Momentum: An Odyssey into the Most Overused Word in Sports

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🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Momentum: it’s a concept used by coaches, players, and announcers alike to describe the shift in energy in a game or play. Ask any coach - if your team has the momentum, that’s a good thing. But momentum has its fair share of doubters. What exactly is momentum? Is it measurable? Or do you just know it when you see it? David Hale is a momentum skeptic, and decided to embark on a personal quest to separate fact from fiction regarding the most overused word in sports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:11.1	So David Hale, where does this whole story begin for you?
0:17.0	I, as so many people around Florida State in 2019, I was very confounded by their offensive ineptitude.
0:26.6	David Hale covers college football for ESPN.
0:30.3	And they lost a game to Boise State to open the 2019 season.
0:34.2	They were up big in the first half.
0:36.9	Blackman, what a play. That was terrific.
0:39.7	Gayne neighbors with the touchdown catch, but how about the creativity again by Florida
0:44.9	State's offense? And then just completely collapsed.
0:48.9	Mahon, and he gets it easily touchdown, Boise State. The Broncos have the lead.
0:55.9	19 straight points.
0:59.1	The next day in his press conference, offensive coordinator, Kendall Bryles,
1:05.4	chalked up the loss to the fact that Florida State just couldn't get momentum.
1:09.1	They had momentum, and then they lost momentum, and they couldn't get momentum back.
1:12.9	So what was working for you guys well, particularly in the first half?
1:16.0	And I guess what changed in your mind in the second half?
1:19.0	Momentum.
1:20.1	Momentum is the greatest player and coach on the field.
1:21.9	When you got it, you got to run with it.
1:23.0	When you don't have it, you got to try to find a way to get it back. I said to myself, this is the worst possible excuse for terrible performance I've ever heard.
1:35.6	And as all really self-righteous people do these days, I jumped onto Twitter.
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