Alright, I lied. This is going to be my last post, and it will be short. I am at the airport, delayed (shocking) and just wanted to share what was the topic of conversation while standing in line today:
Tim Tebow.
No lie. The QB of the Denver Broncos in the American National Football league was a name I must have head uttered a dozen times over the past hour. As you may not know, last night Tebow's Broncos played the New York Jets on Thursday Night Football. The game aired here in Malawi at 3:00AM and, as it turns out, I was not the only one who stayed up to watch it. The much-maligned (due to his a combination of his outward displays of religion, terrible passing motion, and crazy, unprecedented popularity) quarterback was typically awful again last night with five minutes to go in the fourth quarter. He had passed for a mere 75 yards and rushed (his speciality) for only 11 yards. He had contributed no scores, either in the air or on the ground, and completed only 6 passes all game. His team was only down 3, 13-10, but with five minutes left, he was backed up on his own five-yard line and facing the number 1 (statistically speaking) defense in the entire NFL. Game over?
Not hardly. Tebow engineered a final 95-yard drive, and was involved in every single yard. He completed three passes for 30+ yards and added the rest on the ground, including a final 20-yard dash that was half-skill, half-pure will. It's "The Drive 2.0" and it was led by a plucky resilient, never-say-never Denver quarterback, while the original plucky, never-say-never Denver quarterback and engineer of the original 'Drive' cheered from the General Manager booth.
And here I am, the next morning, listening to a group of missionaries from San Diego retell the heroic tale of Tebow, complete with a middle-of-the-terminal reenactment of Tebow's victory scream. As the group laughed and shook their heads a Malawian gentleman who was had been ushering bags to and from the curb noticed the American's strange pose, set down a bag and walked up to the group.
"Tebow?" He said pointing to man channeling his inner Tebow "He is amazing."
Tim Tebow. Worldwide phenomenon.
Talk to you again when I am on the other side of the Atlantic.
Cheers.
