“Then out spake brave Horatius,
The Captain of the Gate:
To every man upon this earth
Death cometh soon or late.
And how can man die better
Than facing fearful odds,
For the ashes of his fathers,
And the temples of his gods.”
— Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome
Summary
This is not a season preview. This is the plan. This is the game that is being played of which all the other games are just the dice, the cards, the pieces moving around the board.