America 1979

Chapter 29
On September 1979, [-], on Friday afternoon, the Hamatun High School team routinely participated in the New York State High School Football League.

The good news is that the strength of this team is about the same as that of Hamatun High School, and it is also at the level of Div-2.

Of course, this level is not the official certification made by the NFHS New York State Association of the American High School Sports Federation, but is roughly determined by the high school teams according to the level of college football games.

The top 1 in the state last season were Div-2, the 700 to 3 were Div-[-], and the remaining [-] were Div-[-].

The New York County-Lincoln High School team that played against the Hamadun High School team last week was a Div-1 school team, but the ranking was very low, while the Hamadun High School team ranked high in the Div-2 level, so the opponent at that time It is half a level higher than Hamatun.

But this week's situation is much better, the opponent is also Div-2 level, the strength of the two sides is not far apart, so there is no such situation as last time when they were blown out at the beginning of the game.

On the 120-yard long and 53-yard wide field, the two teams are in full swing for an offensive and defensive battle between you and me.

Hamatun won the ball, so Bill, who was the tight end of the offensive group, also participated in the game.

After the center kicked off, the Hamatun team, who had the ball, started the established tactics, that is, Bill made a miracle here, first turned over the cornerback on the defensive line, and then tried his best to prevent the enemy's second-line linebacker from attacking our teammate with the ball. interception.

Considering that after the center kicks off, Bill can fight against the hunched opponent, and the last three running backs, that is, the fullback behind the offensive and defensive line, and the two halfbacks can get the ball from the quarterback, so Bill overturned. The moment of the enemy cornerback is roughly the moment when the player with the ball draws a large arc to the right and crosses the offensive and defensive line.

So after he overthrows his opponent, he only needs to charge at full speed and knock over the second-line linebacker, and the entire tactic will be executed.

It is not his concern how the running back holding the ball will be placed by the enemy in the follow-up, because the number of advancing yards is also three to six yards in one offense, and the follow-up will advance steadily. 】At the end of the round, it is not a problem to get a ten-yard advance and the next lead.

But after two or three offenses like this, the opponent's quarterback also began to strengthen the defense on Bill's side. Often, after overthrowing the cornerback, he faced two enemy players, that is, the second-line linebacker and the third-line linebacker. guard.

This suddenly reduces the room for the running back with the ball to move around, because Bill can only solve one, and the remaining enemy players have to do it by themselves.

And running backs mostly pursue absolute speed, so they are not as big as safety guards or linebackers.

The safety guards are subdivided into strong guards and free guards. Among them, strong guards are defensive players who specialize in running tactics. Their size and strength are second only to defensive tackles and guards. Most offensive running backs Can't do it well.

In this way, the offensive yardage of the Hamatun school team went from five or six yards in the first [First Offense] to two or three yards in the second [Fourth Offense]. After one play, it seemed extremely difficult to get ten yards.

"George VI!"

In the 40-second gap between the second offense and the third offense, quarterback Howard clearly gave a secret signal to change tactics.

This is a backup tactic specially trained by coaches Robert and Murphy for the Haadtun team in the past week. It still focuses on Bill's brute force, but adds a trick of confusion.

Before the whistle blows, the offensive team has the right to change the player's position, but only one person behind the kick-off line, that is, before each kick-off, only one [guard] can change positions, and the rest of the guards want to change. position, you have to wait for the moving Wei to stop.

The defense does not have this restriction.

So after getting the signal from quarterback Howard, halfback Bowness, the ball-handler, suddenly moved from the right side to the left side in parallel.

This left Bill with no [guards], that is, no attackers, within ten or fifteen yards behind him.

The opponent's strong guards keenly captured this point, and it seemed that the enemy was going to attack from the other side.After seeing the nod of approval from the leader of the defense team, he also moved in parallel from the side defending Bill to the other side.

At the same time, another safety, who is also responsible for the fast roaming, moved a little closer to Bill's side, in case something special happened, such as a tight end who was a legal catcher rushing to catch a long-range ball. forward pass.

The tactics sounded, and Bill's heart began to agitate. After the whistle blew and the center kicked off the ball, he immediately pushed down the enemy cornerback with brute force, and then charged at full speed, trying to kill the line along the line. Guards and roaming guards who may quickly support.

The enemy linebacker and Bill had also dealt with each other several times, so he took a deep breath, bit the bullet and rushed forward, but he didn't dare to use his full strength. After all, a [-]-kilogram impact player was not what he wanted to defend. This is the opponent of Qiangwei.

One side charged at full speed, the other side just defended routinely. Needless to say, Bill knocked down the linebacker with just a hard push, and then continued to advance at full speed.

His quarterback, Howard, is right behind him. Unlike the normal impression, he is actually a double quarterback, that is, he can pass the ball to his teammates and run with the ball himself.

It's just that his ability to break through the front line with the ball is not strong, so he doesn't charge very much himself, but in order to confuse the opponent, he can only run wildly on the court.

This scene immediately won applause from the audience, because both sides of the competition are high school teams at the Div-2 level, so today's audience is only 5000 people, which is far less lively than the tens of thousands last time, but the offensive team broke through the right side. The absolute lead made all the audience excited immediately.

The position just now was 32 yards away, and it seems that there is a possibility of a touchdown with one offense.

The cameraman under the name of the CBS TV network also felt this. After hesitating for a while, the cameraman pointed the camera at Bill who was in the front position.

In this way, not only the picture of the tight end can be taken, but also the quarterback with the ball who will run to the center of the picture later.

Thus, a classic snap shot was born. The tight end charging at full speed collided with the free guard who was trying to stop the enemy's attack. The poor free guard was knocked into the air for a full three yards, which is [-] Four meters, and at the same time, the unstopped quarterback ran past the stopped pair and headed straight for the end zone.

The result is no surprise, without the strong guard blocking the tight end, the smaller free guard is just cannon fodder, and the vast space on the right side allows quarterback Howard to gallop.

Toad team touchdown!

The entire auditorium cheered instantly. Most of them were not diehard fans of a certain high school team. It was not in vain to see such wonderful changes and goals.

"Three-yard end!"

Driven by some people, such titles began to appear in the audience, but this did not affect the players on the baking sheet.

The opponent's free guard suffered such a catastrophe, the coach naturally called a timeout, prepared to make a substitution, and at the same time protested to the referee, because this collision was too brutal and unsportsmanlike.

His own coach Murphy also signaled to replace Bill, so that Mr. Ferrari, who was also stunned, could have a good rest.

"Good!" Robert was very satisfied with the successful implementation of this tactic, and gave Bill a high five, congratulating Bill on his first victory.

"Very good. It has far exceeded the expectations of Coach Murphy and me. You are a natural..."

Robert still kept praising Bill, who was playing for the first time. What Mr. Ferrari was thinking about was not the excitement of the first game.

He has to focus on his career!
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