As this football season dragged on we got to witness a new hero, Tim Tebow, emerge, leading a 1-4 Denver Broncos team to the playoffs. I personally have jumped on the Tebow bandwagon after he, with a little help from Demaryius Thomas, took the Pittsburgh Steelers out of the playoffs with a one-shot touchdown pass coming on the first play of overtime. By now I'm sure everyone has seen the game and the touchdown pass. It may have been a different story had the Steelers been healthier, but regardless Tebow moves on to play the New England Patriots next week. I pray that Tim Tebow can save me from having to sit through another Super Bowl with the Patriots in it. Anyway, I just wanted to make a few points to address some of the popular topics surrounding the Steelers-Broncos game.
Point 1: Steelers fans, I hope this game made you realize that almost everybody hates you...pardon me, yinz. As soon as your team got beat this weekend Facebook was going crazy with people rejoicing at Tebow's miracle and the fact that the Steelers were eliminated. No longer are the Steelers comparable to say, the 49ers or Saints, teams that no one cheers for to do bad. Somewhere between the last few years of stumbling ass-backward into Super Bowl titles over mismatched NFC west teams, shouting how great you are and using the term 'Sixburgh' while spilling coleslaw on your Polamalu jerseys, and having a QB that is more known for sexual assault than anything else, people just got tired of it. The Steelers are the new Cowboys. Living in an area that is predominately Steeler fans, despite them being the 6th closest team to this town, I'm sure the jerseys will go away again for a couple months, until the Steelers once again have a winning record and the weather is fair. Note: I haven't seen a Pirates jersey in 20 years.
Point 2: I've been seeing some Broncos fans and some other people complaining about how the Tebow lovers, myself included, are now bandwagon Bronco fans. Let's get this straight. We are not bandwagon Bronco fans, no one cares about the Denver Broncos, we care about Tim Tebow. If anyone cheers for the Broncos it is only a biproduct of Tebow playing for them. If Tebow played for the Rams and everybody all of the sudden wanted to root for my St. Louis Rams I would welcome that. Just enjoy the support Broncos fans.
Point 3: All logic should tell you that the Patriots will destroy the Broncos this Saturday. Really though, would anybody be the least bit surprised if Tebow just Tebowed all over them and won. Hell, I'll cheer for the Broncos to win the Super Bowl if it means I don't have to watch the Steelers or Patriots win another one.
Point 4: Someone said that everybody living in Pennsylvania should support the Steelers in the playoffs because they are representing our home state. I don't even feel like I need to explain how stupid that is. I mean, that's why Dodger fans cheered for the Giants to win the world series, and Bills fans cheer for divisional-foe, the Jets, to win the division when they're out of the running, and I'm sure Spurs fans are all for rooting for the Mavericks and vice versa right? Because they're in the same state right?
