http://moondogsports.com/2008/09/26/thanks-for-choking-again-trojans/ MoonDog Sports, your source for college football and basketball, the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball and the latest sports news. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:14:27 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://moondogsports.com/2008/09/26/thanks-for-choking-again-trojans/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 NESW Sports Headlines 9/26/2008 | Hollywood - ifeed.ws Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:36:47 +0000 http://moondogsports.com/?p=1202#comment-2058 [...] USC Chokes < Moondog Sports [...] [...] USC Chokes < Moondog Sports [...]

]]> http://moondogsports.com/2008/09/26/thanks-for-choking-again-trojans/comment-page-1/#comment-2057 USC's Loss Serves As A Warning To Others | MoonDog Sports Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:46:34 +0000 http://moondogsports.com/?p=1202#comment-2057 [...] Thanks For Choking Again Trojans [...] [...] Thanks For Choking Again Trojans [...]

]]> http://moondogsports.com/2008/09/26/thanks-for-choking-again-trojans/comment-page-1/#comment-2335 USC's Loss Serves As A Warning To Others | MoonDog Sports Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:46:34 +0000 http://moondogsports.com/?p=1202#comment-2335 [...] Thanks For Choking Again Trojans [...] [...] Thanks For Choking Again Trojans [...]

]]> http://moondogsports.com/2008/09/26/thanks-for-choking-again-trojans/comment-page-1/#comment-2056 GoPurple Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:38:29 +0000 http://moondogsports.com/?p=1202#comment-2056 Overconfidence, big time. We've seen it from other good teams too; this is just the latest example. What I think happens is that every time the 19-22 year old kids turn on a computer or TV they are hearing how great they are. Add to that the coach showing film of (in this case) Oregon State getting blown out of the water by Penn State, and the kids look at that and think "we can beat these guys in our sleep". Tough teams with a streetfighter mentality can SOMETIMES gut their way through such games; in this case USC isn't, and didn't. The interesting parlor game would be to guess who ELSE USC chokes against this season. Stanford? Washington? In the meantime I hope that my Sooners can avoid the same affliction during their games; last year they struggled mightily against a really bad Iowa State team. I think Bob Stoops' mistake that week was showing his Sooners game film of the Cyclones... Overconfidence, big time. We’ve seen it from other good teams too; this is just the latest example. What I think happens is that every time the 19-22 year old kids turn on a computer or TV they are hearing how great they are. Add to that the coach showing film of (in this case) Oregon State getting blown out of the water by Penn State, and the kids look at that and think “we can beat these guys in our sleep”. Tough teams with a streetfighter mentality can SOMETIMES gut their way through such games; in this case USC isn’t, and didn’t. The interesting parlor game would be to guess who ELSE USC chokes against this season. Stanford? Washington?
In the meantime I hope that my Sooners can avoid the same affliction during their games; last year they struggled mightily against a really bad Iowa State team. I think Bob Stoops’ mistake that week was showing his Sooners game film of the Cyclones…

]]> http://moondogsports.com/2008/09/26/thanks-for-choking-again-trojans/comment-page-1/#comment-2055 NESW Sports Headlines 9/26/2008 | NESW Sports, Sports Videos Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:40:19 +0000 http://moondogsports.com/?p=1202#comment-2055 [...] USC Chokes < Moondog Sports [...] [...] USC Chokes < Moondog Sports [...]

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