"I already knew at this point guys are going to be gunning for me, so I have to learn how to take double teams and I can't do anything at a light weight," Griffin said. "So my whole thing was to eat right and keep running and gain weight. So the whole spring, I was in the training room with Coach [Zach] Duval and [Andrew] Stroup and they were telling me what to eat, how to eat, when to eat it and they said make sure I keep running."