Meet Chris Hoover.

https://vine.co/v/OJpv7dHZlOj

Hoover is a graduate assistant for the Duke University Blue Devils football team. He is passionate about football and folding chairs.

The video above is Hoover’s attempt to excite the Duke football team prior to their game against bitter rival North Carolina.

It worked pretty well for this guy.

This guy seems nervous.

And the chair? Well, the chair doesn’t have emotions. Because the chair is dead.

It should be noted that after Hoover got one guy super excited, another guy unnerved, and killed a chair, that Duke went out and lost 45-20.

Maybe next time they should just listen to some fun music or do a team cheer or not destroy furniture.

