{"id":1440,"date":"2014-11-29T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T16:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2014\/11\/congratulations-ohio-state.html"},"modified":"2014-11-29T16:06:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T16:06:00","slug":"congratulations-ohio-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2014\/11\/congratulations-ohio-state.html","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Ohio State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

And prayers and get well to young Mr. Barrett<\/a>. \u00a0One of the Cinderella stories of the year, Mr. Barrett was a 3rd stringer thrust into the spotlight when everyone\u2019s favorite quarterback Braxton Miller was injured before the season began. \u00a0After a rocky start, J.T. Barrett passed and ran himself into the record books, and took a struggling team filled with freshmen all the way to the brink of the championship series. \u00a0And all this when already the team faced difficulties with one of their own, Kosta Karageorge, is missing and hasn\u2019t been seen in days. <\/p>\n

Then, as can happen in the game of football, disaster struck. \u00a0A bad tackle brought him down with a hurt leg, forcing him to be carted off the field. \u00a0His condition is not known, though he\u2019s likely out of the remainder of the season. \u00a0But it brought out two of the things about football that I love. <\/p>\n

First, OSU\u2019s defense, which had been lackluster to the extreme today, rose to the occasion and mauled Michigan, almost as if in tribute to their fallen quarterback. \u00a0Second, Devin Gardner, Michigan\u2019s long suffering QB, rushed out to the field to console Barrett as he waited to be taken off the field. \u00a0That, my friends, is class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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And in all fairness to those who hate football, revile it, despite it, I say it\u2019s because American football is a throwback to another age. \u00a0A sort of chivalrous time when warriors clashed on the battlefield, but saluted one another when the dust had settled. \u00a0You may go out and bash the hell out of each other during the game, but you stand next to one another when it\u2019s all said and done. <\/p>\n

One of the sacrifices of homeschool was taking our boys out of our local school sports programs. \u00a0Even though they can be on the teams, our own life needs have made it impossible. \u00a0But I missed my third son experiencing that special camaraderie that seems to only happen with football. \u00a0It\u2019s as if the players usually know they are part of something bigger than themselves, and they are all in it together. \u00a0Perhaps that\u2019s why the modern liberal culture, and not a few in the geek\/nerd culture, seem to hate it so badly. \u00a0You never know. <\/p>\n

In any event, well done OSU, God\u2019s speed Mr. Barrett, and well played Michigan, especially Devin Gardner. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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