Rousing Pre-Game Speech Only Leads To Embarrassment
Watch as Bill Curry — head coach of the unheralded Georgia State Panthers — attempts to rile up his team, using the old David vs. Goliath angle. The monotone speech only breeds failure, as the Panthers lost to Alabama, 63-7.
Bill Curry was once the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, the defending BCS Champions. On this night, Curry would lead his Panthers into a game they would surely lose, the question was by how much. Curry reminds his team before the game of their perseverance: remember how we didn't have a practice field, and "we found a muddy practice field, with yellow jacket nests, and we practiced football anyhow"? That's the kind of true grit it takes to beat a powerhouse team like Alabama! Yada yada yada, the Panthers lost, while the Crimson Tide put together their highest point total since 1979. Gonna need more yellow jacket nests at practice, Coach!
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