The Demagogue’s Lie

“You want to find you a way to motivate a young man from West Virginia? You tell him that carrying that football or chasing the man carrying that football can run him right out of those mines.” — Bobby Bowden

As we get ready for the 2018 College Football Playoff we may want to recall the wonderful story Ryan McGee, of ESPN.com, wrote earlier this year. Titled “The West Virginia ties that bind Nick Saban and Jimbo Fisher” (Wednesday, August 30, 2017) surely grabbed the attention of all West Viginians.