In keeping with the great lineman tradition, conditioning was the most hated enemy during my football playing days. There was nothing I despised more than running. But I liked playing football so I kept trucking through it anyway and I ended up sticking around long enough to notice something about assigned running: the runs closer to the end were usually your best ones on the day. You can (literally) see the finish line and that in turn allows you to empty everything left in the tank.
Today is August 1st. LSU reports for preseason practice on Wednesday. The first NCAA football game is on the 26th when Cal takes on Hawai’i in Australia.