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As pep talks go, it\u2019s boilerplate \u2014 nothing you haven\u2019t heard already in a million other underdog sports stories, often in more creative or stirring language. But it feels off in this one, like the setup for a joke you only belatedly realize isn\u2019t a joke at all.<\/p>\n
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