We got a call from her grandmother that Bowser had been in some sort of accident.

I have to call it an accident.

I told my guys coming into the game that it's a rivalry game and don't take anything for granted. (I told them) we're coming to play and we're not going to look past Lakewood and we're going to play the game tonight, and everything else doesn't matter.

I know in her mind she thought, 'He'll never see him again.' And honestly, what are the odds that I'd find him again?

When I found him that day, he still had the broken leg and broken hip. She hadn't done anything for him.

They came out ready and the crowd got behind them. They really took it to us, but my guys responded well and we're proud of them.