Tuf Borland is perhaps the greatest proof we have that The Tortoise and the Hare has no valuable lessons to offer — at least when it comes to college football.
As a kid, before figuring out what was really going on with the tooth fairy and Santa Claus, the first time I can remember questioning my parents was also the first time I heard this story. Even as a kindergartener, it was incomprehensible to me that anyone with such supreme talent and speed would handicap themselves in the middle of a competition.
Why did the hare not just take a nap after the race if he could finish it so quickly?