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Tim Tebow & Coaches Who Fail to Study History

November 23rd, 2011 | 13 Comments

Those who fail to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors are destined to repeat them. (Paraphase of a George Santayana quote from “The Life of Reason, Volume 1:  Reason in Common Sense”) When all is said and done, will the two Johns — Fox and Elway – be counted with  Howard and Meyer or with Dorminey?  Meyer, of course, is fomer University of Florida Head Coach Urban Meyer.  Who, pray tell, are these Howard and Dorminey fellow?  Outside of rabid Florida high school football fans or those who have read (or, like me, have started reading) Tim Tebow’s autobiography, “Through My Eyes,” no one has probably heard of Coach Craig Howard or Coach Verlon Dorminey. You see, Coach Dorminey was the Head Coach of Jacksonville’s Trinity Christian Academy.  After a young, 8th-grade Tim Tebow led Trinity’s JV football team to an undefeated season … Read entire article »

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Scanners: The Tim Tebow Edition

November 18th, 2011 | 7 Comments

One of my favorite science fiction/horror movies of the 1980′s (yes, I’m dating myself) was Scanners.  If you are unfamiliar with the premise, two brothers are separated at birth.  Both have psychic powers which not only can control other people’s minds, but can be used to inflict great pain on the mind, even to the point of causing the head of those “scanned” to explode.  Like any good sci-fi movie, there is a protagonist – good brother Cameron Vale — and an antagonist – evil brother Darryl Revok (deliciously played by character actor Michael Ironside). Throughout the movie, Revok reeks havoc on an unsuspecting population, all in an attempt to gain control of the world (long before the days of Dr. Evil).  In the explosive conclusion of this 1981 David Cronenberg directed film, the two brothers scan … Read entire article »

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Tim Tebow: Confounding His Critics One Game at a Time

November 16th, 2011 | 8 Comments

Moving the goalposts is an informal logical fallacy in which previously agreed upon standards for deciding an argument are arbitrarily changed once they have been met. This is usually done by the “losing” side of an argument in a desperate bid to save face. If the goalposts are moved far enough, then the standards can eventually evolve[1] into something that cannot be met no matter what. Usually such a tactic is spotted quickly. (Moving the goalposts) Logic does not seem to be the strong suit for many of today’s professional football analysts.  That’s why so many former players and coaches can’t help but move the goalposts in their continuing campaign to malign Tim Tebow, the Denver Broncos’ starting quarterback.  Whether or not Tebow ever leads the Broncos or any other N.F.L. team to … Read entire article »

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Why Joe Paterno Had to Go!

November 10th, 2011 | 15 Comments

As the father of three young boys — 12, 10, and 6 — I have followed with disgust, sadness, and anger the sordid events surrounding the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal that has cost Joe Paterno his job.  Before the news broke on Wednesday night, I was prepared to write a post on why Paterno must go now.  The swift and decisive actions taken by the Penn State Board of Trustees have obviously changed the facts on the ground. In what had to be one of the most difficult decisions that the Trustee Board will ever make, the men and women who serve as Trustees at Penn State took the only morally justifiable action that they could have taken given the facts that were laid at their doorstep, facts which are both reprehensible … Read entire article »

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