In sports, we talk about moral victories often. Really often. To the point of it becoming such an overwrought trope that even the backup Longhorn Network play-by-play team knows not to "touch it with a 10-foot pole." But this is probably something of a malapropism. We are really, more accurately, talking about "morale victories." There is no actual virtue or ethics involved in coming up just short in that upset bid with your back-up quarterback, even though he’s a freshman and it’s the National Championship! There can be a great deal of morale boosting, but it has nothing to do with right or wrong.
Texas Pregamer: Baylor
