I like the conditioning, for more than the obvious reason. I like watching the start to the fourth quarter, when the opposing D walks slowly on the field, hot, sweaty, tired, hands on hips, breathing heavy...
... and our guys trot out there, fresh as a daisy, and pound as hard in the fourth as they did in the first. Makes all the damn difference in the world. I know a lot of our games last year were won in the fourth quarter, but maybe some of that is a little bit by design? We are able to score in the fourth instead of just pray to hold a lead because our guys aren't tired and theirs are. I have Gus say too many times that we always like our chances of winning if we are ahead or only a few points behind headed into the fourth quarter.