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A tale of two halves

Postby SMU2007 » Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:10 pm

How is it that we looked the worst we have looked all year in the first half, and the best we have looked all year in the second half (4th q)?

Is this team just mentally fragile, not that talented, or both? We can't seem to put together a complete game. It is really frustrating because at times we look like we are making progress, and at other times, we look like we are back to our 0-12 form from 2003. Is this a reflection on coaching or what?
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Re: A tale of two halves

Postby Grant Carter » Sun Oct 06, 2013 3:51 pm

SMU2007 wrote:How is it that we looked the worst we have looked all year in the first half, and the best we have looked all year in the second half (4th q)?

Is this team just mentally fragile, not that talented, or both? We can't seem to put together a complete game. It is really frustrating because at times we look like we are making progress, and at other times, we look like we are back to our 0-12 form from 2003. Is this a reflection on coaching or what?

Seems like it is more talent than being mentally fragile. I do not see how a team that is mentally fragile comes back like that.



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Re: A tale of two halves

Postby GiddyUp » Sun Oct 06, 2013 4:32 pm

who knows, this team will probably start to click when it's too late to make a bowl. I think that game was pivotal to have any bowl chance but watch us beat UCF and Cinn somehow...lol
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Re: A tale of two halves

Postby SMU2007 » Sun Oct 06, 2013 5:13 pm

Grant Carter wrote:
SMU2007 wrote:How is it that we looked the worst we have looked all year in the first half, and the best we have looked all year in the second half (4th q)?

Is this team just mentally fragile, not that talented, or both? We can't seem to put together a complete game. It is really frustrating because at times we look like we are making progress, and at other times, we look like we are back to our 0-12 form from 2003. Is this a reflection on coaching or what?

Seems like it is more talent than being mentally fragile. I do not see how a team that is mentally fragile comes back like that.


I don't know. When things start to go bad, we seem to implode (see 2nd half of TCU game and 1st half of Rutgers game). I think a good percentage of it is the mental aspect.
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Re: A tale of two halves

Postby SMUer » Sun Oct 06, 2013 6:35 pm

JJ penciled this as a "W" but forgot about it before the game and went into it thinking it was a "L". He went into halftime thinking losing was no big deal. Sometime in the 3Q a trainer caught a glimpse of June's calendar and saw it was actually supposed to be a "W". The trainer run out and tells June who is like "oh my gosh" and so he quickly devises a plan to salvage this game, but ultimately falls short.
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Re: A tale of two halves

Postby Dukie » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:27 pm

SMUer wrote:JJ penciled this as a "W" but forgot about it before the game and went into it thinking it was a "L". He went into halftime thinking losing was no big deal. Sometime in the 3Q a trainer caught a glimpse of June's calendar and saw it was actually supposed to be a "W". The trainer run out and tells June who is like "oh my gosh" and so he quickly devises a plan to salvage this game, but ultimately falls short.

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