Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 57 Season Opening
AT&T Arena, Arlington, Texas.

The 80,000-seat arena is home to the NFL's Dallas Cowboys and hosts a number of NCAA bowl and championship games.

Today, the curtain of the 2016-2017 NCAA season will slowly open here.

The new NFL season is about to kick off next Thursday. Professional games have not yet started, but the NCAA games that will start one step ahead of time have attracted the attention of the entire country.

Since 2009, AT&T Arena has been responsible for hosting the annual NCAA opening game, known as the "Cowboy Kick-off Classic", which has gradually evolved into a new event, announcing the arrival of a new football season, like a carnival.

Every year, AT&T Arena negotiates with the NCAA to invite different topical matchups to kick off the season. It may not be a strong matchup or a showdown between seeded teams, but it will definitely guarantee ratings and attention.

Last year, the Alabama Crimson Tide faced off against the Wisconsin Badgers, and the Crimson Tide defeated their opponent 35:17, starting a strong season.

This year, the Alabama Crimson Tide has been invited again to face off against the traditional powerhouse of the Pac-12 Conference, the USC Trojans.

Although there is no historical connection between the two teams, as traditional sports schools, they both have a broad and deep fan base.

Viewing guarantee.

Moreover, on Saturday, September 3, the Cowboys Kick-Off Classic will be held. It is the weekend, and countless fans from California and Alabama will travel to Texas to watch the game, and ticket sales are booming.

According to box office statistics, this is the second time that ticket sales have exceeded 80,000 since AT&T Arena hosted the annual Cowboys Kickoff Classic.

The AT&T Arena has 80,000 seats. In order to cope with special circumstances, part of the stands can be dismantled to increase seats and increase the capacity by 10,000 seats. This work is currently being carried out at the AT&T Arena, which means that the number of spectators present today may be close to 90,000.

The bustling crowd rushed in, and the view was a brilliant red.

The Crimson Tide's jerseys are red; the Trojans' jerseys are also red.

The red color of the Crimson Tide is scarlet; the red color of the Trojans is closer to reddish brown. The biggest difference between the two is the shorts. The Crimson Tide is white and the Trojans is gold.

The problem is, fans don't wear shorts.

As a result, you can see endless red overlapping and surging at the scene, and the local Cowboys fans in the AT&T Arena are experiencing nausea.

The Cowboys jersey is blue.

Red and blue have always appeared together...at least not as lovers.

Not only the fans, but also ABC TV station which competed for the broadcasting rights of the season opener and countless media have arrived to cheer for the arrival of the football season. The huge scene is no less than that of the Super Bowl.

Half nervous and half expectant.

Then, four buses slowly approached and stopped at the entrance of the player tunnel.

The reporters standing behind the iron railings set up their cameras, and the on-site host of ABC TV quickly approached with the camera team, ready to start the interview as soon as possible. The atmosphere of live broadcast quietly spread.

When people mention the Alabama Crimson Tide, there is no doubt that it is now a top-tier NCAA championship contender. Every move of the team attracts attention. However, after Derrick Henry turned professional this season, how will Shaban maintain the team's competitiveness and continue to attack the championship? This has also become the focus of everyone's curiosity. At the beginning of the new season, the defending champion Crimson Tide deservedly ranked as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA, but the ranking will change at any time in the next season. The key is whether the current seed ranking can be maintained until the end of the season.

Exactly four months ago, the spring training camp ended and the Crimson Tide once again defeated the Clemson Tigers, another championship rival for the new season, in the warm-up match. People were talking about the team's embarrassing shutout in the first half that put a question mark on the new season. People were also talking about the team's No. 23 who emerged in the second half and turned the tide to reverse the outcome.

In this game, No. 23 was completely bloodthirsty and completely destroyed the Tigers' defense. His three long-yardage advances of more than 20 yards in the second half were simply a weapon for siege and capture, which was terrifying.

Although some people say that it is just a warm-up match and there is no need to take it seriously, it is 6102 now, who still takes the data of the warm-up match seriously.

Some people also said that the Clemson Tigers' defense was a joke. The reason why others didn't gain 300 yards on ground offense was not because they were incompetent but because they had no interest. The Crimson Tide only relied on one point to gain data, which exposed their overall lack of confidence in offense.

But it has to be said that No. 23 jumped out of the cracks of the stone like Sun Wukong. The Crimson Tide is good at ground offense and training running backs. In addition, the team continues the strong defensive lineup from last season. It is indisputable that Shaban's team is still a strong contender for the championship.

The only unknown here is the number 23, who has no information.

The information was pitifully scant, not even enough to fill up a thin A4 paper. The height and weight were just thrown there alone, and the data from the warm-up matches and team games seemed to be mocking any idiot who took this data for analysis.

The most outrageous and funniest thing is that because the registration time on the 23rd was relatively late, the Crimson Tide did not submit the photos immediately, resulting in the NCAA system temporarily having no photos of the 23rd.

Such a situation is absolutely impossible in the NFL, but it is not uncommon in the NCAA, where the number of staff is seriously overloaded and layoffs may occur at any time. Anyway, the staff will be made up when the information is updated in the new season.

Therefore, a small number of people who did not watch the ESPN warm-up game live broadcast really did not know the true appearance of No. 23; plus, he wore a helmet throughout the game, and another part of the people who watched the ESPN warm-up game live broadcast talked about No. 23 with great enthusiasm, but they could not remember what No. 23 looked like.

In an age of ubiquitous social networks, this rare sense of mystery is incredible, and adds some legendary color to No. 23.

Looking forward to it, but not looking forward to it.

Love is so contradictory. We look forward to it because we believe in Shaban’s vision and ability; but we have ten thousand reasons not to look forward to it, which are simply too numerous to count.

So, can No. 23 shoulder the banner of Derrick Henry and continue to lead the Crimson Tide's offensive team to attack the championship?
Confused. Curious. Questioning. Probing. Provocative. Disdainful.

With different emotions and feelings, the Cowboys' launch of the classic this year has sparked a lot of discussion, and even the NFL has joined in the cheers.

I have to say that the NCAA has made a good calculation. They don't care about creating stars or the performance of No. 23. Anyway, a series of hype, promotion and marketing operations have made them earn a lot of money.

Now, the tickets are sold out, and it is inevitable that the Cowboys Start Classic will be held in a 90,000-seat venue for the first time in eight years. There are still countless spectators at the door who cannot buy tickets but are still reluctant to leave and hold up signs to ask for tickets.

At the same time, ABC TV, which has obtained the exclusive live broadcast rights, has also stood at the forefront——

Twenty-three, twenty-three, twenty-three.

Snapped.

The bus door opened, and after a brief wait, a figure appeared slowly.

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