the best motivator in sports is the old chip on the shoulder, which in the case of the hokies was a log. the heels had lots of praise, national recognition, and preseason honors which are rat poison.Well, we certainly needed something to light a fire under our butts. Evidently a game on national TV wasn’t sufficientLY motivating.
We had the preseason #10 ranking plus the fact that they’ve owned us in Blacksburg as motivation. That should have been plenty. Either we read too many press clippings or we were ill prepared, or both.the best motivator in sports is the old chip on the shoulder, which in the case of the hokies was a log. the heels had lots of praise, national recognition, and preseason honors which are rat poison.
the heels had lots of praise, national recognition, and preseason honors which are rat poison.
bama's coach constantly reminds them not to swallow any rat poison, in fact he coined the term.Didn't seem to hurt Bama against Miami.