On my mind today

On this cool Monday morning, thoughts of football are possessing my mind.
I can’t get the Dallas Cowboy’s loss out of my head. They won their game with the Cardinals, then lost it. The highly respected coach made a couple of bad decisions in the final minute of the game. If they had won the game, no one would have been critical of his decisions. As it is this morning, some Monday-morning quarterbacks are calling for Jason to be replaced by Rob.
I can’t forget Fox’s decision to switch to a commercial break and the Dallas game in the closing moments of the Texan’s game with Atlanta. The situation was critical, with tensions building by the second, and suddenly an announcer says, “We now take you to your schedule game,” or something like that. Whammo! Who won? Back to the radio to find out.
The disappointment felt by University of Houston as its no-loss season came to an end Saturday is cushioned this morning by an invitation to one of the 35 bowl games now scheduled. Their coach says he’s staying, but many Aggies are hoping he will go to A&M to replace their fired coach, who says his firing was unfair. The Aggies will be in a bowl game also.
The feelings of Euphoria among us Baylor guys is hard to describe. After a winning season we will be in a bowl game and our quarterback may be invited to New York as a Heisman Trophy finalist this week. Many consider him the best in the game today. And everyone loves the coach. Considering our football history, we should savor the moment.
A TV show recently featured the problem of brain concussions in football at every level and made a strong case that football is a dangerous sport. Helmets protect the skull, but not the brain, which bangs against the skull many times during the course of a player’s life on the field. Hardly anyone wants to give up football–fans or players–but perhaps we need to become more aware of this situation.
Brain injuries or no, for good or bad, football is here to stay. “Sic ’em, Bears!”