Yeah, so the Trojans lost in pretty much one of the best college football games ever. This year's championship game was everything last year's wasn't. It was close. It was exciting. The Trojans lost.

Throughout most of the game I had little doubts about the Trojans ability to win the game. They had been down before. They're a great second-half team. They had two Heisman winners in the backfield. It wasn't until near the end when my deep confidence turned into a sick doubt. After the Trojans failed on a fourth down conversion, UT got the ball with about two minutes left, and Vince Young again proved to be unstoppable and scored the winning touchdown for the Longhorns. The Trojans' streak was over.

The Trojans have been a fun team to root for over the past few years. No matter what the score, I always had a confidence that they would win...and they did. This is in contrast to the other teams I root for. For example, each October I get this sick feeling that the Braves will lose in the first round of the playoffs...and they do. But the Trojans have been different. They have been unstoppable...until last night.

As human beings, we like this feeling of confidence. We like it in sports teams, and we also like it in fictional characters. We feel safe whenever Gandalf or Aslan are on the screen because we know that the good guys can't lost when they're around. We enjoy reading Sherlock Holmes because we know that he will solve the crime no matter how baffling it may seem to be. And somehow we remain sure that Jack Bauer will always find a way to keep Los Angeles and America safe. However, as fun as these characters may be to watch or read about, they are fictional.

Sports teams let you down. Superman and Peter Pan don't exist. So the end of the matter is this: Make sure your hope is in the Lord because he gives real confidence. Recently I have been reading Revelation, and near the beginning Jesus says to John, "I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore." We can be truly confident in the Lord. He doesn't have any Heisman trophies, but he does have the keys to Death and Hades in his hands, and he has never failed to keep any of his promises. So until next time, Fight On!