Georgia knows this moment
As a lifelong Georgia Bulldogs fan at 59, I’d like to tell TCU fans that we’ve been there too. (January 11, 1B, “Despite horrible final score, TCU belonged in title game against Georgia”)
I was a senior in high school when Georgia won the 1980 national championship. We were in a position to win it the next two seasons as well, but we lost those two bowl games on touchdowns late in the fourth quarter by our opponents. Heartbreaking.
We’ve been through many ups and downs since 1980 with several “close but no cigar” moments.
TCU: You are a class actor. Your team was fun to watch this season. We were happy for you when you beat Michigan. We can’t wait to see more TCU magic next season and for years after. What college football fan wouldn’t?
-Gary Sullivan, Dahlonega, Georgia
nothing to be ashamed of
Yay, TCU football! Yeah, we lost to Georgia, an incredibly good team. But hold your head up high, horned frogs. No apologies necessary. Fort Worth is proud of your efforts. You played your heart.
Next year will be here before we know it. We have a great coach and new players committed to TCU.
You will always be remembered as a great group of young men who gave us their all. Those who return, we will encourage you next year. We only wish you good luck and good health.
-Caroline Sawyer fort worth
The jokes drowned out the game
The college football playoffs should have aired on a broadcast channel. As I saw it on a streaming service, it was the worst football game I’ve ever watched — not just because TCU lost, but also because the commentators never shut up. I wanted to hear how loud the crowd was when TCU hit the field, and I couldn’t understand the unnecessary banter.
We voted at a watch party I was at and eventually muted the sound. At least on a regular broadcast network, commentators are off-screen and you can turn them off. Not these guys.
I’ll leave ESPN for the diehard fans.
– Wendel Nelson fort worth
A highway, not a race track
I agree with everything in a January 9 letter to the editor about dangerous road traffic in Fort Worth. (5C) I would like to add a few observations.
The highways are out of control. If you’re driving 5 mph over the speed limit, you’re among the slowest cars on the road.
The aggressive nature of speeders is frightening. Their behavior leads to road rage when you don’t get out of their way. The high frequency of roadside shootings is the result. Law enforcement officers with radar guns should be posted at regular intervals.
-Tom Ed Norman, fort worth
Except I wasn’t laughing
Watching the Dallas Cowboys take on the Washington Commanders, “Team America” sounded more like “America’s joke.”
– Paulo A. Romero, fort worth
Separating sport from news
Enough football. I pay for the news, not for the sport. The Star-Telegram has a whole section for sports.
Some publishers should resurrect Parade magazine, then make it a sports magazine and keep that cover separate.
-Trudy Hill, fort worth
How Texas can use its supplement
Let’s take $1 billion from the state budget surplus and use it to build housing for the homeless. What nobler cause for humanity could we pursue as a state? A tax cut for people who already have a roof over their head is welcome, but some of the money should be used for the less fortunate.
– Dave Hamacher North Richland Hills
What Russell doesn’t know
Column of January 6 by Nicole Russell “We have pampered children for too long. They are not ready for hard times,” was written from a place of white privilege. She’s the one who needs to “remove the bubble wrap” and be educated about the “hard times” that poor children, who are mostly African American, have gone through their entire lives.
The black poverty rate is still 22 percent today, or nearly 1 in 4. Russell says children have “access” to a “quality education,” but many black students are denied it.
And she refers to psychologists who say that children don’t have the opportunity to “practice” resilience and courage. Having to be resilient and brave is a way of life for black children.
-Wanda McKinney, fort worth
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