By: Terry Sheehan

Terry Sheehan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:41:36 +0000

Just got to thinking – no matter what the weather – rain or shine like win or lose – there is always stress which seems to be the common denominator of the most talked about college football stories since Christmas Day. My hope is that sanity will prevail and the “powers that be” will not become so overly stressed that they attempt make college football a “stress-free” environment. Ask Urban Meyer what kind of stress he prefers – going 1-11 or 11-1? Ask the Tech players – not just one or two of them – if they prefer the uncertainty of a new coach(es) and a new program and the stress that will come with that – to Leach’s quirks. I don’t condone placing an injured player in an ‘electrical’ room, but I would like to know the circumstances of this particular situation – how soon after the injury was this done, how many times had the player received medical attention, how many practices did the player miss, what were the ‘other’ surrounding issues or concerns Leach had for taking such action. If Leach is a John Macovich, then he needs to go. Thing is if that is the case, his players wouldn’t play for him and he would be asked to leave at some point. But, again, it sounds like a lot of stress involved for all in the Tech case. NFL Great whose son may be afraid he can’t measure up to his dad’s success – there’s some stress. Administrative pressure on Leach to
play the student. Who knows if these were even issues – that is the point! But success breeds stress, just ask the Colts whose coach or owner decided that winning wasn’t the real issue in last week’s game. The look on the player’s faces on the sidelines told more than any sports writer could ever write. An attempt to eliminate stress winds up producing more with more questions by the media and more chatter in the locker room.

Funny thing … stress. The smart folks know you can’t eliminate it. Just like the weather – no matter what the weather is, man can’t control it – he can at best manage it.
Hopefully, the gods of football will not overreact and destroy a great game that teaches young men as much about life and its stresses as it does about football.

PS – great programs aren’t built on popscicles! OU tried that once and ONCE is enough!

By: jadams

jadams — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:03:16 +0000

Good thing there’s not a Trojan Profalastic Bowl, cause guess what would be
in those little packets, Berry. Put on enough Brut and you may get to use
one of those.

By: David in Alabackwards

David in Alabackwards — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:55:51 +0000

I had a bottle of Brut on my bathroom counter for the last 22 years. Never used it but probably dusted it off every year or so. I just could not bring myself to either use it or to throw it away. It got close to the trash can a few times but never quite made it.

That was the only good thing about the fire that destroyed my house last April.

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