Amused Cynic

One of Hugh Hewitt’s readers has the report.

NAVY should NOT have won this game.  They did not execute in the first three quarters and then lit it up with the sophomore QB energizing them.   NAVY’S sidelines were interesting as well.  I could tell by the energy of the coaches and players, they KNEW the game was not over and that Temple (the MSM?) believed it was.  The Temple equipment guys were packing up (measuring drapes?)  But the Mids were still playing right up to the end, to the final play.  WE did not quit.  WE DON’T quit.  Many fans left the game to go home and beat the traffic or to tailgate but NAVY fans stayed to see their team, and their team, REFUSING to give up, ultimately won a huge game.  The game has no apparent national implications but in reality is does.  It showed a national audience on CBS College Sports TV what America can and SHOULD expect of its officers.  We simply will never quit when all signs say we should.  It also makes us bowl eligible and we have already accepted an invitation to play an ACC team in D.C in the brand new Eagle Bank Bowl on 20 December, a game about which not many will again care.   But WE CARE!!  WE care deeply about HOW we play and why we play.

Why do I tell you this?  Well John McCain is a USNA grad and he is not quitting.  He didn’t quit against ridiculous odds in Vietnam.  NAVY grads DON’T quit!  We can win this thing.  I know you believe it and I saw what grit, determination, a belief in a cause and hard work will do today.  All you who think it’s over.  IT AIN’T.  BHO is measuring drapes just like Temple was packing up.  McCain is still playing, making them take another snap.  Maybe they fumble and we scoop and score.  Maybe their folks, thinking it’s in the bag, stay home and don’t vote.  On Tuesday, we can make the improbable the reality.  Play to the final whistle!  VOTE and take someone with you!!!