"We spend a lot of time in practice working on defending and rebounding because those are what win championships," Forbes said. "One big thing is when you go on the road you may not shoot it well, but as long as the defense does its job you have a chance to win. Our players understand that and they've bought in to the system.".It was also fascinating to hear what he had to say about the use of ice baths as a method of recovery after workouts. His athletes in the early 80s were using the traditional hot tub. On Sundays when his athletes went for a 12/14 mile run they jumped into the hot tub to ease aching muscles.

As he told me 12 days ago, "Two thousand, that's easy.'' What he really wanted, he volunteered to me that day, was the Dickerson record of 2,105 yards in a season. He needed 506 for that. In three games.Game is evolving, and you can see it making its way into the NFL with guys like Russell Wilson and (Robert Griffin III), Boone said Monday