And not just because he said “Praise God” three separate times during his postgame interview with ESPN’s Lisa Salters. But even more so, because there’s about to be a deluge of deification with regard to the freshman quarterback with “Hollywood looks” that’s “coming of age before our very eyes,” in the words of Brent Musberger.
Tim Tebow, Meet Matt Barkley
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Your actual hero from Saturday night? That would be USC RB Joe McKnight, who almost single-handedly moved the Trojan offense down the field for the go-ahead touchdown. That, and Ohio State’s gunshy offensive strategies (copyright: Tressel, Jim) were certainly a factor, as well.
↵Still… Barkely! Freshman! Prodigy! Beachiness!
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