Why Tufts? Admissions Blog Post

Mastadon
Wed, 07 Oct 2015 18:47:43 +0000

@ormdad, the admissions blog is a little old, but @greenindian was just trying to point out that having a football team with players that are kind can be a serious flaw. After all, going into homecoming last year, the Tufts football team had a 31-game losing streak.

But the story does not end with the incident in the admissions blog . That proud old grandma must have said something inspirational to the players, because they won their first game in four years at last year’s Homecoming!

The dedicated, hopelessly optimistic fans stormed the field.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjBNBmOCZ9k

The team went on to win all their home games last year, and finished with a respectable 4-4 record.

This year, the team is undefeated going into this weekend’s Homecoming Game and they had 4 seconds of national fame along with division one football powerhouses Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas A&M. (Don’t blink at the 35 second mark in the ESPN video, or you will miss it.)

http://www.gotuftsjumbos.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/college_gameday

So, it appears that being kind isn’t as serious a flaw as greenindian thinks, and nice guys don’t always have to finish last - even in football.

In fact, Tufts’ hopelessly optimistic fans are looking forward to another good year and actually wondering - is it possible for nice guys to come in first?

Go Jumbos!