Thursday, December 8, 2016

Read This NOW




Graduating Senior and 1st Team All Ivy Linebacker Gianmarco Rea wrote this amazing piece for the Columbia Spectator last week, and every Lion fan should read and re-read it.

A lot Columbia football players have spoken well or written good pieces in the past about their experiences with the program, but Rea's effort really stands alone.

His name will surely be included in the huge monument to all the great players who contributed to this program in the lean years that Columbia should build the day after it finally wins the Ivy football title.


10 comments:

oldlion said...

Great piece; very thoughtful and incisive. This young man will go very far in life.

Chen1982 said...

This is why we are longstanding and deeply devoted fans...because of men like this who play their hearts out for the love of the game and their school.

WOF said...

that was fantastic!

DOC said...

Seniors like Rea deserve so much credit for sticking it out
after 0-20. They all have potential based on intelligence
and perseverance. It is absolutely wonderful that they
were be able to go out as winners against Brown...

BGA said...

Very impressive.

Unknown said...

Standout article! Everyone reading this should post a positive comment on Rea's Spec piece.

florida lion said...

I've just reread Rea's article--best piece I've read in the Spectator, on any topic, in a long time. Wish he weren't a senior.

Mr. Gelegenheit! said...

There's no school where it's harder to be a football player than Columbia. Winning games is great, but having such a positive perspective and expressing it so well is a tremendous accomplishment. Beautifully done.

Mitch S 68CC

oldlion said...

This is the type of outstanding scholar athlete who should be sponsored by Columbia for a Rhodes.

florida lion said...

Rea being named to the Academic All Ivy team makes oldlion's comment even more appropriate. CU seems to be doing great in terms of national rankings, football on the upswing, new uptown campus buildings getting architectural accolades and so on. But we're lagging in Rhodes scholars. When I was in College, I think we had two. So it seemed we were in the game at that point. Since then, however, it appears that many schools have personnel who specialize in identifying and nurturing likely candidates, I'm not sure we do. BTW, Anders Hill (plus some worthy sounding students from other sports) was also named to the academic team. Hopefully, there will be some coordination going forward.