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http://sports.yahoo.com/news/tim-tebow-joins-sec-network-212943120--ncaaf.html

Tebow has joined the SEC Network, so it looks like his NFL career is done.

 

I'll keep your seat warm for you for next Monday.

 

Were you not entertained TahiriVeilaSolo69?

WERRRE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!

 

Hahaha. Chris must be in heaven. Poor Eden. TypoCelchu

 

I agree. I think coach McDizzle can be a good head coach. He took a lot of heat for how things went with the Broncos, but people forget that they started 6-0 in his first season before falling apart over the next year and half. He did make a lot of head-scratching personnel decisions, no doubt about it, but it turns out that in the end he was right about a few of them (Demaryius Thomas, Knowshon Moreno, Zane Beadles, J.D. Walton), and turned Brandon Lloyd into a receiver that put up some really good numbers after being a castoff from several other teams.
As a Pats fan though, I'd like to see him stay as O-Coordinator, and possibly take over whenever Belichick is done coaching years from now.

 

That sounds like a match made in Heaven (no pun intended).

Tebow had an outstanding college career, and though brief, he had some memorable NFL moments. I can understand why his pious (some would say self righteous) attitude rubs some a lot of people the wrong way, but come on. There are a number of pro athletes whose personal conduct deserves our scorn. I'm not sure Tim Tebow is one of them.

I'm old enough to remember when Belichick himself was actually the head coach of the Browns, and he similarly rubbed people the wrong way and made some (then) head-scratching personnel decisions like releasing Bernie Kosar mid-season (though ditching Kosar for Testaverde ultimately proved to be the right call). I think he learned from that experience and applied it to his next gig...which is also his current gig. I'm not saying McDaniels is the next Belichick, but I could see him being successful in his next go-round, and I have no doubt he'll get the chance somewhere, if not Cleveland.

 

Poor Peyton.

 

Honestly, it's not Tim Tebow himself that rubs me the wrong way (He seems by and large to be a very nice person), but rather some of his more ... rabid... fanbase (like Skip Bayless and some of of those fans that rented billboards in Denver and Jacksonville trying to get the owners to make Tebow starting QB - or even on the team at all in the Jags case), that turn me off to the whole 'Tebow phenomenon (as Skip Bayless would call it)'.

 

I am sure that Skip Bayless will once again heap huge compliments Tebow's way in welcoming him aboard the ESPN conglomeration of networks which the SEC Network is a part of (over/under amount of times Bayless praises Tebow's breakdown of the game once he starts which is before the BCS game on ESPN's pregame show: 1000 or above).

 

Chargers should be the favorite, every team that has played Philly in their home opener the past five years have gone and won the Super Bowl.

 

Bad Lip READING NFL

I thought that this was hilarious!

 

"Orange Peanut" should be released as a song!

If 'What does the Fox say?' can get air time, surely "Orange Peanut" can!

 

Like the Tebow that starred Skip Bayless?

 

orange peanut...

 

Eli Porter > Steve Porter

 

ESPN is reporting that Bill O'Brien will be the new head coach for the Texans.

 

Yeah, they've pretty much been reporting that since practically Sunday before all the Black Monday firings started coming in.

 

Any word on who O'Brien's replacement might be? I know Greg Schiano's name has been mentioned before.

 

No clue. Won't really matter as Penn State is still on a lengthy bowl/post season ban.

 

The Texans are definitely far more talented than your typical team selecting first overall. It should be a quick turnaround, provided they make the right call at QB. And speaking of which, I see that Bridgewater just officially declared and is projected first overall. Not that it means much on Jan 1st. Still a lot of time for stocks to rise and fall. I do believe this will be a tough pick to move, though. Someone could fall in love with Bridgewater, but as you said, just (potentially) so many QBs in this class. For instance the Browns, one of the few teams that might make a play for #1 given that they have two first rounders, are supposedly all over Manziel. I loathe Manziel, and as a Browns fan I want nothing to do with him. But that comeback against Duke last night...