{"id":11269,"date":"2012-01-09T19:53:38","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T00:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=11269"},"modified":"2012-01-15T18:55:28","modified_gmt":"2012-01-15T23:55:28","slug":"45-million-viewers-watch-tebow-game-most-for-opening-playoff-since-88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/01\/45-million-viewers-watch-tebow-game-most-for-opening-playoff-since-88.html","title":{"rendered":"45 MILLION VIEWERS WATCH TEBOW GAME; MOST FOR OPENING PLAYOFF SINCE ’88"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watchwoman<\/span><\/strong>: Do you think it was the Broncos vs. Steelers than drew 45 million viewers or Tim Tebow’s praying in public without regard for the hateful criticism he is getting? \u00a0Do you think that Tim Tebow is honoring God rather than obeying man? \u00a0Click below “Leave a comment”<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0\u25ac Donna Calvin<\/strong><\/p>\n

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#15, Quarterback Tim Tebow, Denver Broncos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The television ratings for Broncos-Steelers could provide a clue: The game pulled in a whopping 25.9 rating for CBS, becoming the highest-rated AFC wild-card game since 1988. (That was 24 years ago, pre-Internet and before a majority of Americans had cable or satellite.) Variety estimates\u00a045 million people<\/a>\u00a0watched Tebow’s touchdown pass in overtime.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The NFL bans eye-black messagers. Tebow's numbers did the preaching on Sunday. (DrudgeReport.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You ever feel like there’s too much Tim Tebow news? Neither do I. Here’s a roundup of some of the most interesting Timbits from the aftermath of the\u00a0Denver Broncos<\/a>\u00a029-23 overtime victory<\/a>\u00a0over thePittsburgh Steelers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2022 The fact that Tebow had 316 yards passing and averaged 31.6 yards per pass in the game didn’t escape notice on Sunday night. Tebow wore\u00a0“John 3:16”<\/a>\u00a0on his eye black in the 2009 BCS Championship game and has since become identified with the famous Bible message. The coincidental stats caused millions of fans to perform Google searches on the Bible passage in the past 24 hours. Here’s one more unbelievable stat: John Ourand of Sports Business Journal reports that the\u00a0final quarter-hour television rating<\/a>\u00a0for the Broncos-Steelers game was, you guessed it, 31.6.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Will Brinson of CBSSports.com has\u00a0some more fun<\/a>\u00a0with Tebow numbers.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tebow\u00a0earned $250,000<\/a>\u00a0for the victory based on an incentive written into his contract. Since he took 70 percent of the team’s snaps this season, he is entitled to a quarter-million dollars for every Broncos playoff victory.<\/p>\n

[Related:\u00a0Broncos given no choice but to embrace Tim Tebow<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n

\u2022 Twitter announced that\u00a09,420 tweets per second<\/a>\u00a0were sent immediately after Tebow’s overtime TD pass. That set a new sports record for the social media site.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Here was the headline from the popular news site,\u00a0The Drudge Report<\/a>, in the minutes after Tebow hit Demaryius Thomas on that 80-yard touchdown pass in overtime:<\/p>\n

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My inbox had about 10 messages reading pretty much the same.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Lady Gaga was watching Tebow’s heroics as well. She sent the following tweet to her 17 million followers after the game.<\/p>\n

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Cindy Boren of The Washington Post collected some other\u00a0notable celebrity tweets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2022 It’s only a matter of time before\u00a0Tim Tebow birthers<\/a>\u00a0start up a crusade.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Did you see Tim Tebow’s mean face Sunday? SB Nation did and advises “not to get the Tebow angry<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

\u2022 Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rick Morrissey may want\u00a0this column<\/a>\u00a0back. (And it’s OK. I’m allowed to make fun of him, because I wrote\u00a0this<\/a>\u00a0the same day: “Steelers-Broncos has the potential to be\u00a0that<\/em>bad.”)<\/p>\n

[Related:\u00a0Tim Tebow, Broncos deliver another miracle in win over Steelers<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n

\u2022 Tebow was the first NFL player to complete four passes of 30+ yards in a single quarter of an NFL playoff game.<\/p>\n

\u2022 ESPN’s QBR rating says Tebow’s second quarter was\u00a0the third-best single quarter<\/a>\u00a0from a QB in the NFL since 2008.<\/p>\n

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Tim Tebow Related posts: <\/strong>(If hyperlinks below fail to work or you get a message saying, “not found,” copy and paste\u00a0 the line beginning with ” http:\/\/ etc.” into your web browser’s window.)<\/em>
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Inspirational Question? Why is public prayer okay and this public prayer condemned?
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=11161
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\n45 MILLION VIEWERS WATCH TEBOW GAME; MOST FOR OPENING PLAYOFF SINCE \u201988
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=11269\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Tim Tebow Throws for 316 Yards, Matching Bible Verse \u2018John 3:16,\u2019 Leading to Mass Hysteria
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=11310<\/a><\/p>\n

John 3:16 commercial aired on Broncos vs. Patriots game Saturday, Jan 14, 2012
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=11457<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cPam\u2019s Story\u201d PLUS; Former Tim Tebow Pro-Life TV Spot
\n<\/strong>http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=11491<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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