Tim Tebow is coming to town. Who cares.
by Alfie Crow on Sep 7, 2010 12:10 PM EDT
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No, seriously; who cares?
Is Denver excited about Luke McCown?
I guess I should not be surprised by the fanfare and excitement for a back up player coming into this Sunday's football game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Denver Broncos. I guess I had too much faith in people being realistic.
It shouldn't, but it really irks me when people talk about how important Sunday's game is and bring up Tim Tebow. It irks me when reporters ask the Jaguars players about Tebow and all the fans in the stands, and I hope the players find it insulting and play with a chip because of it. Sunday's football game is very important, but Tim Tebow doesn't tip the importance scale the slightest as far as I'm concerned.
Take a hard look at the picture for this article, because if you're one of the people super excited to see Tebow on Sunday, you'll see a lot of that. Talking to the other guys on the sideline who aren't starters and aren't playing.
As I mentioned, Sunday's game is important for the Jacksonville Jaguars. It will likely be in front of a sell-out crowd, as the game has already officially been declared a non-blackout. It's important because a team wants to start out 1-0, not 0-1. A team wants to start out 1-0 when they have the schedule Jacksonville has, especially.
After week one, the Jaguars fly out to the west coast where they scored a grand total of 3 points last season in two trips, combined, to face the San Diego Chargers. After that, the Jaguars fly back home to Jacksonville to play the Philadelphia Eagles and then play host to the Indianapolis Colts. Starting out in the hole for the Jaguars could potentially de-rail the season. It's unrealistic to expect the Jaguars to come out of that four game stretch unscathed, but starting out 1-0 will ease the damage. Starting out 0-1 however, could send this football team into a tail spin.
I don't mean to sound all doom and gloom, but the reality of the situation is the Jaguars could start out with any combination of wins and losses in the first four games and I wouldn't be surprised. That's how much of a wildcard this football team is. I could see them going 3-1 (until they beat the Colts consistently, I assume them losses) and I could see them going 0-4. I tend to think it will wind up in the middle, at 2-2, so you can call me a fence sitter if you want but I'm just being honest.
The only thing I'm interested in seeing Sunday in regards to Tim Tebow, is how all these new "Broncos" fans are going to react as the game goes. If they're Bronco's fans and Orton struggles, do they turn on him and call for Tim? If Orton is successful and makes big plays, are they going to cheer and get excited even though that means a longer bench term for Tim? I'm almost tempted to opt out of the press box this Sunday and sit in my normal seats just to see this dynamic unfold, it will be like watching a car accident.
Tim Tebow has no importance on this football game. He'll likely play only a few snaps in some gimmick plays, if at all. Everyone wants to write the story about how Tebow could have saved the Jaguars in Jacksonville. Tebow wouldn't have saved anything, the only thing that will save football in Jacksonville is winning football games. That's why this first game is going to be important, to get the team on the right foot. It could take a big blow to some of the fan base with a loss, but not because the loss came from the team Tebow is on, because of the loss after all of the fan build up and support.
Plus, we already know what happens in the "what if" story of Tyson Alualu going against Tim Tebow. It's a sack fumble, we saw it in the Senior Bowl.
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as a side note...
I don’t think McCown has the same appeal to Denver locals as Tebow does to the Jacksonville locals. McCown is from Jacksonville, Texas and played at LaTech. No real connections there.
Seriously though... you took the words outta my mouth...
however. I have to say the same.
Amen brother.
Thank you
The Tim Tebow mania, even when he is likely to be on the bench, for this game irks me. I guess the media likes a good story… even if it’s an irrelevant story.
I'm happy for Tebow...
playing in Denver means he’s a mile closer to Jesus.
by JPQ! on Sep 7, 2010 12:26 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
truthfully...
We’ll know in the second home game. If people want to see their college hero come to town and do jack squat, hey, it’s their dollars. They did it when the Redskins (my team and now my NFC team) came to town with Spurrier and he gave them what they wanted when he could have simply kept running Stephen Davis down the Jags throat and won handily, but instead tried to get Shane Matthews to go Fun N Gun and pass 50 times in a loss. When will people realize that Fun & Gun and Spread do not work in the NFL?
What I doubt we’ll see are the Champ Bailey and Brian Dawkins homecoming articles in the TU. What I know we’ll see are fights in the crowd, which will be a shame.
Call me crazy, but I think Rusty Smith will be a better pro qb than Tim Tebow.
I hope no fights
I don’t drink, but I have no problem with people getting their drinking on – or talking a little smack back and forth, but I am a 37 year old man with a wife and son who reeeaaallly hates when idiots can’t hold their liquor enough to avoid fighting. Its really disheatening that my son has to see that garbage. We aren’t in 8th grade anymore, men. (and a few “ladies” out there). Let the Tebow-worshippers wear their stupid jerseys, it won’t be worth spending the night in County Jail just to kick their a$$.
totally agree
I’m with you. I like to watch football in person because of the nuances that you can’t see on TV until after the play. I like to have fun and a few drinks, but I seldom engage someone in an opposing uniform unless they are sharing the same sort of appreciation as me. Then, typically, there’s some good give and take, second guessing, a couple of beers bought for the other person, and finally a handshake and done.
Call me crazy, but I don’t want to spend a hundred dollars to get thrown in jail.
seriously though
could you imagine getting locked up wearing face paint, bible verse eyeblack and a Broncos Tebow jersey?
Talk about a pincushion.
Hahahaha!!!
That would be great. I would like to see the guy getting led up the aisle by JSO in that get-up. He would be getting razzed mercilessly.
Yeah I hope I dont see any of that around me
I’m actually taking my little brother who is going to UF and will be wearing a Tebow jersey. Its all good. He likes football and I like football. Anybody notice how bad MJD wanted to drill Stellino in that interview?
frankDUBZ aka Frank Silba
"I'm smacking you with the truth......" - Me
LMAO he will die with that face!
frankDUBZ aka Frank Silba
"I'm smacking you with the truth......" - Me
no i think Saturday had the whole school wishing Tebow was still there lol
frankDUBZ aka Frank Silba
"I'm smacking you with the truth......" - Me
Unless Tebow can play center, there wasn't much he could've done
You can't reason with unreasonable people.
I honestly want nothing more than for the Jags to completely destroy the Broncos on Sunday. I just want to see all of those fraud Broncos fans leaving halfway through the third quarter because it is out of reach. And I would love to see Tebow as the third QB so he has no chance of going in until the 4Q if at all.
And to whomever controls the cameras that show up on the Jumbotron,
Please don’t show Tebow. Please.
I agree....
that the only important thing about Sunday is the Jags getting a win, and the only thing that saves NFL football in north Florida is wins. But to me, that win does more than get the team to 1-0.
In either scenario you presented, Orton struggles and Tebow comes in, or Orton stays in and Tebow stays out, the Jag victory helps the Bronco-Gators realize that at this point in his career (and maybe for eternity), Tim Tebow is not all that. I want them to see that. I think there understanding of this gives credibility to the decisions that Jags made during the draft, and maybe helps draw some of these Tebow lovers in to the Jag fan base.
I do not think the majority of the people that we will see Sunday in #15 Bronco jerseys are Bronco’s fans at all. They are gator fans that can not let go of Tim Tebow. It is going to be a hard day for them. I am sure many of them feel he is going to play, and play a bunch. I am sure a good number will be shocked when he does not start. They have no more followed the Broncos this pre-season than they did last year. They see this game as a way to re-live the Gator glory one more time, and they will leave the stadium sad and unfulfilled, because this is EverBank Field, not the Swamp, and like it or not, those days are gone forever!
by GAJAGFAN on Sep 7, 2010 12:36 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
after Saturday's abysmal performance
if it keeps up, I think a lot of those Gator fans will be going by the wayside and it will be a lot more like the late 90s when there was not really a visible majority of college gear being worn. You’d have as good a chance of running into a Nole fan, Canes fan, or Bulldogs fan as you would a Gators fan.
Bet dey break dem spears for ya
Plenty of time to learn to snap between now and November.
Vae Victis!
that's all Coughlin drafted it seemed.
The BC Notre Dame game got him a pro job and was the last time I bet on college football.
I won $500 and said never again.
The best thing to do
Is to pick up one of those $5 “We are Jaguars” shirts and wear it to the game. I’m hoping to see as many of them as TT jerseys. I can already see this turning into a sh1tfest in the crowd. There were fights in my section last week! I’m almost worried about the fights giving us a bad rap.
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!
by DownTownJax on Sep 7, 2010 12:56 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
at the preseason game???????????
frankDUBZ aka Frank Silba
"I'm smacking you with the truth......" - Me
Yeah
It’s crazy where I’m at. Being right next to the BudZone means the drinks are flowing. 245 will have 1 fight a game minimum. 244 is my section. Most games we are watching from a comfortable distance. I’m worried about this week.
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!
by DownTownJax on Sep 7, 2010 1:06 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
ahhhh...... dont let it bother you.
u have to expect these things when dealing with alcohol
frankDUBZ aka Frank Silba
"I'm smacking you with the truth......" - Me
I plan on tailgating and talking some smack
But the crowd by the bud zone doesn’t let up. I’ve seen young kids leave almost in tears a few times. I hate to see people stop coming because of the fights and heckling.
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUVAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL!
by DownTownJax on Sep 7, 2010 1:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
yeah that aspect of it sucks
but i think that is why they have the “family sections”…… although I have never sat up there, nor do I know how family oriented they really are……
frankDUBZ aka Frank Silba
"I'm smacking you with the truth......" - Me
Bascially Non-alcohol
No beer allowed and i think there’s more secruity. The people are always good.
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
Real fans don’t need a reason.
"Milk the Cash Cow, Baby"
245
A friend of mine just moved from that section this year because every game there are fights there. Hopefully, they don’t spill outta that section.
by Slothful_Lifestyle on Sep 7, 2010 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions
ehhh.
(All below is tongue in cheek)
Fights equal passion for the team. They happen in Philly, DC, Denver, Pitt, Oakland, etc.
When fights become a regular occurrence, that will prove that we’ve arrived as an NFL city.
We will know we've "made it"
when we have a courtroom/judge/lockup in the bowels of Everbank Field, like the Eagles.
At first I thought, "Man that's a little harsh." Then I saw your sig.
As a Jaguars fan, I hope to see a victory. As a Gator, I wish Tebow the best in life. May the bench he’ll be riding be comfortable and padded.
In Gene We Trust.
by MoveThoseChains on Sep 7, 2010 1:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Im a huge gator fan,
and equally as huge as a jaguar fan, the sad thing about all of this is, all these Extreme tebow lovers, have ruined us being able to just pull for a local footballer to make it big in the pro’s they have created us jags fans to litterly hate this guy….and to me its sad, im tired of the incumbriants with the tebow talk as much as the next man, I wish they would just remember him for what he did as FLORIDA, and appriciate that, then stay up on his nuts like they do now. LIke the sain ones that are gator fans…..So as a good slogan i once read goes….TUCK FEBOW….loved yah as a gator hate you as a bronco.
Mess With the Best Die like the Rest
by JaxBlaster on Sep 7, 2010 1:26 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Local Media joining the love fest once again...
Joe Cower said they on the David Lamm show they are giving away two tickets to the regular season debut of Tim Tebow on the radio today. The debut of Tebow it was billed as. Not the Jag game… THE TIM TEBOW DEBUT. He did not mention the Jacksonville Jaguars one time. Not once.
WHY DO I KEEP CLICKING OVER ON COMMERCIALS?!?!? WHY?!?!?
WTF IS THE INTERNET?!?
Joe Cowart is...
a complete and utter hack. I’ve actually grown to appreciate Lamm’s contributions to local sports talk if not his schtick, but Cowart is a waste of breath.
He has zero personality and radio presence.
I’ve seen more impartiality from pro wrestling announcers.
These guys....
All the talk about running people out of town with pitch forks…..these are they guys im acatually ready to do it to…..Im tired of the local media and the hate for the Jags…..If they didnt like Jacksonville so much should have never came to town lets run them out of town with torches and pitchforks and them where our love really stands.
Mess With the Best Die like the Rest
Heard it once on the radio and seen it once on the net........
95.1 is giving away TD Club seats to the game and I read on one of the local papers’ website that 99.1 is giving away 4 tickets (2 a piece) to the first two schmucks who show up to get “The Friar Tuck”………….smdh
frankDUBZ aka Frank Silba
"I'm smacking you with the truth......" - Me
But at least on 95.1......
The girl talking about it started out with “Are you dying to watch Tim Tebow sit on the bench?.” That made me laugh……….
frankDUBZ aka Frank Silba
"I'm smacking you with the truth......" - Me
And yet...
you write a lengthy article about Tim Tebow, and it has (as of right now) 45 comments…
People want to hear about it, and people want to talk about it. I can’t wait until the game has come and gone and we can all move on.
I care, but I'm not saying why just yet.
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you said Alfie!
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I'm just ready for the games to start
regardless of who is (or isn’t) playing.
Get over it, folks
We all need to take a look in the mirror. The Tebow Saga continues, but it’s not on the media. It’s on every one of us. All of you here embroiled in this very conversation are perpetuating the situation. The media keeps feeding us Tebow because you all keep chewing his cud. It will be a non-issue when we all quit giving a damn. And bitchin’ at his mention is not, not giving a damn.
Vae Victis!
In the same vein… if the media stopped feeding us this constant TT stuff, wouldn’t we have a tougher time to be able to chew that delicious cud? No feeding = No cud chewing = Wonderful silence in the cowford pasture (Anyone catch that old Jacksonville reference?)
Sean
Pax Armis Acquiritur
But as has been said, the media will harp if alualu has like a rookie game with a coupl eof tackles and nothing else, and Tebow pops in and throws like a 2 yard pass. This game is pivotal for it will determine the fate of the Gatorhomers, who claim to be NFLfans. Some will leave the profan ranks but maybe if Alualu dominates we will see them join our rather lonely ranks. Maybe they will remember that there is still a gator on the Jaguars, and there’s been one every year, except 1997. I wish the Tebow the comfiest bench, but this game will be a letdown (hopefully not for us). We shall not go over how close GS was to jumping back into the 1st to grab Tebow (apparently very advanced until McDaniels offered his 1stborn). Let us agree with viator, but remember Tebow as long as he is news will be in OUR news SOMEWHERE.
Waber-Jaguar
These guys ruined my Gator football fandom
I’d like to ruin their Tebow homecoming, in return
"HULU: An evil plot to destroy the world. Enjoy"
Real fans don’t need a reason.
"Milk the Cash Cow, Baby"
Not about to read the above 65+ posts so if my point was made in a similar fashion I apologize
How can Jaguar fans not care that their Hometown Hero is returning?
Imagine LeBron James, the guy who essentially represents Cleveland was drafted by a team other than the Cavs, say the Miami Heat. Should the people of Cleveland not give a damn when he came back to his hometown to play vs. the Cavs? It would be proposterous to suggest that. In fact, I would hope that everyone does care and does come out to support him. This is a guy who gave the city of Jacksonville some sort of relevance in the national light (As a New Yorker, I can confirm that that is the only thing you really hear about Jacksonville). So yes, Jags fans should be grateful and care very much that Tebow’s return is actually leading to some sort of national newsworthiness.
Now in regard to the probable tons of Tebow fans who will come out and specifically not cheer for the Jags, well now that is a different story.
great points but you don't "get" the Gator fans here
Difference is Lebron did not go to the University of Akron, so, I doubt at the Cavs games if that scenario did play out, you’d see a lot of Akron jerseys or Miami jerseys and lusty booing of the Cavs by the locals. Also, Lebron was the unanimous #1 player, there was a lot more questioning of Tebow’s draft stock. I doubt Cleveland would have passed on LeBron.
Here’s what I hope. I hope he gets a hearty round of applause before the game. Not sure if they announce backups, but who knows, it would be nice if his foundation gave the big check to a local organization so he could do the pregame handshakes with a local dignitary and get a great ovation at that point. The rest, well, let’s see how that plays out. I think the fans will be disappointed when he only gets in a handful of plays.
i certainly do not get gator fans and i do not claim to get them
But yeah i understand what you are getting at. I guess my whole point stems from the fact that despite my love of sports I still value individuals for who they are. Tebow is really a great guy deserving of some sort of positive recoginition on Sunday. I definitely think he deserves a warm welcome at the beginning and if it stops there I am ok. However for him to not be welcomed warmly would just be an embarassment for the city of Jacksonville, and would further my beleive that many people in Jacksonville are not as aprreciative of what they have(a professional sports franchise, perhaps the greatest NCAA football player hailing from Jax) as they should be.
and a point
I did not intend to come across harshly when I said you don’t “get” Gator fans. These guys, the “If you ain’t a Gator, you’re Gatorbait” types, are the worst of the worst. I think it’s more a dislike if not hatred of the fanbase and media that manifests itself into a dislike for Tebow. He does nothing that I can see aside from play football and wear his heart and faith on his sleeve. He’s just caught in the crossfire.
Are you going to care when Rusty Smith comes home? Or Leon Washington? Or the plethora of other NFL players who are from Jacksonville?
Probably not.
And Lebron was from Akron not Cleveland. Cleveland wasn’t his home town.
Jacksonville was plenty relevant before Tebow played college football games in Gainesville, not Jacksonville.
aren't there 3 other guys from Jacksonville who will play Sunday?
Brian Dawkins – Raines
Jabar Gaffney – Raines
Marcus Thomas – Mandarin HS
and from nearby Folkston (Charlton County), Champ Bailey
football
GO VOLS, and may the gators hide in the swamp
GO JAGS, and shut the jacksonville complainers whining mouths
"Who cares?"
Then why is His name in the headline? I get a kick out of writers who write about Tebow and say He’s all hype and gets too much attention. But we all know why the writers put His name in the headline.
Let’s see, one more post will make 80 comments, and who knows how many views.
A special thank you to all His haters for helping keep Tebow in the news, and perpetuating His legacy. Tebow thanks you, His agent thanks you, and His fans thank you. Every click helps.
And what jersey will you wear on Sunday?
frankDUBZ aka Frank Silba
"I'm smacking you with the truth......" - Me
Who cares?
Well the homegame is sold out and it’s pretty obvious it’s because of the away team’s backup QB (pretty sad situation when that’s the case).
Also, you keep writing articles about the guy so apparently you care too.
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