Emotion is part of the game and it will get to you when that final snap comes.
My Junior year of HS saw tears flowing after a playoff loss. It wasn’t my last game, but my last with a good group of seniors. My senior year came to a close sitting in the stands watching 2 other teams decide our playoff fate. It was a dull feeling, but I knew I had some practices coming at UA.
The biggest problem I see in today’s game is the “look at me, look what I did” mentality and celebrating after a play. Like those other 10 guys on your unit that did their job didn’t have anything at all to do with your success.
Someone mentions McCarron’s emotions down at Red Stick. That was perhaps AJ’s finest moment in Crimson. The season on the line, trailing against your bitter rival on the road, all of your goals 80+ yards away and possibly all crashing to an end.