At the end of the 2009 college football season, my friend, Emily, and I went to the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. We had one goal in mind, meet Tim Tebow! I have alluded to my obsession to TimmyT before on the blog and will not go into all those details again, but wanted to share a fun story.
Emily and I were in full Tebow gear (of course with my Southern Miss black and gold underneath :) ) so everyone would know who we were cheering for.
We did have the opportunity to meet TimmyT very briefly, although brief, it was a very memorable encounter. This meeting later lead to me meeting him again in Jacksonville, FL, and him sending me and every child in my Kindergarten class an autographed picture of him playing for Florida. So I would say the Senior Bowl was definitely a success, mission accomplished!
But you may be wondering, why am I just now posting about something that happened almost two years ago? Well....In the process of me trying relentlessly to meet TimmyT, I meet a few other football players along the way. One of them was Jimmy Graham, who later was drafted to the New Orleans Saints. There is Jimmy, #80, during the Senior Bowl. Yes, I took this picture from the sidelines, I some how managed to get field passes after arriving to the game (that's a post for a different day!!).
Anyway, Jimmy and Timmy were BFF at the Senior Bowl and later went on to train together for the NFL.
Fast forward to September 2011 - Jimmy Graham is now in his second season as the starting tight-end for the New Orleans Saints. He was in Hattiesburg signing autographs so of course I had to go!
Our conversation went something like this...
Me: Hi!! It's so nice to see you, I'm sure you don't remember me but I met you at the Senior Bowl!
Jimmy: Oh, yes....I remember you!
Me: Ahh! Seriously! That's awesome!
Jimmy: Yes, Tim Tebow and I both REMEMBER you!!
Me: (silently freaking out)
Guess I made a lasting impression on Jimmy and Timmy!
Now if I could only figure out how to met Timmy again....
OH.MY.WORD!!!
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