[BostonCard]

The "problem" (that dare not speak its name) is the one that's been around, to one degree or another since the days of  David Starr Jordan. It is Stanford's infernal recalcitrance to commit to championship-level football. Money has never been a roadblock to this institution. For anything. And never will be. Political WILL, however, is another thing. Period. Good speed, Andrew Luck. We'll be watching you.

Ah yes, the Green Lantern theory of college football success.  We have the mythical ring that allows its wearer infinite abilities, limited only by the organization’s willpower.

Unfortunately, the theory is unfalsifiable.  No matter how much we can or cannot do, we could have always done more if we had the political will to do it.  It’s also a convenient excuse, that absolves us of having to make tough choices, because we could always want it more.  Finally, it is not particularly useful, because somehow, you have to generate the political will to pull it off, and like the ring, there is no roadmap on how to accomplish that.

BC

[BostonCard]

The "problem" (that dare not speak its name) is the one that's been around, to one degree or another since the days of  David Starr Jordan. It is Stanford's infernal recalcitrance to commit to championship-level football. Money has never been a roadblock to this institution. For anything. And never will be. Political WILL, however, is another thing. Period. Good speed, Andrew Luck. We'll be watching you.

Ah yes, the Green Lantern theory of college football success.  We have the mythical ring that allows its wearer infinite abilities, limited only by the organization’s willpower.

Unfortunately, the theory is unfalsifiable.  No matter how much we can or cannot do, we could have always done more if we had the political will to do it.  It’s also a convenient excuse, that absolves us of having to make tough choices, because we could always want it more.  Finally, it is not particularly useful, because somehow, you have to generate the political will to pull it off, and like the ring, there is no roadmap on how to accomplish that.

BC