Nick Thoman almost left swimming after 2008, thinking then it might be time to try something else.

Now an Olympic silver medalist — he and Matt Grevers went 1-2 in the men's 100 backstroke for the United States on Monday night — Thoman is headed to school again, starting next spring.

"I didn't actually graduate college," Thoman said. "So I'm going to go back to school and get my degree so that I can do something with my life."

Whoa.

Do something with his life? Did he not notice the silver medal dangling from his neck? Everyone in the room giggled anxiously, waiting to see if Thoman would provide the punch line.

And he did.

"Something else," Thoman said, as the giggles turned into full-blown laughter.

— Tim Reynolds — Twitter http://www.twitter.com/ByTimReynolds

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