Well then, herein lies the answer. If the Dawgs ARE reading the message boards, here's what I'd like them to know.
Step the heck up. Play like the red and black means something to you. If you lose, but play with heart, good. If the motors are running for 60 minutes, we'll notice. We'll notice when they aren't, too. Don't expect us to accept mediocre play from players who are miles above mediocre. This team can still salvage the season. Ask yourselves this: how do you want the '09 Dawgs to be remembered? The worst ever? How about a hell of a team that decided it had had enough and stepped into the shoes it was given when they signed to play here? Kick some ass, or go down trying, but show us something, anything, that might indicate you care as much about those uniforms as we do. We don't play. We might not know K-rap about football in reality, except that we love our Dawgs. Step up. We're fans. We're fickle. We can forgive the first half of this year if the second half is a half season of heart, of passion, of damn-it-I'm-a-DAWG football. Step up. Man up. Make us proud, if not in victory then in the manner of our defeat.
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