The NFL at a loss

The Denver Broncos staged another come from behind win while the Detroit Lions staged another got behind, stayed behind loss. I’m happy about both. As a result of another improbable Bronco win, Tebow hating ESPN analyst Merrill Hodge has been stripped naked and placed in rubber room with 24-7 surveillance for his own safety. When last seen Hodge was heard muttering, “He’ll never be a quarterback in the NFL. He’s a fullback who throws like a fullback.” Psych ward personnel tried to comfort Hodge by reminding him that the Broncos had the 9-3 AFC East division leading New England Patriots coming up in two weeks.


I do not know why Tim Tebow infuriates so many people. Well, I do, but we’ll get to that. In this day and age, who would you rather your son grow up to be like, Tim Tebow or - fill in the blank? Unless the fill in the blank guy is Jesus Christ himself, a large percentage of us would choose Tim Tebow. Who would rather your young daughter be dating, a guy like Tebow or a guy like Billy Boy put some ice on it Clinton? Again, I think we get a 99% to 1% split there.

Those who wouldn’t pick Tebow, let’s call them the Merrillites among us, it seems, have made it their life’s work to dump on the young 2nd year quarterback. Yeah, Merrill, QUARTERBACK! In yesterday’s game, Tebow earned a 149 QUARTERBACK rating while tossing the ball for 202 yards. His opponent, Christian Ponder, a quarterback who throws like professional quarterback, racked up 381 yards, but he only earned a 91 quarterback rating.

What scares the Merillites out there is that Tebow is a guy who not only knows the Bible, but he believes it, lives it and witnesses to it. It’s the last part that particularly galls the Merrillites. How dare he speak of his “Lord and savior, Jesus Christ.” Just who does he think he is, Billy Graham? There is no room for that in the NFL. Rape, sure. Accomplice to murder, why not? Weapons and drug charges, who hasn’t been there? But mentioning Jesus Christ in your post game interview, well, we have to draw the line somewhere.

During his college days, Tebow would use a white pen on his eye black to send out the word on a particular Bible verse. After Tebow graduated, the NCAA banned all markings on eye black. The NCAA is still working on a policy regarding the rape and sodomy of young boys in the locker room of one of its storied programs by an assistant coach. But thank goodness they cleared up that eye black thing. That could have gotten really ugly.

Here’s the big thing. Were it not for football, Merrill Hodge would probably be the guy spinning a towel over his head at the Speedy Wash on the south side to let you know your car was ready. Were it not for football, Tim Tebow would be building an orphanage in the Philippines; or ministering to criminals in a prison; or assisting with surgery in Central America; or opening a half way house in the inner city; or reading to the elderly in an old folks home. But most likely, he’d be doing all of the above.

I think that has a lot to do with the animosity some have for Tebow. They have so much invested in the game, they can’t stand it when a guy shows up who can actually do some thing else beside play. It reminds me of a telling quote from the Bush/AlGore campaign. AlGore was whining, that if Bush lost, he could go back to Texas and still have a life. But politics was all that AlGore knew. If he lost, what would he do? Well now we know. He’d continue to lie his fat backside off while getting rich “telling stories” about things he knows less about than how a microwave oven works to heat food.