Rakes Report #142: Just find what makes you happy and do it 'til you're gone (The Iowa State Review)
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~optional musical accompaniment~ 1) We should begin by establishing that it is dangerous to assign too much meaning to the non-playoff bowl games. So many things are in flux that gambling on or attempting to glean too much from the undercard of the college football postseason is folly: Coaches and players coming and going, some shutting it down for the draft or not pushing it due to injuries, younger players getting opportunities, etc. Another key factor is motivation level: Do both teams want to be there? Since Chip Long was let go, my working theory was this team would play really well despite the match up seeming below a 10-2 team. They spent all season with half the roster on the verge of mutiny against their coordinator and with him not just gone but replaced (at least temporarily) by someone as beloved as Tommy Rees, my guess was the locker room would be focused because otherwise, in a way, it was like Long would be victorious in absentia.
Rakes Report #142: Just find what makes you happy and do it 'til you're gone (The Iowa State Review)
Rakes Report #142: Just find what makes you…
Rakes Report #142: Just find what makes you happy and do it 'til you're gone (The Iowa State Review)
~optional musical accompaniment~ 1) We should begin by establishing that it is dangerous to assign too much meaning to the non-playoff bowl games. So many things are in flux that gambling on or attempting to glean too much from the undercard of the college football postseason is folly: Coaches and players coming and going, some shutting it down for the draft or not pushing it due to injuries, younger players getting opportunities, etc. Another key factor is motivation level: Do both teams want to be there? Since Chip Long was let go, my working theory was this team would play really well despite the match up seeming below a 10-2 team. They spent all season with half the roster on the verge of mutiny against their coordinator and with him not just gone but replaced (at least temporarily) by someone as beloved as Tommy Rees, my guess was the locker room would be focused because otherwise, in a way, it was like Long would be victorious in absentia.