I mean, things have to fall into place and you have to be very lucky, but I'll tell you, to a man, I don't think there was any doubt that we weren't going to score on the last drive.

Marcus would come in at 6 a.m.. Then, he would go to his classes and then come back at night and go again. He would mix things up with the bikes or the climbers. He goes at least 30 minutes each time and often goes an hour.

We fly back right after the game, because being on the quarter system, we start school the next day. We get back at 4:30 in the morning (Tuesday).

He is as self-motivated as you will ever see. That's what makes him a great role model for the young guys. He leads by example and is a great teacher. He has taken a couple younger guys under his wing like Doug Worthington , Lawrence Wilson , Ryan Williams and Todd Denlinger .

If you look at it, he dropped his body fat from 22 percent to 10.7 percent. That is a significant number. That is more than 11 percent. His waist was 46 inches and now it is 39.

I could not believe the development - even that strip center. I don't remember even seeing that last time. It's phenomenal. When you have an event once every four years, it's hard to milk that. But they can brag that it was here.

It has been a marked improvement with both aspects.

He had a sense of urgency. He knew his weight and body fat were too high for him to play a lot of minutes. He was carrying way too much weight. To his credit, he was committed to getting in better shape.