After meticulous study, I have determined that Sunday will be the weirdest home game in the Dolphins’ 46-year history. Call it, “The Messiah vs. The Mess.”
The Messiah of course is Tim Tebow, god of Gainesville, savior of Denver. A pilgrimage of acolytes has flocked to Miami to worship him — I’m not sure about the lower-case “h” in “him” — as the Dolphins insanely honor the 2008 Gators national-championship team thereby encouraging local fans to root for the opposing team’s quarterback.
The Mess is the Dolphins, winless, losers of six consecutive home games, coach under fire, and in such an unholy fix that many of the club’s own exasperated fans are now cheering against the team, seeing a greater good in continued losing, a No. 1 overall draft pick and Stanford quarterback