"Head home, ice up, and go to sleep," he said.
If he'd added "until Monday," eyebrows would not have been raised.
Madden, who also plays cornerback, is averaging 24 carries and 172 yards through six games. Those are common workload/production numbers for CHA's main rusher over the last six seasons, and soon Madden might be changing his surname to Campbell.
Rashad, now a defensive back at Cornell, handled the 2006-07 chores. His brother, Ibraheim, now a d-back at Northwestern, took care of 2008-09. "Ceddy" is now in Year No. 2 of dominate-the-offense duties.
Comparatively, this wasn't a classic outing (just 62 yards on 25 carries). But when the Blue Devils needed something/anything to overcome a late-game, 3-0 deficit, there was Madden dashing into the end zone for a 13-yard score with 2 minutes, 17 seconds remaining.
In CHA's previous game, a non-league win over Hill School, he'd been given every . . . single . . . carry in a 34-7 win. Twenty-eight of 'em for a school record 343 yards and five TDs.
"Teams would bang up the Campbells early in games, but they'd keep plugging and never quit," said coach Rick Knox. "Just like I used to say to them, I was telling Ceddy, 'Stay with it. You're gonna pop one in there.' And he did it. I give him credit.
"Ceddy learned a lot from those guys. But at the same time, he's his own young man. He earned this himself. Of anyone I've coached, he may have improved the most."
Madden said the Campbells most imparted their work ethic.
"From them I learned how hard you have to prepare through the summer," he noted. "That was the mark they left on our team - hard work. I used to run some hills [with Ibraheim]. And I try to be like them in terms of staying humble and taking one game at a time.
"I like the responsibility I have with this team. At all times, pretty much, I'm given chances to help us win. I accept that. I look forward to that every week. And with my line I try to get the job done."
