This should be pre-game speech

[LOVEMYIRISH]

modify this sucker a bit and it could be the best pre-game speech ever...

St. Crispen's Day Speech
William Shakespeare, 1599

WESTMORELAND. O that we now had here
But one ten thousand of those men in England
That do no work to-day!

KING. What's he that wishes so?
My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin;
If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England.
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more methinks would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is call'd the feast of Crispian.
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian.'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispian's day.'
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
Harry the King, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester-
Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

 

[tgolden]

nice. but I think I'd skip the first part and just do something with this part

"But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."

 

[solo]

Or you could simply remind the seniors about their performances against Michigan and USC and ask them how they want to be remembered.

 

[BestBIrish47]

We have too much to play for to have to have a moving pregame speech! We have dropped last 8 bowls....... noone respects us in college football..... LSU is so fast we don't have a chance.............DO YOU THINK THAT ISN'T MOVING ENOUGH FOR US? The easiest role to play is underdog, and the opportunity to go out and whip a SEC team in their home state reminds me of our last bowl win....Cotton Bowl vs TAMU--- I was there, and it really was basically a home game for them......and it felt good to return home in texas and look my Aggie friends in the eye and tell them to never count us out!

 

[Óglaigh_na_hÉireann]

All pre-game speeches should be given by Ed Orgeron, lol.

 

[tgolden]

good grief, he never said that this should be given to our team before the bowl game, only that it would make a great pre game speech. I think the point was just that it was a good speech in general.

 

[LOVEMYIRISH]

good grief, he never said that this should be given to our team before the bowl game, only that it would make a great pre game speech. I think the point was just that it was a good speech in general.

Yup, it's one of the classic leadership speeches. It's the old "we face overwhelming odds" speech that ends with "men will wish they had been here with us when all is said and done"

 

[LOVEMYIRISH]

All pre-game speeches should be given by Ed Orgeron, lol.

I would love to hear him fire this one off...