If not all the horses are jumping and there's paint chipped, then everything's not looking right and working as it should.' If you're not in the right gaps, or blocking the right man, or taking the right track, not everything's going to work out. 'You have to line up in the right spots and do the right things. 'Basically, we're all working together in one unit,' offensive lineman Alex Givens said.

It's a saying that rings true on offense, defense, special teams and beyond, even in the locker room and around campus. It's not the team mantra or the lone rule to live by under Luke's roof, but it's a saying that has been with him since the beginning, ' No chipped paint, all the horses jump.' Just a boy at the time, Disney vowed that if the day ever came, his rides would be immaculate, and his services unmatched - no chipped paint, and all horses jumping.įor the remainder of his life, the Disney empire was characterized by a lesson he learned at a young age, ' No chipped paint, all horses jump.' The ride still worked, yes, but the magic was lost, and the allure just wasn't there. As he glanced around the ride, he saw that most of the paint had faded and time had taken its toll. To his dismay, however, Disney had selected a horse that didn't jump like the rest of the horses.

When he and his father visited an amusement park one day, he couldn't wait to board the carousel.

So, to help get his players to go all in on Ole Miss football, he took a page straight out of Walt Disney's book.Īs the story goes, when Walt Disney was a child, his favorite ride was the carousel. One of the hallmarks of head coach Matt Luke's program is attention to detail.

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