After a light-hearted meal at a local diner — many of the jokes were directed in the way of freshman Curry McKinney, but jokes were banied about throughout — the team headed back to the bus.
While he waited for his teammates to pay, Zack Grasmick picked up a copy of the Standard-Examiner. He flipped to the sports section and quickly noticed a headline down the right column of the paper: Aggies cap 2006 vs. lesser foe.
The paper circulated around the room, and it was clear players didn't appreciate the message of those six words. Senior Randall Harding told his teammates that it shouldn't take a derogatory headline to create motivation.
But, it certainly doesn't hurt.
In the biggest game of the season, the 'Runners seem loose, but focused. They were loose enough to know they could make jokes at lunch, but were focused enough during the shootaround to get their work done.
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