The final light switch turns off in the meeting room as Jason Garciaparra stares down at his suit. His husband comes to greet him, helping him off the stage one last time after a rough meeting with the media and coaches about his retirement. “I left it all on the field every game. Every damn game.” That’s the quote that was in the paper the next morning as Jason scavenged around the back of his apartment for some tools he had misplaced, finding a tossed out newspaper hanging off his back fence. He had a plan all along for a grand tour after getting done with football to go become a defensive coordinator back in college but for now he had all of the time in the world. Alex calls him back into the house though as the two go hit up their pizza place, giving it one last celebration meal before moving. Recently, the Garciaparras were contacted from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Jason’s alma mater, to come back and become the defensive coordinator after a string of some odd hires. Without a second guess, Jason packed his bags to head back to Atlanta for the job as the team’s hype man as well. After living in the streets around Butcher Stadium, now Jason Garciaparra splits time in the fraternity houses around Bobby Dodd.
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