I made that exact point last year, Dirt. These are highly conditioned athletes who train year round. With the media time outs every 4 minutes, there should be absolutely ZERO problem with fatigue playing 2 forty minute games/week. However, this board argued against my thoughts stating that the physical "beating" taken in the games take their toll and tend to add up to a cumulative fatigue toward the seasons end. I personally don't buy it... but there were plenty who do. Many were quick to point to our collapse last year and use fatigue as the quick excuse.