Part 3, Chapter 6 Summary

Back at school in January, Mick goes to the gym and begins lifting weights to strengthen up. Carlson has reorganized the gym and has put up motivational posters. Weight equipment is now grouped into stations. Carlson tells them that if they want to end up where Pasco and Rogers did, it is up to them to do it.

Part 3, Chapter 6 Analysis

Carlson knows what he is doing. He leaves the fate of the football team in the hands of the players, telling them that if they want to be where Rogers and Pasco are, it is entirely their choice. Mick and the others clearly want to be as good as Pasco and Rogers so they commit to finding a way to get there.