"In three days, we face The Rogue River Eagles on our own Campus." Griff addressed Wednesday Coaches lunch, while he waited for the arrival of Southern Fried Chicken. It was the first time he had seen this on the Faculty Club menu. "Ahhh, in memory of road trips before the days of personal nutritionists, today, there will be fried chicken and a side of deep fried onion rings."

Remembering Republic of Ireland road trips, Robbie spoke of eating French fries while walking the Streets of Germany. "Fried Chicken and French fries in a paper cone." The waiter wrote this down. Durango and Kekoa ordered grilled salmon with baked potatoes. Peggy ordered a green salad to which she added avocado slices, grilled mushrooms, and honey-roasted pecans.

"The Rogue River Eagles?" Durango asked.

"Two and two in their season so far, same as last year-- before we beat them. Expect a return of Quarterback Tor Hansen Murphy's short but surprisingly accurate passing to his favored Wide Receiver; that would be John Lord Howland. Expect a few spectacular crowd pleasing runs by JosJeff Brown, their Senior running back. Last year they managed to get two touchdowns, but -- thanks to Noah and Darnell and company-- that was all." Griff was on a retold victory roll.

"Trouble in the Red Zone with a heavyweight tackle?"

"LeRaven Dodge. Yes, heavily taped-up B2 took one hell of a hit, but Casear plowed it home. Then, just before half time, we were on their 30th. To avoid The Marshall and predictable dense coverage on DeJuan, River threw a long vertical to The Baron. He caught it in the End Zone. At halftime, when we went into the locker room it was Huygens 16 - Rogue River 7."

arrow Griff paused. He was remembering that while he was talking, Caydance was in the Gold Country talking with Susanna about how she felt about the possibility of seeing Ted again -- if Nico could find him.