OK, folks . . . if you had 60 to 90 seconds to say something to the team in the locker room before the big game, what would you, as an average fan, say to inspire the troops? I'd say something like this: "You are going to have to dig really deep in this one. Winning this game and being national champion will immortalize you all. Let your effort reflect that. Body, mind and soul. Every fiber of your being. Focus. Intensity. Personal Courage. The Will and Determination to Overcome Adversity. Fight with the Heart of a Tiger. Seize the day and utterly dominate your opponent with intelligence and brute physical force. Be smart and vicious at the same time. These are the attributes of National Champions. The whole country is watching you. The hopes and dreams of the LSU Tiger Nation depend on you now. Don't let them down. Don't let yourselves down. Most importantly, don't let each other down. Now go out there and play like the Champions that you are. Fight for it and don't let it go. Fight with the Heart of a Tiger." I'm sure you can do better than me. What say you? :geaux: :lsug:
On the day you were born, your father looked down at you in your crib, and he had only one wish....that one day you would grow up to be somebody, a champion. Well, look at you know. You are about ready to go out there in front of the entire world to play a bunch of damn Sooners..... SOONERS!!!!! So if I was you, for my father, my God, my state, and my coach...I would go out there and kick some Sooner's ass!! Let's get those Sooners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ===================================== hehe
I don't know what to say really. Three minutes to the biggest battle of our professional lives all comes down to today. Either we heal as a team or we are going to crumble. Inch by inch play by play till we're finished. We are in hell right now, gentlemen believe me and we can stay here and get the shit kicked out of us or we can fight our way back into the light. We can climb out of hell. One inch, at a time. Now I can't do it for you. I'm too old. I look around and I see these young faces and I think I mean I made every wrong choice a middle age man could make. I uh.... I pissed away all my money believe it or not. I chased off anyone who has ever loved me. And lately, I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror. You know when you get old in life things get taken from you. That's, that's part of life. But, you only learn that when you start losing stuff. You find out that life is just a game of inches. So is football. Because in either game life or football the margin for error is so small. I mean one half step too late or to early you don't quite make it. One half second too slow or too fast and you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They are in ever break of the game every minute, every second. On this team, we fight for that inch On this team, we tear ourselves, and everyone around us to pieces for that inch. We CLAW with our finger nails for that inch. Cause we know when we add up all those inches that's going to make the fucking difference between WINNING and LOSING between LIVING and DYING. I'll tell you this in any fight it is the guy who is willing to die who is going to win that inch. And I know if I am going to have any life anymore it is because, I am still willing to fight, and die for that inch because that is what LIVING is. The six inches in front of your face. Now I can't make you do it. You gotta look at the guy next to you. Look into his eyes. Now I think you are going to see a guy who will go that inch with you. You are going to see a guy who will sacrifice himself for this team because he knows when it comes down to it, you are gonna do the same thing for him. That's a team, gentlemen and either we heal now, as a team, or we will die as individuals. That's football guys. That's all it is. Now, whattaya gonna do?
Everyone take a few deep breaths. Smile Go out there and have fun. This can be a day you look back on for the rest of your life. Both Teams have worked hard to be here. It comes down to who wants it the most and who is going to make the plays and who can handle the pressure. I believe in every one of you I believe in myself and damn it we came here to win. Stay focused. Do your jobs. Stay within yourselves. And fight Tigers. Silence for a minute looking at the team. Are you with me? Are you with me? Give em hell Tigers
Since the Tigers got no respect all year I would bring in Rodney Dangerfield to give the pre game speech. Maybe loosening the team up with a few laughs would keep them from being too tense.
