BO AND WOODY BOOK EXCERPT: War As They Knew It
“Towards all this external evil, the man within the breast assumes a warlike attitude, and affirms his ability to cope single-handed with the infinite army of enemies. To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson,
“Heroism”
It was time for Woody Hayes to adjust. Halftime, late October 1967: Hayes’ Ohio State Buckeyes trailed Illinois. Hayes stood at the locker-room chalkboard, like any other football coach, to perform the most basic football-coach task: diagramming a play. And Hayes tried, he really did, but then he caught a glimpse of his fullback, Jim Otis, who had fumbled twice in the first half, and suddenly Hayes wanted to smack Otis.
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9/7/08
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