Catching Controversy | The Legend of Ethan Woy

[Woy]

The Pain of Losing

With our win Thursday, Coach decided to give us Friday off as a reward. I decide to take that time to call an old friend and see if I could get tickets to his game on Saturday.

"What's good Ethan?" A familiar voice asked on the other line.

"Sup Brad? I'm just relaxing after last night bro," I replied. "How's Buffalo treatin' ya?" My former high school quarterback and best friend Brad Swindell was starting this season as a true sophomore for the Buffalo Bulls. It was his first home game of the season and one of the only chances I would get to see him play. I had to take advantage of this opportunity and support him.

"Congrats on the win last night," he congratulated. "You looked really good out there. As for Buffalo, it's chill, haha. School's not too hard but football isn't fun when you're losing."

"Now you know how I felt last year," I reminded him, rubbing it in a little bit. "Maybe we'll switch roles and I'll go 7-5 this year, while you stumble to 5-7."

"Shut the fuck up," he said with a laugh. "Our team is young as hell. Turner's gonna get us rolling by my senior year though. Can you say BCS buster?"

"Haha, that would be pretty cool if we matched up in a bowl game," I suggested. "But I need a quarterback to even sniff a BCS bowl in my future. Ryan's inconsistent and we don't have much behind him. You want to transfer here, right?"

"I wish," he chuckled. "Marrone will find you a quarterback though."

"Hopefully so," I thought to myself. "Or maybe I should have transferred to South Carolina." Then I stopped for a second and remembered what I was going to ask. "So you play at home Saturday?"

"Yeah, against Central Florida," he answered. "Prime-time game. You want a ticket?"

Damn, he could read my mind. "If you can," I replied. "I don't have anything going tomorrow, and I need to get out of the apartment a little. Mel can take care of Sean Joseph for an entire day, I won't mind a bit."

"Haha, I feel ya. Hit me up whenever you get here tomorrow and I'll get you your ticket."

"Thanks bro, I owe you one."

...

"Damn, he has no talent out there," I thought, as I sat in the front row of UB Stadium. He wasn't kidding when he said that his team was young; their youth showed with multiple careless mistakes and other times where they didn't have the talent to stop an average ball club. I didn't really follow them last year, but it seemed like graduation hit them hard.

"Sack Central Florida," the PA announcer said as Brad was thrown down to the ground like a rag doll. "It's their sixth sack of the half." By halftime, it was 31-0 Golden Knights with Brad being the only bright spot on the Bulls with 93 passing yards and no turnovers.

It didn't get much better as they lost 42-6. After a decent performance in which he threw for 195 yards with no interceptions, Brad walked off the field with his head hung low. I knew it was tough for him to be playing on a team as bad as they were and it seemed that he had it worse than I did last year.

Maybe someday we would both find success. Yeah, someday...

 

[trojan49er]

Ouch...tough sleddin for Brad. Hopefully he can get a receiver out there...and you can get a quarterback. Cuse and Buffalo in a bowl game would be awesome tho

 

[Woy]

I'll update today. Not sure when though.

 

[Woy]

Was too busy yesterday to update. I'll try to get something tonight, we'll see.

 

[Woy]

Meeting Up With the Enemy

A great week of practice had team confident that we could take down South Carolina on Saturday. Flashbacks were constantly running through my mind throughout the week because of my experiences over the winter at their campus. It was going to be weird playing against a team I was moments away from joining.

I got out to the Carrier Dome early with Ryan to work on some routes and polish things up. We would need it as South Carolina came into the game with the second best secondary in the SEC. Ryan threw a bomb that I reeled in with one hand, but as I was continuing to run downfield, I had to avoid some Gamecock players that came out early themselves. One of those players was a familiar acquaintance.

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"Hey Coach. Who's the recruit?" One of Coach Spurrier's star players asked.

"Probably the best one ever if he commits. Ethan Woy, meet Stephen Garcia. Stephen, meet Ethan," Coach Spurrier replied.

"Wait...are you that kid from Syracuse?" Stephen said, still shocked at finding out who it was.

"Yeah bro, what's good?" I introduced myself, as we shook hands.

"Well I'd be damned, what's up man?" he said with a smile, returning my handshake. "You're thinking about transferring down south huh?"

"Yeah, I'm thinking about it," I answered. "Syracuse isn't looking like the right decision on my part."

"You know we play them next year in Syracuse, right?" he brought to my attention.

"Shit. That might be a lil awkward, haha," I sarcastically said, knowing that it would be completely awkward if that were the case.

"Yeah you're telling me. Well hey listen, I got to get ready. Got a hot date with my girl tonight, haha. Want me to try to hook you up a chick from here?"

"Naw, I'm good Stephen. I'll talk to you later."

"Peace."

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"Ready to get your asses whooped today?" I asked Stephen as I ran by.

"Shouldn't you be asking yourselves the same thing? At least we didn't get demolished by Boston fucking College," he chuckled as we shook hands.

We stayed in touch a little after I decided that I was staying at Syracuse, and I texted him earlier this week guaranteeing a big game on his team's secondary. He responded with a promise of 300+ yards and a few touchdowns, which I laughed at considering our secondary shut down All-American Jake Locker already.

"Hey we are a much better team than before," I scoffed. "And I'm coming for that Heisman, so tell your secondary they'll be seeing me in the end zone a lot this game."

"Haha, that's if your quarterback can get it to you," he replied. "Doesn't he have a shit load of picks already?"

"Eh, another first-year starter," I said, backing him up. "He'll learn by schooling your secondary today."

"Haha, we'll see. You wanna meet up after this?" he asked. "We can just chill or whatever, I don't care."

"Yeah sure, that's completely fine, man. The wifey will most likely want to tag along though," I sighed.

"Haha, yeah same here. Oh well, gotta have a good girl to hold you down, right?"

"I guess so. Good luck bro."

"You too."

As I jogged back to the locker room, I got a bad feeling about something. I didn't know what it was, but I was in for an unpleasant surprise...

 

[Woy]

And you leave us hanging.....

You know you love dem cliffhangers.

Chances are that there won't be an update technically today, but I'll try to have the game up on Thursday.

 

[trojan49er]

Damn cliffhangers....

I think I know who Stephens girl but I'll keep it to myself.

Nice update.

We already know who his girl is (was) go back a few pages to when E visits SC. I still vote for the Shakespearean-everyone-randomly-gets-offed-including-random-characters-introduced-for-the-sole-purpose-of-getting-offed-ending, lol

 

[Fox1994]

^Haha. I'm down. Nothing like a terrible Shakespeare play to fuck up the flow...

Anyway, good job so far. Keep the wins coming.

I think Brad's gonna be like one of the many great QBs to come out of your Stanfords and stuff like that. Like how people were looking hella hard at Locker and Clausen - they played on average teams, but they were great. Brad's a sophomore. Two more years and he'll have a decent team backing him. If you can get murdered like that and throw no picks, you're a hell of a player.

Keep it up.

 

[Lumpkin]

As I jogged back to the locker room, I got a bad feeling about something. I didn't know what it was, but I was in for an unpleasant surprise...

So in other words, your spidey senses were tingling?

 

[Woy]

So in other words, your spidey senses were tingling?

HAHAHA. Lumpkin FTW.

I'll probably post the game update sometime today.

 

[Woy]

Two updates possibly tomorrow.

 

[trojan49er]

is it tomorrow yet?

 

[Woy]

Things Going South

South Carolina Gamecocks (1-2) at Syracuse Orange (2-1)

Stephen and I shook hands one last time as the referee signaled that Stephen's squad wanted the ball first. I then watched him keep true to his word, shredding our secondary on their first drive all the way for a touchdown. I knew I had to make a play right away as our offense took the field.

...

"Nassib drops back...finds Woy who has a step on the corner...and it's a foot race! The 40, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10...touchdown Syracuse! Nassib and Woy hook up on their first offensive play for a 75 yard touchdown!"

...

I nodded my head towards Stephen signaling that "it was on." From there, we both put on a show for the packed Carrier Dome crowd. I started catching every pass in my general area, while Stephen continued to find every hole in our secondary.

Down nine with 1:47 left, Ryan threw it to me on a slant and I dived over the goal line just as I got smashed by a safety and a linebacker. The extra point made it a two-point game, but we failed to recover the onsides kick. Stephen fooled our defense with a play-action fake and found a wide open Alshon Jeffery to put the game away.

After meeting up with Stephen to congratulate him on the win and his performance, we quickly made plans before heading to our respective locker rooms. Right then I saw a familiar blonde wearing a home Gamecocks #5 jersey and I knew right then that this would be the opposite of the Black Eyed Peas song; I've got a feeling that tonight's not going to be a good night.

South Carolina 34
Syracuse 25

12 catches, 172 yards, 2 TD

 

[packersfan4eva]

woy for heisman.

 

[Fox1994]

Shit. 2-2. Pick it up, bro. Shoulda been a quarterback, because it's not like they have a quality one...

 

[Woy]

Shit. 2-2. Pick it up, bro. Shoulda been a quarterback, because it's not like they have a quality one...

Very true, but I like basing my character as an image of myself IRL. Makes it so much easier to write.

So although I can throw decently, I have always been a receiver.

I'm going to start on the update now, but it might not be done till tomorrow.

 

[trojan49er]

should be an interesting night

 

[Woy]

Will try to have the update for you guys tonight. It's one of the most important ones in the story, so it has to be good.

 

[Fox1994]

Good luck, hombre. Whatever are you studying at RMU again?

 

[Woy]

Good luck, hombre. Whatever are you studying at RMU again?

Journalism. Big reason why I chise, because it helps with my writing.