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Sprints Wonders Why We All Paid So Much Attention to the Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad // 02.08.10

That's it? Your humble correspondent must admit that he actually laughed when the CONTROVERSIAL TIM TEBOW ABORTION SEEK AND DESTROY LIBERALS ad finally aired. I laughed because, well, we all lost our collective minds over this:

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So, to review: Groups like NOW gave Focus on the Family free publicity about Tim Tebow being the product of a decision not to have an abortion and ended up seeming like they overreacted more than a bit. And yet, Peyton Manning still made the worst decision of the night.

Yeah, but you stole a coach from Vanderbilt. Georgia has found a new linebackers coach, and it's Vanderbilt's old linebackers coach. This could actually be a good thing.

Who was Bobby Johnson praising two days ago when he announced his best recruiting class ever?

His recruiting coordinator, Warren Belin.

And now Belin, who is also the Commodores' linebackers and special teams coach, is joining Mark Richt's staff as linebackers coach at Georgia.

(HT: Vanderbilt Sports Line)

Dawg Sports is similarly enthusiastic about Belin and the new defensive coaches as a whole.

All three of Coach Richt’s recent staff hires have been light on the sizzle but strong on the steak. That’s fine with me. I don’t know about you, but I’ve had my fill of sizzle in Sanford Stadium lately. Sizzle is breaking out new uniforms for big games. Steak is wrapping up when you tackle. Sizzle is a long bomb on first down. Steak is establishing the run. Sizzle is a preseason No. 1 ranking. Steak is a postseason No. 1 ranking.

Actually, for Vanderbilt, steak is a Music City Bowl victory. If Belin's results at Athens are as close to expectations as they were at Vanderbilt, this could be a fine hire for the Dawgs.

Renardo Sidney saga finally approaching a conclusion
At least we can hope.

He also wants to count his future shuffleboard wins
Bobby Bowden has lost 12 victories in the FSU academic fraud scandal, but he doesn't really care.

Bowden has insisted that he will count all of his victories, regardless of the vacation penalty. The NCAA's investigation into the academic fraud scandal concluded that neither Bowden nor any other Florida State coach played a role in the misconduct, which involved 61 athletes and three former university employees.

Joe Paterno, the Penn State coach who has won 394 games, is the most victorious coach in major college football history. Bowden, who finished his career five games behind Paterno, is still comfortably in second — 37 games ahead of Amos Alonzo Stagg — without those 12 victories. After the Seminoles won the Gator Bowl against West Virginia, giving Bowden a celebratory sendoff, Bowden made a plea that his 22 victories at South Georgia College count on his coaching record. Bowden coached at South Georgia College from 1956-58.

Sure, Bobby. They'll do that.

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The Tebow ad was Focus On The Family’s campaign to become mainstream. Evangelicals don’t have a political leader for 2012, so they will take the most popular college football player instead.

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by mlmintampa on Feb 8, 2010 12:43 AM EST reply actions  

Yeah

Everyone assumed it’d be some sort of abortion ad. Turns out it was like nearly every other ad of the night: using a celebrity to put a company/organization in the forefront of the minds of Americans. In that sense, the ad was a smashing success for FOTF. As an ad in and of itself, it was a terrible spot.

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by Year2 on Feb 8, 2010 8:09 AM EST up reply actions  

Was anyone else amused

That the Women’s Media Center said that the ad promoted violence against women?

by Incipient_Senescence on Feb 8, 2010 10:33 AM EST up reply actions  

WOOOO! GET SOME PAM!

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by Chinese Bandit on Feb 8, 2010 12:50 AM EST reply actions  

Belin

Obviously he can take some under-the-radar linebacker recruits and turn them into NFL caliber players. Very excited to see what he can do with 3, 4 and occasional 5 star talent at the position.

Belin’s ties to the state of Georgia and the southeast in general is very important. Georgia’s new defensive backfield coach Lakatos’ recruited the northeast and mid-Atlantic, so there’s a learning curve (and I’m sure a cultural curve) he’ll have to adjust to regarding recruiting southern players. Grantham has an adjustment period as well. Belin’s transition from Vandy to Georgia should be nearly seamless from a recruiting standpoint.

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-Erk Russell

by DavetheDawg on Feb 8, 2010 10:01 AM EST reply actions  

"nearly seamless"

You’re right that it won’t be totally seamless. After all, he must now adjust to calling up 5* recruits and not hearing them laugh when he says which school he’s from.

But seriously, I don’t know why someone would be down on this hire. He was on the staff that got Vanderbilt to a bowl game for the first time since before Ghostbusters was released in theaters. That’s a real accomplishment.

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by Year2 on Feb 8, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions  

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