If you thought that this years Super Bowl was going to be The Most Important Football Game Ever Played – Until They Play It Again A Year Later, well, you’re just dumb. Assuming you are reading this Sunday morning, you may well be aware that Tim “Tebow” Tebow who is the Greatest Quarterback To Ever Play In The NFL, Who Is Named Tim Tebow will take the field today against the Patriots who are quarterbacked by that cute guy who bangs all the hot actresses and models out of wedlock and has won three Super Bowls – all of these things, I might add, God has allowed him to do without so much as a smite on the wrist.
So, if you are of a theological bent, you have to ask yourself:
Would I rather be the Virgin Quarterback with dubious passing skills and poor footwork who must come back in the last two minutes of every game to win and then spends the off-season circumcising young Filipino boys … or that guy with the championship rings who’s banging the hot models and actresses?
Then ask yourself this: which one of these guys does God love more?
You don’t have to answer that right now…
While you’re mulling that over, here is Drew Magary on the age old question of Why People Who Hate Tim Tebow Hate Tim Tebow (are the luckiest people in the world):
Not only is it OK to root against Tim Tebow, it’s practically your duty as cynical American. Hating on Tebow means rebelling against the same media bullshit generator that made superhumans out of the likes of Tiger Woods and Brett Favre. It’s saying a gigantic FUCK YOU to anyone who thinks you’re a cold-hearted, football-hating miser for not BELIEVING in Tebow. For not “enjoying the ride.” For not letting go and giving in to his wily Christian charms and ability to produce rainbows in the shape of a crucifix during the fourth quarter. Hating on Tebow means subscribing to the idea that the fucker is human, which is a much more accurate and boring story than the current myth being erected.
So yeah, I hope that the Broncos lose their final three games by 30 points each and Marmalard ends up winning the division. Because even though Philip Rivers is a devout Christian, no one’s gonna declare his backing into the AFC West title a miracle.
As an aside, and as a San Diegan, I want to confess that I don’t want the Chargers to win the West and, more importantly, the Super Bowl because then San Diego will get all pumped up with a bad case of the stupids and vote to spend hundreds of millions of dollars that WE DON”T HAVE to build a stadium that will get used maybe twenty days out of the year for a fucking billionaire who can pay for it himself if he wants it so fucking bad.
And speaking of fucking, Jezebel has a handy guide if by chance you come across Tim Tebow in a vulnerable moment. Remember; he may start out poorly but there is a good chance of a big finish, if you know what I mean and I think you do, in which case you’re probably going to hell.
I’ll save you a seat…




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a much more accurate and boring story than the current myth being erected.
Here’s hoping this myth gets circumcised real soon.
Gloria in excelsis Tebow.
If there is a God, he’ll cover the point spread for the Pats. I’ve committed a venal sin by betting a $100 (+8) on the game. I guess we’ll find out later today which group of sinners will be rewarded.
Jesus wept….but now he’s cryin’ a fucking river.
But T-Bogg… the UT’s new owners tell me I *must* support a new stadium or the NFL will take away our football team and give it to the quiche-eating vaguely effeminate bastarados of North San Die…errr… Los Angeles!
mojo sends
cheer up, tbogg. you know what they say
some qb’s in life are bad
they can really make you mad.
other qb’s just make you swear and curse.
when you’re chewing on life’s gristle,
don’t fumble. play ’til the whistle.
and this’ll help things turn out for the best.
and:
“The Life of Tbogg”
Okay, I had not heard about Tim’s adventures with poor Philippino boys and their foreskins. I seriously thought you were making that shit up, but noooo, tbogg suddenly had to be all truth & facts for a change…
The fact alone that Tom Brady would never attack some kids’ junk with scissors makes him my favorite for today. But knowing that Tebow does that kind of shit for kicks may give the Pat’s defense reason to pause — or at least wear their steel-tipped cups.
The NFL gets the royalties, but Timmy gets the tips.
Today, Tebow discovers the name of the beast is Gronkowski.
Pats, 666-3.
How far can my fellow TBoggians make it through this video?
How far?
WARNING: As resident Bronco fan/atheist, I very much did throw up in my mouth and not just a little bit while watching this video.
Methinks Timmy’s, “Lord, why hast thou forsaken me?” moment has arrived.
I made it to 0:55 where it became painfully apparent that Tebow also can’t sing. Also. (Oh, and when someone in comments over there feels compelled to claim that “Tim Tebow represents all that is good in sports today” — then, clearly, there’s nothing good left in sports today).
At 85 years of age it was finally time for the old Rabbi to retire. Over the years he had been most proud of his work in performing circumcisions. He was so proud in fact that he had saved all the foreskins to remind him of his holy calling. He had kept them well preserved and now he thought he should make something out of them that he could use.
He went to a leather craftsman and asked if something could be made out of them. The craftsman said “I know just the thing, it will be a wonder and a joy for you to use. Come back in 2 weeks and I’ll have it ready for you”.
The Rabbi comes back and asks if its done yet. “Yes!” exclaimed the craftsman, “let me go get it for you”. He goes in the back room and comes back with the most beautiful wallet you have ever seen. The Rabbi looks at it and says, “This is beautiful, how much do I owe you?” “$16,000″ said the craftsman. “$16,000????? For a wallet? Its beautiful but its just a wallet” said the Rabbi. “Ah yes” the craftsman replied, “but when you rub it it turns into a suitcase”.
We must fight Tebow with the power of EVIL!
“Did you know you could summon up the powers of darkness in the comfort of your own home? It’s true! All you need is common household baking soda, white vinegar and… GOAT’S BLOOD. You might want to get your mom to help with the slaughter of the goat.”
Don’t forget to have Manservant Hecubus assist you.
I came to that conclusion after a mere 42 seconds, but I was struggling after the previous invocation.
Tebow is a favorite of Skip Bayless. Draw your own conclusions.
I had to avert my eyes the first time Timmy was on a knee praying.
I mean, did you see that cheerleader Shakira-ing it in the background? Holy sinful shit!
Folks, Tebowmania, Inc. is a shadow of its former self, a rump operation really. We don’t even have the name anymore. After my meeting with Pope Goodell, it was decided for me that I must refrain from making all current articles. I may be a member in good standing of the 0.1%, but the Pope’s methods (not that they were necessary) were such that Ernst Stavro Blofeld would have approved. His minions did not even have the chance to rend all my clothes from me and strap me to a table of pure sodium metal as I ran to sign the “agreements” giving up all ownership of the names Tebowmania, Tebowner (adult novelties), Tebowned (items He had touched), and The TeBowl (it is always wise to anticipate for even the remotest chance in my business). At first I though I shoulda stayed in Shanghai, but the factory and inventory were all destroyed in a massive explosion with many deaths, moments after the agreements were finalized. The Chinese Central Committee attempted initially to blame me, but a survivor found among the casualties was muttering “NFL Action!” over and over (I did not know the man even spoke English), and other witnesses turned up claiming that music was played just before the destruction, later identified as the Monday Night Football theme. The Committee called in the NFL representative, who paid a token sum of compensation to the victim’s families and threatened to take all manufacturing to Lesotho. The Committee, of course, acceded.
There is no escaping the NFL.
We are henceforth allowed to make one item only, and I fear there is no profit in it. We are allowed to make church fans, with the Chosen One’s image. With widespread air conditioning, I don’t think this is profitable even if we can pass it off as a novelty collectible.
I will, of course, be watching my Lions attempt to refrain from stomping, biting, pinching, late-hitting and otherwise self-destructing in their game with the Raiders (ironically), but I admit I will be keeping a close eye on the Patriots-Broncos affair and I also admit that I am totally rooting for the Tebow-led Broncos in that game. As much as I should hate Tebow and embrace Brady, I hate Brady in the way that a young high schooler hates the football captain who got all the women while he was just hoping futilely that the censors would overlook some partial nudity at a PG rated movie. It’s a little weird that a guy could stay a virgin for that long when he doesn’t even have to, but Tebow’s restraint (if true) is absolutely remarkable.
You nailed it at “enjoy the ride,” tbogg. Tebow, in the interviews I have seen, is always quick to credit his defense and his kicker and is just glad to be part of the team. He doesn’t bother me nearly so much as the guys who are paid hundreds of thousands, if not more, dollars to watch football games and analyze what is going on in them on national TV who say things like “there is no football explanation for what is going on here” and “just enjoy the ride.” Which, to co-opt a currently popular notion, would NOT be considered an option for a wealthy football analyst if Tebow were a Muslim. Or, for that matter, a black Christian.
Uh oh, without a little divine intervention Timmy won’t make The Pro Bowl.
rest assured, most of the people in LA don’t care – it’s just the honchos downtown who think we’re failures because we don’t have a Pro Football team right this minute.
If they want a team so effing much, they can put up the money for it their own selves. Or get the rich MF who’s promoting the downtown stadium (that most of us won’t use) to pay his share 9like at least 50 percent).
When the evil New England Patriots crush the Broncos like a grape and whup on Tebow in particular like a red-headed stepchild, it will only be taken as further proof that Satan is alive and well by those who have been washed in TeBlood. Like they needed any further proof after God has failed to smite every one last one of the Kardashian spawn…
And while I’m thinking about it, OF COURSE you’re going to be paying for that stadium, one way or another – it’s the way of the world. If there’s no new stadium, the San Diego Chargers will become the San Antonio Chargers or something. Right here in my fair city of Indianapolis, we have one of the nicest (and most expensive) stadiums in the country, Lucas Oil Stadium aka The House That Peyton Built. Back where they were trying to figure out if it could be done, virtually everything in the state was underfunded (education, road maintenance, you name it), which was normal in Indiana even before the crash. But when Jim Irsay, a rich asshole even if he is one of the least-assholic NFL owners, made threatening noises about moving the Colts from the Hoosier Dome (for which the bonds weren’t even paid off), well! The legislature came up with a billion dollars like RIGHT THE FUCK NOW. Paid for by new taxes on food, drink, rental cars, hotels and for all I know the local whores. The latter of which will no doubt put a crimp on Super Bowl activities…I hope there’s a blizzard lasting two days starting the day before the game.
Tebow really can’t lose here unless he’s stomped into the turf. If he loses by less than 10, the press will call it a succès d’estime. If he wins, hosannas all around. Followed by mass circumcisions.
No insult to the good folks on other blogs, but Mike Tanier continues, and it is AWESOME.
“In the other corner, levitating is Denver’s Tim Tebow: cultural icon, folk hero, bruising off-tackle runner and quarterback, in precisely that order. His 7-1 record, built almost entirely from low-scoring, last-minute wins against opponents with severe offensive deficiencies, has made him a living, breathing, Tebowing challenge to the laws of probability and the tenets of football strategy.
Tebow is imbued with the competitiveness, work ethic and inspirational qualities to overcome being shut out for three and a half quarters, which is somehow different and more desirable than possessing the competitiveness, work ethic and inspirational qualities to avoid being shut out for three and a half quarters. The gap between what Tebow accomplishes and what he gets credit for grows every time the Broncos’ defense hands him the ball on a turnover or Matt Prater caps a brief drive with a 59-yard field goal, but the same could be said of Brady a decade ago. Beneath the hoopla may be a quarterback growing, if not into greatness, at least into durable, affable, scramble-oriented decency….
With Tebow, the harder a situation is to believe, the more likely it is to occur, but these picks are not made with the heart, but what is left of the mind.” PICK: Patriots
This week we are enjoying the Bungles and the honoring of Marshall Faulk at halftime.
What if Juicebox Jesus tosses 3 or 4 pick-6′s in the first half, falls behind by 30+ and gets benched?
Granted, in Tebowland those pick-6′s would count as completions and touchtowns thus pumping up the legend but the real miracle would be NE’s defenders actually making plays and knowing which endzone to run to.
Or a gay commie mom&apple-pie-hatin QB… even if he threw/won like Rodgers and was cute as Brady.
I’d call that “being stomped into the turf”.
Hm, that Kansas City fella, what’s his name, Orton? He doesn’t look bad against the Packers.
God’s already weighing in…Wes Welker scratched from the lineup?
Saint Brees: 32/40, 412 yds, 5 TDs, 0 sacks
Not quite Tebowesque 4th quarter numbers though….
Now I know why so many children died of cancer this year. God’s been busy helping Tim Tebow win football games.
Chad O raised from the dead…7-6 Pats.
Broncies 13-7. Not sure Timmy realizes it’s the 1st quarter. Hope he hasn’t blown his load…
holy crap
One thing I do like about how the Pats are playing defense: they are hitting Tebow hard on the option plays, even if he gets rid of the ball. That’s a good strategy, and legal since he’s a runner at that point.
NFL teams aren’t looking for a robot…or someone who’s gonna be perfect in every way. They’re looking for someone who’s got values.
Brady 2 of 6, Someone Else 4 of 5, Denver up by 9. Just sayin’. This cannot last … can it?
The Pats are truly the worst defense in the NFL. If anyone can make Tebow look like a quarterback, they can. I think they’re well-coached, but half of the defensive backfield is converted practice squad receivers. These guys would be on the couch somewhere eating potato chips if it weren’t for the injuries.
Edit: I’m exaggerating, but they are pretty thin.
Sadly, no.
Brady: 9/15, 127 yards, 2 TDs
Juicebox Jesus (on fire): 4/5, 53 yards, 1 rushing TD
NE by 1
Juicebox Jesus drops the rock. Why hast thou forsaken me?
17 unanswered points for
SatanNE….Obviously, God is setting this up for a 4th quarter Tebow victory. Why, Lord, why???
Well, you can’t come back if you’re ahead, right? (Fortunately I don’t have to actually watch.)
I find it hard to get my head around the idea that there are people who really believe in a Jesus who fixes football games. That’s some god they got there.
Advertising. God knows lots more people are watching the Broncos than come to church on Sunday. If you want to show people a miracle, why not do it where millions of people are watching live?
Well folks, looks like Satan and hiz boyz are firmly in charge. 34-16 start of 4th.
Wait, it’s “about the will, not the skill” in the 4th quarter and here come the Broncos.
He haz rizen.
Patriots only have an 11 point lead. Unless they score another TD, then I can see it right now. Broncos get a TD and then a 2 point conversion. Then they get a field goal. Then they go into OT and get another field goal. It’s getting to the point where you don’t even need to watch the whole game. Just tune into the last 3 minutes.
NE #81 needs to change his number to 666!
Jesus finally makes a showing but costs Denver a 12 men on the field penalty.
Well, Pats are on the one with an 11 point lead. It’s just about time for divine intervention to knock the ball out of Brady’s hand … or something.
OK, Pats are ahead by 18 with 4:10 left. Tebow and Jesus have them just where they want them.
Well, Tommykey, looks like the plan is 1 quick TD + 2 point conversion, onside kick and recovery, another quick TD, onside kick and recovery, and then a field goal to tie and win in overtime.
But, hey, God is in charge, so we’d best not rule anything out.
Tebow Time!
4:10 left!
Woot Woot
meh three fumbles in a row to end the first half kinda killed this one. tboww looked pretty good. not as hot as brady who was pretty spectacular. nice that another gator played well. i silently tebow in defeat..
God may be worn out from the KC-GB game earlier. The 72 ‘Fins remain hiz chozen, obviously.
Tebow’s on the move, run for 30 yards. A miracle in the making.
Ok, it looks like the Patriots got this one in the bag.
Yes, this is where anyone would say that a miracle is required.
O shit, sack for 29 yards, fuck. Where’s his angel?
30 yard sack for Juicebox Jesus!
HOLY SHIT!
Wondering around like an idiot in the back field has it’s consequences!
I thought Tim was going to score one for the Pats…God has apparently foresaken him.
It was only 29 yards. He works in mysterious wayz.
I guess 1 miracle (KC over GB) is all that God could muster today.
The thug clown car has got to be taking this badly. Perry may be crying.
1:08 left. Time for Gabriel to step up.
This just in. Hellmouth opens under Denver stadium. Demons pour out.
Com’on T one more touch down.
No no. Gabriel is holding em off.
This season? (:
no,no, no, say it ain’t so Tebow.
The day mighty Tebow … struck out.
This won’t stop the fluffing. Phil Simms is on CBS right now blathering about how “Tebow showed me a lot today”. Showed you what, exactly? That he can run? We already knew that. Earlier, Simms commented on a typically off-target Tebow pass with the words “That’s Tebow doing a good job avoiding the interception”.
This was a fairly typical Tebow performance, with the important difference that it was against a good team.
except for the Lions win over the Raiders. Sometimes the lord works in mysterious ways
Well, the good news is the curse on T-Bogg has been broken. And I took a couple of True Believers for a $100…not bad!
Then one Sunday after a heavenly lunch God fell asleep in front of the TV, and all was lost.
And Indianapolis won…so yeah, it was a day of miracles in the NFL.
…for the fans – a t-shirt that says
not a perfect spiral, but…
Who is Tim Tebow??????
41 23 final
12 rushes for 93 yards in the right direction. 4 rushes for 53 yards in the wrong direction.
For a grand total of 16 rushes for 40 yards. Yikes!
Good point. You see how easy it is to get caught up in a narrative? I was actually giving him more credit than he deserved.
Sheesh. The guy’s a mediocre QB who got on a lucky streak. Lucky streak over. Time for him to buy a car dealership and get on with his true career.
Just wait, somebody in Denver’s already blaming it on the SI cover jinx. This wouldn’t be so bad, except that it’ll cause a mentally unbalanced Tebow fan to try to fly to New York City so he can shoot up the Time-Life Building.
Tebow now belongs to the ages.
We need an afterglow thread to keep the spirit working.
Even better: You’re probably going to get to do it again should New England face Denver in the playoffs. :-)
Damn you to hell, SI cover!
Hadn’t Juicebox Jesus been Cover Boy 6 times before and nothing really jinxy-bad happened except for the economy collapsing, typhoons, nuclear meltdowns, climate change, the Kardashians…..
Can you see the demons from your place there cousinitt?
Someone please direct that fella to Boston.
…and there was much rejoicing.
Chad Ochocinco caught a touchdown pass. And you all thought miracles couldn’t happen.
(thanks, I’m here all week)
I could happily have spent the rest of my life without that particular image….
OT, The Saints have won 6 in a row and St Brees is 300 yards away from the all-time single season passing yardage record with 2 games left.
St Brees: 4,780 yds
J Jesus: ~1,500 yds
“Where’s you messiah, noooooow?” (Edward G. via Billy C.)
TBogg: Yer hometown grlz are up 7-0 early. WTF?
I wouldn’t blame Him, I did too. Missed the whole second half.
Watching GB/KC, that Orton fella looked pretty good. Y’know, Denver might need a real QB. Maybe they should go after him. Seriously, that entire division sucks. It’s even worse than the NFC West.
I don’t care about jerkoff jesus and all the other slack-jawed ignorati who insult us with their ignorance, my beef is we are subjected to all the jesus god shit the networks have been blackmailed into by the jesus nuts. There is a big noise when Lowe’s collapsed before the jesus god garbage, but the networks continue to jam this shit down our throats. To you network decision makers that pollute our airways with the jesus crap, you’re no better than lowes, and my policy is to ignore your failures and find other things to do than be insulted by your fear and cowardice.
Lowes crumbled to a 1 man outrage-grifting operation. Well done, Lowes!
Wow…a lot of rage here over a kid who believes in God and Jesus…and plays football. A lot of hate…. I thought we were the live and let live people….
You conflate mockery with hate.
Speaking of hate, didn’t the (24 year old making $7,000,000+ this season) “kid” do a Super Bowl commercial sponsored by Focus on the Family?
You are one sick individual, but it doesn’t matter. Thanks to FDL you are allowed too express your brainy thoughts. I feel sorry for your parents. Gee:)
I wander how much your your education cost the American taxpayers? It does show a promising idiot was created.
Or I almost forgot, the only beef you got must be in your mouth!
TBogg you laid the funniest and pissiest thread on us that I’ve read ANYWHERE in a lonnng time.
Thank you kindly…you satanic, fornicating, Jesus-mocking, pervert, you. :o)
Kelly, the problem is, the peckerhead flat-earthers’ are starting to crank up the God-loves-Tim-best, bullshit.
I know, he’s not claiming that himself, but he’s sure as hell facilitating the bible zombies who ARE doing it. All he has to do to shut up the doubting Thomases, is state, in no uncertain terms, that he believes and hopes (devoutly) that God has better things to do than help him lead the Denver broncos to winning football. If he would say that, up-front, then most of this little “Passion of the journeyman quarterback” stuff would go away. Until that happens, he, and the fanatics who are riding him like a…bronco…will be fair game.
So let’s have the coin flip and get started. :o)
“Speaking of hate, didn’t the kid…..”
Ouch! That’s gonna leave a bruise. :o)
You got that right!
Actually, I thought jimbo had a fairly righteous rant, especially if you happen to have any “windshield time” and listen to sports talk radio. Idiotic Juicebox Jesus talk has taken over the airwaves….
fxd 4 u!
Not only can I see them but three fire engines and an ambulance went by not five minutes after the ass kicking. I’m not eve joking. So you tell me about the evil spawn from the bluest state in the country. Today most royally sucketh.
It seems that no one condemns Tebow for these mass male genital mutilations beyond a statement of “WTF?” How about recognizing this for what it is: (1) sexual perversion and (2) a human rights violation. This is, IMHO, every bit as bad as what Sandusky was (allegedly) doing. And Tebow not only admits it, but is proud of it. Shame on the US – and the Philippines!
Might as well spend the money you don’t have on a stadium, because they’ll never spend the money you do have on the stuff you need.