Losing is winning in the big picture

The past week was a rough one for football aficionados, unless you’re a Vandal or Huskie fan, then it was a great week.

In West Plains prep football both the Cardinals and the Blackhawks went down in hard-fought games.

At the collegiate level it was mainly a week of upsets. The Eastern Eagles headed south to the Palouse where the aforementioned Vandal’s took advantage of a hole in Eastern’s defense that arrived with two starting linebackers, a cornerback and a starting rusher all sidelined by injuries. The Vandals orchestrated a 35-27 upset against the 11th-ranked Eagles.

Meanwhile, just over...