I couldn’t help myself. Tried to watch the game, but quickly realized I would have to pay money to do so. So I contented myself with key moments that were publicized.

Here’s one, Mendoza streaking through to cross the end zone for a TD.

(That’s his body, horizontal . . .)

https://x.com/espn/status/2013456653866201453?s=61&t=aUBDiSUrvn0aSlRBtZx0wQ

Indiana’s historic victory was covered in all the mainstream media, even the NYT:

Excerpt:

Meanwhile, here in Bloomington, IU’s hometown . . .

https://x.com/maxlewistv/status/2013492587823321306?s=61&t=aUBDiSUrvn0aSlRBtZx0wQ

Would that we could now redirect that enormous collective joy into turning more real wars into pretend ones. Not just in team sports; but daily confrontations, both personal and collective. For example: today on my morning walk I saw, on Kirkwood, just across from the IU campus, a large white sign, saying Burn Capitalism Down, something like that,  signed with a big Capital A, with a circle around it, which I took to mean Antifa.

Time to choose:

Joy or Fury,

Love or “hate” (i.e., fear)

Fear = False Evidence Appearing Real.

Fear is pretend.

Love is Real.

Let us turn more conflicts into pretend and infuse them with Love.