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So, That Happened

by John Cole|  January 8, 20129:01 pm| 157 Comments

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I’m just disgusted. I need a break. I will see you all on Wednesday or Thursday.

Fucking Tebow. Just appalling secondary play. Cripes.

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  1. 1.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    January 8, 2012 at 9:02 pm

    Thank Tebow, we thought you were dead!

  2. 2.

    C Nelson Reilly

    January 8, 2012 at 9:04 pm

    I predict eight Cole posts before noon tomorrow

  3. 3.

    Bostondreams

    January 8, 2012 at 9:04 pm

    So I suppose that in a game featuring Tom Brady and the Denver Jesus, you will be rooting for…wow, tough one.

  4. 4.

    cathyx

    January 8, 2012 at 9:04 pm

    But it’s only Sunday. We need to hear your crotchety self before then.

  5. 5.

    Mark S.

    January 8, 2012 at 9:05 pm

    Come on, Cole. You know the only thing that will cheer you up is getting into a Twitter flame war with Jane Hamsher.

    Let the healing process begin.

  6. 6.

    4tehlulz

    January 8, 2012 at 9:05 pm

    Boston Sports Radio is going to be fucking intolerable this week.

    More than usual anyway…

  7. 7.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 8, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    What Shawn said. I assumed that the absence was you strutting around fuming for an extended period at the total lameocity of the entire thing.

    Of course, I did sense through the Force that someone in WVA had cried out in terror…some wag assumed it was Tunch wondering where his next meal was coming from…

  8. 8.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 9:06 pm

    @Shawn in ShowMe:

    So, about that hole in the side finger insertion opportunity….

    UtterlyBemusedFormerlyDoubtingRainbowPerson

  9. 9.

    eastriver

    January 8, 2012 at 9:08 pm

    I wouldn’t want to be JC’s toilet late tonight. Yikes.

  10. 10.

    gnomedad

    January 8, 2012 at 9:09 pm

    Cole’s going Galt again. Fucking reruns.

  11. 11.

    Don

    January 8, 2012 at 9:09 pm

    So who said that Gawd doesn’t like the NFL? This is Her first NFL quarterback, but what does She do when there are more than one. Jesus under center is a growth industry.

  12. 12.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    January 8, 2012 at 9:10 pm

    @MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:

    Tebow’s Father’s house has many rooms.

  13. 13.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 9:11 pm

    @Shawn in ShowMe:

    Tebow Romney – the moving story of an unacknowledged son…..

  14. 14.

    Violet

    January 8, 2012 at 9:12 pm

    Isn’t this where Cole posts ten times in the next hour?

  15. 15.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    January 8, 2012 at 9:15 pm

    @Don:

    So who said that Gawd doesn’t like the NFL? This is Her first NFL quarterback, but what does She do when there are more than one.

    Drew Brees and Kurt Warner are prominent Christian quarterbacks and Super Bowl Champions. Tebow just waves the the Celestial Foam Finger at all times: breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, lunch, afternoon tea, etc.

  16. 16.

    DougJ

    January 8, 2012 at 9:15 pm

    Cheer up, Steelers had a brutal row to hoe, with road games against Pats and Ravens coming up. They went out fighting, a great game, even a Ben-hater like me had to respect the way the guy played.

  17. 17.

    Jerzy Russian

    January 8, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    With all due respect to our gracious blog host, I am happier than a pig in shit.

  18. 18.

    shoutingattherain

    January 8, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    Go get naked and mop your bathroom floor.

    That always makes you feel better.

  19. 19.

    cathyx

    January 8, 2012 at 9:19 pm

    The Steelers didn’t have it in them this year. You can’t expect them to win it all every year.

  20. 20.

    shoutingattherain

    January 8, 2012 at 9:20 pm

    Not what you’d call a good day in the ‘Burgh. This pretty much ends the Pens season too. Also:

    James Neal has a broken foot, Jordan Staal’s out 6 weeks. Adams has injured knee

    http://thepensblog.com/tpb/jan2012/james-neal-has-a-broken-foot-staals-out-6-weeks-adams-injured-knee.html

  21. 21.

    Aqualad08

    January 8, 2012 at 9:20 pm

    And after three regular season losses, he arose again in fulfillment of the scripture…

  22. 22.

    Tom Levenson

    January 8, 2012 at 9:21 pm

    So, now Tebow must confront Satan (Belichek) and Jesus’ nephew (Brady). Should be fun.

    (Shamelessly stolen from that SNL skit.)

  23. 23.

    Svensker

    January 8, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    You think you feel bad? I have to decide whether to root for Brady or Tebow. That’s like being forced to choose between Santorum and Perry. Gaaahhh.

  24. 24.

    Ha Nguyen

    January 8, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    This may cheer you up. Both TPM and Charles Pierce are reporting that Mitt Romney is dropping like a rock in the NH polls. Apparently, to know him is to really, really dislike him.

    Paul and Huntsman are moving up.

  25. 25.

    jl

    January 8, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    Glad there is some remnant of the earthly Cole left. Hope he recovers.

    I wonder what Tunch will post about.

  26. 26.

    Jilli

    January 8, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    Good lord, another week of non-stop media Tebow worshipping. Shoot me now.

  27. 27.

    p.a.

    January 8, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    I still get a bit wound up as a fan, but nowhere near as much as I used to. I just tell myself, and I wish I knew who to credit for the phrase, “…rooting for laundry…” relax…

  28. 28.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    @Tom Levenson:

    If God is smaaht he’ll cash out at this point. No way Brady loses to Tebow.

    *** Unless, of course, Brady has his lower left leg sawn off and his O-line vanishes into the Bermuda Triangle in the immediate future.

    http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/story/_/page/litton-111219/tom-brady-new-england-patriots-take-tim-tebow-denver-broncos-school

  29. 29.

    JenJen

    January 8, 2012 at 9:23 pm

    Really sorry, Cole. The Bengals’ humiliating loss yesterday ruined my whole weekend, but I really felt for you at the end of that Steelers game.

  30. 30.

    Brian R.

    January 8, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    @Bostondreams:

    So I suppose that in a game featuring Tom Brady and the Denver Jesus, you will be rooting for…

    Meteor. Same as me.

  31. 31.

    waynski

    January 8, 2012 at 9:24 pm

    We’re all Mayans now.

  32. 32.

    Jim

    January 8, 2012 at 9:25 pm

    Steelers losing to the Tebows! HAHAHAHAHA…

  33. 33.

    Joel

    January 8, 2012 at 9:25 pm

    That was a brutal kick in the nuts, Cole. Reminiscent of the David Tyree helmet catch.

    I’m sorry for you, if not your Steelers.

  34. 34.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    @Brian R.:

    Can one root for two meteors, just to make sure?

  35. 35.

    David

    January 8, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    “Just appalling secondary play.”

    Yeah, they missed Ryan Clark way more than I figured they would.

  36. 36.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 8, 2012 at 9:28 pm

    @MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:

    I’m going to pray for a swarm. With angry gremlins on them. In chain mail, wielding broadswords. With radioactive edges.

  37. 37.

    The Moar You Know

    January 8, 2012 at 9:28 pm

    Am I the only one who has an urge to run for a bit and bridle every time Elway’s unholy mug shows up on the tube?

  38. 38.

    Poopyman

    January 8, 2012 at 9:29 pm

    @Bostondreams:

    So I suppose that in a game featuring Tom Brady and the Denver Jesus, you will be rooting for…wow, tough one.

    Injuries, without question.

  39. 39.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 9:30 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Could we include a forgotten coal mine suddenly opening up just behind center on the Patriots’ side of the field? A hole roughly twenty feet across ought to suffice.

  40. 40.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 8, 2012 at 9:32 pm

    @The Moar You Know:

    No. You are not.

    It was appropriate that he played for the Broncos.

  41. 41.

    burnspbesq

    January 8, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    @Svensker:

    I have to decide whether to root for Brady or Tebow.

    There is an alternative. You could root for Eli.

    Just kidding. Put the gun down, slowly.

  42. 42.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 8, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    @The Moar You Know: Just thank Tebow or the FSM or whoever that he never ran for office. IIRC the Colorado GOP tried to draft him for Senate a couple years back, I believe the year Pete Coors lost to Salazar.

  43. 43.

    cthulhu

    January 8, 2012 at 9:37 pm

    It’s pretty clear now that Jeebus loves the dramatic flourish. I always thought the whole crucifixion thing was a case of really milking it.

  44. 44.

    jrg

    January 8, 2012 at 9:39 pm

    Is it just me, or does Bruce Campbell look just like Mitt Romney?

  45. 45.

    The Snarxist Formerly Known As Kryptik

    January 8, 2012 at 9:39 pm

    Look at it this way, John.

    We still have the Mountaineers. Especially since the basketball team is looking to be much better than their early season made them out to be.

  46. 46.

    Corner Stone

    January 8, 2012 at 9:40 pm

    @DougJ:

    Cheer up, Steelers had a brutal row to hoe, with road games against Pats and Ravens coming up.

    Ummm, I think you mean against the Texans, who had already beaten Pittsburgh this year.

  47. 47.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 9:44 pm

    @cthulhu:

    It could be that this was Tebow’s entry into Denversalem and that next week we shall see the crucifixion. Broncos fans will have to wait a couple of millenia for the second coming, but after Elway they should be pretty used to the idea.

  48. 48.

    Roger Moore

    January 8, 2012 at 9:44 pm

    @MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:
    I’m willing to accept any kind of disaster that can’t possibly be confused with an attack by Iran and is restricted to the people on the field.

  49. 49.

    Short Bus Bully

    January 8, 2012 at 9:46 pm

    As a lifelong Seahawks fan I am fucking REVELING in the schadenfruede of this win. The (superbowl) Stealers are not my fav team and Rape-lisberger needs to be run out of town on a fucking rail.

    Tebow is a nice guy. Kids could do worse for a roll model these days.

    That said, the knob slobbering of the ESPN mic monkeys will reach epic proportions over the next year. It’ll make the yearly “Will Favre return?” circle jerks look like dead air.

  50. 50.

    cthulhu

    January 8, 2012 at 9:46 pm

    @jrg:

    Is it just me, or does Bruce Campbell look just like Mitt Romney?

    Please don’t insult Ash like that.

  51. 51.

    Roger Moore

    January 8, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    @MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:

    Broncos fans will have to wait a couple of millenia for the second coming, but after Elway they should be pretty used to the idea.

    Actually, I think a lot of Broncos fans have been fooled into thinking Tebow is the second coming of Elway.

  52. 52.

    p.a.

    January 8, 2012 at 9:48 pm

    @MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson: vanishing is exactly what the Pat’s O-line has done in the last 3 playoff games: Giant’s SuperBowl, 2009 Ravens, 2010 Jets. Get 1 good shot on Brady now and he melts.

  53. 53.

    clay

    January 8, 2012 at 9:49 pm

    @p.a.: I wish I knew who to credit for the phrase, “…rooting for laundry…”

    If you’re referring to what I think you’re referring to, that’s a Jerry Seinfeld bit. He argued that, since players move around so much, we root for the clothes (i.e. uniforms) more than any individual player.

  54. 54.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    @p.a.:

    A melting Brady is something I would prefer to be approximately two galaxies away from.

  55. 55.

    cthulhu

    January 8, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    @MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:

    It could be that this was Tebow’s entry into Denversalem and that next week we shall see the crucifixion. Broncos fans will have to wait a couple of millenia for the second coming, but after Elway they should be pretty used to the idea.

    I don’t follow sports all that much but as kid lived in CO Springs for a while (during the Orange Crush era when Denver first showed some life). Thus I’ve been stuck with a passing preference for the Broncos. But, as an atheist, the whole Tebow thing confounds me.

    I thought the bit on SNL a few weeks back was hilarious and that’s a high bar for SNL these days.

  56. 56.

    JS

    January 8, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    So where in the name of John Facenda, Sonny Jurgenson and the Galloping Ghost was the safety on that last play?

  57. 57.

    The Snarxist Formerly Known As Kryptik

    January 8, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    @Short Bus Bully:

    I still thing that Super Bowl was one of the sloppiest called that I’ve watched.

  58. 58.

    Shalimar

    January 8, 2012 at 9:53 pm

    Look on the bright side. You could be a Broncos fan. Now they’re stuck with Tebow for at least another couple years.

  59. 59.

    Heliopause

    January 8, 2012 at 9:54 pm

    Fucking Tebow.

    Though it’s no consolation, I was conflicted. Root for the second most overhyped mediocrity in sports history or root for the whiniest little children in sports fandom. On the other hand, if Denver can’t let go of their collective emotional attachment to the 30th best starting QB in the league, all the better for those of us not Denver fans. Dear Lord, just give them enough success to not actually contend, but enough to keep them emotionally attached to the 30th best QB in the league. Amen.

  60. 60.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 9:55 pm

    @Heliopause:

    Root for the second most overhyped mediocrity in sports history or root for the whiniest little children in sports fandom.

    What do the Jets have to do with the events of today?

  61. 61.

    CaseyL

    January 8, 2012 at 9:56 pm

    Sympathies and condolences, John.

    Please don’t leave us. Please don’t leave us to Tunch’s tender mercies.

    All he ever talks about are The Ladiezz he lives with – you’d think he’d be less interested, since everyone is not only fixed, but they’re not even his species – and how much fun it is to complete with them to see who can make the most outrageous demands of you. (Though he does accord you a sincere, if grudging, respect for rehabilitating Rosie enough that he was able to cancel the hit.)

  62. 62.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    January 8, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    I think we’ve passed that point. One more win and Elway will be relegated to John the Baptist status by the current crop of Bronco fans. It took Elway 5 seasons before he got that far in the playoffs. Elway’s rise to glory started with “The Drive”. Practically every Tebow victory is punctuated by a variation of “The Drive”.

  63. 63.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    I am trying to work out what happens when Tebow loses to the Patriots. Does that make him a false prophet? Or is he really the messiah crucified under Roger Pontius Pilate Goodell? Will Mel Gibson make a movie showing him being brutally flogged by men speaking Latin? What’s the next step?

  64. 64.

    PaulW

    January 8, 2012 at 10:01 pm

    The Tebow Abides.

  65. 65.

    Southern Beale

    January 8, 2012 at 10:02 pm

    Fun with photojournalism! Professional photog goes to a fast food restaurant, orders food, shoots pics of what he gets, and compares it to the photos used in fast food company ads. Needless to say, we’ve got some major false advertising going on.

    Someone oughta sue.

  66. 66.

    LT

    January 8, 2012 at 10:02 pm

    Bad luck, John. But: If it leads to days off the internets – thank Tebow for the peace it brings!

    Amen.

  67. 67.

    BlueDWarrior

    January 8, 2012 at 10:02 pm

    Can’t wait for Brees to have an efficent 300 yd passing game and to watch Alex Smith flail around in the Red Zone 4 times before kicking FGs

    Saints over 49ers — 31-19

  68. 68.

    Short Bus Bully

    January 8, 2012 at 10:02 pm

    @The Snarxist Formerly Known As Kryptik:
    Watching that game as a Seahawks fan, realizing that your team was likely as not never getting back to another superbowl in your lifetime and then seeing it fucking stripped away from you but shitty refs… Damn that sucked.

  69. 69.

    Roger Moore

    January 8, 2012 at 10:02 pm

    @JS:

    So where in the name of John Facenda, Sonny Jurgenson and the Galloping Ghost was the safety on that last play?

    Up close to the line defending the run and biting hard on the play fake. It looks as if the Steelers defensive plan this week was, “Do whatever it takes to stop the run and force Tebow to beat us with his arm”. They did a pretty good job of stopping the run, but Tebow was uncharacteristically successful at beating them with his arm.

  70. 70.

    Morbo

    January 8, 2012 at 10:03 pm

    Fucking Tebow. Just appalling secondary play. Cripes.

    Oh, look at the bright side, they still held him under 50%.

  71. 71.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 10:04 pm

    @PaulW:

    http://www.metacafe.com/watch/71938/nobody_f_ks_with_the_jesus/

    Nobody fucks with the Jesus.

  72. 72.

    LT

    January 8, 2012 at 10:04 pm

    @PaulW: You are evil.

  73. 73.

    Monkey Business

    January 8, 2012 at 10:06 pm

    As a resident and native son of the great city of Indianapolis, I wholeheartedly encourage all of the teams luck, and encourage all of the fans of whichever teams advance to the Super Bowl to come visit our wonderful city.

    Except for Patriots fans. You guys can stay in Boston. I’d rather burn Lucas Oil Stadium to the ground than watch Tom Brady win another ring in the House That Peyton Built.

    We accept cash, check, and all major credit cards. Bring plenty.

  74. 74.

    Svensker

    January 8, 2012 at 10:07 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    There is an alternative. You could root for Eli.

    Of course I’m rooting for Eli. But, so far as I know, he’s not playing in the NE/Denver game, unless I missed something really big.

    If you give me the gun back, I can shoot Tebow’s knees out and then I can hope for the Broncs to beat up the Pats with a clear heart. If not, I have a problem.

  75. 75.

    Shawn in ShowMe

    January 8, 2012 at 10:08 pm

    @MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:

    I am trying to work out what happens when Tebow loses to the Patriots. Does that make him a false prophet?

    What do Christians normally do when a prophecy fails to come true? Reinterpret the prophecy.

    Tebow can not fail us. We can only fail Tebow.

  76. 76.

    Suffern ACE

    January 8, 2012 at 10:10 pm

    @Svensker: But if you root for Eli, how can you root for Aaron?

  77. 77.

    redshirt

    January 8, 2012 at 10:11 pm

    I’m gonna get to see Football Jesus lose to His Dark Majesty next week! Yay! All Hail Darth Hoodie!

  78. 78.

    Gator90

    January 8, 2012 at 10:12 pm

    @Heliopause: 30th best QB in the league, eh? How many of those other 29 QBs have passed for 300 yards and the game-winning TD in their first playoff game? Just wondering.

  79. 79.

    Ed Dane @ Large

    January 8, 2012 at 10:13 pm

    It’s ok Cole at least you still have Wiz Khalifa >>>

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UePtoxDhJSw&ob=av2e

  80. 80.

    devtob

    January 8, 2012 at 10:14 pm

    Tebow is a great football player, who somehow finds a way to win.

    He’s different from the NFL model of a modern quarterback, but most NFL-model quarterbacks are playing golf now.

    His teammates help a lot — the defense, his receivers, and the kicker.

    But Tebow, in this game and several others, is clearly the team leader.

    Let’s give him some credit.

    And not diss him because of his religious beliefs.

  81. 81.

    Johnny Gentle (famous crooner)

    January 8, 2012 at 10:14 pm

    The guy only completes 10 passes, yet averages almost 32 yards per completion. That’s truly embarrassing secondary play.

    So great, we can look forward to a Tim Tebow vs. Bill Belichik fellation contest from the media all next week.

    “Tebow’s just a winner!”
    “Yeah, but Belichik is the Master Strategist!”
    “But you can never count Tebow out!”
    “Belichik is such a genius, he’s probably already created the perfect gameplan for next week while sitting on the toilet!”
    “But you can see how his teammates just really want to win for Tebow!”
    “All of Belichik’s players win because he’s instilled a winning attitude”

    And so on. Oh, and Tom Brady, too.

  82. 82.

    redshirt

    January 8, 2012 at 10:18 pm

    @Johnny Gentle (famous crooner): LOL. Yeah, pretty much for the rest of the week. It’s going to drown out the other, better playoff games.

  83. 83.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    January 8, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    @Gator90:

    Put a blind squirrel underneath an oak tree and it’s going to find some acorns. Put the same squirrel in a grove of pines and it will starve.

  84. 84.

    Heliopause

    January 8, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    @MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson:

    What do the Jets have to do

    Close, but not sure if you’ve nailed it. Joe Willie is the most overhyped mediocrity in sports history but he is not second most nor does he represent Steeler fans. So if you could be more specific.

  85. 85.

    WereBear (itouch)

    January 8, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    @jrg: Not in a million years. There’s some superficial similarities, but Campbell looks lived in, while Romney doesn’t.

  86. 86.

    Heliopause

    January 8, 2012 at 10:23 pm

    @Gator90:

    Please, God, let John Elway be thinking exactly this. Amen.

  87. 87.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 10:24 pm

    @WereBear (itouch):

    Romney might be inhabited by a tribe of alien tree weasels.

  88. 88.

    Elie

    January 8, 2012 at 10:26 pm

    @Short Bus Bully:

    I hear ya — TotALLY — Pittsburgh Stealas is right on — hate their fucking guts..

    I just can’t stand that Tebow crap. Otherwise, all this would be 100% splendid. They are so overrated on everything… even their crippled rapist motorcycle gangbanga quarterback.. (who should be in jail instead of the playoffs). The only other NFL player for whom I have less regards is the dog killer, Michael Vick.

  89. 89.

    Nom de Plume

    January 8, 2012 at 10:27 pm

    Steelers fans are such fucking babies. Seriously, the worst. Six Super Bowl rings, and they whine worse than anyone else.

  90. 90.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 10:28 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again):

    (Pine) nuts to you, sir!

  91. 91.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 8, 2012 at 10:29 pm

    @devtob:

    And not diss him because of his religious beliefs.

    If the shit kept them to himself, I would not have a problem with him.

    But he doesn’t.

    So fuck him. And all like him.

  92. 92.

    amk

    January 8, 2012 at 10:29 pm

    Malaysia court finds Anwar Ibrahim not guilty of sodomy.

    Paging Amir Khalid.

  93. 93.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 8, 2012 at 10:30 pm

    May Mitt live in interesting times

    Last night I saw a link on Twitter to the news that Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire c*s*no mogul had given $5 million to a Gingrich-backing SuperPAC to run a brutal series of ads against Mitt Romney in South Carolina. I knew this was big if for no other reason than the fact that $5 million thrown at a relatively small state like South Carolina over little more than a week is enough to totally change the calculus of a race.

    JMM says there may be more where that came from

  94. 94.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 10:31 pm

    @amk:

    Good news indeed.

  95. 95.

    Corner Stone

    January 8, 2012 at 10:32 pm

    @devtob:

    He’s different from the NFL model of a modern quarterback, but most NFL-model quarterbacks are playing golf now.

    Pretty much every “X, Y or Z” position player is in off season now.
    It’s called “post season”.

  96. 96.

    Elie

    January 8, 2012 at 10:32 pm

    @devtob:

    Sorry man, but folks with his religious beliefs are ready to take away all my and everyone else’s freedoms to do much of anything except worship his God. He and his ilk have successfully turned me into an anti-religionist. Not that I want to do anything to them, but just want them to shut the fuck up and stay the hell into their own lives and outa mine. Dono if you have been paying attention in the last 8 years or so, but this is WAR for what remains of a liberal way of life where folks get to live and let live. We are a dying breed and I am just sick of watching assholes kneel and pray about anything … He wants to kneel and pray, maybe he should do that at home or in his effing church. I dont find that entertaining to see in a freakin football game.

  97. 97.

    Villago Delenda Est

    January 8, 2012 at 10:33 pm

    @PaulW:

    Shut the fuck up, Donnie!

  98. 98.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    January 8, 2012 at 10:33 pm

    D’oh! I typed a Forbidden Word and got stuck in moderation. If anyone’s interested, Josh Marshall says Sheldon “Swiftboat” Adelson has written a Newtie SuperPAC a check for $5 million for So Carolina.

  99. 99.

    jrg

    January 8, 2012 at 10:33 pm

    @WereBear (itouch): Google “Mitt Romney looks like”, and tell me which suggestions come up. Dude looks like Ash, Housewares. Straight up.

  100. 100.

    dedc79

    January 8, 2012 at 10:37 pm

    My condolences. This pleasantly surprised Giants fan is enjoying what will likely be only one more week of football this season. But as the Broncos proved today, anything can happen…

  101. 101.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    January 8, 2012 at 10:39 pm

    @jrg: I’d like to think of him more as Arnold Rimmer.

  102. 102.

    amk

    January 8, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    @MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson: expect mahathir to go on a rant any day now.

  103. 103.

    lamh35

    January 8, 2012 at 10:43 pm

    I talked about possibly supporting that new super-pac “1911 United” which is backed by 2 African Americans fraternities and who’s aim is to motivate and GOTV of African American and PoC. Here is an intro video from that group:

    1911UNITED.COM

  104. 104.

    gnomedad

    January 8, 2012 at 10:43 pm

    @shoutingattherain:

    Go get naked and mop your bathroom floor.

    Poor John. I think he deserves a moratorium on naked mopping references. Provided it gets an entry in the Lexicon, of course.

  105. 105.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    January 8, 2012 at 10:44 pm

    @devtob:

    And not diss him because of his religious beliefs.

    Then don’t give me some bullshit that he’s great, or that the Broncos didn’t draft him because of the fans he’d bring, both obviously based on his outspoken evangelism.

    I don’t know if you’re in the same universe as the rest of us, but Trent Dilfer didn’t get the spotlight on him when the Ravens were on their Super Bowl run, and it isn’t like his numbers were worse than Tebow’s. In fact, at the time, the CW said that the Ravens won despite Dilfer.

  106. 106.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 10:44 pm

    @amk:

    Activist judges will, doubtless, feature prominently.

  107. 107.

    LT

    January 8, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    Evangelism is a form of rudeness. it is built into to evangelism to think less off the person being evangelized to.

    I’d be polite to Tebow if I met him. It’s my momma’s fault.

  108. 108.

    Suffern ACE

    January 8, 2012 at 10:50 pm

    @amk: It’s Malaysia. Wait ten minutes, they’ll accuse him again.

  109. 109.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    January 8, 2012 at 10:50 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Heh, Trent Dilfer maybe the ultimate example of how “did he win a Super Bowl” is an overrated way of judging a QB.

  110. 110.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 10:51 pm

    @devtob:

    And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. (Matthew 6:5)

    Jesus doesn’t seem completely to agree with your assessment of what makes for acceptable religious behavior.

  111. 111.

    Corner Stone

    January 8, 2012 at 10:52 pm

    I have to say, I am loving the Pepsi Max and NY Jets commercials.
    So much freude that is being schaden.

  112. 112.

    Belafon (formerly anonevent)

    January 8, 2012 at 10:55 pm

    If God is using his/her free time to decide football games, then I want a word with him/her: There are Congresspeople that need lobotomies.

  113. 113.

    burnspbesq

    January 8, 2012 at 10:59 pm

    @JS:

    So where in the name of John Facenda, Sonny Jurgenson and the Galloping Ghost was the safety on that last play?

    Up at the line of scrimmage on the left side of the Broncos’ formation, getting ready to either blitz or jam a slot receiver who was every bit as invisible as the bond vigilantes. A brain-cramp of Freddie Brown proportions.

  114. 114.

    burnspbesq

    January 8, 2012 at 11:03 pm

    @Svensker:

    If you give me the gun back, I can shoot Tebow’s knees out and then I can hope for the Broncs to beat up the Pats with a clear heart.

    Remember to put the safety back on, and don’t leave a round in the chamber, when you’re done.

  115. 115.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    January 8, 2012 at 11:08 pm

    @The prophet Nostradumbass:

    Well, there’s also Brad Johnson with the Bucs, and Jim McMahon & Willie Gault with the ’85 Bears (though I’ll say that McMahon was slightly better than the others in this conversation).

  116. 116.

    burnspbesq

    January 8, 2012 at 11:11 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again):

    Then don’t give me some bullshit that he’s great, or that the Broncos didn’t draft him because of the fans he’d bring

    The last thing the Broncos need from Tebow is to put butts in seats. They have sold out every home game since 1970, except for two replacement games during the 1987 strike.

  117. 117.

    Mark S.

    January 8, 2012 at 11:11 pm

    Willard, showing he’s a regular Joe Six-Pack:

    “I know what its’ like to worry about whether or not you are going to get fired,” Romney said. “There are times when I wondered whether I was going to get a pink slip.”

    My god, he is such a fucking idiot.

    And Jesus, Pat Buchanan really entitled a chapter in his book “The End of White America”?

  118. 118.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    January 8, 2012 at 11:17 pm

    @burnspbesq:

    Sells more jerseys, ups the bids for radio rights, generally drives up the value of the franchise.

    ETA: You DO know that I’m an owner of a NFL franchise, no?

  119. 119.

    BruceFromOhio

    January 8, 2012 at 11:24 pm

    @devtob:

    Let’s give him some credit. And not diss him because of his religious beliefs.

    You’re missing the picture. There’s ire directed at the athlete for being athletic, no doubt. Dude put on a damned good show after weeks of really weak stats, and someone has to lose the contest. Alas.

    And that’s where I get warped. The blatant fawning in the sports media, the hypervelocity idolatry, the embarrassing sight of gibbering Xtians wearing “#15 Jesus” jerseys … it is really, really sad. Particularly in a year when other rookie QBs were putting up stellar numbers and being ignored.

    I don’t give a tin shit what the man believes. Its the hoopla that has been inflated on his behalf that is just disgusting.

    After watching in disbelief the triumphant heights of language being used to describe a rookie QB disguised as a lumbering teenager trying to run away from a street gang (with equivalent stats) it was starting to really wear thin. Can this many people have this many hallucinations, repeatedly? Fortunately, the answer will remain unknown, because Broncos put up enough consistent, muscular offense tonight to put up serious points. And they did it as a team, last I recalled. And there’s this other bunch of guys called a “defense,” and who’d a thunk, they showed up, too.

    So, go for it, claim your high ground, thank whoever, whatever, get down on your knees and worship. Power to you. You still can’t win a wild card playoff game playing solo.

    And *none* of that shit’s got anything to do with some lucky young QB’s religious beliefs.

  120. 120.

    Mark S.

    January 8, 2012 at 11:26 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again):

    Johnson and McMahon were a lot better than Dilfer. Jeez, I’d take Tebow over Dilfer. That guy really sucked. He also sucks as an analyst.

    Wasn’t Willie Gault a WR?

  121. 121.

    babygiraffes

    January 8, 2012 at 11:27 pm

    Tim Tebow 29
    Steelers 23

    And they said he could not pass. Denver won it on an 80-yard pass — the first play in overtime.

    10 for 21, 316 yards, 2 TD and a quarterback rating of 125.6.

    Oh, and he ran for a TD as well.

    Next stop: At New England, Saturday night at 8.

  122. 122.

    honus

    January 8, 2012 at 11:31 pm

    @clay: Garry Trudeau said it about 15 years before Seinfeld. “We’re rooting for the clothes”

  123. 123.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    January 8, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    @BruceFromOhio: Tebow’s actions also disgust some people.

  124. 124.

    Batocchio

    January 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    Sorry, John. The Steelers almost pulled off the comeback.

  125. 125.

    clayton

    January 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    you ast for it.

  126. 126.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 8, 2012 at 11:35 pm

    @Corner Stone:

    Actually, the Freude is the enjoyment bit.

  127. 127.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    January 8, 2012 at 11:38 pm

    @Mark S.:

    Yes, Gault was- and a shitty one at that, with no hands- who got big pub and thought he deserved a lot more money than he was getting based on his SB ring. It ain’t just QBs.

    And, really, I don’t think Johnson was any better than Dilfer, ever. I think that he had the luck to be used in a way that gave him better opportunities to hide his weaknesses- the equivalent to a so-so hitter taking advantage of the abilities of the great hitter behind him in the batting order.

  128. 128.

    eemom

    January 8, 2012 at 11:38 pm

    so the Steelers won’t be in the super bowl and it’s because this Tebow guy and Jesus fucked John Cole’s shit up. Have I got that right?

  129. 129.

    devtob

    January 8, 2012 at 11:39 pm

    Were Tebow an elected politician who voted “to take away all my and everyone else’s freedoms to do much of anything except worship his God,” then he would deserve the calumny he’s been getting.

    As of now, he’s an NFL quarterback who has not won every game, or completed every pass, who wears his conservative Christian religion on his sleeve more than any other pro athlete.

    The national attention to that, from both sides, is just weird.

  130. 130.

    Nerull

    January 8, 2012 at 11:41 pm

    @devtob: Tebow works for lobbying organizations trying to take away those things.

  131. 131.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    January 8, 2012 at 11:43 pm

    @eemom:

    Si.

  132. 132.

    BruceFromOhio

    January 8, 2012 at 11:43 pm

    @The prophet Nostradumbass: Perhaps. There’s some ire remaining at Michael Vick still rolling out once in awhile. I get it.

    I stick to what’s on the field and the stats. Somebody’s a Jesus freak or a dog killer or a gun-toting moron off the field, that’s their problem. @Elie does makes a good point, though I’m just as satisfied to direct my ire elsewhere. Spoiled rich NFL players aren’t particularly worth it.

  133. 133.

    mak

    January 8, 2012 at 11:44 pm

    Serves ’em frickin right for not even attempting a field goal at the end of regulation. Also, too, Roethlisberger sucks ass (even more than his o-line), especially in his new role as offensive coordinator (or is it head coach now? wtf).

  134. 134.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    January 8, 2012 at 11:44 pm

    @devtob: Look at the link in my comment at 122.

  135. 135.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    January 8, 2012 at 11:47 pm

    @BruceFromOhio: Michael Vick is someone I don’t like, but he paid his debt with his prison time, and has shown some contrition. People who use their fame to push the restriction of the rights of women, I can do without.

  136. 136.

    FlipYrWhig

    January 8, 2012 at 11:51 pm

    @eemom: Pretty much. But it really was odd. I’ll even credit Corner Stone for the statement on one of the earlier threads that Tebow threw 4 of the best passes he’s ever thrown in his life. I’ve been sick of Tebow since his pre-LeBron announcement of his returning to U. of Florida, done for maximum adoration, but he pulled it off with skill today.

  137. 137.

    FlipYrWhig

    January 8, 2012 at 11:54 pm

    @devtob: Well, keep in mind that Tebow has been being hyped for “character” for what feels like a decade already. His status as a media creation/darling and his ostentatious Xty have always been intertwined.

  138. 138.

    clayton

    January 8, 2012 at 11:55 pm

    @eemom: John’s not living right. You know this, I know this. Do you think Cole knows this now?

    Who knows?

  139. 139.

    Nerull

    January 8, 2012 at 11:56 pm

    @The prophet Nostradumbass: Not just women. Focus on the Family is one of the leading anti-gay groups, along with their sister organization the Family Research Council which is a SPLC-recognized hate group. The anti-abortion stuff is really just a side thing to their real goal, which is denying equal rights for LGBTs.

  140. 140.

    PIGL

    January 8, 2012 at 11:59 pm

    What is this you are talking about? Football? You are all crazy, that’s what it is. Crazy, I tells ya.

  141. 141.

    2liberal

    January 9, 2012 at 12:14 am

    i am looking forward to having EVERYONE pulling for the Patriots next week.

  142. 142.

    Quiddity

    January 9, 2012 at 12:17 am

    Tebow throws for 316 years. Ten passes for 31.6 per.

    TEBOW 3:16

    For God so loved the world that He gave Tebow to Denver, so that whoever believes in the Broncos quarterback shall not lose wagers, but have eternal playoff games to enjoy.

  143. 143.

    MildlyAmusedRainbowPerson

    January 9, 2012 at 12:24 am

    @2liberal:

    i am looking forward to having EVERYONE pulling for the Patriots next week.

    The choice between God’s most recent progeny and Satan’s twin brother is perhaps more complex than you make it seem.

  144. 144.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    January 9, 2012 at 12:37 am

    @Nerull: That is true. I mentioned women’s rights because that’s specifically what Tebow has been about.

  145. 145.

    gnomedad

    January 9, 2012 at 12:39 am

    Fucking Tebow.

    How does he work?

  146. 146.

    Another Halocene Human

    January 9, 2012 at 1:21 am

    Doesn’t this Demariyus guy deserve any credit? Great catch, made it look easy, ran like a powerhouse, batted off the defensive player like a fruitfly, outran them all the way to the end zone–but it’s all about Tebow?

    Fuck that guy.

  147. 147.

    The prophet Nostradumbass

    January 9, 2012 at 1:24 am

    @Another Halocene Human: Shush, you, the media are too busy waiting in line to fellate Tebow.

  148. 148.

    Can't Be Bothered

    January 9, 2012 at 1:35 am

    Ha.

  149. 149.

    RadioOne

    January 9, 2012 at 1:42 am

    I think this game might become one of my favorite games of all time. I thought the Steelers were without question going to come back and win the game with a final field goal there, and then Ben gets sacked numerous times to end that possibility and…the very first play, in OT, the Broncos win the coin toss and decide to pass on a 1st down run blitz from the Steelers, and gets an 80 yard stiff-arm touchdown.

    Unreal. The opening kickoff was a touchback that hit the goalposts and amazingly rebounded without human intervention back to the 20-yard line exactly.

    It’s God’s (Tim Tebow’s) world, we’re just stuck living in it.

  150. 150.

    am

    January 9, 2012 at 1:47 am

    I thought Tebow had to retire in shame after the Buffalo game…

  151. 151.

    William Hurley

    January 9, 2012 at 2:20 am

    Revolting indeed!

    Don’t fret though, Brady & company will reintroduce Tebow to the limits of his talents.

  152. 152.

    Amir Khalid

    January 9, 2012 at 3:39 am

    @amk:
    You rang?

    No one in Malaysia has ever believed Anwar was gay. I mean, you shoulda seen how inept Dr Mahathir’s goons were at trumping up the evidence the first time around, back in ’98. And this trial is just a continuation of that vendetta, which Dr M started because he was convinced, probably with cause, that Anwar was going to challenge him for the Umno presidency and thus the PM’s job. (Dr M was then in the 17th of 22 consecutive years as PM — nearly twice as long as the second longest tenure.) Now, of course, the current PM Najib Abdul Razak is going after him because, as opposition leader, Anwar is a threat to Barisan’s hold on federal power, uninterrupted since independence in 1957.

    Gawd bless our judges, or some of them anyway. You really got to cross your fingers when you hope for political independence from a Malaysian high court judge. What happened in 1998 was the Barisan eventually got the judge to convict him of abusing his power, allegedly by leaning on the cops not to investigate the sodomy charges. (Of which, I remind you, he wasn’t guilty.)

  153. 153.

    amk

    January 9, 2012 at 8:57 am

    @Amir Khalid: yeah, I was in M’sia working in cameron highlands power projects from 2004 to 08 and could tell from the local news that mahathir and his coterie hated anwar to their bones. Poor guy had to suffer a lot because of one man’s vendatta. The sick aspect this drama was some gobinment minister claiming y’day how this proves that judiciary is independent there.

  154. 154.

    Paul in KY

    January 9, 2012 at 9:12 am

    @Tom Levenson: That’s Darth Grumpius he’ll have to face, up in his frozen lair of cheatingness.

  155. 155.

    Amir Khalid

    January 9, 2012 at 9:29 am

    @amk:
    My colleagues in the media who were at Dr M’s press conference in 1998, where he first accused Anwar of sodomy, brought back a story that never made the news because no editor here would have dared put it in print: Dr M’s explicit description, to reporters, of Anwar doing teh buttseks with another man. The impression I got from our reporter was that Dr M sounded, well, deranged.

    The independence of our judiciary is a fitful thing. some of them do have principles when it comes to politicaly sensitive rulings, some are careerists first. But there was this one time in 1988, when a judge actually declared Umno itself an illegal organization; for comparison, imagine an American judge ruling that the Republican party was a criminal organization. This was for a very technical violation of election laws, i.e. Umno had set up new party branches without properly notifying the Election Commission. There was not a lot of sympathy from outside the party then, because Dr M’s own Umno-dominated government had enacted those laws to trip up the opposition.

  156. 156.

    amk

    January 9, 2012 at 10:43 am

    @Amir Khalid: Here is some peppy piece in anwar. Hope he succeeds.

  157. 157.

    Amir Khalid

    January 9, 2012 at 11:09 am

    I hope Anwar succeeds at what is his most important job now: establishing Pakatan Rakyat as a viable alternative to Barisan Nasional. It’s very tempting for him to make a grab for the PM’s post, which he’s wanted for decades. He’s even tried it once, after the general elections in 2008, which I thought was very premature. He should be concentrating on building a more united Pakatan, even if it means he runs out of time to become PM.

    Pakatan’s long-term survival is by no means a sure thing. His main coalition partners PAS (Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party) and DAP (Democratic Action Party, secular and lefty) are old-line opposition parties with very different visions of what Malaysia should be, who have allied together before but failed to make it last. They’ve got through four years this time, but you never know …

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