America 1979

Chapter 116 A Rare Combo Guard
"Is this the Bill Ferrari?"

USC head coach Scott Jinks, wearing a peaked cap and rose red short-sleeves, asked, pointing to the tight end charging straight with the ball.

Just now, the owner of the No. 88 jersey received an amazing [-]-yard pass from his own quarterback, then knocked down an opposing linebacker and quickly got up and went straight forward.

"Yes." Paul Viking is also proud of this pass-catching cooperation, "His true strength is like this. After receiving the ball, he can still advance with a large number of yards, and his fault tolerance rate is much higher than that of wide receivers and running backs." .”

Although Coach Paul is dissatisfied with the sportsmanship of No. 88, he has to admit that Bill is still very strong.

"His tight end who can catch and rush is as rare as a strong tackle. He should be a small favorite at present. The top professional teams like this type of tight end very much."

Sharp review by Scott Jinx.

Coach Paul didn't want to say bad things about his players in front of his peers, but he has always had a prejudice against No. 88.

Another attack, quarterback John Wirth, who is about to leave the team, wanted to let his teammates vent their anger, so he dragged the rhythm of the game and also passed the ball to No. 88.

Bill's outstanding performance today intensified the discomfort in Coach Paul's heart, "It's a pity that he doesn't have that kind of pure fighting spirit. He only plays hard in key competitions, and his performance in other competitions is mediocre, and he cares too much for his body."

It's not that he dislikes this style of acting, but he feels that this style of play is not in line with his philosophy.

"This is not a shortcoming. Rugby players are prone to injuries. There is nothing wrong with conservative play. You can only play if you are on the field." The more Scott Jinx watched, the more he felt the cooperation of the Stanford school team Much better than his own team.

The coaching staff of the two teams exchanged ideas around the midfield. After watching for a while, the head coach of the Troy team became particularly interested in the tenacious tight end.

"Which kind gentleman gave me the body data of size 88. I really want to know how he can be so fast with his size."

Yevgeny approached him, "We had a physical test before spring training. His weight was 240 pounds and his height was 1.9 meters. Although this combination looks bloated, his speed has been maintained at forty. It looks like four seconds seven or four seconds eight. In addition, his arm strength..."

The offensive line coach paints a picture of the No. 88's true strength with concrete numbers.

"The size of a traditional end, the speed of a wide receiver and a good touch of the ball, this Bill is a rare combo guard." Scott praised.

He decided to use the two models of John Wirth and Bill Ferrari to motivate his players after the game.

"Coach Scott, our Bill intends to compete for the Maxwell Award and the Heizman Award next season. How likely do you think he is?"

Yevgeny took the opportunity to bring up this topic. The reason he said this is very simple. Scott Jinx is both the head coach of the university team and a member of the Maxwell Rugby Club. have some influence.

"I'll look at it again. I'll have the right opinion after this game." Scott didn't directly answer Yevgeny's question.

Coach Paul is in a very tangled mood. If the head coach of the Troy team supports No. 88 for the Maxwell Award, he can't even remain neutral, but he also feels sorry for those who asked him to vote for Bill. Harder players, especially injury-prone running backs.

Sports awards are about whoever pays the most is more eligible to win the award.

More than an hour later, the game has reached the last few minutes of the fourth quarter.Generally speaking, the regular season of the college league lasts nearly three hours, and most of the time is when the offensive and defensive teams of both sides set up formations, and the real effective fighting time is only about 1 minutes.

Since today's match is a friendly match, the two sides did not have small actions called time-outs, and the coaches just changed players to observe how different players and the opponent can play against each other. Most of the game time was consumed by two hours.

In the first three quarters of the game, John Wirth allowed the tight end to complete seven receptions for a total of 120 three yards of reception. touchdown.

For the ball-catching tight end, this data is good enough, and Scott Jinx has a decision in his mind.

The performance of the USC Trojans is mediocre. Although they have the ability to compete with UCLA, at least they did not play their strength today. When defending, the enemy quarterback completely controlled the rhythm of the game. The end forward felt like he was in no man's land. Any linebacker who blocked his offensive line was knocked down or pushed away by the invincible arm strength of No. 88. He also failed to quickly tear through the red and white team's guard system when attacking. Can honestly advance a little bit.

In the last minute, under the concerned eyes of hundreds of spectators, dozens of coaches and assistants on both sides, the red and white team wide receiver Kevin Moon received a five-yard throw from tight end Bill. The back pass, because No. 1 is being heavily defended by two large safety guards and a linebacker, can only use this risky strategy.Kevin lived up to expectations, a small detour smoothly rushed into the enemy's end zone and achieved a touchdown, making the score between the two sides fixed at 88 to 27.

This may be the captain's last college game, and the players' enthusiasm for celebrating is much higher than in the normal Parker Ten League. John Wiert's popularity is also good, and his game quality is also good.The members of the entire red and white team formed three or four large circles inside and outside, waiting to throw the captain up.

After throwing John Wirth three times, Mr. Ferrari and his teammates took the initiative to give up the good position to his teammates on the outside. He squeezed out of the crowd, trying to search for the left tackle of the Trojans to see if his expression was as expected. I was as mournful as I was, but was called over by the coach.

"Bill, come here quickly, a good thing happened to you." Yevgeny waved to No. 88.

After Xiaobu quickly ran to the pile of coaches where Yevgeny was, Mr. Ferrari knew what was going on.

"You're Bill! I'm the head coach of the Troys, Scott Jinx."

Surrounded by the senior coaches of the two teams, this person first introduced himself, and then carefully commented on No. 88's style of play and areas for improvement.

"...Actually, if you feel that the range of somersaults is too large and the possibility of injury is higher, you can choose hurdles. I have done research, and this kind of action has a much lower chance of injury than somersaults."

Scott focused on making Bill strengthen the hurdles to avoid the low-back tackle of the enemy defense.

"Thank you, sir, it has helped me a lot."

Then came Scott's big gift to Bill.

"Boy, you were selected to the Parker Ten best team in the 82 season, which proves that you are strong enough. In today's game, you are very good at running and cooperating with your teammates. Just now Coach Yevgeny asked me how likely you are With the Maxwell Award, let me answer that."

The head coach of the Troy team paused, looked at Paul Viking first, and then continued to Yevgeny: "I can't say an exact probability, I can only say that if Bill played every regular season game in the 83 season Playing so hard, I will vote for him, and call on the coaches I know to do the same, when selecting the Maxwell Award."

Different from the Heizman Award, the ticket warehouse for the Maxwell Award is two types of people: NCAAF coaches and members of the Maxwell Football Club. Although sports journalists will also be invited to vote, it is far less than the 870 sportsmen invited by the Heizman Award. Reporters are so exaggerated.

Even the head coaches of foreign school teams said so, and Paul Viking could only keep up, "Bill, if you maintain the level of hard work you have today in this year's regular season, I will also win the Maxwell Award and Walter The Camp Awards voted for you."

PS: Ask for a recommendation ticket and ask for a monthly ticket.

(End of this chapter)