061 Gathering of rookies
Objectively speaking, the winner of the Heisman Award is indeed a beautiful and high-profile event, and every football player who plays in the NCAA is eager to be recognized for the award, fight for it, and fight for it, even reporters will project all their attention on it; In each year's draft, the Heisman Award winner is the undisputed top pick.
Cam Newton, that's a name that's been a blast all season long. However, Auburn University, where he studied, was in the Southeastern League, and there was no chance of fighting against the Pacific Twelve League, so it was not until today that the names and characters overlapped.
Looking at Cam's pride and arrogance that was higher than the sky, Lu Ke didn't intend to let him continue to be arrogant, but just shrugged his shoulders, "I'm sorry, Tom." ”
This time, Luke's meme is Tom Brady, another top quarterback in the league. However, Tom had a mediocre college career, and was drafted by the New England Patriots only out of 199 in the draft. Who knows, after entering the league, Tom has created his own era.
The subtext of Lu Ke's sentence just now is: What about the Heisman Award winners? It's just the college scene, and it's impossible to count how many Heisman Prize winners have been buried in the league.
A simple sentence, but it was like a slap in the face, slammed into Cam's face, the raging flames in his eyes were almost visible to the naked eye, and the terrifying eyes seemed to be ready to directly devour Lu Ke alive, and the muscles in his body were tense to the extreme, it could be seen that his anger was completely out of control, and he was almost uncontrollable.
Lu Ke was still unhurried, Shi Shiran turned his head to look at the two friends, "It's so boring here, a swarm of flies is buzzing." How about we go back? ”
"Grass!" Cam's temper suddenly lost control, and he rushed up with a wave of his fist; But Logan wasn't a vegetarian either, he stood at the front and raised his hand to put his big fist over.
Before the two of them scuffled, a "bang" gunshot, the earth shattered, and the young people all came to their senses, Lu Ke and Marcus both stepped forward and pulled Logan away, and Cam's friends also pulled him back, and then you could hear the bar owner say in a rough voice, "I'm not joking!" Quiet or roll! ”
After immigrating to the United States at the age of eight, Lu Ke has always known that firearms are a common thing in this land, but this is the first time he has heard a gunshot so closely, his eyes can't help but show surprise, and he asks curiously, "Do you often take this treasure to hunt?" ”
The bar owner glanced at Lu Ke, and couldn't help but show a helpless smile in his eyes, but he didn't answer, but knocked on the table, "If you want to continue drinking lemonade, it's better to change to a different bar." This is not New York. "The people of the Midlands have always had opinions, even hostilities, towards a big city like New York.
Lu Ke laughed, "I'm sorry, he's not old yet." Lu Ke patted Logan's shoulder and complained calmly. The legal drinking age in the United States is twenty-one years old, and Logan is of course twenty-one years old, and Lu Ke is just joking, which makes everyone laugh.
He took out cash from his pocket and put it on the bar, including lemonade and tips, and then Lu Ke beckoned Logan and Marcus to prepare to leave.
"Hey, you guys, do you have names?" Cam shouted reluctantly, but his body movements were very honest, because they both knew that the bar owner was not joking. "Which coward is there to make a fool of himself?"
"And which loser can't afford to lose?" Lu Ke replied lightly, and laughter came from his ears again, "If you have the strength, let's go to the court to fight it out." Don't be here to be crooked, humming, and chirping, like a child who doesn't grow up. The same taunt, now Lu Ke fought back: at the beginning, it was Cam's mouth itching and taking the initiative to provoke.
After speaking, Lu Ke didn't wait for a response, pushed open the door of the bar and walked out, and the three mermaids rushed out, leaving only a cursing sound from behind.
The three of them exchanged glances, and then laughed in unison.
Coming to the parking lot next to him, Marcus shook his head in amazement, "Bambi, are you serious?" You really don't know Cam Newton? ”
"What do you think? I'm a journalism student. Of course Lu Ke knew, at the beginning, the face and the name did not match; And there were four people on the other side, bustling together, Lu Ke didn't look carefully, so he didn't distinguish it.
Marcus and Logan smiled even wider, and then Logan said, "Those four guys are actually named guys, Nick-Fairley, Marcell-Dareus, and James-Carpenter, and they should all be at least second-round picks." ”
"So? Are you scared? Lu Ke's rhetorical question, as a result, Logan gave him a punch in the chest without mercy, and said loudly, "Let them come, I can knock them all down alone." ”
"Are you sure they didn't bring you down?" Marcus also coaxed, and the three of them couldn't help but laugh again.
The rookie training camp is a gathering place for a group of young people, all of them are proud, all of them are full of confidence, all of them are arrogant, and all of them are hot-tempered. It is foreseeable that there will be no shortage of friction of all kinds, and now even the training camp has not even entered, and the friction has already begun.
"Didn't you say that the rookie training camp was all the talk? Even if there are no fans pouring in, at least there should be a lot of reporters, scouts, staff, etc. Why is the bar so empty, really! As a result, I also met a few sissies, which was really unappetizing! Logan grumbled and complained, and the three of them came to the officially arranged hotel in two cars one after the other, and after parking the car in the parking lot, they walked all the way in the direction of the hotel lobby.
Although the rookie camp officially starts tomorrow, this afternoon, the rookies will have to report in the hotel lobby.
"Bang", the glass automatic door opened, the hot air rolled to the face, a wave of bustling noise mixed with it, the eyes were suddenly filled with the scene of a sea of people, a rough look, almost no space in the line of sight, as if this was not a hotel lobby, but the scene of a summer music festival, the rolling heat wave burned on the surface of the skin, and the temperature of the blood also quietly began to rise, gradually boiling.
Recalling the calm scene of two or three kittens in the bar just now, the three of them were a little dumbfounded, and the stark gap made people really stunned, and their minds were full of question marks.
"Welcome to the Indianapolis Marriott." A doorman in a black uniform greeted him with a shallow smile on his face, "Is there anything I can do to help you?" The doorman's gaze fell on the three men, and then asked tentatively, "NFL rookie camp?" ”
Logan nodded in affirmation, and when he came back to his senses, he asked eagerly, "What's the matter with these people?" All rookie camp? ”
Two hundred, three hundred, this is just a number of people I have heard, but the scene I actually saw was shocking, and it was definitely not as simple as a number; What's more, in the training camp, the rookie is the protagonist, but not the largest number. Now it seems that the bar is empty because everyone has gathered here.
"Yes." The doorman said with a smile, "Many people have just arrived at the hotel and are checking in. Once you've checked in, you can go back to your room to rest or stay in the lobby to make some new friends. The doorman looked back and forth, "Do you need help with any luggage?" ”
"Yes, thank you." Logan took the initiative to put his luggage on the luggage trolley, and for four days before and after the training camp, the league uniformly issued uniforms, but they still brought their own civilian clothes, as well as a change of underwear, socks and sneakers. Then he turned his head and beckoned to Lu Ke and Marcus, "Man, put things on quickly." Let's go over and check in first to see our room arrangement. ”
Logan and Marcus rushed forward, but Lu Ke's pace couldn't help but slow down slightly, and his heart was surging. This is the rookie training camp, and six months ago, he dreamed of coming here, but it was almost an impossible dream; But now, he's standing in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel, in the middle of it.
He loved it, including the scorching air thinning the oxygen in his lungs.
A casual glance reveals a number of well-known faces.
USC offensive tackler Tyron-Smith, University of Wisconsin defensive end JJ Watt, University of Washington quarterback Jack Locke, UC Berkeley defensive end Cameron-Jordan, Louisiana State University corner back Patrick-Peterson......
Some are opponents on the other side of the Bruins during the season, some are the faces of the NCAA official media coverage, and some are names heard on the radio and the Internet...... Some of the players are juniors who came to the draft early, and most of them are seniors...... These players are either first- or second-round picks, and they're destined to make it to the professional league, where they're in the spotlight and don't have to worry about draft prospects; As for whether it is a deserved name or a bad parallel commodity after becoming a professional player, then wait for time to tell.
What Lu Ke can be sure of is that there are future top superstars in front of him, and they are now in the same room, standing on the same stage, and even standing on the same starting line! Does this mean that one day, he can also become a top superstar in the limelight? Just thinking about it in my head makes me feel excited.
"Ding", a voice suddenly came to mind in my head, this was not a flash of inspiration, but ...... System tasks? Lu Ke didn't react for a while, why is there a system task at this moment? Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
After summoning the system, open the unread message, and then Lu Ke saw a bright word: Special mission!