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BOISE – Among the cottage industries spawned by college football, the manufacture of hoary bromides is likely the busiest – or surely no worse than second behind the office pool.
A particular golden oldie posits that “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” Author credit should go to Coach Epictetus of the Fightin’ Stoics, but since he couldn’t silk-screen it on a T-shirt in his day, it has been passed off as original thought by every Knute Rockne trying to will his team back from a two-touchdown deficit.
So fixated are the character-builders on trying to shinny up Mount Adversity that they forget the same truism applies during the rosy times. Which brings us to the University of Idaho and the Humanitarian Bowl. More here.
Please tell me I’m not the only one who had to look up “hoary bromides.”
D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.
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poolman on December 29 at 9:35 p.m.
Tossing, Turning, –grinding teeth….toes curled……squinted eyes……..ripping an old dry band-aid off my knee.
Dreaming —– John B - I know you love PNW sports - go to Lubbock – forget about this silly H bowl game,,, find Mike Leach. Tell him we want him in Moscow, we need him in Moscow. Tell him we will be ok sending Rob back across the street to take over the Cougs… `PLEASE! Opportunities like this don’t come up very often.
Waking up… Bowling green? – Blue turf, flashback– BSU 65, UI 13, Nevada 73-UI 13. Waking from the nightmare – no chance in hell.