Don’t blame Bomar

The kid’s not supposed to give his dream back, is he?

Yet there’s something he can do about it and it starts at 6 tonight.

Play well.

Play well from the start.

Play like you must have played in high school.

Play with confidence, heart and toughness.

And for crying out loud, hit the open man.

It can be that simple.

Everybody knows the offensive line isn’t very good, but it wasn’t the offensive line bouncing the ball in the dirt like 0-2 curve balls at the Cotton Bowl.

Everybody knows how young the receivers are. But if the ball hits them in the hands, it’s understood. The quarterback won’t be blamed.

As for the media, well … no promises. But this is one sports editor who quit taking sides the day Paul Thompson became a wideout. As for all this, well, sometimes when an issue won’t go away, somebody has to step in and explain it all over again.

Like this talk of race? It’s crazy to believe any of these coaches would ever make a decision in the interest of anything other than competitive advantage. Of course, at the same time, Bomar was never even announced as the clear No. 1. He just continued to start. Why it happened that way remains a mystery. Understand that and it’s no mystery why the air never cleared.

So here we are again.

Like every week this season, it all starts over tonight.