SOTW #40 Rise Against - Make It Stop (September's Children)

Another great song by these guys, I just wish it was about bullying period and not just bullying gay kids. Lots of straight kids (like me) go through hell too.

Tim Tebow, an enigma for football fans...

I honestly never thought I was going to have to write this, Tim Tebow has earned my respect. After watching him manage (key word manage, not dominate) the football game tonight against the Jets I have come to realize that in the immortal words of Buddy Ryan referring to Randal Cunningham, "All he does is win football games". Tebow had 1, 1! completion in the second half and only 6 or 7 the entire game. But when the game was on the line he got out of a max blitz package and outran the no doubt tired defense for a TD which got them the win.

Conventional wisdom says you cannot run a triple option/speed option package in the NFL because the athletes are too fast and athletic, conventional wisdom says a run first QB in the NFL has no chance because defenses would just be able to key off on him, conventional wisdom says you need to complete AT LEAST 55% of your passes to be an average, or even just a starting QB in the NFL (over his last 5 games Tebow has a 45% completion percentage), Tim Tebow just took a metaphorical dump on conventional wisdom tonight and I am just as stunned as anyone. I spent part of the game outright laughing at the way Denver was playing, but they won, and in sports that's all that matters.

This could forever change the NFL, like the Wildcat if NFL teams can figure out how to run the triple option/speed option (memo to Leslie Frazier, get on this NOW!!!!) the game will be revolutionized as dramatically as it was by the spread.

Tim Tebow is never going to be an MVP, he is never going to complete 60% of his passes throughout a season, he is never going to be pretty to watch (unless you are female and like the way he looks) but goddamn it the kid can win and in the NFL that's all that matters, and he'll probably get a ring or 2 before his career is over. All he has to do is manage the game, just like Brad Johnson did in 2002 and Trent Dilfer did in 2000. Many a great QB's have come through the league and never got what those 2 guys got. And let me tell you, the greats, like Warren Moon, Dan Fouts, and Dan Marino would trade all their records if they could get that ring.

my simple take on the Penn State scandel...