Eh, probably just the Lou Holtz approach - every team you play is the best team in the country.
Or Tom Osborne. Tom's pregame pressers in the 1980s:
Reporter: Coach, you're playing Directional State Tech this week. They haven't won a game in 16 years. How do you keep the team motivated for games like this?
Osborne: Well, they're a pretty good football team. That quarterback can really throw the ball and if we don't play fundamentally sound we could find ourselves in a tough spot.
Reporter: Coach, their quarterback has a broken leg and his arm's in a sling.
Osborne: Well, they've still got that running back. He's a good back, and he's tough to pin down. We have to shore up our tackling and not let him get to the outside.
Reporter: Coach, he ran for -17 yards last week against McNeese State. You sure we're talking about the same guy?
Osborne: Yeah, that's the guy. Our guys need to be focused and try to limit what he can do.
Exactly. For Bo just insert "they are a really well coached team" for every team.
Yep, and "he's a heckuva football player." One of my favorite Bo-isms.
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