In the football classroom on Monday afternoon game film review was not as disciplined as Griff had planned. Theoretically, they would look at each significant play as iconic in the successes and failures of the game plan. Execution triumphs and execution mistakes would be collaboratively examined with a view to improving core plays as they headed into the third game of the fall 1989 season.

"Yesterday, towards the end, the Raiders did not look so good against Kansas City defense," Big Dog commented as the Huygens Sac Valley game film rolled.

This did not put Griff in a good mood. "What's happening here?" he asked, replaying the first quarter sack on River.

"It wasn't the O-Line's fault," River said. "I was looking at what my Mom and Dad were eating. In my defense, in addition to the Greek sandwiches, which they constructed in the stands, they had opened a bottle of white wine and were pouring it into restaurant wine glasses, which I was often scolded for breaking.

"A good rule to remember is don't look at what your parents are doing the stands."

"What about what AKA Harvey was doing in the stands in the third quarter?" a receiver asked.

"Rule no 2 is not to look at what former Steelers Offensive Linemen do in the stands when sitting beside presumably their wives." Griff rolled the game film until it came to the only mistake the two mathematician tackles made that afternoon. "One way to handle this situation," he began...