What on earth will this team do without Coach PC running the show now? Is there a way for this team to be inspired? Will they come back and beat the Colts? And I don't think any of the assistant coaches will be able to take over PC's spot as the head coach for the 2nd half. And will he ever return? Even after this game, win or lose?
Inside the boy's locker room, all the football players still stood there the in silence, shame and disappointment, thinking about what Coach PC has done to them over the years. A minute later, Kyle began to speak with heart and determination.
"Before this game started, PC said, "48 minutes for the next 48 years of our lives."" Kyle began. "I say, fuck that. All right?" He said. "I say, fuck that." He repeated.
"Let's go out there, and we'll play the next 24 minutes for the next 24 minutes, and we'll leave it all out on the field." Kyle continued. "We've got the rest of our lives to be mediocre, but we have the opportunity to play like gods for the next half of football. But we can't be afraid to lose, there's no room for fear in this game."
"Now, we go out there and we half-ass it because were scared, all we're left with is an excuse. We're always gonna wonder. But if we go out there and we give it absolutely everything, that's heroic. Let's be heroes." Kyle spoke, finishing his speech. "Come on."
Everybody started clapping slowly by two seconds, then it started pacing up slowly.
"Come on." Kyle encouraged, as everyone's clapping starts speeding up.
"What do you say, boys? WHAT DO YOU SAY, BOYS?" Kenny asked, all fired up and clapping at once.
"All right! ALL RIGHT! LET'S GO!" Stan yelled out, all pumped up.
All the players are clapping very fast, all pumped up and ready to play the 2nd half. The team bursted out of the boy's locker room and ran out to the stadium.
Start of the 3rd quarter/2nd half, South Park kicks it off to Middle Park. The return man (3) catches it at his own 3 yard line and goes on the run. Cuts back to his right, gets a block and a second one, gets tackled at the Colt 46 yard line by #51 of South Park after a 43 yard kickoff return.
Both teams have been putting up a good fight throughout the entire 3rd quarter on both sides of the ball, but neither teams could get their offense in the end zone and Middle Park squeaked in with a field goal as South Park gets shutout. Score 17-10 Colts at the end of the 3rd quarter.
Stan Marsh is now taking over PC's spot as head coach for the 2nd half of the game, even though he still manages to do the job while standing on crutches. Tommy Turner, also plays halfback besides fullback, is starting for Token the rest of the game and in the playoffs.
Recently on some of the Bulls' possesions, Kyle gives the ball to Tommy, Cartman misses a block and fell on his ass, and Tommy gets tackled in the backfield by the defensive tackle (90). Kyle dropping back to pass, Tommy misses the block on the outside linebacker (37) coming off the edge unblocked and Kyle goes down for a 9 yard sack.
Neither teams still can't find the end zone, but the Colts have mostly been taking advantage throughout the 4th quarter, but only using field goals as they have to settle for a second field goal attempt of the night.
4th & 4 for Middle Park at the South Park 21 yard line, the Colts' field goal unit is on the field The long snapper (8) snaps it, the quarterback holds it at the 28 yard line, the kicker (5) kicks it, the kick is up, and it is... good! The Middle Park crowd goes wild, as Colts extended their lead to 10 points.
"Field goal for Middle Park. It is good. Middle Park leads 20-10 with 7:41 left in the ball game, and still no Peter Charles." Frank stated, from the announcer's booth.
On the track, where the SPHS cheerleaders are at.
"Hey, Wendy. Stan's taking over for that douchebag Coach PC." Jenny said.
"No wonder why that asshole isn't here on the sidelines." Jessica discovered.
"Think he'll ever come back?" Heidi asked.
"Does that mean Stan will coach and Kyle will continue as the starting quarterback in the playoffs?" Nelly asked.
"Who knows, but we'll have to wait and see." Wendy answered.
"I wonder if he did something to Token after he got hurt earlier." Nichole wondered.
"I don't believe he did." Annie said, pointing at Token, who is in crutches.
On the SPHS sidelines, Coach Stan Marsh, Kyle and the offense huddled up.
"All right! All right! Listen up'" Stan shouted out, getting the offense's attention. "I need five wide receivers. We're running an oop-dee-oop. No tight ends, running backs. I want four receivers stacked right. Kenny, you on the left." He advised.
Token gives Kenny a pat on the shoulder.
"We're gonna overload their right side. Force them to cover Kenny one on one!" Stan advised his troops again.
"And no huddles." Kyle told them.
"What?" Cartman asked, in confusion.
"I'll call the plays from the line. Defense will never know what hit 'em." Kyle answered, specifically.
"All right. Let's go! Come on. Break it down! Let's go! Let's go!" Stan yelled out, as he put his right hand out, starting to call a break.
Everybody shouted out, all pumped up, put their hands out, ready to call a break.
"Bull pride, on three!" Stan began. "One, two, three,"
"BULL PRIDE!" The entire team shouted out in unison.
The entire SPHS crowd got all fired up with their cheering, as Kyle and the offense ran onto field, leaving Stan and the other players on the sidelines.
"WOO! LET'S GO!" Stan shouted out.
1st & 10 for the Bulls at their own 31 yard line. The offense lines with just Kyle in the backfield, four receivers, consisting of Clyde Donovan (16), 80, 9 and 85, and Kenny on the left. The Middle Park defense a bit confused, as their cornerback (14), two safeties (16 & 25) and outside linebacker (41) to cover the Bulls' four stacked wide receivers, the other cornerback (21) covering Kenny one on one.
"HUT!" Kyle shouted out, as he took the snap.
Kyle drops back to pass, Kenny runs 18 yards straight, cuts right, goes across, Kyle throws to him, Kenny jumps and catches the ball, gets tackled by the cornerback (21) at the Bull 49 yard line after an 18 yard catch. 1st & 10 for South Park at their own 49 yard line. The offense runs up to the line of scrimmage to line quickly, as Kyle is calling another play.
"Pass completed that time to McCormick for 18, and they're going again." Frank stated, through the microphone from the announcer's booth.
"McCormick on the right! Donovan on the left!" Kyle shouted out, to his receivers.
Bulls offense lines up in the same formation, but with Kenny and Clyde switching sides. Clyde on the left being covered by 21, as Kenny, 80, 9 and 85 of South Park on the right being covered by 14, 16, 25 and 41 of Middle Park, all confused on who to cover.
"I don't know what you call this offense, but look at all those receivers." Paul stated.
In the home team stands, Mr. Denkins is counting the receivers on the field.
"One, two, three, four," Mr. Denkins counted to himself, quietly. "five?" He asked, a bit louder in confusion.
On the field, Kyle takes the snap again.
He drops back to pass, Clyde Donovan runs straight, cuts to his left at the 37 yard line, Kyle throws, Clyde dives across, also back a yard at the same time to make the play, and it is caught as the cornerback brings him down at the Colt 38 yard line after a 13 yard catch. The South Park offense lining up to the line of scrimmage quickly.
"Donovan, complete! One more time, and they hurry up for the line of scrimmage. Look at all the receivers!" Frank exclaimed, all surprised.
Now, Kenny goes back to the left to be covered one on one as Clyde goes back to the right with the other three receivers. Middle Park's defense in major confusion. Even the Colts' assistant coaches on the MPHS sidelines are confused, too, while their defensive coordinator is calling a play.
On the track, where the SPHS cheerleaders are at.
"Isn't that the same offense that Kyle tried to run at practice?" Red asked.
"Sure looks like it. I mean look." Bebe answered.
"I know. Five receivers?" Esther asked.
"And Kyle is having Kenny and Clyde switch sides every play." Millie said.
"But look. It's working." Wendy said, pointing to out at what's happening on the field. "Middle Park looks very confused."
1st & 10 South Park at the Colts 38 yard line, Kyle takes the snap, drops back to pass. Kenny runs straight, cuts at 20, which made him burn 21 covering him, runs straight to end zone, Kyle sees him and he throws it deep for Kenny.
"Long pass this time, Broflovski." Frank said.
and it is CAUGHT! KENNY McCORMICK CATCHES THE TOUCHDOWN IN THE END ZONE STANDING UP FOR A 38 YARD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION AS THE SOUTH PARK CROWD JUST RISED FROM THEIR FEET AND BURSTED OUT IN APPLAUSE AND THE CHEERLEADERS JUMPING UP AND DOWN! SOUTH PARK DOWN BY 4 WITH 7:12 LEFT IN THE 4TH QUARTER!
"Touchdown! Broflovski and McCormick, connected for a 38 yard touchdown. Now the Bulls are down by four with only a little under 7 and a quarter left to play." Frank stated.
On the SPHS side of the track, the cheerleaders are cheering on Kyle's touchdown pass to Kenny.
"All right, Kyle! Way to go, sweetie!" Bebe cheered out loud to Kyle.
"Nice catch, baby!" Millie cheered out loud to Kenny.
On Middle Park's sidelines, their coaches are so frustrated, they're slamming their clipboards onto the ground, even their players are slamming their helmets, too.
"While the Bulls celebrate, the question I've got to you, where in the world is Peter Charles? Did you hurt his feelings? Frank asked.
"Well, after the touchdown, I was looking down on the sidelines, and he's nowhere to be found." Paul answered.
"Come on! Let's go!" Kyle yelled, all fired up.
Millie walks up to the sidelines, grabs Kenny by the horse collar to have him face her, and pulls him in for a kiss. As they part lips, she grabs his butt.
"Eeek." Kenny squealed.
In his office, even during the 2nd half of the game, Coach PC is packing up his stuff and all the awards he earned over the years. Turns out he's not coming back. He sadly stares at his award that in the shape of the state of Colorado that says "State Coach of the Year. 1994. Peter Charles. South Park Bulls."
At the game, it is still 20-17 with Middle Park ahead, but with under a minute left in the 4th quarter. 3rd down & 2, Colts with the ball at their own 42 yard line, everybody in the South Park stands chanting "Defense, defense, defense!" repeatedly, hoping for the Bulls to pull off another comeback.
"Let's go, defense!" Stan shouted out.
"HUT!" Middle Park's quarterback shouted out, as he took the snap.
Quarterback, Daniel Preston fakes it to his fullback (48), he keeps it, but Kevin Stoley comes running up at him from the free safety spot and tackled him hard in the backfield for a loss of a yard, bringing up 4th & 3 at their own 41. Stan calls a time-out, which is the team's last timeout, the referee blows the whistle and signals the time-out and the game clock stops at 00:34.
"Time-out, South Park!" The ref announced. "That's their third and final time-out!"
On the Middle Park sidelines, the Colts' special teams coordinator is going over a play with his players. On the South Park sidelines, Kyle and Stan figured out that the Colts are gonna punt the ball back to them, instead of going for it to put this game away.
"They're punting it." Kyle said.
"Yup. And we're out of time-outs, too." Stan informed.
"If we don't block this, it's over." Kyle said, with worry.
"Coach Stan, put me in there. We'll block it." Cartman begged
"What, you wanna play defense?" Stan asked.
"Put me in there! We'll block it!" Cartman begged again.
Stan turned his head, looked at Cartman and realized that he's being dead serious.
"All right, get out there." Stan said.
Cartman puts his helmet on and comes jogging onto the field.
"34 seconds left to go in the ball game. Middle Park with a 20-17 lead. Eric Cartman has come into the ball game for the Bulls." Frank announced.
Colts back to punt. Cartman lines up near the middle of the defensive line in front of the gap between the Colts' longsnapping center (81) and right guard (66) and Kenny behind him. The longsnapper snaps the ball, Cartman knocks both blockers down at the same time with Kenny running behind him for the punter (4). The punter grabs the ball at the 26 yard line, Cartman knocks the protective backfield blocker (35) on his ass, Kenny dives in front of the punter, he kicks the ball, and IT IS BLOCKED! ERIC CARTMAN WITH MULTIPLE BLOCKS FOR KENNY McCORMICK TO BLOCK THE PUNT! THE SOUTH PARK CROWD AND THE CHEERLEADERS GOES WILD!
"Oh, yeah!" Stan shouted out.
"WOO!" Kyle cheered.
On the track, where the SPHS cheerleaders are at, the girls were cheering and jumping up and down.
"All right, Cartman and Kenny!" The girls cheered in unison.
"Kenny McCormick blocks the punt! He blocks the punt! Kenny McCormick!" Frank exclaimed in excitement.
"I tell you what, Eric Cartman, man child, got his own zip code, opens a hole up, McCormick comes in and throws his hands up. What a great job, big boy!" Paul stated, making Frank chuckle.
"Bulls still have chance." Frank said.
1st & 10 Kyle, Kenny, Cartman and the Bulls offense takes over at the Colts' 26 yard line with 00:28 left in the game. The offense is in a huddle, getting the play call from Kyle.
"Twins left, X out, on one." Kyle told his offense. "Kenny, make sure you get the hell out of bounds." He reminds his #1 receiver, as he grabbed him by the facemask. "Twins left, X out, on one. Ready?"
"Break!" The entire offense clapped in unison, as they broke the huddle.
Kenny and the backup running back the two receivers on the left, Clyde on the right.
"Red 98! Red 98! Down! Set! HUT!" Kyle shouted out, as he took the snap.
Kyle drops back to pass, Kenny runs 8 yards straight, cuts left to the sidelines, Kyle throws left to Kenny, caught and Kenny gets tackled by #21.
"Get out! Get out!" Kyle shouted out to Kenny.
But the cornerback tackled him in bounds to keep the clock running after an 8 yard catch, bringing up 2nd & 2 at the Middle Park 18 yard line.
"Damn it! Damn it!" Kyle exclaimed.
In the stands.
"Oh, jeez! Come on!" Gerald exlaimed.
"Pass was good to McCormick but he didn't get out of bounds!" Frank stated.
"He didn't get out. The clock is still running! The clock's still running." Paul stated.
On the field, Kyle and the offense running up to the line of scrimmage, as the clock is still running.
"Come on, let's go quick! On the ball! Clock's on, get down! Clock's on, get down!" Kyle yelled out to his teammates.
Both teams line up. 2nd & 2 at the 18 yard line.
"Safe! HUT!" Kyle shouted out, as he took the snap.
Kyle spikes the ball, ref blows the whistle, clock stops at 00:07 and bringing up 3rd down & 2. Stan gives Kyle the signal on what play he's calling. Kyle knew exactly what Stan is calling. As Kyle jogged back into the huddle, he turned his direction towards Cartman's.
"Cartman?" Kyle began. "This is it! The man who got us here. You ready?" He asked.
"You don't think that lame-ass play where I run downfield and act like I'm loss is gonna work, do you?" Cartman asked.
"Split right 90. Hook and ladder, on one. Split right 90. Hook and ladder, on one." Kyle told his offense. "Ready?"
"Break!" The entire offense clapped in unison, as they broke the huddle, getting ready to run the play.
In the home team stands, the South Park fans are chanting "Touchdown!" and clapping their hands twice, and repeating the same thing over and over and over. Gerald Broflovski closed his hands together with his fingers locked, his eyes shut, and tilting his head down, praying for South Park to score the game winning touchdown on this play.
"Touchdown!" The cheerleaders cheered and clapped in unison.
On the field, Kyle and the offense lined up in an I-formation, Kenny and Tommy, the two receivers on the right, Clyde on the left side comes in motion.
"Green 42! Green 42! Down! Set! HUT!" Kyle shouted out, as he took the snap.
Kyle drops back to pass, Kenny and Clyde run 9 yards straight their routes, Kenny cuts to the left and wide open! Kyle throws to him in time as he got hit to the ground by the defensive end (97), Cartman the right guard, lets his block go and runs right, Kenny catches the ball at the 9, pitches it to Cartman right in time, just as he got tackled by #14, and Cartman catches the ball at the line of scrimmage, the clock just went down 00:00.
Kyle glanced up, seeing Cartman just standing there. Cartman took a glance to his left, saw the outside linebacker (41) going to tackle him. Cartman went on the run and stiff armed with his left arm, 41 misses the tackle at the 17 yard line, the middle linebacker (58) and cornerback (14) both closing in on him at the same time, he breaks both tackles at once at the 11 yard line, the free safety (25) finally gets ahold of him first at the 7 yard line, followed by the strong safety (16) at the 5 yard line, both guys trying to bring Cartman down short, but he is too big and strong, he kept moving forward no matter how many guys it'll take to bring him down.
Only 2 yards short of the goal-line, Cartman still kept on going, the outside linebacker (37), the third guy, dives and lands on top of the pile at the 1, Cartman finally goes down to the ground, with some forward progress, ball broke the plain as Cartman finally hits the ground. The refs raised both arms straight up in the air and blows the whistle...
AND HE IS IN! TOUCHDOWN SOUTH PARK! ERIC CARTMAN WITH A 12 YARD TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION OFF A PITCH BY KENNY McCORMICK! THE SOUTH PARK BULLS COME BACK FROM A 10 POINT DEFICIT TO BEAT THE MIDDLE PARK COLTS 23-20 TO CLAIM THEIR 19TH THEIR LEAGUE TITLE AND THE 1ST ROUND BYE!
Kyle and the offense, raised their arms up and jumped in the air in excitement and so did all the South Park fans and cheerleaders. Even all the South Park players on the sidelines were celebrating and ran towards the end zone with the others. Stan and Token still on the sidelines, cheered and were also surprises at what they just witnessed, a big guy scoring a TD.
"Oh, my God! Cartman!" Stan yelled out, as his voice turned into laughter and Token laughs, too.
The cheerleaders, especially Bebe, jumping up and down, and waving their pom-poms, running up towards the celebration. In the stands, the entire SPHS crowd, even Gerald, Sheila, Ike, Officer's Barbrady and Peterson, and Mr. Denkins are celebrating. Randy Marsh, also surprised at what just happened.
"WOO!" Randy cheered.
"Good gosh all might Joe Friday!" Paul exclaimed.
"Cartman!" Frank and Paul exclaimed in unison.
"Cartman! Bulls win! Bulls win! Bulls win! 19 park county league championships!" Frank stated in exclamation.
"They've done it! Who can believe it?" Paul asked.
Final score: South Park 23, Middle Park 20
Next Friday's game: Bye week
On the field, every football player, cheerleader, and nearly half the fans of South Park are on the field celebrating the comeback win, led by Kyle Broflovski, who is being held up in the air by two of his teammates. Millie Larsen runs up to Kenny, gives him a jump hug, wrapping her arms and legs around him, his hands groping her ass and the two making out intensely. Bebe is trying to find Kyle, as other fans kept walking into her, as the celebration keeps getting bigger and bigger.
"Kyle! Excuse me." Bebe yelled out, while searching for her boyfriend, as she bumped into somebody and she finally found him. "Kyle. Kyle!" She yelled out, as she finally got his attention.
"Hey! Down! Down! Down!" Kyle yelled to his two teammates holding him up, as they put him down on his feet in front of his girlfriend.
Bebe, with a smile on her face, stood up onto her toes, put her hands on Kyle's shoulders and leans in for a kiss.
"Now wait a minute, wait a minute." Kyle said, as he caught her off guard and her smile fades. "I thought you only kissed heroes."
At that moment, Bebe and Kyle smiled lovingly at each other.
"You are my hero!" Bebe giggled, as she leans in and kisses her boyfriend.
Kyle returns the kiss, as he wrapped an arm around her waist and she wraps one around his neck. Millie and Kenny are watching them.
"Hey, if you guys want to fuck, me and Kenny can tot-" Millie said, as Kenny caught her off guard.
"No, no, honey, they're classy, they're not like us. They're good people." Kenny said, with a smile.
"Oh. Okay." Millie said.
The celebration still went on for a while. Maybe these were the last days, maybe for at least another 2 to 4 weeks, but nobody will ever forget that day.
Cartman is on a knee crying, 'cause he's a bit of a crier.
Kenny drank beers, because, well, Kenny drinks beer. Kenny's celebration was with Millie, pouring two bottles of beer all over himself while screaming out in victory, he even poured some on his girlfriend's chest and started motor-boating her chest, while she cheered out loud with her arms up.
Stan and Token still on the sidelines, smiling at each other. Stan is happy. He found his calling as a football coach. #92 and #40 of South Park took the lid off the orange gatorade cooler full of water and ice, picked it up, walked up to Stan and Token from behind, and poured it all over the two. Leaving Stan and Token all surprised and laughing at each other, after getting drenched from the pouring of iced water by a pair of their teammates from behind.
Wendy and Nichole ran up to their boyfriends and hugged them at the same time. Wendy giving Stan a kiss on the right cheek, as Nichole did the same thing to Token.
"Are you're going to be okay, boo?" Nichole cooed.
"Most likely. Just gonna be out for 2 to 3 weeks." Token answered.
"Ouch. Hope we make it far." Nichole said.
"I didn't know you coach, too, sweetie." Wendy said.
"Well someone who knows the team well had to do it after PC left." Stan replied, with a smile.
"Mmm, my cutie of a coach, and quarterback." Wendy giggled.
"Well, you are my cutie of a cheerleader." Stan replied with a wink.
Wendy leans into Stan's face and kissed his lips. Stan manages to return the kiss while keeping his balance through crutches, Wendy also helped keep his balance by holding his hips, and they deepened their kiss by getting their tongues involved. Nichole and Token followed, doing the same thing.
Middle Park's players, coaches, cheerleaders, and fans left the stadium with their heads down in sadness and disappointment, that they have to play the 1st round next Friday night.
End of chapter 16...
Notable player stats VS Middle Park:
QB Kyle Broflovski: Passing: 19/26, 167 yards, 2 TD's; Rushing: 5 carries, 34 yards
RB Token Black: Rushing: 16 carries, 139 yards, TD, 1 fumble, 1 fumble lost
WR Kenny McCormick: Receiving: 8 catches, 97 yards, TD
OG Eric Cartman: Receiving: 1 catch, 12 yards, TD
FS Kevin Stoley: 6 tackles, 5 assists, 5 pass defenses
In the movie, this is where it would end. But in this story, it shall not end here :) There will be playoff chapters for the next, that could have a touch of a mix of both the movie and TV series, Friday Night Lights. Everybody was too tired of the celebration, so the players and cheerleaders postponed the postgame party at Kenny's house to Saturday night, which is tomorrow. Now with the 1st round bye wrapped up, Stan is going to be able to have an extra week of recovery, but Token won't be on that field for a while, if SPHS makes it far. And haha, Middle Park blew a 10 point lead and has to play the first round next week! XD