Gee, sounds like Virginia Tech’s strategy for getting into their 26th straight bowl invitation after finishing the regular (one game short due to weather) season at 5-6. Let’s stack up a cheap one against Little Sisters of the Poor.
I hope this series is some sort of parody. The sad reality is that the current focus on “absolute” winning is making everyone else into LOSERS. The psychological damage of excessive competition is certainly a candidate for the primary cause of America’s decline.
Just heard (on NHK) an interesting sports story from real life. In the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, One of the Japanese athletes made a supreme effort and captured the bronze in the Marathon. He did not feel like the third best marathoner in the world, but felt like a LOSER. More so because he almost took the silver, but got passed in the final lap in the stadium. Under the increasing pressure to do “better” in the 1968 Olympics he killed himself in 1967.
My alma mater spent some years as a cupcake team in a major conference. It was NOT a good thing and the shift to a conference of actual peers is clearly better.
This week of strips reminds me of my university back in the early 1980’s. I believe Kent State University was one of the first schools to play “money games”. Penthouse magazine had a poll of the worst college football teams. Kent State was near the bottom and the author called them the “Kent State Kamikazees” because of their impossible schedule against big name schools.
TexTech over 5 years ago
Kinda sad that some schools sacrifice their teams to the major players just so they can get a great payday.
sykerocker over 5 years ago
Gee, sounds like Virginia Tech’s strategy for getting into their 26th straight bowl invitation after finishing the regular (one game short due to weather) season at 5-6. Let’s stack up a cheap one against Little Sisters of the Poor.
MS72 over 5 years ago
So, is Alabama a cupcake now?
:-)
Polsixe over 5 years ago
Has some logic there…
sarah413 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Yeah. Just ask Michigan how well that worked when they invited Appalachian State to play there.
renewed1 over 5 years ago
Once again, money rules.
buckman-j over 5 years ago
Rolled Tide!!!
shanen0 over 5 years ago
I hope this series is some sort of parody. The sad reality is that the current focus on “absolute” winning is making everyone else into LOSERS. The psychological damage of excessive competition is certainly a candidate for the primary cause of America’s decline.
Just heard (on NHK) an interesting sports story from real life. In the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, One of the Japanese athletes made a supreme effort and captured the bronze in the Marathon. He did not feel like the third best marathoner in the world, but felt like a LOSER. More so because he almost took the silver, but got passed in the final lap in the stadium. Under the increasing pressure to do “better” in the 1968 Olympics he killed himself in 1967.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Dkichi_Tsuburaya
My alma mater spent some years as a cupcake team in a major conference. It was NOT a good thing and the shift to a conference of actual peers is clearly better.
braindead Premium Member over 5 years ago
Oh the suspense — who will win the NC next year when Clemson plays Alabama?
Surly Squirrel Premium Member over 5 years ago
This week of strips reminds me of my university back in the early 1980’s. I believe Kent State University was one of the first schools to play “money games”. Penthouse magazine had a poll of the worst college football teams. Kent State was near the bottom and the author called them the “Kent State Kamikazees” because of their impossible schedule against big name schools.