The American Psychological Association has released a new study, entitled, “Psychology of Men & Masculinity,” and the findings are going to blow your minds. It turns out that college football players who cry tend to have higher self-esteems and are all-around better players than those who don’t.

SEE DAD? WHO’S THE BIG F*CKING CRYBABY NOW???

“Overall, college football players who… are emotionally expressive are more likely to have a mental edge on and off the field,” said psychologist Jesse Steinfeldt, PhD, of Indiana University-Bloomington, a co-authored of the study.

(Via The Daily Mail)

The APA studied 150 student-athletes currently on college football rosters, and the male players involved had a median age of 19 and were mostly white. The players were split into four groups and read a story about a football player named Jack, who cries after losing a football game, and the players then responded with their thoughts on Jack’s sissy boy attitude.

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OK, actually it was Barton College from Wilson, NC that won the Division II Championship, but this was an amazing finish:

There are at least three explanations as to why Winona State let this game slip away:

1. I bet on them to win.  (I don't think I did, but I can't remember everything I do.)
2. Joey Meyer or some other DePaul coach instructed the Warriors in the art of free throw shooting.
3. Tim Floyd somehow made his way to Springfield, MA to coach Winona State for the final 45 seconds.

Oh well, although the students and fans of Winona State in Minnesota are probably disappointed now, they only have three more months until the warmer sun of Spring brightens their moods. -KD

(Thanks to Foul Balls for the tip.)