I think that a little too much is being made of these guys being "out of shape" coming into winter conditioning. Most years, these guys go into winter conditioning just a week or two out from playing in a bowl game. Even then, they are probably doing some puking during winter conditioning. Due to the crappy season, these guys have basically been off since Thanksgiving with no strength coach. Of course they are going to be out of shape. Were these guys in the best of shape during the season? Probably not where they should be, at least the Oline IMO. Frost even told them to go home for Xmas, take it easy and come back ready to work. We all have heard that there were some dedication issues with players, so I am sure that there are quite a few who went home and did nothing. There are stories every year about guys puking, passing out, etc. Not sure this year will be different. The biggest difference is the number of guys actually taking advantage of the winter conditioning and working as hard as the strength coaches want them to work.