Laura McGinnis is right. We should stop trying so hard to be something we’re not. That is not cool. But cool shouldn’t necessarily have such a negative connotation. Cool is not cool if you’re trying too hard. Cool is effortlessness, an understanding of grace, an understated confidence. Steve McQueen is cool. Ed Hardy is not.

The rankings would have put No. 1 Messiah College five goals ahead of No. 17 Washington University, the same score the Falcons won with last year. But the underdog gave the No. 1 team a true batttle, allowing only one Messiah goal in 90 minutes and nearly sending the game into overtime. “The score was [...]