Published 7/4/2009
by Heath McGuff
at Bleacher Report - College Football
As a fan, you thrive off of your team's success. If your team goes out on a high note, then you are probably going to be pretty satisfied with your team when next season roles around.
As a player, I think they also thrive off of the last game more than anything else. Lose or win, that last game is a tremendous motivator for the next upcoming season. Like in Alabama's case, we got embarrassed in our own back yard, basically.
Don't get me wrong, Utah beat us fair and square; they played better are were more prepared than our Bama squad was.
Then there is the case like Florida and LSU have. Florida ending a great season by beating Alabama in the SEC championship and then going on to defeat Heisman winner Sam Bradford and his Oklahoma Sooners.
You also have LSU who was coming off of a two game losing streak to Ole Miss and Arkansas and put up probably their best game against foe Georgia Tech in the Chick-Fil-A Bowl.
They saw some promising play out of Jordan Jefferson in that game he ...
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