On Saturday October 4, the Cardinal took the field against San Diego State. It was a beautiful 70-degree afternoon, a perfect day to be sitting in the stands, as if she was a coed watching her Saturday night date take the field.

In this case, he stood on the sidelines with the coaching team.

It flashed through her mind that Stanford football might play a larger part of her life than she had envisioned as the Fall art school semester began, but growing up in an Ivy League town, Saturday afternoon football was a part of her childhood. And from where she sat, Griff McGuire's well-built, substantial frame and his bare muscular arms were a welcome part of the Saturday afternoon football environment. The Stanford Band, notorious for its participation in Cal's 1982 Big Game victory, was playing "All Right now".