He stood in the empty locker room at State Farm Stadium, trying to make sense of it all. The loss, the end of a unique season. The sudden finality.  But Boise State coach Spencer Danielson couldn't stop evangelizing.

The senior defensive end and team captain had just played his final game as a Bronco, and there was no question whether he had left it all out on the field. Hassanein was on the ground nursing bangs and bruises throughout the night as Boise State battled against the best interior lines it had seen all season.