"Picture Joe Montana in his junior year of High School, the starting quarterback for the Ringgold Rams." Griff was on a roll. "The town where he played was Monongahela, Pennsylvania, on the banks of the river of the same name, where coal was ferried on barges and great quarterbacks were bred. Somewhere there are videos of Joe playing for the Ringgold Rams, but what I have in my hands is a High School game film of the young Quarterback from Oklahoma, whom we will face this weekend. His name is Theagenes Johnson, and he is the starting Quarterback. for Redwood Forest College's new D3 team,the Redwood Forest Bigtrees."

"Theagenes of Thasos was a legendary Greek athlete". River was sitting in the front row beside his Center, Wyatt Gideon Barker AKA Big Dog, born and bred in Salt Lake City.

DeJuan was sitting by the window, hoping for a glimpse of Phoebe who had not been seen on the canpus for several days. He had a steady girlfriend, but Phoebe's legs were inspirational.

"What position did he play?"

"Early Greek Olympian, boxer, wrestler, and fighter in a no holds-barred military combat, wild, ruthless combination of boxing and wrestling. They called it the pankration. It began with something like the perfect O-Line stance, or so my uncles say when they get to talking about the old days."

arrow Remembering cheeseburges, fries, beer, and exchanging game film with Coach Hopkins on the deck of Mission Rock, Griff smiled, set Theagenes Johnson's High School film in motion.