This Tebow talk reminded me of an encounter with a local Bama fan who shall remain nameless. Oh hell, his name is Virgil and he's been a bouncer at a local dive for years. Well, Virgil is your stereotypical sidewalk fan. Never been to Tuscaloosa but wears the colors every day and never stops talking Tahd football. I would see him every afternoon at Gold's Gym and without fail, Virgil would come up with a wry smile, no matter what time of year it was and try to rib me about something or other Auburn or Alabama related.
"Sooo...whatchu thank the Tahd's gonna' do to Ole Miss...?"
When the whole Tebow circus got rolling in high speed, that was the daily topic. "When we sign ole Tebow, they ain't gonna' be no stoppin' the Tahd. He's already a lock cause Bama's got all the tradishun and championships. He wants to play for a winner." It was a daily grind. I was pulling up in the parking lot listening to the radio when Tebow was making his historic announcement to the Gaytors. The first thing that came to mind was.."Where's Virgil?"
I walked inside and spotted him and another Bama buddy across the room. I calmly walked up and said, "Well, looks like ole Timmy T decided Gainesville is the place for him. Just announced". I'm going to give everyone 3 guesses what the immediate response was. Now the first two guesses don't count. Okay..GO
Have you got it? Yep, that's right.
"Awww...we didn't really need him anyway. We got 5 quarterbacks on campus right now that could start for anybody in the nation. He'd just be in the mix. Probably a wasted skollership. Good luck at Florida gettin' yer ass kicked by the Tahd..."