Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 39 A strange combination of circumstances
Like Jacobs, Emmons is a high school student who enrolled in September, but his performance in the spring training camp was mediocre. Not to mention competing for the starting job, he was only the second running back even on the bench.

Shaban sent Emmons to the court, mainly hoping to use a different ground attack style to change the rhythm, and also to give Levi some time to rest and adjust.

When Levi left the court, Shaban noticed from the corner of his eye that Levi was walking towards Burns. The two men stood on the sidelines and exchanged ideas. Burns covered his mouth with the tactical manual, then nodded repeatedly and told Levi his ideas.

After a brief exchange, Levi's face was calm and he didn't reveal any emotion, but Shaban knew that Levi was ready.

When this thought came to his mind, Shaban was slightly stunned. When did he start to trust Levi so much?

Retracting his gaze and looking back at the court, Shaban continued to pay attention to the developments in front of him.

Emmons' ground advancement effect was average, and the Tigers' defensive team's front-line pressure was still very fierce. Although the lineup was missing two main Black-faced Yama players and the pressure intensity dropped a little, they were still very active, and the Crimson Tide Storm's offensive front line was under severe test.

However, the threat of Levi's ground advance just now made the Tigers' defense team feel uneasy, and their attention was clearly focused on the front line. The only result of Emmons' mediocre ground advance was that Bateman's pass was successful.

The Crimson Tide once again took the first down and approached the midfield line.

Unfortunately, Bateman's passing accuracy was still not good even under pressure, and the next simple short pass failed to connect, causing the Crimson Tide to face the dilemma of second-down and ten yards. As a result, Emmons barely rushed for two yards, and the home team was immediately stuck in the quagmire of third-down and eight yards.

The midfield line is just around the corner.

The Crimson Tide finally got some momentum in the second half. They only needed two more first downs to try a free kick, but they got stuck here.

A free kick in rugby is slightly less difficult than a free kick in football, but it is still difficult.

Like soccer, rugby free kicks also involve a wall of players, with the defense applying pressure and breaking through as usual to disrupt the kicker's rhythm; but because there is no goalkeeper and the goal is facing the sky with no boundaries, the success rate of free kicks is relatively high, but it is related to distance.

The closer you are to the goal, the higher your success rate.

The shooting distance should include three parts. The first part is the length of the end zone itself, which is ten yards, because the goal is at the bottom line of the end zone; the second part is the length between the football and the front line of the end zone; the third part is the distance of the kicker's run-up, which is usually about eight yards.

So, taking the extra point shot after a touchdown as an example, the football is placed fifteen yards before the end zone, so ten yards plus fifteen yards plus eight yards, the shooting distance is about thirty-three yards.

Generally speaking, the hit rate of free kicks around forty or forty-five yards is excellent, often close to 99%; but once the free kick distance exceeds fifty yards, the success rate will drop sharply.

Therefore, the NCAA and the NFL habitually refer to the 35-yard line of the opposing field as "entering the free kick range."

Of course, if the team stops at the 40-yard line of the opposite field, the attacking side can still attempt a free kick. Here they will have to face a 58-yard free kick, which is not impossible.

However, the thirty-five-yard line is safer.

Now, the Crimson Tide was approaching the midfield line, about the distance from the thirty-five yard line, which was almost the position of two first downs, and then the offense got stuck again.

Shaban also had a headache -

Bateman's short pass was inaccurate, and that was the key.

However, football is a whole and one cannot simply blame one link. Shaban remained calm and replaced Emmons with Levi.

In fact, Emmons did not make any mistakes. It was Bateman who made a mistake in passing the ball. But for a difficult situation like third down and eight yards, Shaban needed Levi to divert the opponent's attention.

Third down, eight yards. This is a long yardage. From a conventional perspective, it is wise to choose to pass the ball. After all, ground offense is often less than five yards, and passing the ball is the only hope for getting the first attack. Shaban believes that Sweeney has the same idea, so he needs Levi as a surprise player.

The original plan was for Shaban to use Levi in ​​this way in the regular season. Although it is now uncertain whether the original plan should continue, Shaban wants to test the effect of Levi as a surprise weapon.

Tactics, deploy them.

Bateman heard the tactics from the headset, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Levi.

Levi smiled at Bateman and mouthed, "Poker face."

The subtext is, don't let your opponent see through your tactics, stay calm.

Bateman couldn't help laughing, and inexplicably felt more at ease. He let out a long breath.

"attack!"

Bateman announced the start of the game, but he didn't even look at Levi. Instead, he looked towards the left side of the court. He didn't even step back to create space to look at the defense's layout. He raised his hand and prepared to pass the ball.

Quick short pass!
This tactic is to omit the quarterback from observing the offensive and defensive confrontation, and run a routine completely according to the tactics before the kickoff, catch the opposing defense off guard, complete the short pass, and then complete the advancement.

If it's done right, the wide receiver or tight end can open up space and advance a large amount of yards before the defense gets in position. In fact, it doesn't take a lot of yards, eight yards is enough for the Crimson Tide to get the first attack.

The Tigers' defense suddenly became chaotic and all moved to the left side at the first opportunity.

Perhaps, number ninety-nine is the only exception.

Farrell, number ninety-nine, noticed Levi.

Because he missed two tackles in a row in the last head-on confrontation, it was a shame for Farrell. He didn't care about any tactics or layout, and his attention was focused on Levi. With the impulsiveness and stubbornness of a high school student, he unexpectedly discovered that -

No. 23 did not move to the same side as the team, but moved in the opposite direction, that is, to the right side of the red tide storm and the left side of the tiger.

what happened?

Farrell had no time to judge and sound the alarm. His body weight had just moved to the right when he suddenly stopped and turned, then immediately pulled back and rushed to his left side.

In an instant, Farrell was separated from the team, but he had no time to observe before he saw the Crimson Tide quarterback turn around and throw the football flat.

Lightly and straightly, she fell into the arms of No. 23.

Fake fax run!

The Crimson Tide actually used a quick short pass tactic that was so realistic that it completed a fake fax run in the third-and-8 situation, which was really bold.

If Farrell hadn't noticed number twenty-three...

But at this time, there are no ifs.

Farrell rushed forward immediately, staring at number 23 intently.

Nearly.

closer.

Farrell's muscles were completely tense because he saw No. 23 just collided head-on with O'Daniel and used the force to turn around. He would never make the same mistake again. He didn't even have an impulse. He remained calm and kept observing No. 23's footsteps and the movement of his center of gravity.

coming!

Seeing number 23 so close, Farrell was delighted and was about to rush forward, but he didn't expect -

Shake.

There is a residual image in front of my eyes.

A stop.

The figure that didn't look strong and was even a little thin compared to a running back stopped right in front of him, but Farrell couldn't stop braking and rushed out.

Farrell: ???

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