“I didn’t expect that we would fall short that many times in a row,” says football cocaptain and wide receiver Tim mcmanus ’11 of last year’s lost season. “Going 0-10 wears on you mentally.” While he says the team would appreciate more fans in the stands, he realizes the team “must hold up our end of the bargain.” To prepare for the coming season, which opens at home September 19, the entire squad has ramped up its off-season conditioning. “I want to be part of bringing the program back,” says mcmanus, a hot prospect who came out of a winning program in St. Paul, minnesota, as a scrambling quarterback. “I believe we’re through the worst of it.”