12-10-2011, 08:19 PM
Time to move on.
Not such a big deal to Andrew Luck and it has more meaning to him than to anyone else. He's so mature and has such great perspective. I don't think he takes it as a slight or that it is a true reflection of who he is or how good he is. It is a vote at a moment in time. A very imperfect vote by people - most of whom have very little idea of what they are doing - starting with what the vote is even for (this is the biggest issue to me) and then not knowing much about the players they're voting for.
I think one positive outcome of the controversial vote is that there was a lot more attention and discussion about the relative merits of all the players and the voting process. Andrew Luck and Stanford may not have come out on top for most of the voters but for a lot of young student/athletes and their parents, I hope they heard and saw a clear picture of what makes Stanford a great school to play football at and the quality and character of the student/athletes that come here. We'll never be the most popular but that's OK because we can only accept the most special. And we adhere and perform to our own standards. Sometimes the rest of the world appreciates our way and sometimes they don't. But we will not yield.
Time to focus on Oklahoma State.
Not such a big deal to Andrew Luck and it has more meaning to him than to anyone else. He's so mature and has such great perspective. I don't think he takes it as a slight or that it is a true reflection of who he is or how good he is. It is a vote at a moment in time. A very imperfect vote by people - most of whom have very little idea of what they are doing - starting with what the vote is even for (this is the biggest issue to me) and then not knowing much about the players they're voting for.
I think one positive outcome of the controversial vote is that there was a lot more attention and discussion about the relative merits of all the players and the voting process. Andrew Luck and Stanford may not have come out on top for most of the voters but for a lot of young student/athletes and their parents, I hope they heard and saw a clear picture of what makes Stanford a great school to play football at and the quality and character of the student/athletes that come here. We'll never be the most popular but that's OK because we can only accept the most special. And we adhere and perform to our own standards. Sometimes the rest of the world appreciates our way and sometimes they don't. But we will not yield.
Time to focus on Oklahoma State.