The Holidays: Good for God, Bad for Blog

I love this time of year, but it has been brutal on the time that my comrade and I have had to write anything meaningful. Even what has come from me just hasn't quite been up to the usual snuff; my sincere apologies to all. At least I have new tires to show for it! So, with that, here we go again!

On December 13th at 2:36 PM, a former elt 2jv said...

Would it be better for the program if they lost? Would that help expedite the change that is necessary in the program?

I just wonder how much longer Ault can stay if he posts several losing records...

One can always make that argument, but I would say that it is never, per se, "better" to lose, at least not consiously. Rather it is better to look back at certain failures and put a positive spin on them. There are always games which would serve us better to lose (which we have "admirably" done, shall I note). But the implications of Boise St. last year and Hawai'i this year didn't keep me from rooting until my throat was raw and bloody for my beloved Wolf Pack. Ditto for the bowl game. But if The Man gives us all enough for us to rent our hair then you can rest assured that it will show up here right after I've cussed most of the "inapropriate" anger out of my system.

Not to mention, Groth has already said that The Ault's job is not in trouble. That statement may come with a silent "yet," she may be afraid, or she may have orders from a higher power. Whatever the case and whatever that's worth, I don't think that the results of the bowl game will have any "real" effect upon the future of the current regime. If it does, it will have to be in conjunction with a number of misfortunes coming to light Tormey style (I mean the drug dealers and bank robbers coming to light) and culminating in a 84-3 broasting. But even then I feel that he'd get off with a warning.

We'll have to wait and see. In the meantime there will be plenty more for us to discuss (I still have a Letter to the Editor from last Sunday's RG-J I really, really want to write about, and my comrade is planning a ditty on the subject of special teams and special teams recruiting which promises to be quite rousing).