American winner takes all

Chapter 252 BCS Series (12)

September [-], Vanderbilt Stadium.

As the oldest football stadium in the Southeastern Conference, this stadium has been in operation since 1922. After 70 years of ups and downs, it has now become the smallest football stadium in the Southeastern Conference. Although it has been renovated and expanded many times, it is now The number of seats is less than 5, which is almost twice the capacity of Alabama's Danny Bryant Stadium.

Before the game between Vanderbilt University and the University of Alabama in the second round of the 97 season, 41000 spectators came to watch.

"The elusive line change pass, this is Ethan O'Connor's signature move. Although Nebraska quarterback Scott also used this pass, no matter it is the speed or arc, The angles are obviously different from Ethan!"

The voice of Ethan's old friend Matt Millen came over the broadcast signal of FOX Sports.

As a commentator on Fox, his main job is to commentate on the NFL, occasionally guest-starring in some local games, such as high school football. This year, Matt Millen, together with his new partner Joe Buck, has a brand new task, commentating on most games. Major Southeastern Conference games.

The broadcast duo's first Southeastern Conference game was dedicated to Ethan O'Connor.

In the broadcast, Ethan's tight end teammate Rod Rutledge suddenly burst out from the front line, received Ethan's strange pass, and finally rushed into the zone and scored a touchdown.

The same connection and coordination as in the second half of last season.

Even though this is obviously not the first time Ethan has used this trick, as a special tactic, the success rate of this combination is quite high. Currently, there are almost no teams that can form an effective defense.

Standing in the formation area, Rhodes high-fived and celebrated with his teammates. At this time, Ethan also came over. When Rhodes and Ethan high-fived, there was an obvious smile on his face.

"Vanderbilt University doesn't like us at all. Be careful Ethan, don't get knocked lame later." Rhodes said in a joking tone.

"Oh, that's normal. If they could make clay bombs, the hotel we stayed in last night had turned into a sea of ​​flames." Ethan responded in a relaxed tone.

As Alabama's oldest RBQ, Vanderbilt University is the team that has lost the most games to Alabama. This year's Vanderbilt University is also having a hard time. It's only the second quarter, and the team is currently losing to 0 at home. An embarrassing score of -20 fell behind Alabama.

If nothing else, Alabama will usher in another big victory today.

And Ethan never gives his opponent any chance. No matter whether the opponent is Florida or Tennessee, or a loser like Arkansas or Vanderbilt, Ethan will treat them equally.

In the third quarter, Ethan started quickly, running the ball under the screen of his running back teammates. When facing the defensive end of Vanderbilt University, he used two consecutive fake moves to quickly pass the opponent and face the opponent. When coming down from the line, he uses a turn to make his opponent lose his balance.

Then when facing Yu Wei, when he realized that Yu Wei's height did not have an advantage, but instead moved very quickly laterally, Ethan made an instant choice. At the moment of contact with the opponent, he did a side flip on the ground, from It went directly over the opponent's head.

Once again, one person singled out most of the defense line.

"There is no doubt that Ethan, who is currently a quarterback, is much better at running the ball than many major running backs in the Southeastern Conference. I even saw Barry Sanders and Terrell Day in Ethan. Weiss’s shadow…”

Barry Sanders, last year's NFL rushing champion, averaged a terrifying 6.1 yards per run. He can often get rid of dense defenses through flexible changes of direction and turns.

Terrell Davis is also an outstanding running back in the NFL in the past two years. He is currently the main force in the Denver Broncos. Compared with Barry, Terrell is better at running the ball in a straight line and making the most of his strength and strength. Speed, and his signature move is a leaping move that goes right over the defender.

In other sports, flashy flying over the defensive player's head will be mixed with some insulting meaning, such as the rainbow dribble in football, but in rugby, flying directly over the opponent's head is an extremely useful dribble. Way.

It can be said that, apart from being a little too difficult, there are no shortcomings in leapfrogging.

·
"Did you see it?"

In the dressing room, the big star Nicole Kidman, who was undergoing make-up, watched the football broadcast on Fox Sports on the TV behind her through the reflection of the mirror in front of her.

"Nic, when did you start paying attention to this?" The female manager next to her looked a little confused.

She only knew that Nicole Kidman had gone out to relax for a few days not long ago. As for where she went, no one except her two closest and most trusted assistants knew.

"I'm a University of Alabama fan now," Nicole said.

"The athlete just jumped up on the spot, wow!" Nicole Kidman then made a gesture and added sound effects.

"His waist is really good." Nicole Kidman thought of something and then added.

The two women looked at each other and smiled.

"If I have time, I might go to watch the Alabama game." Nicole Kidman fiddled with the hair on her forehead and looked at herself in the mirror.

·
As Ethan predicted before the game started, Vanderbilt had no way to defeat Alabama.

Alabama ultimately shut out its opponents with an exaggerated record of 38-0 on the road.

"There are still two years."

When Ethan shook hands with the Vanderbilt University quarterback, the other party said this.

Ethan didn't react at first, but he realized the next time that this meant that Vanderbilt University needed to meet him two more times.

"I might be gentler next time." Ethan tilted his head and said.

"Don't forget this sentence next year, I will remember it." The other party shook his eyebrows.

Although they have always suffered disastrous defeats against Alabama, at least the mentality of the Vanderbilt players has remained very good.

"Hot Weapon" doesn't necessarily require you to cry, after all, it's fun.

Back in the locker room, Ethan found the players watching the broadcast on TV.

Compared with this game, which lost its suspense early, at the same time, in Los Angeles, California, at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, the University of Tennessee was engaged in a fierce battle with UCLA.

The voice of ABC's famous commentator Keith came from the TV. He once commented on the Southeastern Conference championship game between Alabama and Florida last year.

"The Tennessee Volunteers' last chance...QB Peyton Manning caught a pass from center and he was watching!"

Along with the voice of the commentary, Peyton Manning in the picture threw the football in his hand vigorously without much accumulation of energy. The football crossed almost the entire field and finally fell into the hands of the wide receiver in front of the zone. , he jumped high, took the ball steadily, then pulled to the side and rushed into the formation from the outside.

Peyton Manning's ball was so fast that the UCLA players didn't even react, allowing the Tennessee Volunteers' wide receiver to easily complete the touchdown.

"We did it, Peyton Manning did it! Relying on this precious pass that shined like a shooting star, Peyton Manning helped the Tennessee Volunteers regain the lead at the last moment. Ethan O'Connor obviously couldn't reach it Get this rate of fire!" Keith even cueed Ethan during the commentary.

As the oldest college football commentator on ABC and even in the country, Keith has watched batches of young players grow up. The good impression he had on Ethan, an enemy of the NCAA's traditional non-commercial operations, has also disappeared. , in addition to the fact that News Corp. entered college football this year and Fox Sports obtained the broadcast rights of the Southeastern Conference, it also made ABC feel a little bit of a sense of crisis.

It cannot be denied that Peyton Manning's ball speed is indeed very fast. A long pass of more than [-] yards feels like a [-]-yard mid-range pass.

This year's Peyton Manning is much stronger than last year.

Ethan heard a high-pitched voice coming from the television.

Although this is an away game for Tennessee, there are still some fans who have come from afar, and at this moment, the bars in Tennessee, large and small, may have become a sea of ​​cheers.

Peyton Manning's opponent is UCLA, which is very exciting. At least in Tennessee, the ratings of this game will far exceed that of Alabama and Vanderbilt University.

"In which round will the game against the University of Tennessee be in this year?" Ethan asked immediately, almost subconsciously.

"The sixth round, the third Saturday in October, is No. 18." Eugene said.

"For Victory cigars this year, we have to smoke the most expensive brand." Ethan looked at Eugene.

"If the budget is sufficient, the school will meet your request." Mary next to Ethan responded.

"In addition, this year the five major leagues combined with the four major bowl games to launch the BCS Bowl Series. This year is a preparatory exercise. By next year, this system will be officially implemented." Eugene told Ethan another piece of news.

College football has never had a true champion.

The emergence of the BCS Bowl Series is to solve this problem. It has certain binding rights and contingency clauses for the four major bowl games.

Simply put, when the top two schools meet in a bowl game, the BCS forces the two teams to meet.

This effectively circumvented the national championship battles between Brigham Young University and the University of Washington in 1984 and the University of Miami and the University of Washington in 1991.At that time, the two universities could not meet according to normal rules.

In return, the national championship game will rotate annually among four bowl games.This set of rules is the prototype of the College Football Playoff that has been in use since 2014.

"Roy Kramer ready to make a comeback?" Ethan's mind flashed to the Southeastern Conference president.

This is not the first time that the concept of the BCS Bowl Series has appeared. In 92, the five major leagues, six bowl games, and the independent University of Notre Dame jointly established the Bowl League, but it was backstabbed by the Rose Bowl at the last moment, causing the plan to go bankrupt.

The Rose Bowl insists that it must be participated by the champions of the Big Ten and Pac-10 every year.

"Last time it was the NCAA that got in the way. This time Roy kicked the NCAA out completely and combined it with the Coaches Association rankings. He even hired three mathematicians to set up a Borda count to calculate the rankings. Ethan, maybe you are wrong. Will be the first true national champion.”

The BCS championship will not be recognized by the NCAA and the Associated Press, but will be recognized by the five major conferences and the coaches association, which can be regarded as forcing the NCAA.

Including Roy Kramer's intervention against Alabama last year, the Independence Bowl, and the legal action he is preparing for, it can be said that the final goal is exactly for the BCS Bowl Series.

In addition to the national championship, Eason also wants the Independence Bowl to be included in the BCS system.

If the former is possible, the latter has no chance at all.

"Let's think about how to win the game with Peyton Manning first." Ethan said worriedly.

Compared with Peyton Manning, whose strength has been steadily increasing, Ethan can't think of any difference between himself and last year.

Yes, the coaching staff will give him support, but he has already learned the special skills of several people last year. In the end, they have no way to help him "quickly succeed" like last year.

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During the simple press conference after the game against Vanderbilt University, Ethan also arrived with head coach Eugene. Ethan saw Penny Weber in the audience wearing a gray suit jacket with a lining of Pink silk top with ruffled collar.

Her long dark brown hair was deliberately styled with a curling iron, her smile was charming and generous, and her big eyes looked directly at Ethan. When she noticed Ethan's eyes, Penny even made a pout. expression.

It's like showing love from afar.

But this scene was noticed by the ESPN location host who was sitting not far away from her. She was completely different from Penny. She had dazzling blond hair, a slender neck, and delicate facial features.Her name is Michelle Beisner. She has received dance training for 15 years. She was a cheerleader for the Denver Broncos before and was the cheerleading representative of last year's Pro Bowl.The Pro Bowl is both an All-Star game for players and an All-Star game for cheerleaders.

After she achieved the "Cheerleading Grand Slam", she took off her Denver Broncos orange cheerleading uniform this year, picked up the microphone and became an ESPN location host.

As for her future husband, it is Joe Buck who just commented on Ethan's game, but currently the two do not know each other.

At this time, Michelle Besner obviously had not adapted to the role of location host. In the past, as a cheerleader, she was always so popular, but after changing her career, she had to start from scratch.

At this time, when she noticed Penny Weber's bold movements next to her, her eyes wandered back and forth between Penny and Ethan.

Did the two of them have any deal?
Michelle Besner immediately came up with the idea.

This is all too common, with female reporters exchanging their bodies for information sources to gain the favor of players and gain a boost in their careers.

Besides, Ethan O'Connor has a lot of value!
After looking at the half-time press conference, Michelle Besner didn't find any obvious clues.

Ethan O'Connor didn't look at the Fox reporter that many times, not even as much as himself.

"Alabama certainly hopes to make it to this year's newly established BCS Bowl Series! This country needs to end the confusing selection system and let the team speak for itself. Last year, Alabama was undoubtedly No. [-] in the country. This matter has not changed. There's an argument to be made, but it's a loss for Alabama and a loss for college football that we don't get the credit we deserve."

"As for the NCAA, rather than thinking about how to change the status quo, it is better to say that they are thinking more about how much sponsorship they can get this year." Faced with Penny's question, Ethan responded with a teasing tone.

This made the scene burst into chuckles, and Petunia's question was also arranged by Ethan in advance.

This is not that Ethan is deliberately attacking or exposing his shortcomings. This is a new policy of the NCAA this year, opening up the league's sponsor system.

While they are attacking some people who are using college sports to make money, they are also using college sports to make money themselves.

The bad guy turned out to be myself?That's okay.

(End of this chapter)