"A primary target for the 10th Mountain Division was Mount Belvedere", Mac continued, "but first it was necessary to take the series of German Army-held high peaks called 'Riva Ridge' by the US Army. The cliffs in this area were considered unclimbable by the Germans, but that was precisely what the men of the 10th Mountain Division had trained for at Camp Hale.

When precisely at that moment in Mac's story, a legendary left handed quarterback sat down beside Griff and began to talk about the role of two very different football coaches on his career, Mac O'Brien paused the story he had been telling his daughter.