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SFA coach J.C. Harper had seen enough.
With his team trailing by 48 points late in the third quarter and a storm causing a second weather delay, he met Baylor coach Art Briles at midfield, shook hands and was ready to head back to Nacogdoches.
Robert Griffin III was 20 of 22 for 247 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for 78 yards, leading No. 19 Baylor to a 48-0 victory over Stephen F. Austin on Saturday night in a game that was ended early because of the weather. The clock ran out on the third quarter to make it an official game.
They played only 39:02, and it was more than enough for the Lumberjacks of the FCS. SFA (1-2) is scoreless in four games against Baylor.
''We just have to get better and just keep doing what we've been doing,'' Harper said. ''We're playing against good people. Baylor is a heck of a football team.''
The storm was as much a relief for this drought-stricken area as anything on the field. Wildfires have raged across Central Texas as a hotter-than-usual summer has been made worse by little to no rainfall since May.
''We get a win and it rains, that's pretty hard to beat right now,'' Briles said.
The Lumberjacks actually held their own for a while.
Each of their first three drives went deep in Baylor territory. The first featured a 36-yard pass, the second a 50-yard run and the third cracked the 5-yard line.
However, those drives ended on downs, on an interception and a fumble.
''I thought they came out here and competed in a tough situation and a tough environment,'' Harper said. ''I'm really proud of the way they played against a top-ranked, top-notch, Big 12 opponent.''
Baylor got its first shutout since 1995 and first at home since 1985.
Griffin led Baylor to scores on its first five drives and eight of the nine series he played.
He gave Heisman Trophy voters something to consider with a 35-yard run that featured flashes of his past as a hurdler - he was third in the country as a freshman - and he hit Kendall Wright in stride for a 66-yard touchdown. He also had a play in which he bounced off several would-be tacklers to throw a 15-yarder.
''They got some pressure on us, not that it was a lot, but just enough to have to make me bounce,'' Griffin said. ''The guys did a good job blocking once I broke the pocket and just flashing themselves whenever they were open. I'm not trying to run all the time, and Coach tells me, 'Protect yourself because it's a long season.'''
Five of his touchdown drives covered at least 61 yards. There was a 96-yarder and an 80-yarder that took only 50 seconds because of the deep pass to Wright.
Through two games, Griffin has the incredible stat of having as many touchdowns as incompletions - eight of each. Accuracy like that proves he's a real quarterback, not just an athlete under center.
''It's just being an experienced quarterback, knowing that you have to keep the chains moving. Getting guys the ball is how you do that,'' Griffin said. ''Coach is going a great job of calling great plays and having a great scheme. We've felt really good about the schemes we've had the last two weeks. I'm confident that we'll continue to game it up pretty good for the rest of the year.''
