足球神马足球 米国农民橄榄球才是王道

杭州阿立

2022年11月27日，星期天。

世界迷足球、足球世界杯。

谁知米国佬农民多，世界杯、足球都没大兴趣，也不在意为国争光。偏爱这橄榄型的球，美式足球。

当然也不能简单的这么说，米国农民也爱圆球，篮球。

无论球圆不圆，米国农民偏爱大学的球，更胜于职业队的圆球、不圆球。

大学篮球赛季才开始未几，真疯狂要到3月份，所谓‘三月疯狂’（March Madness）。

大学橄榄球赛季紧锣密鼓，昨天已是最后一场比赛了。接下去是各大赛区的冠军赛（Conference Championships）。再接下去才是重头戏中的重头戏：季后赛。

最重要、最大的比赛，自然是全美大学冠军四强赛（College Football Playoff）。只有排名最前的4个队参赛，单淘汰。

不能进入四强赛的，有很多各种碗赛（Bowl Game）。其中最大的有6个，都在新年前后，号称新年六大碗（New Year’s 6）。

咱们蜜大今年全国排名第三，排名第二的是老牌劲敌，又是同一大学赛区《大十》（Big 10）东区的俄亥俄州立大学。昨天赛前两队都是十一战全胜。胜者进入下周六的大十冠军赛（Big 10 Championship），对决西区的冠军。

大十冠军赛虽然也重要，更重要的是，昨天的胜者稳稳进入全国冠军四强赛，而且至少排名第二。

比赛在俄亥俄州立大学。蜜大上次在那里客队胜球是22年前了。去年虽也猛宰俄亥俄州，但蜜大是主场。

今年专家们都认为蜜大实力稍弱一点。更重要的是：俄亥俄州立是空军（Passing Game全国一只鼎），而蜜大是地面进攻（running game）为主的队。蜜大的主力球星布莱克.寇罗姆（Blake Corum）上周六对阵伊利诺伊大学队时膝盖受伤。即使能出赛，也很难有如常的爆发力了。地面进攻缺了主将，如何办？

比赛东部时间中午开始，狐狸电视（Fox）全国转播。赛前几个大嘴专家异口同声预测蜜大不是对手，不光是输，会输得比较难看。

咱们在旧金山，西部时间9点就开始盯着电视机了。

神马专家不专家？咱们全家都‘砖家’过敏、‘名人’过敏的。

正所谓纸上谈兵、百无一用。是骡子是马，还得拉出来溜溜。

闲话休提，言归正传。

有图才有真相：

穿戴整齐，为母校助威：

三世预测：蓝军胜红军（Go Blue）：

比赛上半场果然蜜大地面进攻毫无威力。幸好防守还算顶得住、比分接近，但总体明显红军占优。

三世笃定，不担心：

下半场蜜大空军、陆军配合默契，不断直捣黄龙：

38比23！

陆军又捣龙门：

44比23！

加踢一分，45比23！

俄亥俄州立再无还手之力。要不是裁判偏袒，蜜大防守又该直接得分，红军输得找不到北了。

终场，45比23：

俄亥俄州立的教练赛前吹牛，要宰蜜大100分（以上）。谁知反在家里被倒宰！

红军羞的毛巾遮脸（别拍我）：

附：本地电视新闻网站昨天的即时报道：

《Michigan football domonates Ohio State in second half to polish off undeafted regular season》

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan football dominated Ohio State in the second half Saturday in Columbus to polish off a perfect 12-0 regular season.

The Wolverines and Buckeyes both came into the matchup 11-0 and ranked among the top three teams in the College Football Playoff rankings. Then, a year after breaking its losing streak against Ohio State and winning the Big Ten title, Michigan went on the road and got its first win in Columbus since 2000.

Michigan hung around in the first half despite being outplayed on both sides of the ball. Cornelius Johnson caught a 69-yard touchdown and a 75-yard touchdown on back-to-back offensive plays to give the Wolverines a brief 17-13 lead before Ohio State took a 20-17 advantage into the break.

J.J. McCarthy threw a third long touchdown pass to open the second half, hitting Colston Loveland from 45 yards out to take a 24-20 lead.

Michigan would never look back, scoring three touchdowns in the fourth quarter while surrendering just a single field goal. In the end, the Wolverines ran out the clock with a 45-23 victory.

McCarthy finished the game with 263 passing yards, 27 rushing yards, and four total touchdowns. Johnson 160 yards and a pair of scores on four catches.

Donovan Edwards filled in for the injured Blake Corum and rushed for 216 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries. He iced the game with 75- and 85-yards touchdowns in the final minutes of the fourth quarter.

Corum, a Heisman Trophy candidate who injured his knee last week against Illinois, carried the ball twice for six yards in the first quarter before limping to the sideline. He didn’t return to the game.

Michigan will now head to Indianapolis to face either Purdue, Iowa, or Illinois in the Big Ten Championship Game, where it beat Iowa 42-3 a year ago.

The Buckeyes will have to wait and see how the rest of the games with playoff implications play out to see if they can punch their ticket.