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Tim Tebow ridiculed for Wonderlic prayer?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Steak Snabler, Mar 25, 2010.

  1. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio writes that Tebow's proselytizing ways caused an "incident" when he was taking the Wonderlic exam:

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/23/tebows-pre-wonderlic-prayer-request-falls-flat/

    Tebow has denied it:

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/03/24/tebow-denies-wonderlic-incident/

    Is this news? Seems like little more than piling on with the "Tebow won't make it in the NFL" crowd.

    I do like that Tebow challenged him to contact the players in the room, however, which it doesn't seem like Florio yet has done.
     
  2. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    It's a non story. Kurt Warner mentions God every other word and no one cares.
     
  3. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Pro football talk unreliable?
     
  4. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    God answers all prayers. In Tebow's case, the answer was "no".
     
  5. imjustagirl

    imjustagirl Active Member

    I care. A helluva lot.

    Reporter: Kurt, tell me about that 97-yard pass for the winning touchdown in overtime of the Super Bowl?

    KW: God God God God God God God good receiver God God God God God eternal salvation God God God God God God missed a few tackles.
     
  6. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    Noooooo. Never.
     
  7. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I'm not going to say PFT is always right, but for a "rumor blog" it's remarkably accurate.

    I believe this story. Is it a big deal? No, but it's kind of funny.
     
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  8. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    Not to turn this into a PFT thing, but the reason it's accurate when it IS accurate is because all they do is link to other reports and confirmations. Of the stuff that PFT tries to break, I'd be stunned if they were right half the time.
     
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  9. kingcreole

    kingcreole Active Member

    So Tebow gives the reporter the names of the players in the room with him taking the test, and instead of checking with them, the reporter goes back and checks with his original source?
     
  10. cyclingwriter

    cyclingwriter Active Member

    If Terry Bradshaw were still alive, he would say something about PFT's accuracy.
     
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  11. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Except for the part where Tebow denies it, and offers a roomful of contradictory evidence, probably not.
     
  12. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    I think PFT is a complete joke, but God bless Florio. Dude's prolly making a ton of cash working out of his basement in West Virginia.
     
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