Tim Tebow: a morality play in faith and football (and maybe even national pride)

The craziness may dominate the press, but as far as his on field performance, I am not convinced he can't be successful. It's only his second start, with a team that won zero games before he started. He will get heat because of his personal beliefs, it makes good copy, it's a hot button for the media. But how he performs on the field will be the test.

I just may, although sports other than cycling are of little interest... Nice to see you again wyndesong, it's been a moon or two... I am saying two... =)

Go Andy Schleck!

Ya got Me Haruko... =) I am not even aware of that person... Does he cycle??? I like to get after it on Dirt and Road... I have No sports Heroes... =(

He's a Tour de France rider. How about Cadel Evans? He's the reigning champion. From Oz.

Again... I have Nuthin'... =( I heard about that Cancer Survivor that had Cancer in his Stones, and I can't even remember his name.... I am sure when I hit submit, I will remember... I know he was a Cyclist... He and I are in different worlds, I liked to BMX when I was younger, Heh, I still do... =)

In a weird way, I find myself almost feeling sorry for him, just because he catches SO much grief.

If an idiot stands up in the middle of the staging and yells, " I can lick any man in the house; he's either Gay, or practiced too many years without an helmet.

I'm an Ole Miss grad. We beat him once and should have beaten the second time. I like the kid, but he isn't all that.

He's not a successful football player. That's the whole point. Why are so many people obsessed with such an abject failure?

He won a Heisman and two National Championships, you can't argue he hasn't had success. Not in the pros, agreed. But he is still just a football player is my point. He is not some kind of moral leader.

Tebow sucks. I am really not sure why the broncos put him in first??????

Well, what he did in college is ancient history. On the professional level, he has been a mess. He's had a little success, but when he is bad, he is REALLY bad. He only gets so much attention because of the praying and the proselyting.

It's only his second year and his second start this year. The Broncos didn't win a game until he started, I think it's to early to tell. No one thought Flutie could make it either.

He's started five games and is a second-year player.

Look at Kurt Warner; he was a great Quarterback, but his Church pushed him to 'witness' every chance he had.
So every time he was on a team and they were victorious, the personage he named and gave the most credit to was not his offensive line. Nor was it the tight end going across the middle, reaching his elbows above his shoulders, expecting what could be a career ending injury at worst and a lot of pain at the least very least, just to get that 1st down. Not to forget the coaches who worked 7 days a week to find ways to execute plays or the defense that stopped the other team from scoring.
Every time he witnessed he put down his team and teammates. But it never entered his head the teaching about honoring the least among you.
That kind of self aggrandizement, using your good fortune handed to you by your teammates; to witness for your religious figurehead, misses the whole message.
On another note, but same subject. I can't picture Jesus or Buddha having a fantasy football team. I tried, but couldn't make it work.

Another one to look at is Ben Roethlisberger -- a supposedly very devout Christian who wears his religion on his sleeve ... and then look at his behaviour off the field. Definitely didn't practise what he preached.

I prefer guys like Steve Young, who is a devout Mormon, but you would never know it. He doesn't talk about it.

Trent Dilfer is another devout Christian, but doesn't talk about it a lot, and when he does, it's often in context of how his faith got him through the death of his little boy.

Let's not look at Ben please. He's a talented quarterback, but someone I'd want to hang with.
Steve Young is an anomaly, I don't think we'll run across another like him for a while. He was devout, in a religion,(or Cult) which had a great past of considering blacks as second class citizens, yet Steve Young, never treated anyone as a second class citizen. He is just one of the worlds nice people.

Tebow's religious cult see no fault in the" Almighty Tebow" but the Detroit Loins did!!!!!!

The only way I would hang out with Roethlisberger is if I had a can of bear spray in one hand and a loaded .44 Magnum in the other.

Well said!

Jeez, what a great comment. You ought to go drop that in at the site.

Great comment! Voted up!