Give it up to Tebow .... and I wanted to dog him too.

[Botany]

Tim said, the better team won, they outplayed us, they were better prepared then we were,
and I give them all the credit. very very rough quote

I am not thrilled with some of the hype that went with him but his comments showed me
he was a "stand up guy," @ a very tough time.

[joeybee12]

1. Did he end with God bless? n/t

[Botany]

3. yes he did

Because that is important to him and in nation founded on the freedom of religion that is his right and
it should be respected too. If you don't like it or don't buy into the "big cloud guy story" let it go ....
it is no big thing.

[joeybee12]

4. Thanks for reading everything into a short question...

...give it a rest.

[Botany]

21. A picture is worth a thousand words

[happyiowan]

6. Understand that I mean this respectfully...

but it seems to me there is little freedom to be irreligious. When I see a little bit of equality, I'll let it go. Until then, all I have to say is it seems to me that god maybe wanted his scripture back.

[a la izquierda]

14. Botany...

you simply MUST take a history class.
This country was only partly founded on someone's religious freedom-Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They were NOT about granting religious freedom to Indians, other English (or Europeans)-which is why Rhode Island exists as a state. And god forbid you were accused of witchcraft.
And, a full decade and a half BEFORE the Puritans set up their "city on a hill", a bunch of English men arrived in what is now Virginia, aiming to start a moneymaking colony to catch up to Spain and France. Not exactly based on religion, eh?
Finally, most, if not all of our FF's were deists-and "Christian in name only".

So, can the "this country was founded on religious freedom" meme. It wasn't and people are increasingly intolerant of relgious freedom.
I have little tolerance for a religion that decides that my mother and uncle, both of whom are gay, should burn in hell. Screw that! I have little tolerance for a religion that puts me and millions of other women below men.

What people are ribbing Tebow about is the spoiled, self-centered nature of his CRYING ON THE SIDELINE. He won 2 national championships and 1 Heisman trophy...and his crying made him look like a spoiled, sore loser.

I think that might be my longest Sports forum post. I don't typically have to give history lessons.

[Botany]

20. I have had the history classes too thank you very much

I wanted to dog Tebow too .... I was tired of the hype and the stories all about St. Tim of Gainsville and his
over the top faith so when I saw him crying I got a little chuckle out of it but after hearing what he said
right after the game I was impressed with his class and the way he gave all the credit to Alabama. His
statement was hardly one of spoiled self centered sore loser.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hE3M61FV5U&feature=player_embedded


Junto con ciencia también estudié cierta historia y español en “Harvard en el Hocking” aka Ohio University.

Yo tengo translation widget tambien.

[a la izquierda]

22. Harvard on the Hocking...hah! That's pretty funny.

I didn't care for his statement, frankly, because I'm ambivalent about religion.
However, it was his bawling during the closing moments of the game that totally got me. I was an athlete growing up and my mom always taught me "don't be a sore loser", don't be a crybaby, show a little class when you lose (which he did through his speech, but not through his bawling).

He could have and probably should have simply held it together until the locker room.

And I went to one of those pseudo-Ivy's, too. Now I'm at a monster football school ;)
Sorry to give you grief, I just can't handle the constant reiteration that the US was founded on religion...fortunately, I don't have to teach it anymore, as I'm getting a PhD in Latin America.

[Condem]

2. A lot of folks were calling him a puss in my bar, Botany.

Believe it or not, I came to his defense. One thing he isn't is a wuss. He is truly, a gamer. Still love to see him lose, though.

[joeybee12]

5. If the sportscasters didn't touch themselves every time he was on

the field, I probably won't hate him so much.

[Condem]

8. Yeah.

Even a couple of TD's down, he was still going to calm the waters and pull it out. Against Saban and that D???

[Botany]

9. If you really hate him it might be time to walk away form watching football.

Big time college is a multi billon dollar industry and selling the story line along
with the game makes the media money and that is sled dog pulling the sleigh.

[trumad]

12. I don't hate Tim Tebow personally---

I hate the fucking Gators.

[joeybee12]

16. Come on, this is DU, hate doesn't mean hate...

...hyperbole, of course. I hate his new best friend, though, Charlie Crist.

[LisaM]

28. But what if you don't like his story line?

I don't, and I have to hear about it all the time.

[madinmaryland]

10. Kind of like the way you touch yourself everytime there is a redsox player on?

:D

[joeybee12]

17. On? On where? On me?

:shrug:

[Botany]

7. After OSU v Florida 2006 when he scored 43 touchdowns I still should be ....

.... bitter but no matter how much he was hurting after today's game he showed class.

[a kennedy]

11. did anyone else see tebow's mom and dad in the stands??

Yikes....she looked like she was a matron of some prison......very, very black hair pulled back and I think she was dressed in black also.... kinda creepy looking :scared: and his father just looked terribly disappointed.

[trumad]

13. .

[joeybee12]

15. She looks like her face has been pulled back too tight, Tim looks like a dimwit,

and Dad looks like a porn producer.

[trumad]

18. Home Schooled their little boy as well....

[joeybee12]

19. That's why I originally didn't like him...it's not home schooling,

it's home indoctrination.

[OKNancy]

23. My opinion is the crying was fake.

He tried his best to squeeze those tears out. I saw the way he watched to see if the cameras were watching him. For some reason he thought the crying thing would be good for his oh-so-pious image.

[petronius]

24. Of course, there wasn't much else he could honestly say - FL got stomped

I agree that he made a stand-up comment, but I don't read an awful lot into those post-game comments - 99% of them are straight from the script (knew we had to step up, other team is great, jesus, mom, gonna enjoy this, not thinking about undefeated, etc etc)...

[Botany]

26. most quotes are retreads anyway

http://www.vidoemo.com/yvideo.php?bull-durham-cliches=&i=S2VWY2E5cWuRpTXdEWDg

[Iggo]

25. Okay, I'll give it up to him for stating the obvious.

And with the usual cliches, no less.

[OKNancy]

27. LOL - someone made a Tebow crying facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tebow-Crying/195212842236?ref=nf&v=wall

If you do facebook here is a "fan" site. I became a fan. :nopity: