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Charlie Strong the Motivator: Texas vs. Louisville

Brendan Maloney-USA TODAY Sports

I thought the following, found here and here, were really interesting and worth discussing with my fellow Barkers:

Last year through the locker room I put up 500 yards rushing, total. I said anywhere else I would have been some player would have ran through there and tore all that down and probably would have burned it in the locker room. There would have been a fire in the locker room. They would have done something with it or they would have just balled it up and threw it in the middle of the floor. It's like nobody did anything, and I did it for a reason just to see what we would do. I wanted to see if somebody would just get pissed and somebody would pull it down, and then the next day go there and put it up again, somebody walk through there and tear it down again. But it is, it's a process, and we've just got to continue to build it.

and

His head coach, Charlie Strong, in an effort to prepare his troops for the matchup against his former team, the University of Florida, was going Gator-by-Gator, delineating how each opposing player would rip through the Cardinals’ offensive line or zip past their defensive backs. As Strong built on this speech, every story—each exaltation of a Florida player—boiled Bridgewater’s blood to the point where he couldn’t contain himself. He sprang up, like he’d just taken a snap from under center.

"Who are you coaching?" the quarterback asked Strong, pointedly. "Louisville or Florida?"

Strong didn’t have time to answer; Bridgewater had already left the meeting room, with a few similarly outraged teammates in tow.

I know some of this may be practiced all over college football, but I like it. It's also fascinating the reaction he got here at Texas.

I'm of the opinion that he has not yet found his way into their heads yet, but I think it is coming this year. I feel like there is a game ahead where the team is going to respond to it - and we will all know it when we see it.

What do ya'll think? Hook 'em.

Be excellent to each other.

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