"Leon Neal" was a running back at the University of Washington. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1996 NFL Draft, but played for the Indianapolis Colts.

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This is a good learning experience for our team. We put ourselves in a situation to get back to the (national) tournament; we just didn't get it done.

They were just more physical than we were. They wore us down. ... We have to get better in that sense.