Within minutes the entire playing area at the Galle stadium was covered by water, but Jones and the boys of the Harrow School team made it to safety just in time.
To Coughlin's left was the shimmering Lombardi trophy his Giants had improbably lifted just hours before, on the confetti-covered carpet of Lucas Oil Stadium.
Meanwhile, fans accustomed to tailgating in spacious Midwestern stadium parking lots will have to fight to find the same collegiate spirit in a covered Bronx garage.