LT gets cut from the Chargers. It’s the biggest news of the week, and the most personal for me. When my brother moved to Southern California, we picked up season tickets to the San Diego Chargers. It was an interesting case of football kismet: San Diego’s new starting quarterback, Phillip Rivers, picked up where the recently cut starter, Drew Brees, left off (before his career was saved by the New Orleans Saints and he saved the Saints). Rivers was the new guy, which means his following wasn’t huge. Sitting in the stands, fans backs were adorned with the name “Tomlinson” not "Rivers."
LaDainian Tomilinson, San Diego’s supercharged running back, was the star at the Q. Even as Rivers found his rythym, LT (as fans screamed from their seats) owned the hearts of the fans. My first cheers at home for the Chargers were for LT. His play was always exciting and his charity profound. But with his age and payroll both rising, the Chargers just didn’t have room for LT any more. He’ll be playing next season, just not for San Diego. And now Breesus himself is weighing in, proposing LT don the black and gold.
Will Tim Tebow fall as flat as his controversial Super Bowl commercial? During the run up to the Saints historic Super Bowl victory, a little fundie sail boat tried to steal of the wind from the Who Dat Nation. Tim Tebow -- college star -- and his family created a smokeless firestorm by taping a spot for the Christian fundamentalist Focus on the Family organization. CBS strayed from its long established “No Advocacy Ads” policy for the Super Bowl under the financial pressure of slipping ad sales. It was a great stunt. The commercial was harmless but it got the nation’s attention for Focus and Tebow’s fundie beliefs.
I like football because I can sit in a crowded bar with fans from 32 different teams and 32 different walks of life and cheer for the same game. Football only divides us by the colors we wear. On any given Sunday, we are all football fans. Except for Tebow.
His evangelism never stops and it slowly breaks down this promise we have as fans. He likes to play football, but he likes to make new Christians more. As he gears up for his first season in the NFL and gets signed to a big time team, I hope he can learn how to focus on the game and save the scripture for his church.
The funniest football fan in America? My friend Amy ran into Chad Ochocinco at Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles and made him laugh. She made a man who legally changed his name to his jersey number laugh! That’s one funny lady.
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