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Re: ugag, UVA, Mizzo, even ND

Yes but the same speech does not work every week. At the end of the day you have to have it inside of yourself. As a staff you cannot depend on the speech that was a little better than last week 5 minutes before a game to win games.
 
Re: ugag, UVA, Mizzo, even ND

completely agree, it should be an ingrained part of the program with all parts keeping the others up and accountable. The fire up speech is just that, it should be just the little bit of gas to set off the bonfire thats already been built.
 
Re: ugag, UVA, Mizzo, even ND

It's just funny sometimes to watch how teams react. I grew up in Durham and my dad still lives there and goes to all Duke games. I guarantee you that Duke is a school where the football team will become overconfident if they have any kind of success. I've seen it happen too many times. They'll start out 2-0 or 3-0 by beating D-1AA teams and then think they can play. Then they'll get their butts handed to them by a mediocre D-1A team. It's crazy but it happens.

I agree it has to be something that's inside each kid, but there also has to be a reason why some teams are more prone to come out flat than others. Some combination of personalities of the coaching staff and the kind of players they recruit? Or maybe it's as simple as having kids who love to play and want to beat the crap out of their opponents no matter who they are? Who knows.
 
Re: ugag, UVA, Mizzo, even ND

You hit it on the head. You have to recruit the kids who have desire and talent not just talent. All to many times coaches get sold on a kids potential and miss out on the kid with desire.
 
Re: ugag, UVA, Mizzo, even ND

So I guess one way of looking at this is just because D Braine tells us that going to any bowl game is a big deal, the players don't necessarily share the same enthusiasm.

In hindsight, after the uga game it would have been a good time to have put all the gear and footballs away.
 
Re: ugag, UVA, Mizzo, even ND

Yes I would agree with the first statement. As to the second the team did get the extra practices which is a big deal.
 
Re: ugag, UVA, Mizzo, even ND

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... the team did get the extra practices which is a big deal.

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I have the answer to this.
The ncaa needs to allow every team the same amount of practice time regardless of whether they go to a "bowl" or not. That would be the first step in eliminating many of these field trip games.

I heard an interesting point on TV today. The guy said that because of the BCS Game for all the marbles, the teams that had national title aspirations at one time but didn't make it are very likely to show up for their bowl game flat as a pancake.
Now I remember that he was talking about uga. Not sure about the title thoughts for them, but interesting.
 
AH, phooey on the excuses for not showing up!!

PLEASE don't blame ugag's loss to WVU on the theory that they were flat because it wasn't "for all the marbles".

I understand a team can't be sky high for every game, that playing 1-AA opponents are hard to "get up" for, but when you are playing in a BOWL, any BOWL, you damn sure better be there earning your scholarship.

You're on TV, sometimes the only game on, you're playing a team that earned the right to be there, AND, there's plenty of teams that AREN'T getting to play.

Being "flat" for a bowl game is inexcusable, IMO.
 
Re: AH, phooey on the excuses for not showing up!!

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PLEASE don't blame ugag's loss to WVU on the theory that they were flat because it wasn't "for all the marbles".



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Please understand that I was only reporting this. I will take every uga loss that is out there.

My main point was about allowing everyone to practice post season.
 
Re: ugag, UVA, Mizzo, even ND

My point is, if you have a true program, if you have leadership from the top down, if you have coaches who can teach and motivate, if you are a winning program in the truest sense of the word,

you don't beat Auburn and lose to duke.

We have to start beating ugag.

There can be no more excuses.
 
Re: ugag, UVA, Mizzo, even ND

It's 100% CG's blame, fault, credit or whatever, but the litmus test is...how is the quarterback play? I don't blame the qb for playing poorly over an extended period of time.
It's the coach's job to eliminate that problem.

2005 is over. I expect to see plenty of changes in several different age groups before spring ball '06 starts.
 
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