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How can you hate this guy? re Tebow
I'm the first one to admit I hate the Gators and Tebow (especially when they are giving the Dawgs their annual beatdown) but off the field, you gotta have respect for him (despite the boohoo-ing like a little girl). He's a good guy.
http://www.ajc.com/sports/tebow-shares-special-day-237563.html?cxntlid=thbz_hm
Re: How can you hate this guy? re Tebow
Very classy post from a Dawg fan.
We'll certainly miss him, for both his activities on, but especially off the field. World-class person, no matter what team you root for.
ETA: And in my first sentence, I'm not trying to insult Dawg fans. Just appreciate the recognition from a rival!
I think the only reason that people don't like him is (a) they're inclined to hate Florida and everything associated with it (which many people are), or (b) they really just hate Tebow's overexposure, which is the media's fault, not his.
He is a good guy and I don't think it's actually possible to hate him.
Couldn't have said it better myself.
totally agree!
ITA. Well said!
The two main reasons I dislike Tebow:
1. Media overexposure. Watching a Florida game is absolutely nauseating. Even the tiniest play, and it's like he singlehandedly made the greatest play in the history of college football. And while I'm sure he's a nice guy, there are other players in college football who also do good things that we don't hear about because they're not Tim Tebow. Seriously, give somebody else some credit.
2. He does the whole "I'm so humble" thing and yet still manages to make everything about him. The Florida-Florida State game was a great example. He took flowers to his mom on the field. If it's really about just thanking his mom for her support, it didn't need to be done in private. Can you imagine if the entire team had flowers for their mom to give on the sidelines? Chaos! And then when an FSU player got hurt, Tebow ran out to the field to say something to him. Seriously? Can you imagine if the long snapper or a backup linebacker ran out there? The announcers would be all, "This guy is just getting in the way. He needs to let the trainers do their jobs!" But because it's Tebow, it's OK, and they start talking again about what a great guy Tebow is rather than focusing on the injured player. Sorry, but it's a team game, and little things like that annoy me because it would be mayhem out there if the entire team did it. So why should Tebow? Yuck.
What? Tears =/= sore loser. Tears mean that you cared a lot about the game and expected a different outcome. And didn't want the last game of your college career to be anything other than winning a national championship. I would have cried too.
Not his fault.
LOL, guess what. It was Senior Day so yes, EVERY SENIOR was announced, and brought flowers to their mom / whatever female was there to support him. Try better next time.
THE NERVE.
I think your attitude is the only "yuck" thing in your post.
Preachin' to the choir.
I watched the game, and I honestly didn't see that. I saw Tebow run out with a sea of guys who weren't carrying flowers. Maybe I didn't look closely enough.
Actually, this is the one thing that I think I rationally dislike. What would happen if every Florida player ran out there to encourage the FSU player? It would be insanity. So why should Tebow run out there and not, say, the player who hit the injured Seminole? The trainers are out there to do a job. They do not need a random guy out there making their job more difficult. Find the guy after the game to ask how he is. Sorry, but I think opposing players should stay the hell out of the trainers' way when they're working with an injured guy on the field. Tebow's running out there just screamed, "Look at ME! Look how much I care!"
I'm not really a Florida fan (unless they are playing Alabama!) but I have a ton of respect for Tebow. I don't have any children but if I did, he is the type of athlete I'd want them to look up to.
I spend a LOT of time around college athletes...lots of them are not quality role models...and he certainly is.
TI, IUIs, IVF = c/ps and BFNs
Just to add another view:
Not everyone likes him throwing his Christianity out there at all times. Many people are against missionaries. Not everyone wants to hear about his religion all.the.time. He is a football player.
I am not saying I agree with all of the above.
However I think his bible verses on his eye black are over the top.
Touche. I live in the Bible belt so I'm immune to gestures like that.
I don't hate him (although I dislike the gators greatly).
I know he is good intentioned, but I am not a fan of throwing one's religion in others faces. That does irk me a bit. Always has.
Took the words right out of my mouth (hands? WTFever
). And to me, he comes off as too.damn.perfect. I mean, maybe I'm just a cynical_bitch...but part of me thinks he's got skeletons in his closet somewhere.
And I'm sure some people will stop at nothing until they find those skeletons. It's a shame.
Sounds like some of y'all have been sippin' on some
Total chaos!
People can dislike Tebow without sipping on Haterade.
I can understand that it's difficult for Gator fans to believe that not everyone is in love with Tebow. However, not everyone loves him, and not because of jealousy... or Haterade.
There's a difference between not loving the guy, and being irrationally angry at everything involving him.
As someone who went to a big time rival school ::cough:: FSU ::cough:: I don't dislike Tebow. I think a lot of things that people dislike about him are out of his hands, i.e. the media attention. I can say though a lot of this media attention is coming from his parents though. They're involved quite a bit in press conferences which I find odd since you don't see this too often. Also, I have to agree with absent*minded that the whole Christianity thing is a little off putting. I don't dislike him or harbor any ill will towards him, but I can do without the religious aspect. It's not only UF and Tebow this happens to. When Sexton supposedly called himself God, FSU turned on him as well.
For those who said it, I don't drink the haterade and I still respect him as a player and the school. No one can deny he is a good person on and off the field. However, I personally can do without bible references and such. FWIW, I was very close to becoming a Gator myself, but FSU offered me more scholarships so I went where the money was.
ETA: How can I hate a team that makes me at least $100/ticket for a free student game ticket? LOL
Sexton called himself God while high as a kite. This is a WEE bit different.
No, I know. I was still in school when it happened. I'm not saying it's exact, but even if he said it without being high he would have still been turned on.
Still not seeing how Sexton's crazy talk is comparable to Tebow's wearing Bible verses on his eye black.
When you involve religion in any form, you are bound to bug people. It is the whole holier than thou feeling, even if that's not what is intended. People for the most part don't like it when someone is put on a pedestal. Sexton put himself on a pedestal and unfortunately for Tebow, others put him on this pedestal. When that occurs, people want to see them knocked down and back to the same level as everyone else. Like I said before, I don't harbor any ill will towards the guy. I think he's a good guy on and off the field.
Shay, I actually very much agree with you on the religion thing. I do think that Tebow's openness about his personal beliefs are, understandably, offputting to very many people.
But again, Sexton's drunken ravings have nothing to do with religion. The university turned on him not because he compared himself to God (I believe there would have been a similar reaction had he said he was the President, for example), but because he was arrested after a high profile incident of public intoxication, which made him, and FSU's program as a whole, the laughing stock of the sports world for several weeks.