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226 Without Hesitation

In the third thirteen yards, Josh Freeman once again used the reading option to attack. After missing Lamarck's ground propulsion opportunity, he chose to run the exit bag and pretended to run with the ball, but in the process of stepping forward, he looked for the passing target and prepared to complete this attack by passing.

Unfortunately, Freeman was unable to make a correct judgment on the timing of passing, and hesitated a little while on the shot time, and then he encountered a sack.

Not only did it fail to advance, but it also lost two yards again, which directly led to the Wildcats facing the dilemma of four yards and fifteen yards.

As the radio analyst commentator said, there is still suspense in the game, a little deviation - Freeman's hesitation is not a mistake, it is just a deviation. Deviations that are inevitable in the course of the ever-changing game, every minute and every second, can often lead to completely different results.

The most important thing is that the Tigers have indeed won a glimmer of hope for themselves with the amazing energy that burst out instantly.

"Ho huh!"

The players of the Tigers defensive team roared in vain, their veins burst, and their blood was celebrating wildly. The steadily defeated them since the second half. At this time, they were finally proud and regained their initiative with forty-one seconds left before the end of the game.

Next, the Tigers' offensive team is about to appear, but the visiting team has the opportunity to win the game.

In sharp contrast, the Wildcats' offensive team players were unwilling to accept it. They had already reached the 33-yard line, but they were forced to retreat for five yards. Not only did they miss the opportunity to win the free kick, but they also lost the ball. The chance of victory may be ruined in their own hands.

On the side of the court, Pres was struggling with thoughts.

As a head coach, his tactical ability may not be as good as Lu Yiqi, but his ability to judge the situation on the court is still not inferior.

The situation is a bit complicated now: if you punt and hand the game over to the Wildcats' defensive team to complete the task, this is a conservative approach, because even if the defensive team successfully blocks the opponent, then the next step is only overtime. Once the opponent cannot be stopped, the victory will be handed over to the opponent - as for the defensive team to create a ball-rights conversion, it is too difficult and the hope is not high. In short, this is a passive choice.

But if you force the fourth gear, you have to face the difficult situation of four gears and fifteen yards, and failure is undoubtedly a high probability event.

Rugby rules stipulate that if you fail to play for four levels, you will hand over the ball on the spot.

For example, the Wildcats offensive team is now on the 38-yard line at the University of Missouri halftime. Once the fourth gear conversion fails, both sides do not need to send the Special Service team to punt and return attacks. The Tigers can directly start attacking from the 38-yard line. This is equivalent to the Wildcats giving the opponent an excellent starting position for offensive operations.

The probability of successful conversion of "Four Fifteen Codes" may be less than 5%, or even less than 1% and Price has no way to easily choose to take such a risk.

But in Lu Yiqi's view, the main thing is to judge the mentality of wanting to win and afraid of losing. They can look at the situation with a simpler perspective:

Choosing a punt is equivalent to choosing passiveness; choosing a strong hit is equivalent to choosing initiative. Whether choosing the former or the latter, risks are objective, so Lu Yiqi will definitely choose the latter. As long as he takes the initiative and does his best, he will face it calmly no matter what the result is.

More importantly, even if they fail to play the fourth level, Lu Yiqi doesn't care, because they can still consume game time-

Now there are still 41 seconds left before the end of the game. If they play for four levels, they can spend at least 30 to 35 seconds. Even if the Tigers offensive team wins one half of the offensive starting position, their play space will be very limited. Then, it is highly likely that both sides will enter overtime.

In other words, playing four levels is also a strategy of time management, and doing all its strength to take all the initiative into the hands of the Wildcats themselves.

For Lu Yiqi, this is a choice that does not require hesitation.

"Coach Pres, we have to play four."

At a critical moment, Lu Yiqi chose to take the initiative, came to Pres, avoided other coaches, and said in his ear in a low voice.

Pres turned to look at Lu Yiqi, with a little hesitation, but he hit Lu Yiqi's focused and confident eyes head-on. His mood couldn't help but stabilize, and his swaying judgment fell to the ground, "Then let's fight the fourth level."

After blurting out, Pres regretted it: he always felt that it was too risky - four digits and fifteen yards? Isn’t this suicide? But Lu Yiqi did not give him the chance to regret it. A bright smile appeared on the corner of his mouth and said enthusiastically, "Coach Pres, a wise decision!"

Facing Lu Yiqi's bright eyes, Pres swallowed the words he rushed to his mouth, nodded in agreement, trying to say something, but found that he didn't know what to say, so he nodded again, said nothing, and signaled Lu Yiqi to turn around and arrange the tactics.

After Lu Yiqi turned around, Pres realized that his palms were sweating: he forced to play four yards and fifteen yards? This should be the craziest decision in his career. Bangbang's heart hitting his chest was about to explode, and a roar came from his ears. He had to breathe heavily and calm himself down again.

The worst result is that he can always shift the blame to Lu Yiqi, right?

Pres comforted himself so much.

boom!

When the Wildcats' offensive team chose to stay on the field, re-arrange and prepare to play fourth gear, the entire Bill Schneider family stadium was in full swing.

The voices of the analytical commentators on the radio have been completely submerged by the roar of the audience. They cannot hide their excitement and excitement, and marvel at the bold and arrogant adventure choice of the Wildcats offensive team. This is definitely a decision that makes people sweat, and even professionals can't hold it.

"Attack! Slap!"

"Attack! Slap!"

Home fans expressed their support with a uniform sensational support. Instead of passively waiting for their opponents to make mistakes, they still prefer to take the initiative.

Standing in the pocket protection, Freeman felt his fingertips tightly - not to mention the four-speed fifteen yards, even the first-speed fifteen yards was enough to make people nervous. He had to repeat Lu Yiqi's tactical layout over and over again in his mind, focusing all his attention on tactics, and then gradually calming himself down.

Seeing that the countdown to kick off was about to be cleared, Freeman finally announced the kickoff, "Attack!"

Receive the ball.

Retreat.

move.

The whole movement was smooth and flowing, and then Freeman's footsteps moved horizontally to the left, separated from the offensive front line moving horizontally to the right.

The offensive front line pushed the defensive front line to complete dodge, like a snowplow, rumbling across and clearing the ground.

Freeman pulled horizontally in the opposite direction lightly, and a clear space suddenly appeared in front of him. Although the linebacker was exposed to his sight, it was obvious that the linebacker did not expect such a situation. He hesitated a little between the previous step or the retreat. It was precisely this little hesitation that Freeman had already completed the pass.

As his footsteps left his pocket, Freeman's tactical intention was very firm, one step! another step! Another step! In just three steps, the purpose of the entire horizontal pull was particularly clear, which forced the defensive front-line players to be vigilant. However, Freeman did not choose to run on the ground by holding the ball, but completed the physical adjustment between cross-changes. He noticed the tendency of both linebackers and cornerbacks to step up, and just as the center of gravity shifted, he raised his hand to complete the pass.

"Calm down! Pass! Calm down! Pass!"
Chapter completed!
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