Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Linsanity vs. Tebowmania
They both have caught our eye as a "feel good" story, they both have their own segment on ESPN, the puns are out of control, they both trend on topic when their name is mentioned. The question seems to be which one is bigger? The answer, you can't answer it because they are two completely different stories. If you asked 80% of sports fans who Jeremy Lin was a two weeks ago they would have no idea who you were talking about, unlike Tim Tebow who coming out of high school everyone wanted, and once he got to Florida, everyone wanted to be him. Tebow won a Heisman Trophy, and two National Titles while in Gainesville. Arguably one of the greatest college football players of all time, coming out of senior year Tebow had everyone wrapped around his finger whether you liked him or not. It started even before that when people questioned whether he was going to be a quarterback or a tight end or a H-back or all of the above, can he change is throwing motion, can he run an NFL style offense, who's going to want to draft him. The questions were asked and answered by Tebow when he got drafted as a quarterback in the first round by the Denver Broncos, when he did change his throwing motion and while he didn't run a typical NFL pro style offense he did make plays when needed, such as the playoff game against the Steelers in overtime. He proved the doubters wrong, like myself. Will his success continue into next season? That's another question that will have to be answered. Now onto Jeremy Lin. The kid is ballin' like we haven't seen in someones first 5 starts. He is putting up number left and right. Here are those numbers, and the teams he's done it against; Nets (25), Jazz (28), Wizards (23), Lakers (38), Timberwolves (20), Raptors (27). Those teams have a combined record of 59-85. None of which are great defensive teams, I'm not even counting the Wizards as a "team". His last five games he's averaging 27.2 points, 8.8 assists and a whole lot of tweets. On Tuesday he did his best "Tebow" impression by hitting a three with .5 seconds left. How many of you knew Jeremy Lin before he went off against the Nets? Not many probably. He showed himself his senior year at Harvard, yes Harvard, against UConn. He was with the Warriors then got cut, he was with the Rockets then got cut, was in the D-League not that long ago which your hardly ever see guys come up from the D-League and have above average careers. He was about to get cut by the Knicks before that game, so I'm sure they're glad they didn't. I'm happy for the kid and hope he keeps going and just does his thing and I'll be rooting for him. Notice I didn't bring religion into the discussion, that's because it has nothing to do with the discussion. I'm not going to bring religion into it because its not my place to do so. That's all on you guys.
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