How I went from not minding Tebow, to loving Tebow, to
hating Tebow…..in half a season
First of all I need to place a disclaimer before this
article; in hopes the millions of Tebow minions don’t try to murder me. I don’t
personally hate Tim Tebow, as everyone says he is a genuine guy, good football
player (notice how I didn’t say good quarterback), and is just an all around
groovy dude. I get it. My problem lies in how he is now perceived by
the media, and not by his doing, but simply by over exposure and sensationalist
ESPN that claims people can’t get enough so they are just giving people what
they want. Well…I’ve had enough, case I point; while researching my “Motorsport
Preview” article there were TWO, yes TWO, main articles in the NASCAR section
of ESPN.com that involved Tim Tebow. Former NFL coach and NASCAR team owner
Joe Gibbs said something along the lines of “I like the kid” which I guess is
worthy of a story (key sarcasm now). In addition, Trevor Bayne (last years
Daytona 500 winner) had a story on how he liked Tebow being strong in faith, or
something along those lines. ENOUGH ALREADY, here is how it all happened.
Stage 1: When the season started and through the course of
the first weeks of the season I brushed away any talk of Tim Tebow as a
starter. Not a lover of Kyle Orton, but
not a hater either, I still thought he gave the Broncos the best chance to
win. I thought if the season started to
go town the toilet that Timmy would get his shot and there would be some hype,
he might even do alright, which would be fun to see. However, the thought of
him as a starter was still just too far out of the realm of reality for me to
take it seriously. So like most people,
I put up with the occasional ESPN articles and blog posts about his chances of
starting, always with the same reaction best described as “meh, whatever”.
Stage 2: Tim Tebow, the starting quarterback of the Denver Broncos….. (This
is roughly where Twitter exploded), and I genuinely was intrigued by the idea
that he could pull it off AND put up relatively good stats. I was so fascinated
and caught into the hype I made him a member of my fantasy team when announced
the starter….for better or worse as it wasn’t the greatest of fantasy seasons
for yours truly. His winning continued, and really at that point you could
understand the hype and constant information about him, “Tebowing” took off and
there was another thing everyone was talking about. Somehow an action done by
many people prior to the existence of Tebow was essentially trademarked, and it
still didn’t bother me. The guy is winning, against all odds, hurray for
him….and then it began…
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| "The Thinker" or Tim Tebow circa 1902? |
Stage3: Season’s over numbskulls! After a team and its players are out of the
playoffs they should fall out of the limelight, right? I must have missed the
headlines about other quarterbacks that lost, possibly overlooked a huge write
up on how T.J Yates is “likely number 2 on the depth chart next season.” "Well, I think Tim's earned the right to
be the starting quarterback going into training camp next year," Elway
said. Annnnnnd Twitter re-explodes,
along with my head. Sportscenter has
become 85% Tebow oriented regardless of the sport being covered, and I think to
myself, “People really can’t be wanting more of this, not in the offseason.” However,
based on the coverage I am apparently wrong.
I am not sure how I should feel anymore; you can’t just tune
out the constant Tebow Mania if you want to follow sports. I am not sure if I
should hope he gets injured (I would never wish harm on anyone, just saying)
because we would still get bombarded, possibly more. “TEBOW TAKES 3 STEPS ON
SHATTERED LEG, PROBABLE FOR NEXT WEEK’S GAME” Even if he plays poorly I don’t
see it going away, I think we are all just going to have to embrace it…or write
irate and ranting blog posts about it. Hey…now that doesn’t sound like a half
bad idea.
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