If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel say—if the LORD had not been on our side … [Psalm 124:1-2a]. College football has changed substantially since my Wake Forest years (1969-76). You’d be correct, of course, if you replied, “What hasn’t?” As participants have grown bigger and faster, a whole new set of safety rules has come into play. At many schools—I won’t say which, although I’m thinking of one in South Carolina whose name begins with a “C” and ends with an “N,”—football is big business. During my WFU years, in business terms, Wake Forest football was bankrupt. Jokes circulated about our ineptitude. One year, at the…
"Dispatches to the Front" -- a collection of theological meditations by Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., M.Div.