OK, not so much in arm strength. Or probably NFL touchdown passes. Or even NFL interceptions.
But when it comes to announcers knocking each other over to get on their knees to fellate the star quarterback, Tebow might already have Favre beat.
Seriously, some of the comments from tonight’s BCS Might Be Best of the Big Conferences Game, some of the comments on Tebow were ridiculous. I was doing more drinking than taking notes, but I know I heard something about how his teammates were better people simply for playing with them, how great of a guy he is because he went and lived with lepers, how it might have been his first penalty ever (after he blatantly tried taunting an opponent–and failed, which of course made their highlight reel at the end of the game), how great he was making yards after contact (on a simple dive play up the middle that got like 3 yards), and how he placed the ball perfectly where he had to so only his guy had a chance to catch it (he didn’t, because the ball was too low–had the ball been thrown sooner, or higher, it would have been a touchdown).
And finally, after the game, there was the “When you’re talking about the greatest college football players of all time…<pause for 10 seconds>if he was in the top 10, he’s now in the top 5”. Might be paraphrased a bit, as I was busy trying not to throw up.
I get that he’s a solid college QB, and that his team won. But frankly, the defense won that national title for Florida more than Tebow. And if I have to listen to NFL announcers gush over Tebow the way they gush over Favre…at a minimum, we’ll have some quiet Sunday’s at the ZoneBlitz headquarters watching games with the sound off.
Man, you are right on with this article. Tebow may be a good guy who does some commendable charity work, but by the announcer’s gushing you would have thought we were witnessing the second coming. I swear I thought that announcer was going to propose to Tebow immediately following the game. Tebow throws two picks and taunts his opponents yet the announcer described him as a “modern day Gandhi”…Hilarious.