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<blockquote data-quote="Roundball Sage" data-source="post: 1815024" data-attributes="member: 748116"><p>You cannot excel in any sports competition (or all of Life, for that matter) going about it without focus, dedication, and pride. And you cannot play scared or intimidated. We saw just about all of these things on display today and last week from the Illini.</p><p></p><p>In sports, your opponent can sense your fear. They can sense your lack of faith and belief in yourself. Your lack of swagger. They know when they are starting to get into your head and you start to forget about the game and care more about the trash-talking and foolish acts you do in retaliation when you are being baited. All of these are roads to ruin. And losses.</p><p></p><p>While this game was amazingly still quite winnable for a good stretch even with all the errors and bad approach... the Illini did not play with confidence and did not instill any fear and intimidation in their opponent. Purdue played with that confidence... walking into a hostile building with fans with high hopes and leaving the place with a pivotal win in their pocket and knowing that they got the Illini off their game and pushed them off the mountain.</p><p></p><p>Last week I made the comment that certain legacy programs have learned how to play in big games and are used to the spotlight and pressure. The Illini footballers clearly have a ways to go before they join into that group.</p><p></p><p>In contrast... The Illini roundballers will NOT be intimidated by anyone. They may lose some games but not their pride and swagger. They will be inflicting their will upon others and not the other way around.</p><p></p><p>'As it should be'...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Roundball Sage, post: 1815024, member: 748116"] You cannot excel in any sports competition (or all of Life, for that matter) going about it without focus, dedication, and pride. And you cannot play scared or intimidated. We saw just about all of these things on display today and last week from the Illini. In sports, your opponent can sense your fear. They can sense your lack of faith and belief in yourself. Your lack of swagger. They know when they are starting to get into your head and you start to forget about the game and care more about the trash-talking and foolish acts you do in retaliation when you are being baited. All of these are roads to ruin. And losses. While this game was amazingly still quite winnable for a good stretch even with all the errors and bad approach... the Illini did not play with confidence and did not instill any fear and intimidation in their opponent. Purdue played with that confidence... walking into a hostile building with fans with high hopes and leaving the place with a pivotal win in their pocket and knowing that they got the Illini off their game and pushed them off the mountain. Last week I made the comment that certain legacy programs have learned how to play in big games and are used to the spotlight and pressure. The Illini footballers clearly have a ways to go before they join into that group. In contrast... The Illini roundballers will NOT be intimidated by anyone. They may lose some games but not their pride and swagger. They will be inflicting their will upon others and not the other way around. 'As it should be'... [/QUOTE]
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