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Griscom: Lessons learned by losing

We are in a span of time in America when, if something does not go our way, the response is a string of blames, complaints and accusations.

Those words aptly describe the reaction from some quarters following the NCAA decision to move the lower division football championship game from Chattanooga to Frisco, Texas.

Sure, there is disappointment after birthing the championship series 13 years earlier, raising the infant through its formative years and hoping to retain a relationship.

The loss hurts.

But there are lessons to be learned that do not come from bitter words or a hope for failure. (Think Congress.)