Scott G Winterton,
PROVO — Mind games.
Great plays are tattooed in the brain, the body’s CPU, before action. It takes great mental courage and motivation to win and winning breeds confidence.
You could go on and on.
Utah State stumbles against Colorado State, Utah’s two interceptions in the fourth quarter doom the Utes against Stanford, and BYU loses leads against USU and Boise State and, well, kind of melts under the lights.
Mental toughness.
This week BYU assistant coach Ed Lamb, the Yoda of Cougar coaches, made the following statement as the Cougars battle a 1-5 start:
"As coaches, we have to be on high alert for players who don't have the mental toughness to fight through a situation like this.