Tim Tebow, Kate Upton Wishes Thousands A Happy Easter

Football may be over with at the moment but one star is still shining on Sundays. Tebow arrived in Texas to help out the Easter Service for Georgetown’s Celebration Church where an estimated 20,000-30,000 fans attended a rock-concert type of event where Tebus sat down and chatted up his religious beliefs for the crowd in honor of the Easter holiday.

In case you were not able to travel to Texas for the event, here’s a play-by-play of what happened including an LSU helmet and thousands of people swooning to Tebow’s words.

There was nothing flashy or crazy or ridiculous about the event except for the fact that the event occurred. And the event occurred because Tim Tebow is who he is. [via Roster Watch]

If you didn’t think that Tebow appearing in a pink shirt and talking shop would get you into the Easter spirit than just look at this video of Kate Upton in a Peter Cottontail outfit.  Now He’s risen… know what I mean!

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Arian Foster Tackles the Madden Curse

For anyone who doesn’t believe in the Madden Curse just know it’s real. Seriously.

It doesn’t happen to everyone but almost all of the NFL players featured on the cover struggle the next year and last years cover boy, Peyton Hillis, just flat-out imploded to bring back the rumors of a curse.

This year you can vote for your favorite player again to be on the Madden 13 cover [vote here]. And it turns out one player, the Texans Arian Foster, is a bit excited about the chance to get on his first Madden cover despite the curse.

But he must get past that new Jet, Tim Tebow, first. Here’s a video of Foster taking it to the streets of NYC to talk to people about the Madden curse and the chances he or Tebow will make it to the next round of voting. [via Bleacher Report]

Fresh off another stellar NFL campaign with the Houston Texans, Arian Foster runs the streets of New York City to ask fans about the vaunted “Madden Curse”.

Foster interviewed everyday New Yorkers to see if they believe in the Madden Curse — the belief that a player will either get injured or have a disappointing season after being chosen as the game’s cover.

Currently, Foster is part of the 32 remaining NFL players pitted against each other in a bracket-style competition to see who will be featured.

It’s fitting that Arian Foster is in New York as he faces Tim Tebow, the Big Apple’s newest start, in the first round of fan voting.

Not sure if he can defeat Tebowmania, but Foster is lobbying hard, just watch the video.

In 2011, Foster gained over 1,800 all-purpose yards and 12 touchdowns, being named to the pro bowl in the process. It also marked the first season the Texans made the playoffs in franchise history.

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Reebok Has Only One Week Left To Milk Tebow Jersey Sales

The NFL’s exclusive contract for NFL gear with Reebok is set to expire April 3rd. That gives you just a week to grab up some gear before Nike gets their hands in the gears and most likely will start messing with things. So look forward to 184 different Cincinnati Bengals jersey variations and fluorescent green Seattle Seahawks unis on a weekly basis.

Reebok is wise enough to see the deadline on the horizon and they have started to quickly churn out the official New York Jets Tim Tebow jersey to capitalize on the popularity of the newest Jets player.

So if you’re looking to grab a Tebow Jets jersey you might want to wait until the switch. The new Nike’s might be better but worse case scenario is that there are some old Reebok versions on clearance.

[via Advertising Age]Seven major apparel partners will start new contracts with the NFL on Sunday, April 1. On Monday, April 2, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will cut the ribbon and ring up the first sale as the league opens an NFL pop-up shop in Manhattan to herald the launch of its new apparel deals.

Finally, on Tuesday, April 3, in Brooklyn, Nike will unveil all 32 team NFL jerseys at an invitation-only event.

According to several executives with knowledge of the deal that was finalized in October 2010, Nike is paying between $1 billion and $1.5 billion for its five-year agreement to be the league’s official uniform and on-field apparel provider, as well as to produce sideline-personnel apparel and fan gear.

Matt Powell, an analyst with SportsOneSource, a Charlotte, N.C.-based online sporting-goods industry newsletter, said Nike could make half of that back in year one.

“Reebok did about $500 million [annually] at wholesale at the height of the deal, and last year did probably half of that, what with retailers winding down and nobody wanting to get stuck with product,” Mr. Powell said. “With the new uniforms, and refilling the pipeline, Nike could do as much as $750 million this year.”

Tebow, Tebow, Tebow! Jets, Jets, Jets!

The end of the Tebow era in Denver has occurred. It’s the Teb-pocalypse in Denver as the Broncos traded Tebus to the New York Jets in exchange for 17 New York style pepperoni pizzas, front row tickets to Anderson Cooper’s daytime talk show and a discounted parking pass for the Bronco team bus the next time the team visits the Meadowlands.

The Tebow of Liberty!

Crazy deal if you ask me. They easily could have gotten some deli sandwiches in the deal if they pushed hard enough. I heard Jacksonville was going to offer the keys to the city, the tips of Shahid Khan’s mustache, and the entire collection of Jack Del Rio’s polyester sideline shorts.

The day centered around the fate of Tebow and then Tebow begot Tebow and ESPN Tebowed all over themselves. Now the Jets are getting TimSanity (guranteed that will be on T-shirts in Times Square by Tuesday) with the arrival of Tebus to join the ranks of the Jets mediocre QB squad.

Somewhere, Mark Sanchez is shedding a tear as he reads through his Twitter timeline at a strip club in Jersey.

How is Dirty Sanchez supposed to not win games in NYC with clipboard Jesus on his tail?

There Are No Winners

Now New York is saved. I mean, Tebowed because Tebow is Tebow and Tebow, Tebow, Tebow. It will be Tebow to see the Tebow when the Jets Tebow the Tebow but Tebow is Tebow and Tebow.

Tebow!

And then Cromartie didn’t Tebow. Frowny face. While waiting on the birth of his 128th kid, Cromartie Tebowed his Twitter:

Y bring Tebow in when we need to bring in more Weapons for @Mark_Sanchez let’s build the team around him. We already signed to 3 year ext.

— Antonio Cromartie (@ACromartie) March 21, 2012

We don’t need Tebow. We sell out every home game let him go to Jacksonville Tampa or Miami. Our (cont) tl.gd/ghgvjl

— Antonio Cromartie (@ACromartie) March 20, 2012

But the Tebow traded almost got Tebowed. The Jets Tebowed the trade when they forgot to read Tebow’s contract. Silly Jets. It almost happened, though. The Tebow trade almost got Tebowed and sent Tebow to the Rams or the Jags.

Just like a Tebow pass, this trade was incomplete and the entire thing didn’t get finished until the last 7 minutes.

And this happened. That didn’t take long…

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In the end, Tebow was run out of Denver because Tebow couldn’t Tebow Elway. Sad Tebow.

Now New Jersey is Tebowed and that’s a good thing for Tebow. New York is a huge market ready to get Tebowed in the ass. If you thought Jets fans were obnoxious to begin with, wait until next season when the Tebow divide hovers over Gotham.

“@GovChristie: @timtebow welcome to new jersey, home of the @nyjets!” well thats funny, what about Big Blue?? #superbowlchamps #giants

— Jake ballard (@NYG_J_Ballard85) March 21, 2012

And then Peyton smiled. He was happy. Damn…that’s a lot of forehead in one picture.

Tebow Drink Special

Millions of Tebow fans will be on the IR for the rest of the season after collectively jumping off the Tebow bandwagon all at one. The polarizing QB has struggled at the position and despite being a great runner and leader, he’s just not a good passer.

Maybe he’ll work on it in the offseason. And he can kick back at the local bar and enjoy his own Tebow Drink Special. It’s dead on, unlike Tebow.

Personally, I’d like to try that Bacon Bloody Mary. [via Reddit]

Desktop Von Miller, Tim Tebow Power Broncos Playoff Run

It’s nice to see that someone besides Tim Tebow is getting some attention for being a Broncos idol.  Rookie linebacker Von Miller, one of the best LB’s to play for the Broncos in years, has officially been enshrined in the awesome circle.

First came the Desktop Tim Tebow, a popular paper cutout known affectionately as DTT.  You could go online and print off the blueprints and easily cut out and tape together your own DTT for your own personal use.

Now DTT now has a defensive counterpart. Desktop Von Miller has been making the circles complete with the black rimmed glasses that Miller wears when he’s not mowing down running backs.

[via The Denver Post] DTT spawned an inspired Twitter account, @DesktopTimTebow, who recounts various adventures in between doing pushups on the tape dispenser and living with #intangibles.

And some enterprising soul in Barstow, Fla., made a two-foot tall version to hang out with baby Jesus in a nativity scene (although Giant Desktop Tim Tebow was later removed by police).

Thanks to the publicity from the local Broncos newspaper, The Denver Post,  you can make your own constructable, 3-D Von Miller desktop doll, in Broncos orange uniform and helmet. Print it, cut it out, tape it together. Here are the .pdfs:

Here’s Desktop Von Miller.

And Desktop Von Miller’s helmet.

And here’s Desktop Tim Tebow in orange.

Desktop Tim Tebow in blue.

And Desktop Tim Tebow’s helmet.

Our Tom Is An Awesome Tom Song Is Awesome

I think it’s only fitting that the media magnet of Tim Tebow is heading to New England for his next game because if there’s one team and fanbase that’s willing to knock the Tebow train down the ladder a bit, it’s the opinionated Pats fans.

Felger & Mazz have been getting ready for Tim Tebow’s arrival by starting off their show all week with “Awesome God”.

[via Musket Fire] With the “Our God is an awesome God” song being played on nearly every sports radio station because of Tim Tebow, the guys at 98.5 the SportsHub in Boston came up with their own version of the song, but with the words, “Our Tom is an awesome Tom.” They also changed the words to have a Patriots ring to it.

With only a day remaining till the game, this song should get you in the Patriots spirit.

Listen to the full three minute version here.

Pigskin Doctors AFC Playoff Preview

With all the talk about Tebow you would be hard pressed to remember there are other games out this weekend. And as sweet as it is to drink the Tebow juice, if I had to bet of one team to be watching the playoffs next week from home it would be Denver.

With that in mind, here’s our look at the AFC Playoff games for the upcoming weekend.

Denver Broncos at New England Patriots

Tebow’s a leader, that’s for certain. But overall, he’s still an average QB who possess some unique leadership and running skills. That makes him dangerous but if any coach out there can isolated a teams source of success, it’s Bill Belichick.

The Pats defense isn’t that great but playing at home I expect Bill to pull out all the stops to make a very strong anti-Tebow gameplan. The two teams played December 18th at Denver and the Broncos were thumped by Brady and Co. an embarrassing 41-23.

That comes right in the middle of the Pats 8-game win streak to finish off the season strong. Personally, I think Belichick is more tired of hearing Tebow’s name in the media than Steven A. Smith and I expect the Pats to shut the Tebow down early.

Look for a tough game for the Broncos as they will struggle for points and the Pats slide easily to the next round.

Prediction : New England 35, Denver 9

Houston Texans at Baltimore Ravens

This is probably the hardest game to predict for the weekend primarily because of the QB issues at Houston.

One a perfect day, you’re talking about 2 of the best defenses in the league. Baltimore comes in with 8 wins in their last 10, including solid wins over division rivals in their last 2 games. Houston beat Cincy bad last weekend, 31-10, to roll to their first ever playoff victory but they did close out the season with 3 straight losses.

In the end it should be a slugfest as the Baltimore “D” should stand up at home to win the game. Ray Lewis and Co. haven’t allowed a game with more than 16 points since Thanksgiving with the exception of their one loss to San Diego. Hey, everyone has a bad game every now and then.

The Texans will run up some big yards because they can thanks to Arian Foster and the running crew. But without an experience QB in the backfield, I feel the Ravens will easily take advantage of the young Texans on the Maryland turf.

I’m going with experience over youth here as well as the huge home field advantage for Baltimore.

Prediction : Baltimore 24, Houston 14

ESPN Officially The Tim Tebow Channel

Anyone who thought ESPN had a crush on Brett Favre is probably not watching the sports channel now that they have become overly obsessed with Tim Tebow. Here are a couple of stills from the channel formally known as ESPN showing their initial conversation to the Tebow style as they prepare the audience for a full hour of Tebow.

ESPN was reported by Deadspin to have churned out over 160 mentions of Tebow in just one hour of air time.  Crazy! Then it just goes overboard, which is a crazy notion considering.

OK, not for everyone at ESPN I suppose. Turns out that Steven A. Smith might still have an issue with the Tebowization of ESPN.

Tim Tebows Fire, One Hit Wonder Updates 1985 Song To Make It About Tim Tebow

Tim Tebow is so popular now that he is even rewriting pop culture.

Singer John Parr apparently is a Bronco fan. The poor-mans Steve Windwood is in the headlines for remaking his old hit song to sing about his man love for Tim Tebow. I didn’t know that he dug the Tebow so much but since I have not heard his name mentioned since the 80′s it’s not that big of a shock.

Parr took to the music studio last fall to update his 1985 hit “St. Elmo’s Fire,” the theme song to the Brat Pack movie staring Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Rob Lowe and some other popular kids at the time.  The new version, called “Tim Tebow’s Fire”, has been bouncing around and now the unofficially song is out for us to cherish.

I’m old enough to remember the original song and movie. I wasn’t terribly old at the time but the sad fact that the original song came out almost 25 years ago is soul crushing.  At the time, Tim Tebow was -2 years old.  The chosen one wasn’t even born yet!

The good news is that ESPN now has a new theme song as I heard they will officially be changing their name from ESPN to TEBOW-SPN.

I put the original “St. Elmo’s Fire” song at the bottom of the post in case you’re curious. For those younger folks in our crowd you’ll get a kick out of the horrible hair and clothing choices of the mid-80s. I mean, look at this hair!

John Parr, Tebow's Biggest Fan

Also, you won’t be able to get that tune out of your head. It’s too catchy.  And if you want the lyrics of the updated song you can click here. Seriously. Try to listen to this song and not hum it all day long. Dang you, John Parr! It’s like the 80′s all over again.

“St. Elmo’s Fire” was not Parr’s best song, in my opinion. But it was wildly popular at the time thanks to the movie. For a real dose of the mullet at his greatness you’ll want to check out John Parr’s “Naughty, Naughty.” Epic.

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