Hard Knocks 2012: 10 Reasons Why the New York Jets Would Make It Must-See TV

Assuming that HBO agrees to do another series with the New York Jets in 2012, here is a taste of the top 10 potential storylines that could emerge from this partnership:

10.   Tebow Maniacs Occupy Cortland with former Indianapolis coach Tony Dungy. The group holds a nightly candlelight service in response to hearing Rex Ryan drop more than 20 F-bombs in his traditional hopes-and-dreams speech to the team.

9.     HBO insists that an afternoon of practice be cancelled so that Joe Namath can walk the team through the recent HBO documentary, “Namath.“

8.     A group of Mangold Maniacs make the six o'clock news for hurling more than 200 lemon pies at Tebow Maniacs speaking poorly of Mark Sanchez. After more than two years, the Mangold Maniacs finally achieve their goal of getting Jets' center Nick Mangold more followers on Twitter and Facebook than Lady Gaga.

7.      Camera crews catch Darrelle Revis having drinks with sportswriter Tim Cowlishaw; two days later rumors fly on Twitter that Revis is unhappy with his current contract.

6.      Longtime assistant coach Mike Westhoff nearly gets into fisticuffs with Rex Ryan after learning that Rex no longer wants Tebow playing on special teams.  Ryan is quoted as saying, “Can’t do it Mike, Tebow is just too darn important to the Wildcat. How about I give you Mark instead?”

5.      Kris Jenkins and Jason Taylor make a cameo appearance on Hard Knocks to hog-tie newly signed Australian rugby star Hayden Smith. Days later, Jenkins and Taylor undergo arthroscopic knee surgery at Cortland Regional Medical Center.

4.     The Jets' new injury prone safety, LaRon Landry, ruptures his Achilles tendon on the team’s day off while filming P90X-3 with Tony Horton.

3.      Camera crews catch Mike Tannenbaum stealing Rex Ryan’s stash of pretzel M&Ms; 24 hours later Rex goes into diabetic shock on the practice field.

2.     Mike Tannenbaum holds a late-night press conference to report, “Mark Sanchez is our guy.” Hours later, Tim Tebow is named the starting quarterback of the New York Jets.

1.     Mark Sanchez replaces Wayne Hunter as the team’s starting right tackle.