Luckily, Right Defensive Tackle Darnell Medina and Left Defensive Tackle Noah Jones were in Professor Bond's Advanced Vector Calculus class. Otherwise -- Professor Bond was British -- he might not have been aware that two defensive tackles would not fit easily in the back seat of his Aston Martin DB5. Instead, to get Darnell and Noah to the Sac Valley Stadium minutes before the game began, he used another vehicle to which he had access. Some last minute modifications were made in the backseat.

Just as Coach Griff McGuire was about to tell his backup quarterback and his punter that they might need to play as defensive tackles in the first quarter, a black 1977 Pontiac Firebird TransAm pulled up outside of the Sac Valley stadium. Noah and Darnell emerged from this vehicle and headed for the visiting team locker room. Griff went out to thank the driver, but Professor Bond had already departed and was headed for the onramp to the highway. He had assignments to review and grade on logical flow and mathematical correctness.

The Sun was shining that afternoon when three minutes before kickoff, the team captains met at the 50-yard line. Huygens won the toss and elected to go on offense.