By the time Billy Napier ambles through the door with a Starbucks Venti in tow, the room is packed. Thirty-five people have grabbed their seats -- fanning out from a long center table to each of the walls. It's 7:45 on a pleasant April morning and another four months will pass before the first game is played.
Inside the nerve center of the University of Louisiana's football program, Napier plops down in a chair, peers down at his notes and in his sleepy, Southern voice begins to outline the day's agenda. In precise, exacting detail, the coach runs through the practice schedule -- commenting on the execution of specific drills and the time budgeted for each of them.