Even with his season complete, football continues. He lifts weights daily, and he's given a verbal commitment to Sacramento State. The coaches are helping several other athletes deal with recruiters. Russ Sommers is a math teacher and varsity football assistant whose classroom resembles a football outpost. There are football diagrams on the chalkboard, TV monitors featuring game video tapes and football playbooks on the desks.
Next door is the weight room, with more TV monitors to break down more video tapes.
On one wall is a photo of a frowning Dave Hoskins, the school's veteran coach. Hoskins' face forms the middle of a dartboard. Hoskins is the king of the mountain with a fraction of the worries that hamper other programs. But the dartboard reminds everyone that Hoskins is on the hot seat. A stream of athletes dropped by to eat lunch and watch game tapes throughout the fall.