"Well yes, if the Swifts hadn't scored the first two touchdowns so quickly, a situation where they were in command of the field would not have occurred." Griff picked up a copy of the Chronicle's coverage of last year's game with the LA Basin Swifts. "I saved this:

"'Led by former Trojans' Center, Coach "Skyscraper" Cole and senior Quarterback, Cougar Joe Thatcher, using a polished no-huddle offense, the LA Basin Swifts were cruising to victory with a two touchdown lead in the high scoring first half of Saturday's Huygens-Swifts game. But in the second half, under former Raiders Wide Receiver, Coach Griff McGuire, Huygens broke the Swifts' Offensive strategy.'"

Griff looked around the room. "Gentlemen, we are about to watch a film of one of the only two games that the Swifts have won this year. Yes, with their muscular no huddle offense, the Swifts intimidate Pac Ocean. But men, they are playing punk drummers.

Here's how we took down the Swifts last year." Griff skipped to the end of the Chronicle story.

"'In the final minutes of the game, with the score Swifts 38-Hugens 34, Huygens Quarterback River Angelos -- aided by Running Back Gerry Sun's remarkable clock-intuitive forward progress and an extraordinary catch in the end zone by Tight End Caesar Jose Ortega -- Huygens scored. When Will O'Arragan, who had kicked two perfect field goals, kicked the ball through the goal posts for the final point, only 16 seconds remained.

'The Swifts no-huddle Offense might have posed a tying field goal threat, but led by Darnell Medina and Noah Jones, Defense twice sacked Cougar Joe Thatcher. 'That was good', Coach McGuire remarked.'"