Wednesday, May 30, 2012

More Rings Than Lebron

Just a couple of random things that have more rings than Lebron James:

Kobe Bryant
Michael Jordan
Tim Duncan 
Shaq
My mom's jewlery box
Married People
A WWE arena
Luke Walton
The planet Saturn
The Olympic logo
Pope Benedict XVI
Huggy Bear from "Starsky and Hutch"
Jud Buechler
Most high school seniors
Doorbells
Frodo
Dirk Nowitzki

Sunday, March 18, 2012

What If...

The ol' blog is taking more of a serious tone this week, but we are still going to have some fun. From time to time, sports people like to talk about '"what if's." So every now and then RTP will do the same. First up is a decision that would've greatly affected college football.

What if...Tim Tebow would have chosen Alabama?

In the spring of 2006, Timothy Richard Tebow was one of the most sought-after college football players in the nation. A week before national signing day, Tebow had narrowed his choices to two schools, the Florida Gators and Alabama Crimson Tide. We all know what happened but, lets have a little fun.

Tebow signs at Bama, and rides the Tide to college football immortality. Tebow and the Tide's wins are enough to save Mike Shula's job. Shula remains the Tide coach throughout Tebow's tenure and the Tide wins the (insert random number here) national title.

Florida loses out in the Tebow sweepstakes, and suffers a little from it.  They go title-less during Tebow's time at Alabama, but are poised to strike soon after.  With Tebow not in Gainesville, the door is wide open for young Cameron Newton to take control of the Gators. Newton's troubles at Florida are swept under the rug and he terrorizes college football to the tune of multiple national titles.

Auburn has it bad, as well. The Tigers get mauled by Tebow's Tide, and the firing of then head coach Tommy Tuberville go as ahead as it did. But since Tebow saved Shula's job at the Capstone, Auburn turns to.....yep, that's right, Nick Saban. Saban comes to the Plains and sets the wheels in motion to Auburn's rise to a national power.

One decision by one 18 year old greatly reshapes the crazy world of FBS football.