Word: letdowns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That's because goal-oriented Lou Holtz is on a mission. He wants to win his second consecutive national championship, although he would never freely admit it. But he quietly asked coaches like Bill Walsh how they tried to avoid a letdown after their teams won championships. How long can he keep it up? His answer is pure Holtz, all deceptive diffidence and then steely follow-through. "I don't think we can win every game," he says carefully. "Just the next...
...sort of a letdown--I played tentatively," Zimmerman said. "He's definitely a good player. I underestimated...
...think they suffered a letdown after we caught them so quickly," Metz said. "Their strategy seemed to be to try and jump out to a quick lead and hold on for the win, and they seemed frustrated. Princeton's having a few troubles this year, switching personel a lot, although their cox did tell me that this was their best race of the year...
...almost gotten to the point where winning a tournament is almost a letdown," Co-Captain Jon Greenberg said. "We felt the Beanpot was something we should win. There was a feeling that winning a championship is all in a day's work, and today was just another...
...After we won the first set which was so close, I thought [Astorino and Hawthrone] had a mental letdown, Soni said...