"Tebow time"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/9/2012 11:45 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>Maybe it *is* time for them to pray.
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>JL

I wondered also.  But the article quotes SNL's Seth Meyers as saying
"Is there anything more exciting than Joe Biden thinking it's up to
him to get the lead back? It's Tebow time!"  I don't get especially
excited by prayer.

But why isn't it "(Eli) Manning time", considering his 4th-quarter
successes in 2011, and a better ultimate outcome?

Joel


>On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:
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> > On Oct 9, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Charles C Doyle wrote:
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> > > A headline on this morning's Yahoo News trumpets, "It's Tebow time for
> > Biden and Ryan: How the VP debate could change the end game."
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> > > I wonder what percentage of viewers/readers of that headline are
> > expected to grasp the meaning of "Tebow time"?  (The article doesn't
> > explain it.)
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> > Probably a lot of viewers/readers interpret it to mean "time to pray"
> > rather than "time to come up with the big play".
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> > LH
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