The Greatest Ever

The foresight of this column is astounding. The premise of this post was drafted November 28.

After posting about the NCAA Football champions last night, your humble correspondent tuned into ESPN. Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit went on to describe Vince Young's performance (forgive my paraphrasing) as 'the greatest ever' in a bowl game. This is not unique in today's society. Nearly every notable achievement in modern life is described as the greatest ever. What ever happened to the phrase 'the greatest since...'? Are people forgetting history or is it just apathy? I am not arrogant enough to assume I've seen the greatest anything, let alone to proclaim 'the greatest ever' incessantly. I guess it's in vogue, like wide pinstripes.

Postscript @ 6:40 pm: ESPN.com has poll asking, "Was the Rose Bowl the best college football game you've ever seen?" Sorry to pick on ESPN, but enough already...