In America, the winner takes all.

Chapter 178 Unexpected Difficulties (23)

"You heard that, right? Ms. Mary Harmon is here in person today. No one wants to lose today's home game." Eugene Strings looked at the disciples in front of him, and finally turned his eyes to Ethan.

"Ethan, you are the starter for this game today." He nodded to Ethan.

On the other side, in the balcony box, two women wearing sunglasses were watching the performance on the green field.

The game started at five o'clock in the afternoon. The sun was no longer dazzling at this time, but the two of them still wore sunglasses.

"Look at the people here, they are almost as fast as Wembley." One of the older women said.

"There are more people than Wembley. This is the first time I have seen such a battle in an American university." Another younger woman said.

"It's like... an Easter parade," the older woman commented.

"Anyway, it's a local festival." Kate Moss pulled her sunglasses down.

The two women spoke in authentic London accents and were obviously British.Neither knew much about the game of American football nor the local traditions of Alabama.

But at this moment, I feel it personally.

“I don’t know what else there is in the local area besides football, maybe nothing.” As Kate Moss’ agent, Sarah Douglas took off her glasses directly.

She doesn't attract as much attention as Kate Moss, but she doesn't need to be covered up everywhere she goes.

She was on a short vacation. When she heard that Kate Moss was going to visit Ethan at the University of Alabama, she followed her there on a whim.

She was very curious about what it was about Ethan, a young man, that fascinated Kate Moss. She was even more curious about why Ethan would choose such an "unknown" university. The answer to the latter question seemed to be already there.

"He's out." Kate Moss's eyes widened as she watched the players running in. Due to the large number of players and the fact that they were wearing helmets, Ethan was not found.

Finally, I really saw Ethan on the big screen at the scene.

The name was written in white on a red background, and with the appearance of Ethan, the audience burst into cheers.

"With the arrival of the third week of the game, we saw a brand new Ethan, and this time he will be the starter in this game!"

"Ethan, Ethan, Ethan! Curly tide!"

The chorus of shouts from tens of thousands of spectators was quite shocking.

"I didn't expect him to be so popular?" muttered Sarah Douglas.

As the owner of a modeling agency and the agent of many young models, she is very sensitive to "fame".

She doesn’t understand what American football is, but she understands what it means when tens of thousands of people call out one person’s name.

This means...the name has sufficient brokerage value.

Almost at the same time, Lisa appeared in Sarah Douglas's mind.

This woman got a big advantage!
She was rather jealous of Lisa's good fortune.

You can make money for yourself, enjoy it, have material and spiritual value at the same time, and you are still young...why can't you encounter it?

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Ethan on the court would never have imagined that there was a woman in the box who was making love to him. He was listening to the host calling out the starting lineup for Vanderbilt University.

There are many differences between this starting lineup and the last game, and it is obviously a temporary change.

Are you taking it personally?An idea came to Ethan's mind.

Before he had time to think about it, he had already gone to guess coins with Dwayne Rudd.

Dwayne Rudd is a senior this year and is one of the longest-tenured players on the team. His performance as a linebacker is impressive enough and he has always been the captain of the defensive team.

With Ethan's participation in the coin guessing this time, the results naturally changed.

Just as Ethan expected, he lost the coin guessing session again.

Can't you just win once?

The kicker went right back into play and the Vanderbilt Commodores took the lead.

On the bench, Eugene Sterlings watched a few offenses and immediately felt something was wrong.

"No. 80... Todd Yoder is wearing the jersey number of a tight end. He is also a tight end, but he is acting as a wide receiver in this offense..." Eugene Sterlings whispered. said.

In the next offense, Todd Yoder stood at the running back position again.He seems to be very free in his position on the field.

"This is also a freshman. I don't have his high school situation at hand, but I can see it in front of me. His position on the court is very special." Sterlings said.

And this young man is undoubtedly the core of the Vanderbilt University Commodores' tactics. It can be said that the Commodores' offensive lineup is changing every time they attack. Although Todd Yoder does not hold the ball every time he attacks, he is also very important to the Crimson Tide. The defensive team caused a certain amount of interference, and Vanderbilt University was obviously well prepared this time. The defensive coordinator's pre-game preparations were completely in vain, which caused the opponent's advancement to appear smooth.

Vanderbilt scored a touchdown and a spot-on kick midway through the first quarter, starting with the Crimson Tide trailing by seven points.

"It seems that the Crimson Tide's defensive team is not fully awake. Maybe there was an all-night party last night?" the host said at this time.

Contrary to the initial chorus of cheers, the fans at the scene booed to express their dissatisfaction with the defensive team.

The local fans in Alabama can be said to be true-hearted. They will brag when they win and curse when they lose.

"Fortunately, the Crimson Tide also has a high-profile newcomer, Ethan O'Connor will be the starting quarterback in this game!"

With Ethan's appearance, the dissatisfaction of the fans at the scene was somewhat resolved.

It's just that the expectations of the fans at the scene seemed to be completely disappointed.

Ethan's several consecutive passes were very beautiful, but they had no effect. Vanderbilt University's defensive team used a completely different defensive strategy from their previous opponents... completely giving up on marking Ethan and instead only targeting Ethan. teammate.

The original rusher now turns his attention to the wide receiver WR and the running back RB, which makes the situation on the field become confusing and complicated.

Obviously, this is a big obstacle for the Crimson Tide's offense.

For this situation, Ethan came up with his own solution.

He prepared to use rush ball more frequently, but was opposed by Eugene Sterlings at the first opportunity. "I think running the ball is not a suitable choice. The opponent's second-line defensive players are not strong. We should still conduct more aerial attacks based on the tactics of pre-game training." Eugene said.

He has his own reasons for saying this.

First of all, he was not ready to completely let go of Ethan and give him maximum freedom.The main reason is that Ethan has not been with the Crimson Tide for long. Secondly, Ethan's teammates have also trained many tactics during this period. If Ethan is allowed to change temporarily, it is likely to have the opposite effect.

"Ethan, we have trained many lineups and can slowly try them one by one." Offensive coordinator Woody also said into the microphone at this time.

Ethan also chose to follow the head coach's arrangements, but with three failed passes, Ethan could not see the possibility of moving forward at all.

Several attack points were completely restricted, and the running routes covered by teammates on several occasions were completely restrained by Vanderbilt University's coverage. Obviously Vanderbilt University was not only confident that it had studied the Crimson Tide's video, but also had good luck. It made the right bet several times in a row. .

This series of reasons led to the Crimson Tide's offense not achieving the expected results.

Eugene Sterlings had no choice but to take a free kick at the end of the third period.

In the end, the kicker kicked the ball firmly into the goal frame, and the Crimson Tide got three points.

Then it was the opponent's offensive team's turn to play again. At this time, there was not much time left in the first quarter.

Although there was not much time, Ethan was still sweating towards the end of the first quarter. The opponent's agile Todd Yoder directly or indirectly created multiple opportunities. In one of them, his teammates almost reached with the ball. At the end of the first quarter, the Commodores were already "one step away" from a new touchdown.

"Boys, Vanderbilt University looks much better than we thought." Although Eugene didn't want to admit it, he still reminded everyone.

So much so that an uneasy feeling gradually began to emerge in the hearts of the audience.

"The last time Vanderbilt University defeated the Crimson Tide...I wasn't even born yet." Jenny shook her head, feeling a little sweaty for Ethan.

At this time, McKenna, who was standing next to her, also looked worried. The current situation did not seem to be going well.

By the second quarter, the offensive coordinator and head coach had forced Ethan to adopt the previous tactics, which caused the Crimson Tide to become more passive. Ethan was forced to take another free kick at the 49-yard position, and this time One kicker didn't even manage to kick the ball in.

On the other hand, Vanderbilt University once again scored a touchdown in the second quarter and even scored a two-point extra. In the end, it completed a very thrilling two-point extra. The Crimson Tide fell behind by 12 points.

"If you hesitate any longer, you may really lose." Ethan also seemed a little anxious when communicating with the two coaches through the headset.

"But..." Sterlings showed hesitation again at this time.

"What's wrong? The previous tactics obviously didn't work as well as they should. We should make changes immediately." Ethan directly and unilaterally cut off the communication with the two coaches, and then signaled the two running backs to leave the field temporarily. .

It was obvious that he was preparing to use another tactical system, which was based on Ethan's strong physical fitness.

"Will it be used so soon?" Sean Alexander said subconsciously.

During this week, the team did start to try different tactical systems, but they were not proficient in them and obviously did not have the objective conditions to use them in this game.

"This is what the coach means." Ethan sent a fake order.

Then he looked towards the bench and asked the two wide receivers on standby to come up.

The opponent was also stunned, but as the two running backs began to walk off the field, the personnel rotation was successfully completed.

"He's so silly." Sterlings frowned and took off his headphones.

This was obviously not his original intention, and Ethan was the first person in his seven years of coaching this team to dare to directly disobey his orders on the court.

Considering that people have already started to go down, he can't push the two of them up again. Doing so is equivalent to telling everyone that he and Ethan have a conflict.

In the end, Eugene Sterlings was somewhat forced to listen to Ethan's wishes.

This time the Crimson Tide team's meeting was much longer than before. The meeting was completed almost at the last moment of the allotted time, and the formation to serving was also carried out at the last minute.

When Ethan got the ball, wide receivers began to move on all four sides, and Vanderbilt also felt unable to adapt to this change.

And Ethan's passing was also considered decisive. Without any hesitation, he directly chose to throw away.

But the direction in which the ball was passed was a bit confusing.

It was almost between the two wide receivers, and at the same time, the two outsiders were also running towards the expected landing point of the ball, and the defenders who were marking him immediately chose to follow.

Just when the ball was about to fall, a wide receiver suddenly changed his position, from the original receiving posture to the intercepting posture, and directly acted as a frontcourt screener.

In one-on-one, Michael Vaughn got the ball with his outstanding ability, and then relied on the cover of his teammates to successfully advance forward, and finally got 25 yards for the Crimson Tide.

It can be said that Ethan's substitution achieved immediate results.This gave all the fans hope again.

As the Crimson Tide began to commit more weight to deep end, the balance on the field began to be thrown off.

Vanderbilt University did not even call a timeout directly, but relied on the head coach's on-the-spot command to make another formation change.

This time the opponent's target became Ethan.

Ethan chose to put more troops into the frontcourt, which also meant that he at the back line lost all barriers and could only temporarily pull the tight end over to temporarily act as a blocker.

At this time, there was only Ethan on the back line, and he seemed to be a polished commander. As a new gear began, the opponent also tried to find a new breakthrough point from Ethan.

Two defensive players once again shouldered the responsibility of attacking the quarterback, and the opponent came to Ethan almost unimpeded.

At this time, Ethan once again showed his strong physical fitness. In the double-team confrontation between the two, he carried one against the other, finally pulled away, and once again won the big victory for the Crimson Tide through the long player. yardage.

"As expected of Ethan, this young player with a completely different style has strong physical confrontation ability. Even when faced with double-teaming by two people, he can still pass the ball directly! A Tyrannosaurus rex rushed directly from the high school field to the university. Football match!" The host's tone became rather urgent.

Although Ethan played in the previous two games, he did not show his signature personal style. In the third week of the game, the situation became completely different.

If Vanderbilt University wants to use rushing to restrain the Crimson Tide's running back-less lineup, then Ethan's strong physical fitness makes the opponent's countermeasures completely ineffective.

In the second quarter alone, Ethan scored two consecutive touchdowns.

Unfortunately, the kicker didn't even score the extra point in the second touchdown. When the half-time buzzer sounded, the Crimson Tide had already led the score by one point.

(End of this chapter)