" Son, you wear a Peace symbol on your lapel, and have "Born to Kill" on your helmet.. What are you trying to say?"
" I think I was trying to speak about the Duality of Man.... the Jungian thing."
"Son, whose side are you on???"
Most of us here love to chat about politics, but it's not always what we care most about, and it's not what is most important in our daily lives. I think that is best exemplified by the passing of economist Milton Friedman and Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler. Things like this allow us to take a minute to realize this.
Friedman was often called "America's Economist". A fervent support of free trade, Friedman represented what America is about: allowing the Economy to remain unfettered by barriers and restrictions, and letting the market determine if something fails or survives. Political affiliations aside, the freedom that America allows us is what makes this country the greatest in the world, and Friedman personified it from an economic standpoint.
From the other side, who doesn't love college football? Eleven guys, working together for no money ( we'll stay away from commenting on this), led by a coach. College football is great because they are still young nough that they listen to their coach - a man who often molds them, and teaches them life lessons, not just X's and O's. In the Ohio State/Michigan game, I was always a Wolverine fan. Coach Schembechler never won a championship, but his consistency was outstanding: In 21 years, he was 1st or 2nd in the Big Ten 17 times, and was never worse
than 4th. Clemson and Carolina would love those numbers. It's nice to hear his former players talk about how he helped them become good people, as well as good players. That is what coaching is about.
As far as today's game, it probably won't be enough for Michigan. Ohio State has been more consistent, they're at home, and they have the best player on the field in Troy Smith. Ohio State, 24-17.
2 comments:
One fine coach not a big fan of his school or him but give him credit he won when you could have hundreds on athletic scholarships some schools including Michigan would sand bag players because they had the money and the players did not realize sometimes what was happening. Notre Dame another example. The small schools could not do this because of money. Finally the NCAA put a limit on this and made a level playing field I believe the limit is 90 scholarships. This was another way to discriminate against certain areas of the country. Alabama was the exception for years then came Tennessee and a few others.
Milton is a favorite.
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