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Ambush leads to upset for underdogs

By Jim Donnan
Special to ESPN.com

Thursday, September 16, 2004

Fans, players and coaches are constantly amazed at what they deem improbable or unbelievable victories by teams that seemingly had no chance. We saw some notable upsets last week -- Notre Dame over Michigan among them -- and it's likely there will be more this weekend. What goes into those victories? I will go over the coaching philosophies I used when preparing my teams for a so-called upset when no one else gave us much of a chance. We'll focus on game week, of course, but everyone knows t ...

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