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Where are the "LSU has nothing to play for" bunch?
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:14 pm
Since the loss to Bama all I've been reading is this team has packed it in because they have nothing to play for. Scott Rabalais even wrote of this team "playing in a bowl game nobody wants to play in". My thoughts all along were that any competitive person (much less elite athletes) like to win, even if its at checkers. So winning period was always an incentive on my mind.
Then:
1. Mettenberger was quoted two days before the A & M game as saying "We want to win 10 games so that we can keep the streak of 10-win seasons alive."
2. Elliot Porter was quoted as saying in the Saturday edition of the Advocate "We want to beat A & M so that we can play in the best bowl possible."
Did the Tigers play like a team who had nothing to play for Saturday? Thank God our players don't think like many of our fans who think you might has well quit if you aren't challenging for a title or if you aren't playing in a BCS bowl.
Then:
1. Mettenberger was quoted two days before the A & M game as saying "We want to win 10 games so that we can keep the streak of 10-win seasons alive."
2. Elliot Porter was quoted as saying in the Saturday edition of the Advocate "We want to beat A & M so that we can play in the best bowl possible."
Did the Tigers play like a team who had nothing to play for Saturday? Thank God our players don't think like many of our fans who think you might has well quit if you aren't challenging for a title or if you aren't playing in a BCS bowl.
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Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:16 pm to NorthTiger
having nothing to play for is a myth and only applies to fan bases
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:17 pm to NorthTiger
quote:Several of them are posting in the "Jeremy Hill should have carried the ball more" thread.
Where are the "LSU has nothing to play for" bunch?
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:17 pm to redfieldk717
quote:
redfieldk717
quote:
having nothing to play for is a myth and only applies to fan bases
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:18 pm to redfieldk717
Yep, winning feels good.
Losing sucks.
and there it is.
Losing sucks.
and there it is.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:18 pm to NorthTiger
I propose that whenever a team loses their 3rd game, that they just forfeit the rest of the season so they can get out of the way and we can watch all the teams who still have something to play for.
Who's with me?!
Who's with me?!
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:19 pm to LSURussian
Hill should have carried the ball more. What are we missing here?
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:19 pm to NorthTiger
I like the LSU football. It is good.
This post was edited on 11/25/13 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:21 pm to The Mick
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:24 pm to The Mick
awwwwwwww shite
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:26 pm to NorthTiger
quote:obviously not on the field.
Where are the "LSU has nothing to play for" bunch?
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:32 pm to The Mick
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Didnt take long to find this in your post history:
quote:
I know things like pride, competitiveness and hating to lose are not motivators enough for college athletes so maybe "being a spoiler" will have to do.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:34 pm to The Mick
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Didnt take long to find this in your post history: quote: I know things like pride, competitiveness and hating to lose are not motivators enough for college athletes so maybe "being a spoiler" will have to do. Now you say "My thoughts all along were that any competitive person (much less elite athletes) like to win, even if its at checkers. So winning period was always an incentive on my mind." you seem like you're talking out of your arse.
The Mick - you actually took the time to research my post history and this is the best you could come up with. Keep looking for more of my thoughts on why I think player play the game (or at least hope they do). I do wonder why you think you needed to do this research.
Anyway.......the sentence you quoted me on is chock full of sarcasm. Go back and do more research and you will see how many times I have written about there being more to playing the game than winning titles. So, I very much believe that personal pride, group effort, pure competitiveness, hating to lose, wanting to beat your man on every single play and on and on are motivators.
There....no sarcasm in this post.
This post was edited on 11/25/13 at 1:40 pm
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:36 pm to NorthTiger
Im just messing around anyway dude, I dont really care. Im always just f'ing around. No offense.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:40 pm to The Mick
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Im just messing around anyway dude, I dont really care. Im always just f'ing around. No offense
There you go messing around when we all know that "winning is everything." Winning is the only thing.
(editors note: this was sarcasm)
This post was edited on 11/25/13 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:41 pm to The Mick
This post was edited on 11/25/13 at 1:44 pm
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:41 pm to NorthTiger
quote:
Where are the "LSU has nothing to play for" bunch?
busy in their moms basement drumming up the next conspiracy theory (while eating cheetos)
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:46 pm to NorthTiger
I'm right here. I'm glad the team has something to play for. And I'm glad we won for recruiting, but as far as this team goes, you are playing for pride. Hard as a fan to get excited about going to a non bcs bowl again. Just the way I feel.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:50 pm to NorthTiger
What exactly were they playing for? West Title? Championship? I am glad they won. Maybe helps a little with a better bowl. Miles himself has said you play to win championships. That's his goal every year. Those are his words. Argue with him.
Posted on 11/25/13 at 1:53 pm to josh336
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I'm right here. I'm glad the team has something to play for. And I'm glad we won for recruiting, but as far as this team goes, you are playing for pride. Hard as a fan to get excited about going to a non bcs bowl again. Just the way I feel.
I agree 100%. Before each season everyone on this board wants to win the west and play in Atlanta. Now, what do we play for? We'll see about recruiting but the bowl game will be a substandard one.
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