I was watching a lot of football over the weekend and, for whatever reason, the players all thanking god for their touchdowns and for "giving them the win" really stuck with me more than usual... so I did an installment of Untelevised!It's not like it just all of a sudden started bugging me. It's always bugged me. I think it's the fact that it was so prevalent on Saturday, in the post-game interviews, and more prominently, on Tim Tebow's face.
He always wears "eye black" with a bible verse written on it during his games. On Saturday (when his #1 ranked team lost to #2 ranked Alabama) he had 'John 16:33' written. The verse reads:
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
First of all, it sounded a little conceited. What exactly has Tim Tebow overcome? And how the hell does that give me peace? If you think about what it really says, it's even worse:
"In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I'll be making millions playing pro football!"
But what I really found ironic about the whole thing is that he had a terrible game and his team lost. No more National Championship! And what a fucking relief! I don't think I could sit through the championship bowl game seeing this plastered all over his face:
"John 3:16 - For god so loved the 'Gators (apparently more than the rest of the nation), he sent his only Tim Tebow, that whoever bets on him shall maketh all kinds of money!"
Thankfully, god's not as big of a Gators fan as he was the last two years. Apparently he's a Texas Longhorns fan, based on that fucking miracle comeback win Saturday night to save their spot in the National Championship... And in the post-game interview, who did Longhorns quarterback Colt McCoy thank for their win?... yeah, you guessed it.
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