In just one sentence, the spark between Kevin and John jumped up, Kevin turned around and glared at John fiercely, and John also glared back without showing weakness, but before the two people could confront each other, Anthony's irritable and angry voice came again, "You guys, assemble!" Did you hear me? Gather! ”

A shout interrupted the exchange between the two men, and Kevin turned around in a daze, and ran quickly towards the meeting place. He has been relegated to the fourth bench because of the conflict in the last training session. Nominally the fourth bench, but the fourth substitute for the quarterback is almost unplayable, no different from a sparring partner, and he can't make any more mistakes.

Looking at the angry John, Lu Ke laughed instead, "His vision is college football, and we are aiming for the professional league." Why bother with such a small role? This ridicule made John dumbfounded, he couldn't believe that Lu Ke's dream was so ambitious, from sparring to career? Even Hollywood fairy tales dare not write like this.

But when he thought about it, he couldn't seem to refute it, and in the end John was dumbfounded. trotted up with Lu Ke and joined the assembled team.

The coaching team stood not far behind, Rick Newhesse looked dissatisfied, chattering and discussing in a low voice with the other two coaches, Anthony turned his head to look, Rick waved his hand nonchalantly, and then Anthony looked at the players who had completed the assembly, and said loudly, "Today's training is over for the time being." Next, we have an intra-team training match, with the third echelon playing against the sparring pair. ”

Training matches in the training camp, this is really normal. It may be to test the effectiveness of training, it may be to master your own tactics, or it may be to master the opponent's tactics, and there will be training matches every three or five days, or it may be a group confrontation. But the question is, the third echelon vs. the sparring team? This is really rare.

Since the sparring partners do not have a strict position arrangement on the court, their main role is to play in groups, sometimes playing the offensive team, sometimes playing the defensive team, and sometimes also playing the special service team. In addition, it is usually more of a role in special training. In official training matches, the sparring partners hardly have a chance to play.

Ten days ago, the confrontation between Lu Ke and Kevin was a training method for group confrontation and special practice of offensive tactics.

Now, the sparring team is going to have an official training match? This means that they have to split up the offensive and defensive groups, and the special service team can make cameos with each other; Moreover, they must also choose a quarterback - there is no quarterback in the sparring team, and if the sparring team needs a quarterback, it is usually the third or fourth quarterback in the team who temporarily plays the role to cooperate with the tactical drill.

Anthony seemed to know exactly what kind of bomb he had dropped, and then said, "The game goes on for fifteen minutes and we see how everyone rehearses the tactics." It's no secret that our first and second teams are going through injuries and at the end of this training camp, we need to pick the right players from the third echelon, the freshmen and the sparring squad to complement the bench. Today is a start. ”

Everyone showed a look of sudden realization and started a commotion.

UCLA has a history of thirteen Rose Bowl titles, including an eight-game winning streak, an NCAA record that no one has been able to break to this day, but in the 21st century, the team has fallen into a long slump and has never been able to regain the glory of the 50s and 80s.

Last year, the team made great strides, finishing the season with seven wins and five losses, the first time in five years that the team won more games than they lost, and there was a lot of anticipation for the Bruins to perform this year. However, they were plagued by injuries before the start of the season, and the loss of the first team cast a shadow over the prospects of the season.

Naturally, the coaches cannot sit still, they must make two preparations, on the one hand, waiting for the main players to recover; On the other hand, it is necessary to increase the bench depth. Training camp is their last chance as the season begins in earnest next week.

The fifteen-minute training match is actually equivalent to a long version of the group confrontation, but the division of labor is more clear. In other words, the goals of the coach's inspection are clearer.

After Anthony finished announcing, the first echelon and the second echelon showed a look of good show, and exchanged glances; The third echelon, the freshmen and the sparring team all showed excitement, and this was undoubtedly their best opportunity, and everyone clenched their fists and jumped to try.

John looked at Lu Ke in shock, unable to hide his excitement, and bumped Lu Ke with his shoulder, "Did you hear that?" Did you hear that? He couldn't even suppress his emotions and jumped on the spot, waving his fists.

Lu Ke couldn't help but clench his fists, impassioned. It just so happens that he's just gained a base point and can add a little more chips, the question is, which one should he add to?

In the face of everyone's discussion, Anthony shouted, "Next, I'll divide into groups. "The freshmen who have just come in are playing in their familiar positions for the time being, and the coaches are still observing their abilities, and then redistributing them according to the needs of the team and the abilities of the players; The same is true for the sparring team, where everyone usually makes cameo appearances with each other, and rarely has a fixed position.

"Who will be the quarterback for both teams before the group?" Anthony asked, and the noise around him died down, and all eyes fell on Kevin, John, and Darius-Bell, the quarterback among this year's freshmen.

Currently, the team's third quarterback is Darrys, and the fourth quarterback is Kevin. John, who is in the sparring team, is obviously the most suitable quarterback in the sparring team because of his brilliant record in the past.

However, Darius is only a nominal third substitute. He's only been on the team for half a month, and he hasn't adapted to the team's tactics at all, and he hasn't adapted to the intensity of college football.

So, Anthony named, "Kevin, you're the quarterback in the third tier." "No one is surprised, including Darius. You can also see that the players in the third echelon have congratulated Kevin, Kevin waved his hand modestly, but his expression was still unconcealably arrogant and smiling. "So, what about the sparring team?"

Darius? Or John?

"Me!" Someone took the initiative to come out and recommend themselves, and their eyes were projected away, and then they saw Lu Ke's familiar and unfamiliar figure, and everyone couldn't react for a while, so that there was silence, the shock was really too fierce, and the brain seemed to fall into a crash in an instant.

But Lu Ke did not panic at all, held his head high, full of confidence, and calmly met Anthony's inquiring gaze. This is his opportunity, and he will not miss it easily.

Anthony was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but think of the rainbow pass in the three-on-three game, which was amazing. At this moment, John took the initiative to step forward, and just when everyone thought that he was going to recommend himself, he said, "I recommend Lu Ke." He's a great quarterback. ”

Everyone was stunned, and their brains couldn't turn around, but more unexpected things were still to come-Anthony nodded in affirmation, "Okay, Lu Ke, you will be the quarterback of the sparring team." Do you remember all the offensive tactics? ”

"Of course!" Lu Ke said confidently.

There was an uproar. Everyone seemed frightened, looked at each other, and didn't know for a moment what to do to react properly, only Kevin muttered next to him, "Joker." Then he smiled mockingly, his face full of disdain.

Anthony ignored everyone's stunnedness, and then announced the list, completing the grouping of the third echelon and the sparring team respectively, and then announced, "We directly skip the tee part, the third echelon attacks first, and the sparring team defends first." The game starts five minutes and you're ready to go. ”

Anthony then turned and walked off the pitch, leaving space for the players.

In an instant, Lu Ke was surrounded by his teammates, and everyone looked at him one after another, "Are you sure?" Can it really work? ”

In fact, there is no substantive conflict of interest between the members of the sparring team, on the contrary, under the exclusion and neglect of the main players, the sparring team members are more grouped. Because in this team, no one sees them as part of the team, except for themselves. Although they occasionally dislike Lu Ke's perfect performance, this adds burden and pressure to them; But in private, their relationship with Lu Ke is still good, far better than those substitutes represented by Kevin.

Lu Ke showed a smile, "Okay, after you play, don't you know?" Rest assured, if my first goal is intercepted, the coaches won't be able to bear to keep watching. This self-ridicule immediately made everyone laugh, and the tense atmosphere was relieved.

The so-called interception, that is, before the rugby ball landed, was picked up by the opposing player's arms. Then, whether this is the first or fourth gear, the offensive group's possession will be immediately converted and the opponent will start to attack.

The attacking team of the sparring team left the court, moved out of the way, and the defensive team of the sparring team took the field first, all cheering on their usual training partners - from sparring to substitutes? Maybe even make it to the roster? This is the dream of every sparring player, an unattainable but real dream.

At this time, Lu Ke had time to summon the system again, thinking about how to add the base points he had just obtained, but he didn't want to, but he saw that the task icon was flashing - he had already read the news of the completion of the daily training task just now, why was there still unread information?

Curious, Lu Ke opened the mailbox, and then saw a brand new task appear: a competition mission!