True. But…
I firmly believe this when it comes to Team sports:
You can’t manufacture hunger.
It comes from somewhere deep inside, and brews over time. If you don’t have it in your gut at the start of game week, no coach or self speech can create it.
I am not saying the Buckeyes didn’t want it yesterday- they did in a bad way. But Michigan unleashed years of hunger. They were not going to be stopped yesterday. By anyone. It took years to create that level of focus. I don’t think anyone could have beaten them in that stadium and those conditions yesterday.
It was quite impressive.