In America, the winner takes all.

Chapter 171 Dixie’s Joy
Eugene looked at the tough and handsome young man and noticed his bright eyes and throat swelling, which was obviously difficult to express. Finally, he nodded: "Play every game well."

In fact, many executives, including the athletic director, knew it would be very difficult for the Crimson Tide to make a bowl appearance this year.

As the referee blew the halftime whistle, the Crimson Tide ended the first half with a score of 14-0.The players began to return to the locker room, and Ethan saw that the members of the Scarlet Dance Troupe and the cheerleaders were already on the sidelines, preparing for the halftime performance.

As the beginning of this season, the performance portion of this game is naturally full, with everything that can be crammed into it.

But now Ethan has to return to the locker room obediently, so he can only say that he is unhappy and accept it.

"We should feel lucky that we...have Ethan O'Connor. Without him, these two touchdowns in the first half would have been impossible." Eugene looked at everyone in the locker room.

Although this is very shocking, it is the truth.

"I didn't want to see the other team score in the second half, and the defense wasn't ready to let up yet," defensive coach Mike DuBose said.

In addition to being the defensive coordinator, he also serves as the defensive line coach.

Ron also took a step forward and spoke specifically about the details that the second-line defenders should pay attention to.

Other special coaches also performed their duties. Ethan stood at the door and could hear the famous country music "Dixieland Delight" faintly coming from the scene, literally translated as Dixie's Joy.

Dixie is a geographical concept that represents the southern states of the United States.

In Alabama, no one listens to Mariah Carey or Madonna, only country music is popular here.

The name of the band that sings "Dixie Joy" is called Alabama, and its status among red necks is comparable to that of the British Beatles and Rolling Stones, and the American Sky Blacksmith. They are both Tarzan and Beidou-level bands.

When Ethan returned with the players, everyone in the Scarlet Dance Troupe had just left the field. This was the first time that Ethan had close contact with these girls.

Because they were far away, Ethan didn't go up to strike up a conversation. From a distance, he saw the group of people looking at him frequently, with smiles on their lips, as if they were discussing him.

In the second half, the situation changed and the situation was no different from the first half.

"Ethan ran too fast!"

"A flash of red lightning flashed across the Birmingham sky!"

Amid the exclamations of the host, Ethan once again scored 60 yards in the third quarter.

At the end of the third quarter, the Crimson Tide scored another touchdown thanks to Sean Alexander's running ball.

The score came to 21-0.

This time even the opponent was more or less ready to give up the game.

Of course, the chase with a score of 3-28 has also happened in college football, but the Falcons' offensive team obviously does not have this kind of strength, and the Crimson Tide will not give them a chance.

During a return attack in the fourth quarter, Ethan even heard the shouts from the scarlet dance group girls behind him.

"Hey, Ethan, look back!"

"Jenny, shut up and don't interfere with the game! Hold her down." Makennah Allen, the captain of the Scarlet Dance Team, said immediately, and several other team members worked together to hold her down.

At the same time, the opponent's kicker also kicked the ball out. McKenna was relieved when she saw the figure with "Ethan No. 15" printed on her back catching the ball and rushing forward quickly.

"If the coach finds out, he will definitely scold you again." She looked at the players around her. She had long curly brown hair and always had a friendly smile on her face.

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The Falcons finally scored a touchdown in the fourth quarter, but were unable to reverse the situation. The final score ended at 21-7. The Crimson Tide got off to a good start and won the first game of the season.

After the game, Ethan unsurprisingly became the focus of many media interviews. There is no doubt that various sports media are paying close attention to this talented player who has just entered college, including Penny.

And Ethan also used practical actions to tell everyone that it is not that he needs to adapt to the college football field, but that the college football field needs to adapt to himself.

Sitting on the departing bus, Ethan saw fans standing on both sides of the road through the glass to see the bus off. It must have been another carnival weekend tonight.

At the same time, coach Eugene began to read out the key statistics of this game.

"Freddie Kitchens had the most passing yards with 156 yards, completing 16 of 10 passes and one touchdown. The situation was similar to last season."

"Sean Alexander ran the ball six times, gained 63 yards, and scored a touchdown. The average run was more than ten yards per run. This is a very good result and has been improved compared to last season."

"Michael Vaughn, five catches, 73 receiving yards, quite satisfactory." Eugene looked at the data presented after the game and commented one by one.

Starting from college, these players will be surrounded by "data", and each team will have professional data analysts to sort out the data as soon as the game ends.

"Coach, how many yards did Ethan get?" a team member asked.

The "sideline ballet" that Ethan performed in today's game was astonishing to everyone, and Ethan's terrifying running speed was also fresh in people's minds.

"Return yardage..." Eugene looked through several notes in his hand. Generally, no one would care about this data.

"5 returns for 276 yards, one return for a direct touchdown, and an average of more than 50 yards per return. Stably pushing past halftime!" Eugene took the initiative to applaud.

"This is a brilliant result, well above average."

"Ethan, Ethan, Ethan!" The teammates also cheered and whistled with their hands raised.

Don’t forget, this is only Ethan’s first game.

"Oh, this game is a little dull, but there are not as many punts as I thought, otherwise you would definitely have exceeded 300." Danny Pillman, who was sitting next to Ethan, patted Ethan on the shoulder and consoled him.

When he made the request, he deliberately set the conditions very harshly. A 300-yard return would be reported by many sports media and a small probability event that would be discussed across the country for a while. In fact, the goal he set for Ethan was Two hundred yards, from this perspective, Ethan certainly completed the task well.

Ethan turned to the special teams coach next to him.

"Don't worry, although you didn't achieve your goal, you passed my assessment!" Danny Pillman shrugged.

45 minutes later, the bus returned to the University of Alabama campus, and everyone dispersed in front of the training facility.

"Next week, also at Legion's home court, we will face the University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles, who just defeated the University of Georgia 11-7 in today's game." Eugene said.

Southern Mississippi is not the same school as Mississippi (Ole Miss), this is a team from the CUSA league.In terms of strength, they are not much better than the Falcons they defeated today.

"What are the results of other teams in the Southeastern Conference? Are any competitors upset?" A player asked at this time.

Everyone wants those competitors to lose.

"Auburn defeated the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Our campus didn't score a point. Auburn got four touchdowns." Eugene shook his head.

"The Tennessee Volunteers...beat the University of Nevada, Las Vegas 62-3, Peyton Manning scored over 700 yards in one game!"

"Shit!" someone whispered.

"The Florida Gators defeated Southwestern University 55-21, with cornerback Fred Weary scoring two touchdowns by himself."

He was a corner position, and he scored two touchdowns in one corner position, proving that the opponent's offense was severely suppressed.

In comparison, Alabama's 21-7 score seems a bit unbeatable.

"But it's not without good news. Last year's Western Conference champion Arkansas lost the game against Southern Methodist University 10-23." Eugene finally announced the good news.

Several other Western Conference competitors mostly won their games. Although Alabama is not outstanding, it is not the worst one either.

"In addition, Ethan O'Connor, in the next game, I want to give you some opportunities to play as a quarterback." Eugene stated the next arrangement.

Originally, he planned to let Ethan gradually take over Freddy's kitchen position after a month, but Ethan's performance in this game made him change his mind.He decided to take advantage of Ethan's current hot state and directly let Ethan appear as the quarterback.

"This week, I need you to start familiarizing yourself with the team's offensive tactics. Woody McCovey, you will be responsible for this." Eugene looked at the offensive coordinator next to him.

The paralyzed Woody McCovey nodded in agreement.

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After the team members were officially disbanded, Ethan returned to his apartment. The school deliberately arranged his apartment near the training hall, and it only took a few minutes to walk.

He wasn't hooking up with the crimson girl tonight, Penny was coming to see him, and apparently she wasn't going back until the next day.

"I found this in front of the door." When Penny entered, she handed Ethan a card.

There are still three Greek letters "ΔΚΕ" on the card. Apparently someone posted this card on the door after Ethan came back.

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"The ability of the University of Alabama Crimson Tide to attract money is obvious to all, especially the football team. Students, if any of you have not experienced the atmosphere of the Crimson Tide games, then I personally recommend that you must observe a few games in person. Tournament, I guarantee it will be an unparalleled experience..." In the classroom, a middle-aged man wearing a tie stood on the podium.

On the oversized multi-layered blackboard behind him, the Crimson Tide team name was scrawled.

"However, the content of this semester is not to analyze how good the atmosphere of the Crimson Tide is, how enthusiastic the audience is, and how many honors the team has won, but to explain from a business perspective what this team has brought to the University of Alabama and Alabama. What good has Bama brought to the table.”

"Let me introduce myself. In addition to being the instructor of your sports management course, I am also a member of the Crimson Tide's business development team." The man held out a finger.

"Let me first talk about the most intuitive number... 7500 million US dollars, which is the total revenue of the Crimson Tide football team last season. The revenue includes three major sources: tickets, donations, and commercial rights sharing. Among them, the TV broadcast share is the bulk. In addition, we We also have many sponsors, including Coca-Cola, Chevrolet, McDonald's, and Bank of America... This year, we will also be negotiating for sporting goods sponsorship for the team, including NIKE, Reebok, and Adidas, who are all in contact with us."

Sporting goods sponsorship?

Ethan couldn't help but raise his head... His contract with Wilson will expire in half a year, and a new sponsorship contract will need to be renegotiated by then. I wonder if Wilson is interested in sponsoring the Crimson Tide.

"Teacher, I think it is necessary to remind you that there seems to be a major player of the Crimson Tide in the class!" The person sitting in the front row suddenly said.

"Where is he?" The instructor immediately began to look around, and followed everyone's gaze and found Ethan, who was sitting at the back of the classroom.

"It's unbelievable. Ethan O'Connor is here. Stand up young man, you are fully qualified to accept the applause of everyone." He motioned to Ethan.

Ethan stood up rather reluctantly, after all, this was not the first time.

Since starting his college course, he has been watched eagerly by everyone wherever he goes, and has undoubtedly become a star student.

And if he spoke a few more words to a girl, it would only take half a day for the girl to become famous in the school.

Although school has just started, there are already two girls on this "Ethan's List".

Rumors about the three women's connection to Ethan have begun to circulate in the school.

The first is this year’s freshman, Ellie from the School of Nursing. It is said that she came to Alabama after being invited by Ethan, and the two are from the same high school.

In addition, there is Ms. Mary from the admissions office, who has personally approached Ethan many times over the past few days.It seems that the relationship between the two is not bad...

In addition, the fraternity mark named "ΔΚΕ" appears more and more, as if there is a pair of invisible eyes staring at Ethan.

This sign will appear on Ethan's door, locker, car window, and even on the restaurant's seats.

Yesterday someone even had a sticky note with this logo stuck on Ethan's back, but he was completely unaware of it.

Ethan and Mary had talked about the fraternity more than once.

And the other party's answer was somewhat beyond Ethan's expectation.

“The ΔΚΕ fraternity was shut down by the school many years ago. Members of this fraternity once invited black students at the school to eat fried chicken, watermelon and drink malt liquor on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This was a completely racist act. , this matter was published in the local newspaper and caused dissatisfaction among a large number of local black people."

"And what happened to you obviously means that this brotherhood has not disappeared, but has been carrying out underground activities!" Mary tried to analyze.

"Have you reported this to school security?" Mary then asked.

"Of course, but the other party also said he was helpless. I can't ask the school security guards to stand downstairs in my apartment." Ethan shook his head.

"That's what we should do. We must eradicate this evil brotherhood that is full of misconduct and racial discrimination!" Mary nodded with a fierce expression.

It sounds like this fraternity is quite notorious.

　Today's chapter, Kavinka is awesome.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)