Last Years Sugar Bowl
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I don't think it will affect it at all. The motivation of playing for all the marbles is what will have the biggest impact, imho. Anything less than that in the post-season seems to make us struggle (outside of that massacre of MSU north..) The curse of high expectations...great problem to have....
The wording's fine. it's the punctuation--or rather, the near total absence thereof, that's the problem.
That game was the first game most of the players had ever played in without national title implications. Not surprising thru were a little flat.
Bama still outgained OU and had the ball with a chance to tie the game on the last possession.
Bama still outgained OU and had the ball with a chance to tie the game on the last possession.
It may be thought about. If it was me, I would use it as motivation. I just think that there is much more motivation this time around.
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Oh, I can definitely hear a coach or two saying "remember what happened the last time we played in the Sugar Bowl?"
lol I'm sure he has, but this team seems so much different than last year's team that I feel, and this is just my opinion, he doesn't really have to say much.
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I'd say about as much as the '08 performance impacted our performance in the '09 SEC championship game against Florida.
Last year's game was a game weshould've won. Our players acted like they didn't want to be there, and it hurt us. Never again, this team will not let that happen this year. We should never compare our teams to the previous seasons, because this is new team, new season, new playoff. That's why, i was puzzled at this thread... why use last year as a motivation? We have plenty to be motivated about: Blake Sims, Our pass defense, etc.
I am sure anyone that suited up last year will want to get that bad taste out of their mouths early and often.
I still have a bad taste in my mouth over that game. When you play a team with the history like OU has and a chance to tie the all time series record with them, motivation should not be an issue. That being said, I think that game will have zero impact on this yrs sugar bowl.
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It could help motivate in one way. After the Sugar Bowl last year OU coach Bob Stoops started bashing the SEC, saying it was an overrated conference. So it would be sweet to come back this year and win the championship to shut him up. BTW, where's the Big 12 representative Bob?
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I went to the game. I still haven't watched a replay of the game. The one time I saw it live in person was enough. I got four tickets and we screamed so hard and loud that I think even to this day I have a different voice than I had before that game. I can't explain the disgust and heart break I felt walking out of the superdome in that mass of people. Bourbon street was weak, casino was depressing. Just an overall bad night. Well I know as bad as I felt those players, boy, and those coaches they are sick to their stomachs. It showed when their backs were up against the wall when we played Auburn. Nobody hates losing more than Nick Saban, that's why he's so good at those revenge games. This years Sugar Bowl could certainly be considered a revenge game for coach Saban, and thus why I think this thread is appropriate. The question was asked in a poor context though.
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