Mario told his guys Jimmy is a bitch, Jimmy proved him right. That is the synopsis, everything else is extra.
Option 1: Talk shit before game, lose, no one cares what you say after the game because you’re a loser.
Option 2: Don’t talk shit before the game, win, talk shit after the game.
Cristobal’s family oppressed Cuba, left for the US when the proletariat rose up against them, and wound up being portrayed as the victims while enjoying a higher standard of living. Deviousness is in his blood[/b], and whatever they put in there in 80s/90s the U football didn’t displace it.
If he told everyone that Jimmy Lake is a coward who tried to backdoor his way into the conference championship without playing his team but was foiled by the mighty powers of Nike U and Jimmy’s own incompetence - then who is going to contradict him? Did it motivate Cristobal’s fat ass lads to play harder? Maybe, they sure looked like it compared to the ones in purple who were told that they were smarter.