Vandy’s Johnson retires, we appreciate the effort: Reader post
July 15th, 2010 by Vince Mullins
We get some interesting emails every week – one of my 2010 goals is to post the best ones so great ideas get a voice to the freakiest and geekiest college football fans in the country.
Today, we highlight Mickey the Piker:
“Here’s a statistic that will tell you how difficult it is to win football games at Vanderbilt — Bobby Johnson won 29 games in eight seasons … which is the fourth most in school history…..”
Bobby Johnson retires from Vanderbilt 50 days before kickoff
I pull for teams like Vandy almost as much as my alma mater. I mean, how can you ever root against kids who have to work their ass off in the classroom and on the field for their sport?! I’ll wager you this: 90%+ of the guys that play football at Vandy are better MEN than the guys that play at <insert State U here>.
I remember a few years ago when QB Jay Cutler played that OT game at Florida – I sat there watching it obviously wanting Florida to win but also thinking how “great” it would be for college football and student-athletes everywhere if Vandy won.
Let’s not kid ourselves into thinking FBS football is anything more than “minor league” – except they don’t get PAID over the table anyway – football. THAT’s WHY people love Tim Tebow but even St. Timothy majored in some BS like “Family, Youth and Community Services.” What a football degree that is… He could have at least majored in “Religion” or “Philosophy” but he couldn’t hack the academic workload plus football.
At Vandy, they don’t get that break…maybe Johnson realized he no longer had the fight to continue.
His press conference ceratinly left more questions than answers.
You have to RESPECT what Vandy, Duke, Stanford, Rice, “Weak Forrest”, et al are up against in “FBS” football. Baseball and basketball are different and they can compete because they need far fewer players for a team but football will always be the most difficult academic/sport challenge.
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