This Is Gold! Pure Gold!

Standup Guy attends my meeting

This is GOLD!  PURE GOLD!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!

LOL!

 

These are just some of the responses I got from a meeting I had in my office the other day.  Yes, my meetings are always this awesome!  😉

 

Actually, these comments were the result of a guest appearance by a notable and well recognized figure on my desk.  He, and related stories about him, and links to my blog were what generated those wonderful comments.

 

So, on the heels of such great success, I thought I would re-share the posts.

 

Introducing the Return of the Standup Guys!

Tim Tebow and Mike Shanahan

Tim Hightower, Mike Shanahan and Rex Ryan

Happy Fun Strip Friday everyone!

 

A QB I Used To Know

This off has had it fair share of drama, story-lines, and mega-trades / mega-drafts. Of course the cream of the story-line crop is the QB carousel of Peyton Manning and Tim Tebow.

This QB soap / cit-com sponsored by the NFL, Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos and N.Y. Jets has already produced countless headlines and it will continue to do so throughout the 2012 – 2013 season.

But until then, we can enjoy this awesome music video parody.

The Real Quarterbacks of New York

Yes folks, let us all welcome the new reality TV show “The Real Quarterbacks of New York”.  After a couple false starts and leaked news / video clips the producers of this new show, the New York Jets, officially kick it off with a media news conference introducing their newest co-star; Tim Tebow.

The other co-star, Mark Sanchez, is no stranger to media attention and the glamour of the show and is firmly entrenched as the bumbling prima donna of the sitcom.  With his temper tantrums, and frequent off field activities with wine, women and song, he has a firm hold on the starting role; for now.

Tim Tebow brings a new world order of sorts with his own brand of ethics, on field and off field drama, and heroics.  In addition to his football talents and innate leadership talents, he is also known to dabble in the art of healing hands and exorcisms (of sorts).

When Brian Dawkins missed playing time last season with a pinched nerve in his neck, he shared an encounter with Tebow that few were witness to.

“In our Bible study sessions, when my neck was pretty bad and I’m hurting, (Tebow), along with our chaplain and (Broncos director of player development), Jerry Butler, laid hands and prayed on me pretty good,” Dawkins told FOX Sports “They brought snot and tears to my eyes and all that type of good stuff with prayer.

Snot and tears to your eyes!

Now that is entertainment!

So now we have the start of a brand new Reality TV season with The Real Quarterbacks of New York” playing out in front of us on a daily basis.

Mark Sanchez will continue to swing childish taunts to his teammates.  Tim Tebow will win them over with his natural healing and leadership talents.

Mark Sanchez will continue to swing in the nightclubs with his lady friends.  Tim Tebow will be seen swinging golf clubs with Trump on the golf course.

Tim Tebow will be moving in right next door to Mark in The Donald’s very own private community.

Yes folks, pull up a seat, get your tissues ready, pour yourself a drink and get ready to watch!  This guarantees to be a fun filled action packed season of “The Real Quarterbacks of New York”.

I wonder if Tim’s locker will be right next to Marks as well?

Hard Work Beats Talent

When talent doesn’t work hard.

– Tim Notke

Except when the talent is Peyton Manning. . .

So it looks like the Tim Tebow Revival is firing up to hit the road. There is no question that Tim is a stand-up guy. A great leader and in the words of his former boss, the kind of person you want your daughter to marry.

His former boss is also perhaps the only person in Denver, or the country for that matter, to NOT do the Tebowing move.

“ I’ll Tebow when he wins us a championship”

• you can add that to your never going to see that happen list.

Tebow revitalized a team, a season, a city and heck even a country. He also revitalized TV ratings and many a sport writers career.

So with this in mind, we can look to teams, perhaps in need of a QB but more importantly, in need of a revival.

The benefits of a revival include popularity (increased fan base), marketability, and most importantly, winning!

So, which teams had losing records, lousy TV ratings, and terrible fan attendance?  Lets rank them based on 2011 attendance records.

#23 Minnesota 3 – 13

Though in need of a revival and a new stadium, the Vikings seem to be content with the QB talent they have. Besides, they’ve done the QB revival tour more than once already and probably have had their fill.

#24 Buffalo 6 – 10 (with one Blackout)

They seem to have found a gem of a talented QB and need to build the team up more in other areas. I doubt they will sign up for the tour.

#25 Jacksonville 5 – 11

They seem to be the odds on favorite and who would blame them. Tebow’s backyard, an owner that needs to turn around his investment, not to mention try and win back some pissed off fans, and finally get out of the division and TV ratings basement. Oh yeah, and make some money to selling merchandise.

#26 Chicago 8 – 8

Nope, they have two good QB’s now. It’s not their fault their fans stink.

#27 Arizona 8 – 8

You know, if they really are sour on Kolb, and have remorse for losing out on the Peyton sweepstakes, then anything is possible. But look for Larry Fitzgerald to go postal if they do.

#28 Miami 6 – 10

They couldn’t sign him if they tried. In fact, I’m beginning to wonder if they can sign anybody.

#29 Oakland 8 – 8

Nope, sorry, Jason left because the team got a better QB.  Besides, can you see Tebow with this?

#30 Tampa Bay 4 – 12 (one Blackout)

Maybe, it is Florida after all, but I am not sold on them replacing the QB they’ve got already.

#31 St. Louis 2 – 14

You know, this might be a possibility if they were not so in favor of their current starting QB. They traded away their #2 pick to avoid a QB controversy. They are not about to trade right back into one.

#32 Cincinnati 9 – 7 (one Blackout)

I would actually think the other Ohio team (Cleveland) would be a better candidate but hey they ranked a whopping #18 in fan attendance. The Bungals also have managed to completely mortgage the farm and are drowning in debt because of the economy tanking.  They even sold a hospital to help pay the bills attributed to their stadium and local sports teams.  What better way to revitalize a franchise, a stadium and save the economy than by bringing in Tebow?

 

 

 

And The Winner Is

First of all, I’d like to welcome some recent, as in new, followers, Ray Melendez and Michael Zosh. As far as I can tell, they both hail from the land of Giants, which is OK since that team is in the Super Bowl and we (the Redskins already beat them – Twice!). Oh and According To Jewels, but Jewels seems to be from Philadelphia (shudder). But hey, nobodies perfect. . . 😉

So last week I predicted the following record breaking events for this super bowl.

1) Overtime
2) Longest Scoring Play (100+yards)
3) Biggest come from behind wind (10+ point deficit)

And since my prognosticator friend Sam already picked the Bradiots, and, more importantly – my wife and subsequent in laws, are also New Yorkers, I have no reservations picking the Giants. Only one slight problem. When I think of big sleazy come from behind victories, I think Brady. Not Eli. But hey, I’ve been wrong before.

So how about a final score?

Giants 26

Bradiots 23

And yes that is with an overtime win. Hey, it could happen.

Now, for the much anticipated final results of the “I Lost A Tim Tebow Tattoo Contest”

I meticulously went through all blog comments and likes on facebook to come up with a winner.

Both the wife’s designs, the first misspelled one and the spell check enabled one tied for second. Though, one person did suggest fixing the spelling.

And the winner, with a come from behind victory, is . . .

Thanks to everyone who voted!!!

Do We Really Need To Pass A Tim Tebow Law

Virginia is considering passing legislation based on Florida’s Tim Tebow Law. What is the Tim Tebow Law?

Basically it is answering the following question with a YES.

 

• Should home school students be allowed to join public high school sport teams?

 

Back in 1996, Florida passed such a law allowing home school student athletes to join public teams.  One such athlete to take advantage of this law that year was Tim Tebow. And the rest is history.

Obviously Tim’s success is a strong argument for the law.  Another argument is that home school families pay taxes just like everyone else, and therefore should be granted the same opportunity to such activities.

Not everyone is in favor of the law.

Ken Tilley, executive director of the Virginia High School League states: The fact that a family pays taxes that support public education does not automatically mean they are entitled to try out for a place on a high school sports team. Plus, “There are 13 individual eligibility requirements for participation for our programs, and under Delegate [Rob] Bell’s bill, the homeschoolers would meet only six and part of a seventh.”

The Virginia Association of School Superintendents is opposed, as is the Virginia Education Association, which represents more than 60,000 public school teachers. Another foe is the chairman of the House Education Committee, a Republican from Virginia Beach named Robert Tata, who was a successful high school coach and a University of Virginia athlete who played briefly for the NFL’s Detroit Lions, the Associated Press reported.

Tata opposes allowing homeschooled students to play on local sports teams in part because he worries that coaches will game the system by recruiting top players. Other opponents say that allowing homeschoolers to play for local teams would devastate eligibility and participation requirements and would be unfair to full-time students and teachers.

My initial take on this is no.  But I am old school. Every experience I have had with high school sports, both public and private has involved full time students attending the school.  If one wanted to play for the other, regardless of taxes, you transferred.

And just to throw another wrinkle into this whole mess, what about online education?  With technology being what it is today, one could conceivably take online classes from home for a fee of course, still pay taxes and then demand entitlement to try out for the local high school football team.

So, What do you think?

Vote: “I Lost A Tebow Tattoo Bet” Contest!

A few weeks ago, “M” (name concealed to protect the not so innocent) proclaimed “If  Tebow wins, I’m getting a tattoo”. This was in advance of the Broncos playing the Steelers.

Of course, we all know how that one turned out. And poor “M” was doomed.  Best part, he not only proclaimed this bet to me, but to practically everyone he knows.  So he could not weasel out of it.

In fact, as soon as Demaryius Thomas stopped running, I texted “M”, “I want to see your Tattoo!”

Even his wife wanted in on fulfilling this bet and started designing the Tattoo pattern herself!  Then, after everyone kept asking when, WHEN is this going to happen?  “M” said that his wife suddenly did not want him to get the Tattoo.

So I turned on my investigative reporting skills and found out why. . .

Not to be deterred, I offered up a suggestion from one of my kids temporary tattoo decal collections.

Then I heard that my suggestion had inspired “M”’s wife to try again with a computerized, more spell check enabled, design.

Looking at her design, I kind of like it but thought it might be a bit too busy for a Tattoo.  So perhaps a more standard or simple horse/bronco tattoo might do just as well.   Here are two suggestions.

So, I am putting these up for vote.  And this is where I could use your help, and all of your friends help and all of their friends help as well.

Vote up the design of your choice by joining the Fumbled Returns Fan Page on Facebook and like the photo you think is best.

Be sure to tweet, re-tweet, post, re-post, recommend, re-recommend, share and re-share to as many people as possible.

Yes, I want this to go viral.

I will keep the voting up until Super Bowl Sunday.  The winning design, the one with the most Likes/Votes, will be the official Fumbled Returns Tebow Tattoo Bet for “M” and his tattoo artist of choice.

And best of all, you can claim your part of history by being able to say I voted for that one myself!

Until next time . . .

Be Good, Do Well, Have Fun and vote in the “I Lost a Tebow Tattoo Bet” contest!

Good Overcomes Evil

The Denver Tebows Win!

The Pittsburgh Steelers Lose!

Here is the Fumbled Returns Play by Play from Facebook.

And all is right in the world.

Show Me Your Tattoo

 

“If Tebow wins, I’m getting a tattoo”

 

That is what a guy at work said Friday.  I didn’t ask him what kind of tattoo.  I really don’t care.  Just, if either one of these events happen, I want to see it.  And both happening would be simply Awesome!

 

It is for this reason, and this reason only that I am picking the Broncos. Oh, that and I really don’t like the Steelers, Big Ben specifically, all that much either. So I guess that is really two reasons.

 

Steelers 13

Broncos 16

 

As for the other game today; As much as I would like to see NFC East representation, I really can not see myself pulling for the Giants. So, lets go Falcons!

 

Falcons 31

Giants 24

 

What do you think?

A Standup Guy

Tebow mania is in full swing.  And either you are swinging at him to fail, or swinging for him to succeed.

Personally I am swinging for him to succeed.

 

I came across this post on the web about Tebow Desktop Figures that you can download, cut out, and put together for display where ever you like.  Pretty Cool.

Of course I did just that and started putting him together.

 

Then I had an idea. . .

I could do this for the Redskins!

 

Now knowing my artistic abilities are challenged at best (I can draw a mean stick figure) I asked my talented wife and daughters (yes, my sons inherited my talent – I’m not being sexist) if they would be willing to improvise for me.

 

Soon my whole house hold was in full cutout and drawing mode.  My youngest son, William, wanted to create his own Tebow, so I traced the just the outline of the cutout without any features and said “there you go – have fun”.

This is what he created.

I think he has captured the fact that football is a contact sport!

 

Meanwhile, my talented wife was having fun trying to re-create Shanahan for me.  She came up with a cutout which looks awesome!

 

shanahan calling the signals at work

Shanahan at work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What a bunch of great standup guys Tebow and Shanahan are!  They even got together to discuss their favorite sport!

 

Shanahan coaching up Tebow – and no Timmy you do not have a concussion . . .

 

If you would like our Shanahan Cut out Figure, you can download it here.

If you would like to special request someone, we probably would be willing to put one together for you for free if you asked nice.

–         Except if you want someone associate with the Eagles, Cowboys or Ben Roethlisberger.  Then we would be willing to do this for a great introductory price of just $599.

 

This was really a great way for the whole family to get together and have lots of fun and something tells me that we might be putting together a couple more in the next few days.

As always , be good , do well , have fun!