The Nation: A Fan's Notes

New York Post Editor James Wechsler set out in his column one day last week to try to justify the hours of stupefaction that he, like millions of other American husbands, spends watching football on the tube. To many women, an even greater mystery is how their husbands pick the teams to root for. With wondrous invention, Wechsler explained that his choices are determined by his social conscience.

Thus he rooted for Notre Dame against the University of Texas in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day because Notre Dame President Theodore Hesburgh stands...

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