Tom Brady vs. Tim Tebow: Clash of biblical proportions
By John Zaremba | The Boston Herald
January 12, 2012
When God-fearing Tim Tebow and Golden Boy Tom Brady [stats] square off in what experts predict will be a ratings-busting rematch of December’s Patriots [team stats] beatdown of the Broncos, we’ll see more than Tebow’s scrambling leather helmet-era quarterback vs. Brady’s disciplined, omniscient power passing.
We’re talking a matchup between two sports deities that could dwarf the whopping 42 million who watched the Broncos’ heart-stopping overtime win over bad-boy Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers Sunday night.
Just yesterday, ESPN Sports ran a poll showing Tebow is American’s favorite active pro athlete, ahead of Brady in fifth place.
Indeed, a December report from Dallas-based The Marketing Arm says Tebow has just a shade less influence than Lady Gaga, and more than Tom Hanks. And he’s head-and-shoulders above Brady, who has about as much pull as Bruce Willis and Robert Downey Jr.
“You have two interesting guys here,” said Darin David, a Marketing Arm account director. “As great as Brady has been — there’s probably been nobody better — there’s part of the country where they’ve seen him as a pretty boy.
“What Tebow gained last week was he was able to pull off what a lot of people didn’t think was possible. Here’s another opportunity for him.”
