1.   Grunt Six and the other captain sat on the bench seat facing forward.

2.   The other captain, assigned to aviation-liaison duty with Grunt Six, sat forward on the floor with his back to us.

3.   As we worked on it, it became apparent that it was more and more a story about the two captains than it was about the two crews.

4.   Both benches must have noticed the physical and verbal confrontations between the two captains.

5.   But other than shake hands before the game with the referees and the other captain, what exactly does a captain do?

6.   Meeting the four captains told me a lot about the Northeastern players and the program.

7.   The most poignant symbol of the distinction between Island and City are the two captains.

8.   The next scrum came late in the period, also involving the two captains.

9.   The other captains are Lawyer Milloy, Drew Bledsoe, Troy Brown, and Larry Izzo.

10.   The somewhat contrived partnership of the two captains ultimately works quite well.