On a warm late summer day, wearing pink shorts, a white tee-shirt, and her pink School of the Art Institute of Chicago cap, Caydance sat by herself in the Huygens Tech football stands. Remembering the day she showed up at Stanford Stadium in his first year as Graduate Student Assistant Coach, Griff looked up and smiled.

On the field, the first week of pre-season training was concluding with a modified offensive scrimmage. An unusually thin 6'4" Center snapped the ball to Quarterback River Angelos. River handed the ball cleanly to Chinese running back Gerald Sun. Evading dense defense, with remarkable speed and agility, Sun weaved his way to the end zone. The Center snapped the ball again. River stepped into the pocket, dodged a formidable blitz, leaped in the air, threw a perfect pass into the hands of a receiver way down field. The Center snapped the ball. All receivers were covered; River ran with the ball and in no time was in the end zone. Sitting by herself in the stands, Caydance cheered. Griff sent in his Backup Quarterback, 260 pound Damian Jefferson Tyler from Oakland Tech High School.

Surprisingly, when, Damian's short sideways pass was intercepted, he tackled the ball-carrying defender. The ball flew into the air, where it was caught by formidable Bakersfield-bred Tight End, Caesar Jose Ortega.