The President and his wife were requesting her company at tonight’s welcoming dinner for the football team and their families, Griff had explained to Caydance, because it was good to have the players and their families see that their coach was a settled family man. His inability to know what she should wear was not what was bothering him about this conversation.
It was only a few minutes past 9:00 AM. Just as he despaired that no player had checked in yet, Freshman running back Gerald Sun walked purposely across President's Lawn and stopped at the "Welcome Football Team" table. Griff knew who Sun was because he had seen him run in game films from a High School somewhere in the suburbs of Los Angeles. There wasn't a strong tradition of Asian American running backs, but this kid was good, Griff thought. He stood up to welcome the first player to arrive.
On the green grassy sloping field in front of the home of the President, tents and tables of all sizes and colors materialized. Students with carts of coffee and pastries were moving across the lawn. Soon the aroma of roasted corn on the cob and grilled hamburgers would greet incoming students and their families.