other lost the conference championship.

[Osterbaum]

Similar thing between two teams from Helsinki (HIFK and Jokerit); you cant like both of them at the same time and for liking the one fans of the other one will be your mortal enemies. It is pretty dumbs.

[DarkDrgon]

I have way more hatred for the Eagles than the jets. Fuck the eagles, hard. Also the cowboys

[Magus]

I think people hate the Patriots more than the Cowboys but it's a pretty close call.

[Flarecobra]

So, Super Bowl.

The Patties already gave New York 2 points, tried to run a play with 12 men that cost them a takeaway, and the Giants just got a Touchdown.

Edit: GIANTS WON!!!

[DarkDrgon]

my prediction:its gonna be a close, down to the wire win with the Giants coming out on top. Because they love to give me heart problems (and drinking problems)

this happened. Snake, I expect an apology when you sober up.

[Karrrrrrrrrrrresche]

this happened. Snake, I expect an apology when you sober up.

Maybe this is one of those times where you think the thing he said applied to the immediate conversation so when the situation involving that conversation has passed you assume the advice is now irrelevant but SUDDENLY
IT WAS SO VERY RELEVANT TO OTHER THINGS

[Kim]

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lypuhewqxf1qja5gzo1_500.png

[DarkDrgon]

....he called me arrogant!

:(