Roy Exum: A Great ‘Life Lesson’ Monday, December 14, 2020 - by Roy Exum
Roy Exum
Having spent quite a career as a story-teller in sports, perhaps I am better tuned than most in recognizing the delicious parables and parallels we see on our fields of competition that are, in better truth, some of the most brilliant ‘life lessons’ that unfold before our eyes. I watched a fistful of college football games on Saturday and, by far, the best of the day was a dazzling point-for-point battle of brawn between upstart LSU and No. 6 Florida in Gainesville.
I’ve watched games on Florida Field where the fog rolls in and creates a surreal landscape, and I’ve seen great teams like this year’s Gators get so caught up in their newspaper clippings they are assured it won’t take much to slap down a floundering LSU, the reigning national champs who have ‘stunk it up’ so badly with five losses they are a laughing stock.