toadallytexan
ToadallyTexan
In light of the general circumstances and particularly our bowl opponent's conducting a poll to confirm that defeating TCU would be their biggest win in 20 years, I'm forced to confront a new reality. Like it or not,we can no longer play our underdog role, which has served us so well in the past. As much as we have gotten huge mileage out of using the arrogance and entitlement of "The man"in a motivational ju-jitzu against him, will that dog hunt for us anymore? Have we become "The Man"?
GP himself was saying we'd have to learn to embrace the front-runner's role, while beating each and every team we are supposed to.Going undefeated three straight years in our conference was a good indicator that we can do this, but, at the same time, we lost to the Ponies at home. Much of the reason for that L was mental. Like LaTech who went 3-4 to start 2011, our 2-3 start belies the quality of this year's team right now...but will we -- with weeks to think about the game -- prove too uncomfortable in our new role? Conversely, have our fans become overly comfortable, and can we avoid giving future opponents plenty of perceived arrogant/entitled fodder for their team's motivation?
GP himself was saying we'd have to learn to embrace the front-runner's role, while beating each and every team we are supposed to.Going undefeated three straight years in our conference was a good indicator that we can do this, but, at the same time, we lost to the Ponies at home. Much of the reason for that L was mental. Like LaTech who went 3-4 to start 2011, our 2-3 start belies the quality of this year's team right now...but will we -- with weeks to think about the game -- prove too uncomfortable in our new role? Conversely, have our fans become overly comfortable, and can we avoid giving future opponents plenty of perceived arrogant/entitled fodder for their team's motivation?