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On his desk was a documented history of his preparation for the Spartans on Oct. 22 in East Lansing. "I'm just starting to put together a list of things that I think were important,'' he said. There is a note pad for his thoughts. "I always have a post-game analysis sheet that
I make on my own,'' he said. "Usually I can work off that because I think that's a pretty valuable deal -- the history of how you prepared things.'' Maybe he spent too much time drilling on this. Maybe he spent too little time drilling on that. "I think you have to be brutally honest with yourself,'' Bostad said. That's why it's so important to record every step that was taken the first time. "The film is good but the film doesn't always
tell the story behind it,'' he said of the game tape. "What did you to Tuesday? What did you do Wednesday? What did you do Thursday? "How much time did you put into that play? How much time did you put into this play? "The film doesn't show me that.'' Paying attention to the calendar is part of Bostad's mindset. "You're getting to the end of the season and
we're looking at 20-period practices now,'' he said. "You don't have as many reps. Inasmuch as we rep some things, you've got to pick what
you want to do. "You can't have this huge menu … You have to know who you are by now.''
Bostad is seated
behind his desk on a Sunday afternoon. You don't just walk in and start up a ca- sual conversation, not on Sunday.
"Even though he's had
success as a line coach, he's a great student of the game,'' Josh Oglesby said of Bostad. "Ev- ery day he's trying to learn a nuance here or there.''
"I think he likes his alone time,'' said UW offensive tackle Josh Oglesby. That's an under- statement when Bostad is preparing a game plan. He's asked, "What
time do you get out of the office today?'' Without blinking,
Bostad says, "To- night?'' You delete "today'' from your question and ask again.
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