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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1681367, member: 289"]
In 2003 we were about to play Pittsburgh in a big game in the Dome. four ina  row to the Panthers, all for the same reason: we got out-physicalled by them. The shoved and grabbed and bodied up a. They boxed out and "road graded" (to use Matt Park's favorite term), and grabbed those rebounds. The got after loose balls and got down on the floor to get them if that's what it took.

I looked out my back window at that time and watched the neighborhood squirrrels running around. I noticed they were all about the same size but one squirrel was chasing all the others away. He was the "Boss Squirrel". My back yard was his territory and he didn't allow anyone  else to come into it without a fight. I wondered why none of the other squirrels would take him on or why they didn't gang up on him. it was all about attitude. I said that Pittsburgh had been our Boss Squirrel" and we needed to stand up to them and become the Boss Squirrel. We did and beat them 67-65 in one of the wildest games in Dome history, (the one with the three court stormings), and went on to win the national championship.

We've now lost 18 of 25 games to Pittsburgh, usually for the same reason: they were the Boss Squirrel. Obviously, we need to shot well and take care of the ball, etc. But the real key is to look in the mirror and say" "We are the Boss Squirrel now!"

(Either that or open the trunk so the Trunk Monkey can get out.)
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