with beating OM. He really is trying too hard.
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*edited to add: check your sarcasm meter, folks (and don't read this thread Jacksdawgs
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Looks like Mullen is still obsessed
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with beating OM. He really is trying too hard.
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*edited to add: check your sarcasm meter, folks (and don't read this thread Jacksdawgs
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*edited to add: check your sarcasm meter, folks (and don't read this thread Jacksdawgs
with beating OM. He really is trying too hard.
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*edited to add: check your sarcasm meter, folks (and don't read this thread Jacksdawgs
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*edited to add: check your sarcasm meter, folks (and don't read this thread Jacksdawgs
Those aren't new. I saw those signs last year while in the Leo Seal building...not sure how it relates to Ole Miss though. <div>
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</div><div>ETA: Never mind I saw the countdown clock, it wasn't on directly on the link you gave though, I had to click around.</div>
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</div><div>ETA: Never mind I saw the countdown clock, it wasn't on directly on the link you gave though, I had to click around.</div>
This is the same group of people who have always said that playing Arkansas between Alabama and Ole Miss is the reason Nutt and Arkansas have dominated State through recent years.
If you can use the logic that focusing on two rivalry games creates a sandwich game with Arkansas or a let down/look ahead game with Arkansas, why is it unrealistic to think that a countdown clock to the last game of the season could in no way have a similar effect? Not saying it does, but you can't use that logic as an excuse for the Arkansas game anymore if you're going to say having such a big focus on a rivalry game wouldn't have any effect on other games.
If you can use the logic that focusing on two rivalry games creates a sandwich game with Arkansas or a let down/look ahead game with Arkansas, why is it unrealistic to think that a countdown clock to the last game of the season could in no way have a similar effect? Not saying it does, but you can't use that logic as an excuse for the Arkansas game anymore if you're going to say having such a big focus on a rivalry game wouldn't have any effect on other games.
which is why I say you can't make that argument in one case and not in another.
I am in the camp that thinks you can't be up for every game. Not every game you play is going to be your best effort, so I buy that having a sandwich game can cause a team to play poorly. A good example is how we lost the South Carolina game in 2008 following an emotional win over Florida. I also buy that having such a big focus on one game can be a distraction for others, especially late in the season for that reason. That's also why I hate the LSU game being right before the State game. The scheduling means we have to come off one emotional game right into another.
Rivalries are going to get your team up enough on their own, so I don't think it's a ridiculous question to ask if not just the countdown clock, but the other stuff, can cause a team to look ahead.
I am in the camp that thinks you can't be up for every game. Not every game you play is going to be your best effort, so I buy that having a sandwich game can cause a team to play poorly. A good example is how we lost the South Carolina game in 2008 following an emotional win over Florida. I also buy that having such a big focus on one game can be a distraction for others, especially late in the season for that reason. That's also why I hate the LSU game being right before the State game. The scheduling means we have to come off one emotional game right into another.
Rivalries are going to get your team up enough on their own, so I don't think it's a ridiculous question to ask if not just the countdown clock, but the other stuff, can cause a team to look ahead.
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I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy in seeing essentially a unanimous response that the countdown clock would have no effect on other games when there has always been a strong consensus that the Arkansas game was a sandwich game for you because your team was so focused on the Alabama and Ole Miss games.
I'd be glad to hear you make an argument as to why those two things are different. I don't see how they are much different at all.
I'd be glad to hear you make an argument as to why those two things are different. I don't see how they are much different at all.
but if it were prominently placed, and we were playing say Kentucky the week before, then sure, it could have an effect if it's just one more thing pushing the team to think ahead to the next week.
All I'm saying is don't talk out of both sides of your mouth. Pick one side and stick with it. If you don't think a countdown clock (or any extra focus put on one game over others) could under any circumstances cause your team to look ahead and not be quite as concerned with other opponents, then you can't buy the theory that your team plays down for Arkansas, because it's a sandwich game. Either your team can be distracted from one game by focusing on another, or they can't.
All I'm saying is don't talk out of both sides of your mouth. Pick one side and stick with it. If you don't think a countdown clock (or any extra focus put on one game over others) could under any circumstances cause your team to look ahead and not be quite as concerned with other opponents, then you can't buy the theory that your team plays down for Arkansas, because it's a sandwich game. Either your team can be distracted from one game by focusing on another, or they can't.
has an effect. I just think the fact it's sandwiched between two big games for State. We only had a countdown clock starting last year but we have struggled with Arkansas ever since they entered the SEC.
it can't be seen that way. i believe that it can affect the team when the countdown expires within one and at best two weeks of any game. you can't tell me that looking ahead (i.e., having a countdown clock) to Ole Miss is going to affect our guys on September 9th against Auburn. "Either your team can be distracted from one game by focusing on another, or they can't" is a retarded statement at best.
this isn't talking out of both sides of ones mouth when the Arkansas game is ONE week prior to the OM game. hell, we don't even need a clock to be distracted during that week. we have proven that year in and year out.
this isn't talking out of both sides of ones mouth when the Arkansas game is ONE week prior to the OM game. hell, we don't even need a clock to be distracted during that week. we have proven that year in and year out.
LSU is enough of a big game where a bulletin board dedicated to State won't have an effect. Like I said to Bruiser about how Arkansas is a sandwich game, if y'all played LSU, Kentucky, then State - naturally the Kentucky game would be almost impossible to play with the same intensity as the other two games.
the team knows the schedule. Sure, perhaps while getting ready for games or practice the countdown or bulletin board reminds them of the game, but they are still reminded of the game by coaching staff, each other, and who knows where else. I think the team is going to be focused and ready to play or they're not based on other things, not a bulletin board.
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