Recently he was pictured in this paper reading books on National Reading Day, to grade school kids.

On Super Bowl Sunday, instead of joining a fraternity of other high-level football minds, he and Aimee were pictured in “Limited,” the local magazine of faces, names and causes, at a party at the home of Julie and Bob Dobski, owners of all the McDonald's in town.

“He’s a great fit,” says Lyons. “His personality is such that people enjoy being with him and around him. He appreciates what ISU has to offer and we appreciate what he has to give. That’s one of the reasons he's successful.”

Says Randy Kindred: “He's tough as they come in a football sense … disciplined, hard-working, a believer that’s also what his teams should be. But on the human side, one word does it — real. He's just a 'real' guy. I remember down in Texas (at the FCS national championship game) as the Redbirds walked through a line of people from Bloomington-Normal who welcomed them there, you could see Brock quietly wiping a tear. You could see he was that touched by it all."

Which brings us back to Chase.

It was shortly after Christmas that neighbors — like me — began noticing no more Chase.