If the Swifts hadn't scored the first two touchdowns so quickly, we wouldn't have begun in a situation where they were in command of the field. The way energy drained from his team was obvious, Griff thought. He paced restlessly up and down the sidelines. As a player, he had been in this situation.

It wasn't as if they had not known and prepared for the high-tech weight room-conditioned Swifts' perfectly executed hurry up spread. Defense Coach, Kekoa Alualu had worked with the team on issues of fast communication and the need to tackle, tackle, tackle, but Defense was accustomed to having more time to read opponents' intentions, and Kekoa was not accustomed to relaying calls so quickly. The ball was moving too fast down the field. Additionally, two linebackers had been lost to Analytical Chemistry midterm exam study, and this was the first game in which the new Middle Linebacker, 220 pound New York City Private school-bred Joshua Ben Singer, had played. (not counting playing John Madden Football 1988 with Right Defensive Tackle Darnell Medina and Left Defensive Tackle Noah Jones).

Fortuitously, no-huddle gave little time for the Swifts' Offense to rest. By the beginning of the 4th Quarter, Joshua took charge on-field, and Huygens Defense stopped the Swift's Offense with a series of ferocious man-to-man blitzes.

In tandem with Jamaar and Kyron's superb blocking, River, Gerry, B2, DeJuan, Casey Conlon Murphy, Baroni Nicoli Fiore ("The Baron"), and Will O'Arragan (University College Dublin) responded to a two touchdown deficit with an unanswered touchdown and a 50 yard field goal. Suddenly, the score was Swifts 38 Huygens 34.

And in the 4th Quarter with four minutes to go, Huygens was in possession.