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Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:55:54

Very nice ESPN-Tebow rant

TEEEEEEEEEEEEBOOOOOOOOOOW

  1. I am inherently distrustful of cults of personality, so I have for years been trying to avoid the whole Tebow thing. It's been a lot more difficult than it should have been. Luckily, I don't really have the option of watching ESPN shows like First Take, what with me having a job and all. Unfortunately for Awful Announcing, that IS his (I assume) job, or at least part of it. Good rants are awesome, and this is a very good rant, so it is very awesome.
  2. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    Let's see what cutting edge reporting First Take and SportsCenter are doing today... bit.ly/Si4M5e
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 07:43:26
  3. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    If your world consisted of ESPN, you'd think the biggest story in the world today was Tim Tebow's birthday.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 08:05:45
  4. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    I'm not joking, I'm now watching a segment with Herm Edwards telling Tim Tebow he'd give him a conductor's hat for a birthday present.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 08:06:10
  5. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    And Marcellus Wiley says he'd give Tim Tebow privacy. Privacy. In a segment based upon birthday presents from ESPN to Tim Tebow.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 08:07:35
  6. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    I mean my God, have we reached this point? Have we really reached this point where birthday presents to Tim Tebow is news?
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 08:08:14
  7. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    The ESPN I once knew covered news. The SportsCenter I grew up with showed highlights. It was funny, it was relevant, it was interesting.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 08:08:55
  8. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    Where are the Reds, the Nationals, and the Pirates? Those are great sports stories. And they get nothing. Day after day.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 08:10:00
  9. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    I know the NFL rules all. I know NFL is king. I know NFL drives ratings and money. I know all of this.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 08:10:48
  10. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    But there's no way the two lead stories in sports on August 14, 2012 are Tebow's birthday and a 3-0 NFL preseason game.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 08:11:27
  11. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    Here's how FT opened: "After a month of build up, we actually have another reason to talk about Tim Tebow today. It's his 25th birthday."
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:03:25
  12. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    Here's what ESPN is going to be this fall: Jets highlights. Tebow highlights. Tebow analysis. Tebow debate. Tebow v Sanchez debate.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:07:37
  13. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    It's just amazing to see ESPN cling to Tim Tebow and the Wildcat as their only hopes for keeping TebowMania alive.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:09:35
  14. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    Another rant is coming. I'm going to need a cigarette after this.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:11:04
  15. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    I don't smoke.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:11:27
  16. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    Skip Bayless is astonished that the biggest story in sports today is the 25th birthday of the Jets backup QB.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:12:19
  17. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    Skip Bayless: "I don't want to come off like I'm some psycho stalker fan of Tim Tebow." REALLY???? REALLLY!!!!!!!!
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:13:09
  18. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    Asking Skip Bayless if he's surprised at how big TebowMania has become is akin to asking Victor Frankenstein if his monster surprised him.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:14:54
  19. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    What's ESPN going to do when Tim Tebow gets four snaps at QB in Week 1? Does the whole network go into anaphylactic shock?
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:19:47
  20. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    ESPN's Tebow obsession is a joke. A joke. Why do you think so many people want NBCSN to succeed? To push ESPN to be better. That's it.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:21:35
  21. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    I don't want ESPN to be obliterated. I don't want the ESPN empire to fall. I want them to be better. I want them to serve fans better.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:22:25
  22. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    Tim Tebow's birthday celebration extravaganza is rock bottom for ESPN though.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:24:18
  23. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    It's nothing against Tim Tebow. I like Tim Tebow. I really do. I despise what ESPN has turned him into.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:25:23
  24. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    TebowMania and this embrace debate nonsense does nothing more than feed our lowest common denominator.
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:31:11
  25. awfulannouncing
    Awful Announcing@awfulannouncing
    And to compound TebowMania, to compound all that hyperbole, where is ESPN's journalistic integrity? Where is today's Mickey Loomis story?
    Tue, Aug 14 2012 09:32:47

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