For the past two Carolina-Clemson contests, our team has appeared to be disinterested in the proceedings, especially two years ago, although last year was only a little bit better. Too many fans, players and coaches equate emotion with intensity but that is a false premise. When an athlete is emotional, he can't think straight because his feelings at that particular moment completely override the mental processes. Intensity is an intentional, well thought out determination to always compete with maximum effort. Emotion leads to blown assignments, playing out of position or coverage, and stupid showoff penalties, while intensity leads to intelligent maximum effort within the confines of team dynamics. I'm not expecting a miracle Saturday night, just a lot more intensity, less emotion and a much better effort than I've witnessed from Muschamp's teams so far in the rivalry.