"Tebow time"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 10/9/2012 02:52 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
>On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:08 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> >
> > On Oct 9, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> >
> > > At 10/9/2012 11:45 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > >> Maybe it *is* time for them to pray.
> > >
> > > 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?
> >
> > For one thing, no alliteration.
>
>It's worth noting that Tebow has been branded with the alliterative
>catchphrase ever since he announced he would sign with the University
>of Florida Gators back in Dec. 2005:
>
>http://florida.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=490841
>"It's Tebow Time in Gainesville"

This isn't about 4th-quarter heroics, however -- unless he was also
doing it in high school (doesn't seem to be mentioned on the Florida page).


>--bgz

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