"expectations game" meaning in English

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          "text": "\"But at this point his team has fumbled the expectations game to the point where the governor will need to perform at a level well above anything we’ve seen from him to date if he wants to pull off the \"W\".\"http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/28/the-debate-expectations-game.html"
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        "Efforts to influence opinion through diminishing expectations of one's performance or creating elevated expectations for an opponent"
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