Thoughts are with Gary's family, friends and teammates. I didn't ever have the opportunity to meet him, but I certainly loved watching him play. When I read the story about how he had accepted responsibility for his prior misconduct and had become a better citizen, student and teammate, I started to follow him with more personal interest. Credit to Coach Brewster, Joel Maturi and/or whoever else was involved in dealing with Gary's initial problems at the U and deciding to stick with him when the easiest and safest course might have been to remove him from the program. Somebody recognized in Gary that he had the capacity to learn from those early missteps and make positive changes in his life. Most of the credit, of course, goes to Gary for recognizing where he was in his life, where he wanted to be, and the steps he needed to take to get there. Lots of people quit when faced with challenges like that, but he didn't and, from all I have heard and read, was on the path he wanted to follow. He'll be missed.