Overcoming a Devastating Defeat

by David Miller

American Football Monthly February 2006 Issue OnlineWe are a nation obsessed with it: from reality game shows, to toothpaste whiteners. Winning it seems, has become the “the only thing” – as Vince Lombardi so prophetically proclaimed nearly a half century ago. And today, that bar inches ever higher. So what happens when we lose? And not just lose . . . but lose badly?

The Pittsburg State Gorillas (KS) put the big hurt, on nearly every Division II opponent they faced in 2004 – setting an NCAA record of 837 points scored: besting
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