In what I guess is a conciliatory gesture, President Adams has written writing our vanquished bowl victims and patted them on the head for a job well done.

The University of Hawai’i has much about which it can be proud — its academic program, its successful alumni and, yes, its football team. But what will remain for many of us from this year’s Sugar Bowl is the warmth and graciousness with which UH fans conducted themselves.

You’d think he’s campaigning for something. Did we send a similar note to the Roanoke Times last year?