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Either you believe with every fiber of your being by KnightlyRevue

that you are well prepared for the task in front of you or you don't. How many more gigantic moments do we need to wilt in front of before all of our alums/fans look at the root of the problem...Kelly.

You can take all the soccer balls, phony baloney practice scenarios, and loud music and shove em where the sun don't shine. The players, for whatever reason, do not believe and because of that they play scared. They panic at the moment of truth. The false starts, personal fouls and other simple mistakes are the personification of their confidence in their preparation.

This was not an issue under Holtz/Moore/Alvarez. Why? The players believed to their very core in the game plan and what we were going to accomplish. It was only a matter of showing the college football world what they already knew.