Tim Tebow

Tim Tebow (born 1987) is an American football player who launched his career playing college ball for the Florida Gators. Tebow is the first college player to win the Heisman trophy as a sophomore. In April 2010, Tebow was taken with the 25th pick in the first round of the NFL draft by the Denver Broncos. At the very least, he could appreciate being one mile closer to God. He played 2 seasons with the Broncos, another with the New York Jets, then he played some preseason games for the Patriots and Eagles and started playing minor league baseball in 2016. Now, moving on you probably wonder why he's here. He makes a public display of his Christian beliefs, and so got heavily promoted by the Religious Right, to the point of generating a personality cult.Tim Tebow blackballed by NFL teams because of cult-like following, media frenzy, Yahoo Sports 
While in college, his use of eyepaint to display Bible verses was so annoying that it resulted in what is commonly called the "Tebow Rule." In stopped clock mode, the NCAA banned "messages" or other advertising on player's faces in order to prevent any further such wingnut tactics from being employed by future amateur athletes.Tim Tebow Rules (According to the NCAA), ESPN He was lambasted as well by fellow recruits during the 2010 Scouting Combine for pushing hard for group prayer before taking the required Wonderlic standardized intelligence test.Tim Tebow’s Wonderlic Prayer Request
==Insufferable==
After becoming the starting quarterback in Denver five games into the 2011-2012 season, Tebow's record with the Broncos had a 8–5 run and helped manage to get them to the second round of the playoffs. Because of the miraculous sense of last minute comebacks (six wins in the fourth quarter or overtime), Tebow seemed to be more convinced of his grace with God. In post-game interviews he constantly credited Jesus for bringing the day's victory, despite the fact that head coach John Fox almost benched him for the season due to debilitating puncture wounds in his forehead, lower abdomen, hands and feet."Christ, with his injuries, just can't catch the ball. It seems to slip right through his hands!" -- John Fox, 9 September 2011 It is unknown how his teammates feel about him crediting the invisible twelfth man before the runningbacks.Everyone, John Oliver.
Jesus himself visited the locker roomJesus visits Tebow on Saturday Night Live after one game, asking the Broncos to use the playbook, and not the Bible, in order to keep their win record high ("turning the other cheek," apparently, does not a playoff team make).
Despite his win record, he still wasn't getting much respect from some of his fellow players and sports commentators for being a good "clinch player." Broncos fans were still uneasy, having once thought previous players such as Jay Cutler and Jake Plummer to be the next John Elway, only to have reality bear out. The Broncos' December 2011 loss to the New England Patriots revealed the level of Tebow's "Plummerness." In this case, Jesus may not be the answer (or, Jesus is trying to teach Tebow that the penitent man is humble before God, and losing is ultimately a humbling experience).
The humble rookie then published his autobiography, Through My Eyes (with help by author Nathan Whitaker).
==Tebowing==
After scoring, Tebow performed a form of prayer, characterized by kneeling with bowed head; this had become popular among fans (who previously were used to the Mile High Salute as well as the "Number One" point-to-the-sky gesture). Eventually it flared into facepalm-inducing internet meme featuring various people, video game characters, toys, and action figures performing the action, and also solidified the stereotype of awful American tourists.Now Recognized as a Word, 'Tebowing' Meme Spreads Worldwide, Mashable
==End of an "era"?==
On March 18, 2012, it was announced that Peyton Manning, one of the league's top QBs, would be joining the Broncos, signaling the first parting shot to the end of the short-lived Tebow era, and hopefully to Tebowing altogether. A few days later, Tebow was traded to the New York Jets, to the delight of many New Jersey residents.Thank Fucking God. Despite all the hype the trade caused in the football world, Tebow, by the time the regular season started, was relegated to back-up quarterback behind Mark Sanchez. He mostly rode the bench for the entire 2012-2013 season, even as Sanchez performed miserably; his contract was not renewed by the Jets, leading to widespread speculation that his career was over.
===Everyday I'm shufflin'===
Tebow signed with the New England Patriots on June 10, 2013, then was released before the beginning of the season.Tim Tebow’s release from the Patriots now official, Boston Globe He was then hired by ESPN as a college football analyst.Tim Tebow has clause in TV deal that allows for NFL return, NFL.com
==Tim Tebow "fun facts"==
* Was homeschooled until college.
* Was born in the Philippines (his parents were Baptist missionaries)
* While at the University of Florida, was appointed Aaron Hernandez's "life coach".The Gangster in the Huddle, Rolling Stone Whatever lessons Tebow taught didn't stick.
* Claims to be a virgin.Video clip
* Featured in a anti-abortion ad (aired during Super Bowl XLIV in 2010) inexplicably tackling his own mother.So much for the best commercials of the year.
* Flagrantly violates instructions stated in the Bible (Matthew 6:5-6) to have come directly from the mouth of Jesus:
* Would also violate Leviticus 11:7-8, if footballs were still made out of inflated pigs' bladders or of pigskins:
==See also==
*Delusions of grandeur
==External links==
*TebowHaters.com, which has existed since the Florida days
*The Onion wastes no words on the subject
*No no no no no. Please not again.
==References==
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