First and foremost, he eats. And eats and eats. Secondly, he's been taking his vitamins. I'm from northern California. It's no man's land out there.
Nobody comes out there.
Plus I had lost a lot of weight and was kind of heavier when I started out. To be certain, Ratliff, from Chico, Calif., weighed 275 pounds as a senior offensive tackle in high school. One year later, he started the season at 260 pounds. After losing 30 more in the spring and summer last year, Ratliff started his last season at Butte College in California at a slim and trim 219 pounds. His goal is 250.