Reflecting on Intelligence

Last weekend my football team, the USC Trojans, lost a football game to Stanford...by one point.

Yesterday Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Sometimes sacrifices have to be made for the greater good of humanity.

The fact that the Trojans lost to one of the great Universities in the world cannot be viewed as an upset. If the brainiacs in Palo Alto can't figure out how to win every six years in LA, then something is wrong with the system.

I'm surprised that Pete Carroll doesn't address the handicapping issues when reporters ask how they could lose to a team when favored by 40 points. I like to see him say something like....

"Listen...the final score wasn't 64-23...it was 24-23 and all the handicapping that is put into play simply because of wagering is not only detrimental but should not be allowed in the world of collegiate sports."

"Because some bookmaker in Las Vegas says a team should win or lose by 40 points has no reality in the hearts and minds of 18 to 22 years kids."

"The game is played by young men trying to determine their right of passage within the framework of a hard hitting game....and at any one moment....the heart and the mind comes down to one on one....and anything can happen within that framework....and the fact that USC lost to a great institution should not be regarded as an upset but instead as an event that proves anything is possible.....anytime....anywhere......now go home gentleman and hug your kids and kiss your wife and leave my young warriors to contemplate the next game."

So I've accepted last week even though I still wonder why a QB would be allowed to play after breaking a bone on his middle finger of his throwing hand in the second quarter.

That's the weird part of the story that nobody seems to be discussing.

AL GORE WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE YESTERDAY!

I wonder which event means more to the future of the human species?

Hummmm....USC loses to Stanford........AL GORE wins the Nobel Peace Prize.....

Hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....


Michael Timothy McAlevey