Garrett Woodruff had grown weary of the law practice and the hubris of attorneys whose pedigrees spanned multiple generations. Now, near the end of his second divorce, he questioned his professional viability. He knew his life's work was not meant for a starched collar, Italian loafer law firm. Garrett's overriding desire was to officiate major college football, but he still suffers with the pain of the loss of the one who got away. With the aid of Butch Macinski, an icon among Midwest Conference officials, Garrett realizes his dream. He joins Butch, "Smash" Jones, Slade Arlington, and the other members of the prestigious crew known as the God Squad. As he reaches the height of his officiating career, Abby Richter, the love of his life, returns. She promises to divorce Dmitri, her Russian mobster husband, and return to Garrett. There is one condition. Abby has stolen millions of dollars from her husband's mob activities. She asks Garrett to shave points on a game so that she can wager on the contest. Her plan is to return the money before her husband knows it's missing and keep the the winnings from the caper. Garrett is faced with the moral crisis of compromising his principles, tarnishing his reputation, and risking imprisonment to have the woman he has always loved. To learn the resolution of Garrett's crisis, the reader follows the God Squad through the 1999 season, where the true story of what it's like to officiate big time football unfolds. Hints of doubt begin to appear in Garrett's mind. He doesn't know if he can go through with the scam. There is also the mysterious and seductive Phoebe McKinney, credit manager at a large Las Vegas hotel, who appears on the scene, and threatens to unravel the sinister plot.