{"id":3600,"date":"2014-12-04T14:50:04","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T14:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/?p=3600"},"modified":"2014-12-08T14:20:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T14:20:01","slug":"thoughts-on-whitewater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/2014\/12\/04\/thoughts-on-whitewater\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts On Whitewater"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3601\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/whitewater-3028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3601\" alt=\"Proud of these guys!\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/whitewater-3028.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/whitewater-3028.jpg 540w, https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/thegrunge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2014\/12\/whitewater-3028-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proud of these guys!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Carol and Grunge jumped in the car bright and early Saturday morning after seeing the last family members off from a short Thanksgiving visit.<\/p>\n<p>Whitewater, with good weather, is actually closer than Wooster, time wise.<\/p>\n<p>This blog won&#8217;t: talk about Xs and Os, the relative size of Whitewater, their football domination, the final score, or any of that other stuff. \u00a0None of that matters on this Thursday, I have decided. Yes it took me this long &#8211; those of you who know me well no I don&#8217;t handle&#8230;well, enough said.<\/p>\n<p>I picked this photo for one reason. \u00a0It isn&#8217;t an individual shot &#8211; it&#8217;s team on team. \u00a0Secondly, Ethan Buresh&#8217;s gloves say it all &#8211; Wabash Always Fights.<\/p>\n<p>Our guys played hard&#8230;the entire time. \u00a0Our captains &#8211; guys like AJ Akinribade &#8211; were working the sidelines&#8230;urging guys on. \u00a0Guys like Houston Hodges, who played virtually every down on Offense and Defense, just kept bringing it. \u00a0Cody and Ethan Bureshs&#8217; engines ran at full grunt (a very technical flying term) the entire day. \u00a0Despite a very painful case of turf toe, Mason Zurek just kept at it. \u00a0These weren&#8217;t unusual &#8211; virtually every one of our guys did the same.<\/p>\n<p>I believe its times like the second half of this game that define people. \u00a0It would be so easy to tell yourself that it wasn&#8217;t Wabash&#8217;s day. \u00a0To admit that the Warhawks are the #1 team in the land for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>But that did not happen on a cold day in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>The measure of a man is not the final score or the final stats. \u00a0The measure of a man is his drive to give it his all. \u00a0The measure of a leader is to do that and drive his team to do the same. In both cases, the Little Giants can hold their heads up high.<\/p>\n<p>The fans that day &#8211; on both sides of the field &#8211; saw what has always been a cornerstone defining &#8220;This Good Place&#8221; &#8211; <strong>Wabash Always Fights!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230; Carol and Grunge jumped in the car bright and early Saturday morning after seeing the last family members off from a short Thanksgiving visit. 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