Buff Nation –
In the late 19th Century, the political philosopher Fredrick Nietzsche came upon the scene promoting the idea, that life is what we make of it, and our reality is shaped by our actions, and a failure to act will lead us to the “abyss” and become a part of nothing.
Saturday evening under the lights of Folsom, Buff QB Brendan Lewis (BL) found himself staring into the abyss (I know I was on his behalf). Facing a 3rd and 15 from the Oregon State 16, down by four, with under three minutes to go in the game, it was do or die. Be someone or be nothing. At that moment I wanted to give BL a pep talk like the one Bud Fox received in Wall Street. It was BL’s moment of truth. Seconds later, a TD strike to Montana Lemonious-Craig (could there be a longer name) with only inches to spare, gave the Buffs the lead, and ultimately the victory.
Big time players make big time plays in big time games, and perhaps this was BL’s coming of age Red Dawn moment. Only time will tell (possibly as soon as tomorrow night when the Buffs take on UCLA on the road at the Rose Bowl), but that throw, on that night, may be the inflection point where BL becomes a top-tier Pac-12 QB, and the abyss which has silently and patiently been lurching in the shadows of this season will need to find another program to wait on, because as Nietzsche is so fond of saying, that which does not kill you, makes you stronger.
Go Buffs!
Doug