OK, class, today in Philosophy 101, the Blob will consider the question of how a higher power bestows his favor.

(And Kierkegaard ... Nietzsche .... if I hear one more word out of either of you, I'm going to separate you. I mean it).

Anyway, here is our question for today: Does God love the famously devout Tim Tebow more than other people?

The answer: Not really. But apparently Steelers coach Mike Tomlin does.

It was, after all, the Steelers' game plan to bring up their safeties (though without really exerting a lot of pass rush) and dare Tebow to throw deep on them Sunday. This would have worked if Tim Tebow, a mere mortal, had showed up. Unfortunately for the Steelers, they were up against The Tebow, who operates on different metaphysical plane than the rest of us.

So, The Tebow threw deep. He can't do this, of course -- all the experts say so, even Boomer Esiason -- but he sure made it look like he could on Sunday, throwing for 316 yards on just 10 completions, including an 80-yarder across the middle on the very first play of overtime to win the game.

True, Tebow still couldn't throw it in the ocean a lot of the time; it took him 21 tries to complete those 10 passes, and his first attempt of the game, a simple square-out, was so horrendously off-target there were people in Boulder who swore it was intended for them.

Nonetheless, his first touchdown pass, feathered deep over a Steelers' defensive back, was as pretty a throw as you can make. Then he ran for a touchdown. Then he hit another deep one to set up a field goal.

So The Tebow moves on, and the hype with him. The guy's a terrible quarterback, of course, just terrible. Except when he's not.