EVANSTON — "Clayton, could you just, uh, take me through the touchdown pass to Carr?"
The interview room, relatively sleepy, is quiet. It's late. The clock ticks closer to midnight.
Clayton Thorson, still un-showered after his fourth collegiate football game, looks at the questioner, then briefly side-eyes his teammate Dan Vitale, who smiles and looks down.
"Uh, yeah." The redshirt freshman smiles. "Um. He ran a good route. He was in man coverage out there. And, uh, it was good protection up front. I had time. And he scored. Um." Still searching for words, his rye smile grows bigger.