Think again. Last night I watched one of my favorite collegiate teams win their 14th National Championship. I know there is and always will be a dispute pertaining to how Alabama got fourteen national titles. All I can say about that is, ‘it is what it is’. I didn’t cast a vote any more this time than I did when they were given the title in the 1920’s, 30’s, 60’s or 70’s. They’ve had a tradition of winning the right game at the right time and that’s what they did last night. More than one person in this country down through the ages of college football thought this team or that team was the best there was and no other team in the nation could beat them. So that’s how they got ranked and that’s how they were able to get into a bowl game or even a championship game. It’s not for you or me to decide and it’s not for one person to decide but a great number of people around the country.
If you really want to know about the best collegiate football team that has ever been in college football read up on the 1899 Suwanee Tigers football team also known as the “Iron Men”. There is not a team that had been able to accomplished the feat of these men in one season before nor ever will.
Recently I saw a commercial on television where it showed all these different athletes and it said they will go on to other things besides sports. In other words there are more important things in life than just football, basketball or baseball. It is good to win a game and it’s great to win championships but one game we all are playing in is the game of life and it takes a lifetime commitment to reap the rewards of winning that game. One big victory we all can have is the victory over character. Win or lose our character is a reflection of both. A good attitude toward others will go farther and last longer than the wounds that any one game had ever caused.
If the other team won I would congratulate them and wish them the best and move on. It wasn’t the end of my world (thank God) or the end of my life (really thank God). Last year when Auburn beat Alabama in the Iron Bowl then went on to win the National Championship I congratulated them and the fans, was proud for them then I began looking forward to the next season. I wanted Alabama to win but when they didn’t I’d rather have Auburn bring the title home to this great state than to see it go anywhere else.
I have my picks and if they don’t win so be it. We may agree to disagree but I’m not going to call anyone all kinds of names and wish the worst on them or their team because I wouldn’t want it done to me. I would rather have my character intact, win or lose, than anything else in life. Nope, the ballgames not over quite yet.
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. Proverbs 22:1
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