I never said anything contrary to what I posted.

You definitely down played it.

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How about this. What other player was pushed by a fan base as much or more then tebow? Can I get any other non bias opinions here?

 

Did you see how many Non Gator fans showed up to Denver's practices?  The craze was national, not just Gator fans....is it shocking that a national craze developed for and the epicenter was the most hardcore?

 

If Jameis had the same background as Tebow....the FSU fan base would go just as crazy.  Tebow's popularity went well beyond the football field.  Jameis's popularity decline because of what happened off the football field.  

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Of course it is my opinion. But I can back up my opinion. It isn't a stretch. No fan base did what the gators did during the tebow era. It was worse. Again you will not see 1,000's of Jags must draft Jameis threads. It won't happen. There will be nothing like that again.

Yea you will never hear a radio commercial from a law firm urging fans to not support the jags because of an FSU player that wasn't drafted by them or have a plane fly over the stadium calling for a player to be signed to your team. The Tebow years were unbearable and the gator following was beyond obnoxious.

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Not at all....his only proof is that Tebow fans came here and started threads about him coming to the Jags.


Lets not forget there were many many many Gator fans that fought just as hard against him coming here.

Look at how right he was. Tebow was horrible in the pros and is now a broadcaster...enough said.

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Some gator fans? Really? Come on trav now you are just being delusional.


I can promise you there will not be 100's of jaguars must draft Jameis thread or I won't by tickets on this board. It isn't the same. You aren't seeing anywhere near what it was with tebow.

 

What is wrong with him saying some Gator fans?  It's the truth....

 

Again, it wont be the same with Jameis because the situations aren't remotely close.  The only reason most of your fan base is able to see past what he's done is because you know you have no shot at a national title if he's gone. 

 

What is more telling?  A guy that a fan base became infatuated with and was very vocal (to the point of being completely obnoxious...we agree there) about a player that was a good guy, but not a great NFL talent.  Or....a guy that at the time said should be booted off the team, and forgiven only because of what he can do on the football field?

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Look at how right he was. Tebow was horrible in the pros and is now a broadcaster...enough said.

 

You were right?  Well then, I guess I was right as well since I said the exact same thing.

 

Genius!

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You definitely down played it.

Not at all. I was strong in my stance that I didn't want Tebow in the draft, or in free agency. 

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Did you see how many Non Gator fans showed up to Denver's practices?  The craze was national, not just Gator fans....is it shocking that a national craze developed for and the epicenter was the most hardcore?

 

If Jameis had the same background as Tebow....the FSU fan base would go just as crazy.  Tebow's popularity went well beyond the football field.  Jameis's popularity decline because of what happened off the football field.  

Quite the opposite with Jameis. His hometown has turned his back on him. Not happy with him at all, and it all goes back to his days before high school.

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Did you see how many Non Gator fans showed up to Denver's practices? The craze was national, not just Gator fans....is it shocking that a national craze developed for and the epicenter was the most hardcore?


If Jameis had the same background as Tebow....the FSU fan base would go just as crazy. Tebow's popularity went well beyond the football field. Jameis's popularity decline because of what happened off the football field.

I'm sorry that just isn't the case. Nole fans have not been known to push FSU players on the Jaguar fan base. Gator fans have been even before tebow. That's just the arrogance of gator nation (not everyone).

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Yea you will never hear a radio commercial from a law firm urging fans to not support the jags because of an FSU player that wasn't drafted by them or have a plane fly over the stadium calling for a player to be signed to your team. The Tebow years were unbearable and the gator following was beyond obnoxious.

Great point and something I forgot about. Revisionist history I guess.

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What is wrong with him saying some Gator fans? It's the truth....


Again, it wont be the same with Jameis because the situations aren't remotely close. The only reason most of your fan base is able to see past what he's done is because you know you have no shot at a national title if he's gone.


What is more telling? A guy that a fan base became infatuated with and was very vocal (to the point of being completely obnoxious...we agree there) about a player that was a good guy, but not a great NFL talent. Or....a guy that at the time said should be booted off the team, and forgiven only because of what he can do on the football field?

Some down plays how fanatical gator fans were and the years we had to deal with tebow/gators on this board.

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It won't be the same with any other fan base. We will never see that again IMO. Wouldn't have mattered if Jameis didn't get in trouble.

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http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/06/...a-20130506.


I guess every fan base does this...

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I'm sorry that just isn't the case. Nole fans have not been known to push FSU players on the Jaguar fan base. Gator fans have been even before tebow. That's just the arrogance of gator nation (not everyone).

 

I don't think its being down played....maybe in your mind.  I think we all know how crazy it got during the Tebow time here....that happens when you win a couple national titles and your qb somehow becomes a national lightning rod.  What people, including me, are trying to say is that Tebow was not just a Gator phenomenon...it was national.  Were Gator fans the most hardcore? Shockingly, yes.

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I don't think its being down played....maybe in your mind. I think we all know how crazy it got during the Tebow time here....that happens when you win a couple national titles and your qb somehow becomes a national lightning rod. What people, including me, are trying to say is that Tebow was not just a Gator phenomenon...it was national. Were Gator fans the most hardcore? Shockingly, yes.

I know it wasn't just Gator and I've said as much a million times. I'm simply saying no fan base has pushed a player on another fan base more than gator fans did with tebow. You tried to compare him to Matt Jones which makes me think you really don't know how crazy/bad the boards were. There is nothing, not one other player or fan base, to compare it to.

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Yea you will never hear a radio commercial from a law firm urging fans to not support the jags because of an FSU player that wasn't drafted by them or have a plane fly over the stadium calling for a player to be signed to your team. The Tebow years were unbearable and the gator following was beyond obnoxious.

 

idk about that. those law firms probably want jameis to stay local. they make quite a bit off of him.

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Coughlin when asked if winning will be a focus: "What the hell else is there? This is nice and dandy, but winning is what all this is about."

I know it wasn't just Gator and I've said as much a million times. I'm simply saying no fan base has pushed a player on another fan base more than gator fans did with tebow. You tried to compare him to Matt Jones which makes me think you really don't know how crazy/bad the boards were. There is nothing, not one other player or fan base, to compare it to.

 

You're right...I didnt know.  I quit rooting for UF (my wife went there so I rooted because of that) because of it.  I don't know.

 

I think some people here don't understand what an opinion is.  You can have yours, I can have mine...and neither could be right.

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http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/06/...a-20130506.


I guess every fan base does this...

I remember this. Same group who put on a rally down at the stadium for the Jags to sign Tebow. They advertised it for a few weeks. When all was said and done a grand total of 15-20 people showed up. It was absolute pandemonium down there. They almost had to set up barricades to keep the crowd back.

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I know it wasn't just Gator and I've said as much a million times. I'm simply saying no fan base has pushed a player on another fan base more than gator fans did with tebow. You tried to compare him to Matt Jones which makes me think you really don't know how crazy/bad the boards were. There is nothing, not one other player or fan base, to compare it to.

No school has ever had the player with the enigma of Tebow. Certainly not to the point where non fans of the team rallied around him from the east coast to the west.

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No school has ever had the player with the enigma of Tebow. Certainly not to the point where non fans of the team rallied around him from the east coast to the west.

Or to the point of their own fan base, yes I agree.

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