October 24, Saturday afternoon.

Since noon, there have been spectators who have arrived by car to arrive at the stadium of this year's Bay Area derby, and by three o'clock, the football stadium of Stanford University is already boiling, and you will never hear the words of the people around you if you don't shout at the top of your voice.

In addition to the tens of thousands of spectators who have already entered the venue, a large number of people are still queuing up to check tickets, receive support props and team uniforms. At the main entrances, rows of National Guard troops stood by the guard, while state and county police farther away leaned against the side of the police car, looking around and chatting with their partners. Charitable organizations that raise money for food and street performers who take advantage of the opportunity to perform are indispensable, and because there are no school gates, hippies and homeless caravan people also rush to join in the fun.

Derby Day is a sunny day, and San Francisco's Mediterranean climate turns mild and rainy into November, so it's a good idea to get ahead of the hottest races.

But because of this, the audience who entered and did not enter was basically covered with sweat and red faces. The players and coaches in the lounge were much better, and at least Bill felt comfortable.

"Alright boys, let's go change into armor and get ready for battle!"

Team manager Jerry Pence clapped his hands for the Varsity members lying on a red leather bench to hear him.

In order not to cause a commotion caused by the early debut, all the players were asked to stay in the rugby stadium after lunch.

However, this is not an overstatement, as the rugby hall is not only a living area, lounge, swimming pool, cinema room, fitness equipment area, and even a basketball court, indoor rugby field, all free for school team members.

Bill stood up, woke up his sleeping roommate Adam, and walked towards the locker room with the new students in the offensive team.

"Has our game been so lively?" Bill felt like he had seen the world, but he still didn't expect today's popularity to be so high.

Martin Kent from Tennessee answered Beal's question: "Our Cardinals and Bears derbies were one of the two most watched games of the regular season for Parker Ten. Last year we got our axe back, and this year the head coach of the Golden Bears has threatened to win it back. ”

The Cardinals are another name for the Red and White Team, and some media people also refer to the Stanford Men's Football Varsity Team as the Mangroves and Sequoias.

Bill nodded, probably understanding what to see in this year's San Francisco derby.

The strength of the red and white team is naturally stronger than that of the Golden Bears, but the two belong to the same Parker Ten League, so naturally there is no qualitative gap, if the Golden Bears risk injuring the main players, it is really possible to defeat the red and white team and recapture the axe.

The Red and White team has always had the strength to be invited to the bowl game, and the Parker Ten League and another league called the Big Ten share the "Rose Bowl", which is one of the six major bowls. While it's a collegiate game, the top four of the Big Six Bowls are also the most watched football games outside of the NFL's Super Bowl.

Therefore, the response of the red and white team has become the biggest suspense of the day, whether to stay stable to keep the team at the top of their game, so that they can play the record of being invited to the Rose Bowl in the regular season, or play a tough game against the rivals Golden Bears to defend the team's glory and keep their axe. By the final minute of the fourth quarter, everything on the court could have been reversed.

In the dressing room, after the players changed their gear and jerseys, head coach Paul Viking gave a brief speech to set his playing style and scoring goals for the day. Then, the quarterback captain led his teammates to the passage into the arena and began to circle in a circle to cheer them up.

"It's time to show our attitude in the game!"

The words of captain John Werther reached the ears of every teammate.

When Beal first joined the football team, he felt that Howard, the quarterback he met, and Charlie after that, were very eloquent people, at least they had a systematic rhetoric for uniting their teammates and inspiring them. When he saw more, he realized that these were all clichés prepared by his predecessors, and he only needed to change the name of the place and the characteristics of his own team.

Words are only part of the chicken blood, and with the action of frying peas, this set of forward shakes has a soul. After "exhaling" together several times, the freshmen rushed in with their old teammates.

The home advantage was instantaneous, and as soon as the red and white players appeared, the decibels in the rugby stadium rose again. In the audience, most of the audience was dressed in red and white cheering uniforms, and in the first and second stairs of the southern half, die-hard fans also spelled out the redwood tree of the Stanford school emblem in red.

But the Golden Bears, who were playing away, were not intimidated, and the north half also spelled out a bear with gold and navy blue supportive clothing.

“Go，bears！”

Die-hard fans of the Golden Bears shouted their own slogans in unison, and under the leadership of the mascot, the UCB varsity team appeared in the eyes of the audience.

Adam, who followed the team in small steps, asked his roommates, "Where's our mascot?" Why is the slogan not unified? ”

"I don't know the slogan, the mascot is very simple, our axe is in the hands of the old players in front, it just looks inconspicuous."

Bill replied by pointing to the two old teammates in front of him who were running with framed axes.

The Stanford Axe was originally owned by the Red and White team, but by chance (it was stolen by UCB students) was taken out as a sign of the winners of the two teams. Even if it is won by the Golden Bears, on a legal level, this is something from Stanford.

After the opening, the two officially started the war, the fight on the court was inextricable, the action in the audience was also constant, and all kinds of special slogans that only fans of both sides understood sounded back and forth, and under the explanation of the old teammates, Bill and the freshmen really learned a lot.

In the first two quarters of the first half, the Golden Bears got a touchdown first, but the red and white team bit the score and finally ended the first half of the game with 20-21.

After a quick half-time change, team manager Jerry Pence suddenly asked the freshmen to assemble.

"You go to the auditorium, the fans in the first few rows are our big customers, a family that plays for tens of thousands of dollars a year, it's time for them to know our sincerity."

He asked the freshmen to line up and take advantage of the midfield to meet with the core die-hard fans, and first get acquainted with each other.

"We're going to get the job done." After forming a line of attack, defense and special services, the freshmen strode to meet the gold masters.

In order to make the most money possible, the seats in the first few rows are sold directly for the entire season, and many of them are packaged for the whole family, and people who watch a single game can hardly get a front row seat, which is the main reason why Oliver and Nicolas Cage can't get front row tickets.

"Running back, your ass is so warped."

"This year's close end is so handsome!"

"Why is a quarterback so unmotivated? Is it that the team won't give you medicine? ”

Die-hard fans will not be polite to the new players, they have long been spiritual shareholders, and when the meeting begins, the whole family goes into battle to touch the new players, and sometimes make some vulgar words.

By the time they passed through the student area, Bill and the others were much less harassed.

"Hey, bro, thanks for your vote."

Oliver and another young man held up seventeen-year-old Nicholas Coppola and asked him to reach for Bill's fist.

"It's a little meaning, we just need to go back and forth often in the future."

On Wednesday night he promised to find a way to get some internal tickets, but he didn't say anything. As soon as he found the almighty Robbins Miller on Thursday, the deputy head of the accounting team arranged an internal student ticket for him, but Bill alone did not have the spot that Oliver needed, so Mr. Ferrari pulled Martin and his roommate and successfully won five tickets for $400.

After that, he called Oliver to collect the tickets, and the bad movie king who ran away from home also came over, and after getting the tickets, Nicholas signed a check for $1,000 to Bill on the spot, saying that he recognized him as a friend.

Bill has the impression that Nicolas Cage is a very worthy person, because he never cheats on friends, on the contrary, he is always cheated by friends.

After more than half a circle, the freshmen returned to the rest area on the court, and the guard of honor for the halftime show was removed, and the second half of the game began in an instant.

There was hope of winning, and the players of the Red and White Team and the Golden Bears naturally had a desperate fight, and about seven minutes into the third quarter, their own near end and the enemy's strong guard came to a hard encounter, although there was no bloodshed, but both players were carried down.

The second near end forward, like the guy who had just been carried away, was an open-path type, and after ten minutes on the field, the manager replaced him with Bill, who was still at his peak.

"Show me your twenty-nine bench press!"

Coach Paul Viking cheers up the number eighty-eight.

"I understand."

The stadium is a public place, and some words cannot be said explicitly, so when practicing on weekdays, the coaches agreed with the players that only the team knows how to encrypt words.

Tough bench press is the hallmark of an open-lane near end, and if you don't understand encryption, you might think the coach is asking the number 88 to clear the way for the running back or wide receiver.

But the real meaning is quite the opposite.

At this time, the red and white team had the ball, and after the center kicked off, quarterback John Wirt did not make the first shot, so the three players of the Golden Bears' cornerback and rangers immediately wrapped themselves around the near end and wide receiver who rushed from the strong side.

This played into Yevgeny's trick.

Bill, who had long been past the third interception line, jumped slightly to get the football, and because he could even adjust his stance to receive the ball without the Golden Bears being hindered.

Then, No. 88 rushed directly with the ball, and after the touchdown, Bill also deliberately found the broadcast camera on the sidelines and looked back and smiled.

The audience naturally fried the pot on the spot, the red and white areas were happy, and they collectively thanked God for the gift, and the gold and blue areas scolded the sour blue pool on the other side that did not talk about martial arts.

Seventeen-year-old Nicolas Cage looked at the eighty-eight who was celebrating in the end zone and said to Oliver, "Is this Bill a close end?" How can he run fast and catch the ball at the same time? ”

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