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Congratulations to Bama on a Great Win!

By on January 10, 2012 in Sports

As an LSU fan, obviously I am very disappointed about the outcome of tonight’s game. But you have to give credit to Alabama for a dominating performance in the BCS title game. The bottom line of tonight’s game: Bama’s defense was suffocating, and LSU never got anything going offensively. LSU only crossed midfield one time. The swagger that LSU has had all season was missing tonight.

Woulda coulda shoulda: Jordan Jefferson was in a funk. He couldn’t get the option going nor did he present a threat of passing the ball downfield. It was clear by the middle of the 3rd quarter that Jefferson was in a rut that he couldn’t get out of. I think Miles should have put in Jarrett Lee to see if he could pass the ball downfield. We might have been able to get some big plays and to open up the running game if Miles would have given Lee a try. Lee went 8-0 as a starter this year, and he deserved a shot. Miles should have given Lee a chance for the save once Jefferson choked. Miles made a mistake not making a change. That being said, it is what it is. And LSU just got outplayed tonight.

This is a tough loss for a great LSU team. Congratulations to the Tigers for their accomplishments this year. I’ll be looking for them to make a comeback next year. Geaux, Tigers!

[All my football happiness for this season is now riding on Tim Tebow. I'm thinking I may not have much football happiness when it's all said and done.]

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Time To Get Your Game Face On!

By on January 9, 2012 in Sports

LSU faces Alabama in New Orleans tonight for all the marbles, and it is time to put your game face on. My favorite hype video from this season is above. It was produced about mid-season, so some of the best highlights aren’t in it. But it is still the best one, and you need to put on your headphones or some good speakers to watch this video. There are a couple more videos below: (1) one of Coach Miles’ pre-game speeches and (2) LSU’s official hype video for the National Championship game. Continue Reading →

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Should Tim Tebow Host SNL?

By on December 29, 2011 in Christianity, Entertainment, Sports

MSNBC.com reports that “Saturday Night Live” would like to book Tim Tebow to host the show after the end of the NFL season. Other quarterbacks like Peyton Manning and Tom Brady have hosted, and it would be a huge ratings boost for the show. But it’s hard to disagree with Gael Fashingbauer Cooper that it would be a bad idea for him to host if he ever gets the invitation. Here’s why:

There’s no question the sketches “SNL’s” writers would create for Tebow would play off the many known issues surrounding him — the circumcisions, his virginity, the on-field prayer stance dubbed “Tebowing.” But once they handed those scripts to Tebow, it seems wildly unlikely that he’d go along with what they come up with. Who can blame him?

Manning did it, and he looked smart for doing so. But here’s betting the Tebow sketches would be much more personal and vicious, and much more likely to go against Tebow’s personal values, religious or otherwise.

I think this reporter has it right. SNL’s recent parody of Tebow shows just how profane and disrespectful they are willing to be towards Christianity. I didn’t think the Tebow parody was funny, and many Christians agree that it was in poor taste at best and blasphemous at worst. Self-deprecating humor is one thing. Christ-deprecating humor is another, and it’s completely repugnant to Christians. It’s hard to imagine that the sketches would be any better than the last one, were Tebow to host.

I think Tebow should pass on this one.

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Tebow after the Big Loss to the Patriots

By on December 20, 2011 in Christianity, Sports

How does Tim Tebow respond after a big loss on a big stage? Does hope spring temporary when the victories cease? No, it doesn’t. Immediately after leaving the locker room after the game, here is how Tebow’s conversation went with a reporter from NFL.com when all the cameras were off:

“How is the strength of your faith impacted after a loss?” I started.

“It puts things in perspective,” Tebow said. “God is still God. I still have a relationship with Christ, and a loss doesn’t change anything. Win or lose, everything is still the same. What matters is the girl I’m about to see, Kelly Faughnan. If I can inspire hope in someone, then it’s still a good day.”

And just like that, with a transition smooth enough to make a movie producer proud, Tebow crossed through the threshold of a doorway to the glowing face of a 22-year-old survivor of a brain tumor. After one question, the interview was over. A more important priority awaited him.

Read the rest here.

(HT: Owen Strachan)

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Tebow Time Is Old School

By on December 17, 2011 in Christianity, Sports

Tim Tebow should have won the Heisman this year. He is the best college football player in the NFL, and I mean that as a compliment. He just plays old school smashmouth football. His passing stats don’t match that of the prototypical NFL quarterback, but somehow he puts drives together when it counts. It’s really quite inexplicable except that the guy has a voracious will to win that spreads to every player on his team. Continue Reading →

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Justin Taylor Takes on Bob Costas

By on December 13, 2011 in Sports, Theology/Bible

Well, I’m sure Justin wouldn’t say the way I did in my title, but this is still a really good take-down of Bob Costas’ logic concerning Tim Tebow. Costas argues that God doesn’t have a hand in who wins or loses football games. Justin says, au contraire, mon frère.

Also, Owen Strachan’s excellent post on this subject is the basis for Taylor’s remarks. Go read Owen’s as well.

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Bob Costas’ Commentary on Tim Tebow

By on December 12, 2011 in Sports

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Another One Drinks the Kool-Aid

By on December 12, 2011 in Sports

For those of you just tuning-in, today is “Tim Tebow day” here at DennyBurk.com. We’ve come across yet another conversion story that we thought you would like to see.

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has been a relentless critic of Tim Tebow and has resisted all the evidence to the contrary until now. After Tim Tebow went to 7-1 yesterday, Smith has finally changed his tune. Smith compared his former unbelief to Pharoah, and he says that he has now been humbled. I guess that means that yesterday’s game was like the tenth plague. This is a remarkable conversation. Watch above.

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Why Does Tebow Succeed?

By on December 12, 2011 in Christianity, Sports

Tim Tebow’s extraordinary season with the Broncos is the most remarkable storyline in sports this year. I have never seen anything like it. He has captured the attention of the nation, and everyone seems to have an opinion about how to explain the improbable run that he is having right now. The most fascinating thing to me is to see self-avowed secularists trying to sort this out. Yet another such writer with very little appreciation for the faith of Tim Tebow weighs-in on the phenome in the New York Times. Frank Bruni writes: Continue Reading →

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Waiting for the Game…

By on December 10, 2011 in Sports

Now that we have bid adieu to another regular season of college football, there are no games to watch this weekend (Army vs. Navy notwithstanding). Apparently, there will be some other games played over the next month or so, but I’m pretty focused on the one that will be played on January 9. Until then, I’ll be strung out on these hype videos. Enjoy.

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