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An Oral History of Tebow Time

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The moment when I first got religion on Tim Tebow, I was holding a blue tortilla chip about two feet from my mouth. I held it there so long that the pico de gallo eventually dislodged itself, plummeting onto the leg of my jeans. I barely noticed. The world was flatter than the TV screen a few yards in front of me, and all logic had just gone over the edge.

Sitting in the press lounge at Cowboys Stadium, where I had come to cover a mid-December game, I was witnessing the latest Tebow miracle play out with scores of my thoroughly entertained peers. Tebow, as usual, had been Ryan Leaf- atrocious for most of the game before leading the Denver Broncos to a late touchdown, cutting the Chicago Bears' lead to 10-7. All the Bears had to do was not trip on their dicks and it was...

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