Show N THE wake of footballs I 1 IM mark we find again one major flaw in thern the mental attitudes 01 0 too many supporters it Is this when some team gets beaten the crowd swings from that outfit to others unbeaten an and untied this Is all out of focus in the first place most teams have certain objectives tor for which they must later on be ready in the see sec ond place sched Grantt Grantland andRice Bice ules play a big part in any seasons season a final roundups roun dupa terrific part parl pennant winning teams in the he national and american baseball leagues are only supposed to have a average about two out ot of three few coaches have the reserve strength on hand to get keyed up for every game it cant be done unless the reserve material Is exceptional or the schedule Is full of weak spots why should a team that plays eight or nine hard games be judged against a team that plays four hard games and four or five setups take your choice I 1 recall a good many years ago when major daley was coaching army his two main assignments were yale in october and navy in late november 1 I can win either game he said to the army staff 1 I can beat yale to in october or navy in november but bat I 1 cant win both which Is your main objective well take last fall ohio state won one ot of the hardest conference championships football knows the big ten tea yet ohio state lost two major games to cornell comell and michigan south southern era california won the pacific conference title an and the e rose ose bowl windup yet southern call california was tied by oregon and outplayed by washington both of whom were beaten and outplayed by U t C L A shining examples the two best teams in football 0 last tall fait were cornell and texas A M X they were neither tied nor beaten nor was tennessee until it hit the rose bowl but in all frankness not one of these had to plays play a notre dame or an iowa schedule nor a minnesota schedule for another example suppose most teams had to meet vander bills current schedule princeton kentucky georgia tech mississippi alabama and tennessee among others let lei some of these mop up winners winne rs try out that last named menu on their piccolos piccoloa pic colos ill give you another U C L A here it goes S M U santa clara texas A M california oregon state stanford oregon washington Washing tod state washington and southern california only nine or ten tough ones in a row including six of the nations best the big difference two or three setup games can make all the difference in thi the world such as many high ranking teams have they give the coach a chance to rest up any injured men and get them ready tor for the next hard test while another coach facing one tough opponent after another has no such breal break for reason there Is no such animal as a national champion it Is a complete impossibility with so many teams playing so many different schedules the closest claim I 1 recall to any so called national championship was knute Roc knes last notre dame team 1930 that mopped up east midwest southwest and far west the only close calls came against southern methodist and army the latter on the worst football day and the worst football toot ball field I 1 ever saw rain sleet snow fog and ice bob ot of illinois philosopher artist and coach comes closer to calling the turn on football than anyone ive v ever known 1 there are times you can lose lem em all and still look good in every game you lost there are times y you ou can win and ad not t look good at all 2 there is bob only one thing in football that is more important than winning that is to leave the field 0 with your opponents respect win or lose the games the thing th after all if you have left either a winning or a losing field without your opponents respect tor for the main things that make up sport well say to vo urage clean play hard bard play de bency the harvest is hardly worth ehile its tough to be a good loser but i a good loser looks better in defeat than an overbearing 6 victor does in his moment of triumph once again I 1 believe too many football followers expect too muck from too many teams r |