Bulletin Board Material

[usfgrad84]

Here it is.

[CousinRicky]

17 hours ago, beastiebull said:

I'm glad Charlie knows his history even though he wasn't here.  Points for him.

But, but, he changed the offense.  

[GaUSFBull]

[Bull Dozer]

10 hours ago, JTrue said:

I get the idea of the bulletin board material motivation thing, but it still strikes me as strange that a college football player would need a silly quote to get him to play harder in a game. It's not like when the defense is standing out there on 4th and goal, the guy is thinking, "**** them, I wasn't going to make a tackle here, but that **** quote!"

Football/Sports are emotional games.   If you can tap into that emotion you can get a team to play over their head for quarter or two.  This is the reason why teams that have obviously inferior talent can hang around with better teams and why rivalry games are so unpredictable.  

[E.T.]

They will be feeling like they spent an evening with Bill Cosby  

[JTrue]

5 minutes ago, Bull Dozer said:

Football/Sports are emotional games.   If you can tap into that emotion you can get a team to play over their head for quarter or two.  This is the reason why teams that have obviously inferior talent can hang around with better teams and why rivalry games are so unpredictable.  

I get it the idea of it, but I don't believe in it. Yes, in the context of the game, I think that you can feed on that emotion, the crowd, etc. and get a team to play over their head. I played college baseball, I know what it was like to look around and see and hear the crowd, etc. and feed off of that. But I don't subscribe to the bulletin board theory. Too abstract and detached from the moment. Yeah, it can be a fun thing to read on the wall when you're walking around in the locker room or the weight room. It can get the guys riled up a little bit for a few minutes. It can be something the coach brings up at the end of practice or before the game, but in the moment of the game, not so much.

[Bull Dozer]

16 minutes ago, JTrue said:

I get it the idea of it, but I don't believe in it. Yes, in the context of the game, I think that you can feed on that emotion, the crowd, etc. and get a team to play over their head. I played college baseball, I know what it was like to look around and see and hear the crowd, etc. and feed off of that. But I don't subscribe to the bulletin board theory. Too abstract and detached from the moment. Yeah, it can be a fun thing to read on the wall when you're walking around in the locker room or the weight room. It can get the guys riled up a little bit for a few minutes. It can be something the coach brings up at the end of practice or before the game, but in the moment of the game, not so much.

It's something that's definitely not sustainable but you can bet CCS and BJM will bring this up Thursday night before the game to challenge the defense in any pregame speeches/pep talks.   you can also maybe use it if you have a time out before say a key 3rd and short late in the game etc but it's not what drives a team for the vast majority of the game.  I think in order to use it properly you have to beat the players up all week over it so when you break it out on game day they are not only pissed about what was said about them but they're also tired of hearing it and want you to shut up about it .  I don't literally think the players are thinking directly about the quotes but it can definitely get players into a f*** those guys mode and make them want to shut the coaches up a bit..... 

Edited September 20, 2017 by Bull Dozer

[GaUSFBull]

22 minutes ago, JTrue said:

I get it the idea of it, but I don't believe in it. Yes, in the context of the game, I think that you can feed on that emotion, the crowd, etc. and get a team to play over their head. I played college baseball, I know what it was like to look around and see and hear the crowd, etc. and feed off of that. But I don't subscribe to the bulletin board theory. Too abstract and detached from the moment. Yeah, it can be a fun thing to read on the wall when you're walking around in the locker room or the weight room. It can get the guys riled up a little bit for a few minutes. It can be something the coach brings up at the end of practice or before the game, but in the moment of the game, not so much.

I think it's two different things between baseball and football - baseball isn't as much of a contact sport and it's more cerebral than football.  You can't really get too fired up or you'll lose focus.

In football, with guys hitting and using their shoulders and hands, that little extra aggression could make all the difference - granted, it could be good or bad ... but I think because football is a more physical game, that bulletin board comments can influence a football player a bit more than they would a baseball player.  

[USFBULL_08]

16 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

I think it's two different things between baseball and football - baseball isn't as much of a contact sport and it's more cerebral than football.  You can't really get too fired up or you'll lose focus.

In football, with guys hitting and using their shoulders and hands, that little extra aggression could make all the difference - granted, it could be good or bad ... but I think because football is a more physical game, that bulletin board comments can influence a football player a bit more than they would a baseball player.  

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[Mama_Bull]

I think it all comes down to being disrespected.

If all the USF players believe that Temple disrespected them, then they will play with more intensity.

That's why coaches in pregame press conferences always have nice things to say about their opponent, regardless of whether they are true or not.