What's Old is New Again

While trying to determine how to fill out my CBI bracket...Go GCU Lopes!

Something incredible took place on Sunday. No, it wasn't the mystery of how Syracuse got into the NCAA Tournament yet again, but something else, and this time on the links. There was a familiar face that was on the leaderboard, galvanizing the crowd and making something other than Selection Sunday a must-see show of the day. It was good ol' Eldrick Woods making his presence known, getting within a shot of the lead at the Valspar Invitational.

As he was walking over to the 18th hole, needing to make a near-impossible birdie to force a playoff, there was a cheer that we haven't seen since that ill-fated night back in Thanksgiving of 2008. Tiger walked up the fairway and eyes were once again glued to the set, anticipating what was almost the completion of a comeback that many thought would never happen. Yes, his birdie attempt fell short, but in the long run, he was a winner.

We all thought that he was finished, the victim of one too many surgeries and poor performances. He was only mentioned in sports briefs as missing yet another cut, and would be the subject of the greatest collapse of a career this side of Penny Hardaway. Now, he may not even make the cut at Augusta in a few weeks, and there's a reason Father Time is undefeated. However, what took place this weekend is about something bigger than playing on the back nine.

Each of us have all had those times when we thought it was over, and no one would have blamed him if he wanted to take his millions and go home. We have also had those tough decisions to make, whether to continue on and press or to say enough is enough. Sure, he has paid a cost for his personal decisions, but credit to him for how he has not given up, and no matter the obstacles ahead of us, we must never be one to throw in the towel. As long as we are alive, so is the dream.

Besides...you never know who might be watching...