- California's ban on gay marriage was overturned in federal court on Wednesday. Good. There is no rational argument against gay marraige. The opposition to it is simply due to religious reasons. Two heterosexual strangers can meet in Las Vegas and 24 hours later get married while a committed gay couple of 20 years cannot. That is inequity in its highest form.
- I don't hate Tim Tebow. He's athletic, works hard, and does great work outside of the I despise his cultist like followers that believe he will become the greatest player in NFL history before he has played a down. To bring perspective here's a list of Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks.
2008 Sam Bradford Oklahoma QB
2007 Tim Tebow Florida QB
2006 Troy Smith Ohio State QB
2004 Matt Leinart Southern California QB
2003 Jason White Oklahoma QB
2002 Carson Palmer Southern California QB
2001 Eric Crouch Nebraska QB
2000 Chris Weinke Florida State QB
1996 Danny Wuerffel Florida QB
1993 Charlie Ward Florida State QB
1992 Gino Torretta Miami QB
1990 Ty Detmer Brigham Young QB
1989 Andre Ware Houston QB
1986 Vinny Testaverde Miami QB
1984 Doug Flutie Boston College QB
1971 Pat Sullivan Auburn QB
1970 Jim Plunkett Stanford QB
1967 Gary Beban UCLA QB
1966 Steve Spurrier Florida QB
1964 John Huarte Notre Dame QB
1963 Roger Staubach Navy QB
1962 Terry Baker Oregon State QB
1956 Paul Hornung Notre Dame QB
1947 Johnny Lujack Notre Dame QB
1944 Les Horvath Ohio State QB/HB
1943 Angelo Bertelli Notre Dame QB
1938 Davey O'Brien Texas Christian QB
So out of this list we have 2 Pro Football Hall of Famers (Roger Staubach and Paul Hornug who made his living at tailback in the NFL), one standout whose career may be on the path to the Hall of Fame (Carson Palmer), two guys who had long, admirable careers (Jim Plunkett and Vinny Testaverde), three young quarterbacks that the jury's still out on (Matt Leinart, Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford) and a bunch of career backups and flops. So discounting the three young guys (Matt Leinart may be on the verge of busthood regardless), you have 5 out of 24 successful Heisman quarterbacks, one of which played halfback in his NFL career.
If Tim Tebow succeeds in the NFL, it won't be for the lack of trying. He's not the only winner in college football history. Gino Toretta went 26 and 1 as a starter for the Miami Hurricanes, won the Heisman and flopped in the NFL. Jason White was 24-3 as a starter for the Oklahoma Sooners, won the Heisman and wasn't even drafted in the NFL.
I get it. Tebow isn't Ben Roethlisberger or Michael Vick. He's spent time as a missionary. He's a milk drinker in a Jack Daniels' world. But his fans are setting him up to fail, and doing a great disservice to him.
I hope he proves me wrong and I believe that he'll try his hardest. But history is against him.
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