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Iowa Controls Its Own Destiny

Posted on November 3, 2009 Written by The Nittany Turkey

This isn’t about Iowa. This isn’t about the Big Ten championship. This isn’t about the Rose Bowl.

This is about the stupid-ass sportswriter’s cliche I used in the headline above.

The hackneyed piece of garbage has become so commonplace that it gets by editors who should know better. That, of course, is not much of a surprise. These days, too few writers can write and too few editors can edit. Neither seem to give half a rat’s ass about the quality of writing out there.

When was the last time you read a sports article that was well written and engaging — one that didn’t read like the spew that comes out of Jim Rome’s mouth? But I digress.

No one — no one — controls his own destiny. I’ve said it, so it must be true.

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  1. The Nittany Turkey says

    November 4, 2009 at 2:30 pm

    Ron Musselman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, who pissed me off yesterday when he wrote that Iowa controls its own destiny, today wrote that Ohio State controls its own destiny. 😀

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