Halftime

[Irish Envy]

At one of the breaks in the SC game, ABC showed a clip from the Trojan pep rally from the night before. Right after the rally, on the eve of the biggest game of the season, the players had a little "pep circle" of their own, hootin' and hollerin' and having a good time.



That's Petey on the far right.

Maybe our players do this kind of stuff to stay loose as well. I don't know. I don't want to

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[LOVEMYIRISH]

I could not agree more with this blog piece.

Say what you want about the Poodle, etc...but he keeps his team loose and having fun. Mack Brown did the SAME thing last year...he even talked about the changes he made to do this.

Both coaches keep their teams feeling loose and confident.

And I have to say, watching our guys this year, it seemed like they have been coached to be uptight and business-like. This is not the NFL, this is college...

I do wonder (as BlueGreySky did) doesn't this seem to be a bit more effective?

Honestly, this would be my one key concern with coaching style with Weis...he does not SEEM to keep the guys loose and laughing.

Conversely, at the end of the UCLA game there was Samardzija laughing it up right before our final drive. So, clearly some of our players feel loose at times...even in the face of adversity.