The football field at Huygens Tech had been, under the Presidency of Professor Palacio-Earle, reseeded, fertilized, aerated, and regularly mowed and watered, On the day of Griff's first visit, it shone like an emerald jewel in the afternoon California sun.

The High School game films of Huygens students and incoming Huygens students that Durango Palacio-Earle played for him in the school's new film room were better than Griff had expected.

The probable starting quarterback was an incoming Freshman, whose arm strength, accuracy, velocity, pocket presence, speed, mobility, and football intelligence were so good that he might have been mistaken for a young Ken Stabler, except for his 800 score in the Physics SAT, which Griff doubted that Snake had achieved.

"How big is this guy?"

"5' 9 inches, 180 pounds," Durango replied, "but wait until you see the linemen that the Physics department is recruiting."
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