June 2014, Vol. 241, No. 6
Editor's Notebook
Editor's Notebook: An Ode To Johnny Football
A big sigh of disappointment echoed across the land May 8, for it had to come to pass that Johnny Football would no longer launch those beautiful spirals or befuddle opposing defenses with his dazzling footwork. Perhaps it was a sigh of relief, as Texans could now take a deep breath, grateful the circus was finally over, because Johnny Football would merely become Johnny Footnote, a legend, albeit a brief one, in Lone Star folklore. Such is life. For the uninitiated, understand that Texans love oil and Texans love football. In a state where they build $60 million high school stadiums, both tug at the heartstrings of our passions. They are first; there is no close second. The
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