Paint your faces in Arendelle Ice Blue, get out your foam fingers, your buckets to beat on and get yourself a hotdog because it's time for the long awaited Ice Bowl!
The day that everybody had been waiting impatiently for had finally arrived. The Ice Bowl was finally here and while the actual game was still a few hours away, that didn't stop fans from both schools from filling the outside of the stadiums with tents, grills, and lawn chairs for a hell of a pregame tailgate party.
Arendelle arrived in their own private jet the day before carrying both the players, coaches and cheerleaders. They also had reserved a hotel just for them for the night as they prepared for the big game the following day.
There was no time to relax when the sun came up the following morning for Arendelle for the second they got up, showered and had their breakfast it was straight to the practice fields for their last practice session before the game.
Even though everybody on that team wanted to win the game. Jack was the one most desperate to win. As he was on the practice field, throwing passes to his receivers, all that was on his mind was how much he wanted his revenge on the Southern Isle, how they tried to destroy his career with false allegations just because they saw him as a threat. Jack was throwing angry, and he was running with the ball even angrier, The game hadn't even started and he was already building up a huge sweat, enough that Hiccup worried he was pushing himself to hard.
"Jack you got to take it a little easy buddy, the game hasn't even started yet and you are already working yourself to a sweat."
"I can't take it easy," Jack said "And I won't take it easy until I knock the Southern Isle flat on their face and send them home with their tails in between their legs."
"Jack, we all want to win the Ice Bowl, but you cannot be playing with vengeance on your mind. You play angry, and that will only cause you to blur your judgment and concentration. We need you to focus."
"I am focused." Jack said as he took to steps back and threw a Hail Mary pass to Flynn. "I am focused on smashing the Southern Isle into little itty bitty pieces.
"No, we need you to focus on the bigger picture. If you are focused only on your anger, then it is only going to cause you to make mistakes that you don't usually make. They want you to be angry, they want you to make mistakes. Don't focus on them, focus on us. Focus on bringing us a championship game. Treat this game like any other game, and treat Southern Isle like any other opponent. We need you to remain calm and take the game one play at a time."
Jack took a deep breath as he calmed down. Hiccup was right, Jack needed to focus on his team rather then his hatred, otherwise he was only destined to fail.
"I'll do my best." Jack said
"That's my boy." Hiccup said patting him on the shoulder. "Now pass me the ball, I need to loosen up my legs a bit." Jack tossed Hiccup the ball as they worked on some running plays for the next half hour.
The big game just a couple hours away and Collage Gameday, ESPN's big pregame show was outside the stadium where all the commentators were getting ready to make their big pregame picks. Collage Gameday had even brought in Peyton Manning to be their guest picker for the Ice bowl since Jack Frost said he was a big fan of his.
Jack's little sister Emma was in the Collage Gameday crowd as all the commentators were starting their picks for the game.
"So let's begin the picks," Rece Davis, the host of the show said as he turned to face the first analyst Desmond Howard "Who you got Desmond"
"You know I have been watching both teams carefully and I have become a big fan of Arendelle's underdog story with Jack Frost and his amazing story going from a walk on to Heisman winner, but I just don't think they have what it takes to beat this dynamic Southern Isle team, so I've got to go with Southern Isle."
"BOO YOU SUCK!" Emma yelled from the crowd when hearing Desmond's pick
"I respectively disagree with you." Kirk Herbstriet said "Arendelle has done nothing but prove everybody wrong week after week this season, beating every obstacle that has come their way, from their stating QB getting hurt, to Jack Frost facing allegations, but all they have done is keep winning, whats one more obstacle for these guys, I'm going with Arendelle.
"YEAH! YOU TELL THEM HERBSTRIET!"
"Peyton, what do you think?" Rece asked
"You know, I have been watching Jack Frost and this Arendelle team a lot this season and have became a big fan of their story" Peyton Manning said "Jack Frost is a unbelievably talented Quarterback, definitely one of the best I have seen in a long time. And I am just not saying this because he idolizes me, I truly believe this. I am going with Jack Frost and the Arendelle Reindeer.
Emma cheered when she heard Peyton say that. Peyton Manning, Jack Frost's childhood hero just picked him to win the Ice Bowl, she almost choked up hearing that and she wished Jack could have been their to witness him say those words.
"Peyton I love you, I respect you, and you are a future hall of famor for sure, but NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND!" Lee Corso said pointing his pen at Peyton before he took out a warriors helmet and put it on his head. "Warriors are going to win!"
"OH SCREW YOU LEE CORSO!" Emma screamed as she booed and gave him the thumbs down as she started chanting "ARENDELLE, ARENDELLE, ARENDELLE!"
Inside the Arendelle locker room, Coach North was giving the team one last prep talk before they got on the field.
"The team you are about to face is unlike any other you have faced in the past." North said "They have won the last three Ice bowls and are undefeated. But that doesn't mean they cant be beaten. They fear us, they have seen what you can do and that scares them. It scared them so much they tried to knock Jack out of the playoffs. Let's make them fear us even more by bringing the championship home to Arendelle.
You don't need to play a perfect game, you just need to play really good. We need the defense to step up and guard them at every play. We need the offense to move the ball with every play. I need you to play the best damn game you have ever played. You ready to do that Arendelle!?"
The team got up and all chanted "Yeah" together.
"Then lets get out there and win that championship!" North said as the whole team grabbed their gear and stormed out of the locker room.
As they approached the field the cheerleaders were waiting there with a paper banner for them to run through. The guy cheer team was standing in line shirtless, painted blue and holding flags which spelled out Arendelle, and one guy was handling the live Reindeer mascot Sven.
As the team was waiting for the signal to be given Hiccup turned to Jack, who was already jumping up and down, anxious to get on the field.
"You ready for this?"
"Oh trust me, I've been waiting for this for a long time." Jack replied. Then the signal was given and the team broke through the paper banner and ran onto the field, followed by Sven the live reindeer mascot and the flag barriers. As they were running on the field the Arendelle crowd went wild, while the Southern Isle crowd booed, hissed and held up signs taunting Jack that read "Don't hit me Jack" Some of the Southern Isle crowd was wearing orange jumpsuits with Jacks name on it. Jack didn't pay them any attention. He just focused on the Arendelle crowd cheering him on and his mother and sister who was in the front row, screaming louder then anyone.
Then the Southern Isle Warriors stormed onto the field, wearing Black Jersies with gold sleeves and gold pants, their black helmets having a golden S with a I going threw the loops of the S. By all accounts the sear presents of The Southern Isle was enough to intimidate a guy. The players was huge, bigger then any team they have faced in the past. And when they got onto the field, they turned to face their fans and stomped their feet and beat their chest as they gave a battle chant in a language none of the Arendelle team recognized.
"Well this is going to be a battle." Snotlout said as he saw Southern Isle doing their battle chant. Jack wasn't looking at the football players however, he was staring at Hans with a glare that could burn a whole threw a solid oak door. And Hans was looking at Jack too, and Hans took his right hand and gave Jack the cut throat signal, saying that he was dead.
"We can take them." Jack responded to Snotlout. As he lined up with the rest of the team for the national anthem.
As both teams got off the field, the field was set up for the national anthem and a voice on the intercom was heard announcing the singer for the anthem.
"Ladies and gentlemen." The voice said "Here to present to you your national anthem please give it up for Tony Award winning actress Idina Menzel."
"Hey don't I know her from somewhere?" Elsa asked Merida who told her to shush for the anthem.
Oh say can't you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed, by the twilight's last gleaming. Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous flight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof to the night that our flag was still there; O say does that star spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave.
As Idina Menzel finished and walked off stage as the stadium clapped and cheered for her, Anna turned and whispered in Elsa's ear
"Is it just me or does she sound a lot like you?"
"I know it's so creepy." Elsa answered.
The two teams then walked onto the middle of the field for the coin toss.
"Congratulations on making it to the Ice Bowl." The head ref said as he greeted the two teams. "We have a special coin for the coin toss today, The Southern Isle emblem will be heads and Arendelle's will be tails. I will throw the coin in the air and while it is in the air Arendelle will call it."
"Tails." Jack said as the ref tossed it coin in the air. When it hit the ground Arendelle's emblem showed up on top.
"It is tails, Arendelle has won the toss, which means they choose who gets the ball first."
"We would like to receive." Jack said
"Ok Arendelle will start the half with the ball. Southern Isle which side of the field do you want to defend."
"The south end." The Southern Isle captain said.
"Ok Southern Isle will defend the south goal. Good luck to the both of you and may the best team win."
Then the Southern Isle took the ball for the opening kickoff. Flynn was waiting at the end of the field for the ball and when it was kicked he grabbed it and ran the ball to the thirty five yard line.
"And the 2016 Ice Bowl is underway." Bob Parr said, in the analyst's booth, who was calling the game with his co analyst Buzz Lightyear.
As Jack walked onto the filed for the first snap of the game he was welcomed with cheers from the Arendelle side and boos from the Southern Isle side. Jack only focused on the cheers as he stepped up to the field and had the ball snapped to him.
For the first play of the game he threw the ball to Flynn who ran it for a good fifteen yards to the fifty for a Arendelle first down.
Jack didn't waist any time at all as he quickly ran up to the fifty, and had the ball snapped to him again. This time he threw the ball to Kristoff who caught it at the forty and ran it to the thirty for another first down.
Arendelle fans was cheering as Arendelle was moving the chains right off the back. Everything was going as planned for Jack, he wanted to move the chains quickly off the bat, he wanted the Southern Isle to fear him. When the ball was snapped to him again this time he ran the ball himself and ran ten yards to the twenty.
The Arendelle fans went crazy and Hans decided he had seen enough, he was calling a timeout.
"And the Southern Isle are calling their first timeout as they try to figure out a way to slow down this Arendelle offense." Buzz said turning to Bob. "Man this Arendelle team has came out on fire to start this half."
"Well they needed to Buzz" Bob said "They know the type of team they are up against and if they want any chance of beating this team they needed to come out swinging."
"Coach, they are running circles around us." One of the Southern Isle players said as they huddled for the time out. "What are we going to do?"
"I'll tell you what we are going to do," Hans said "I need one of you to knock Jack out of the game."
"But coach that's illegal?" A player protested.
"Look, Arendelle is nothing without Jack. You saw how they played the first half of their first game without him, they were terrible. One of you knock out Jack, and I will pay your tuition for the rest of the school year."
"I'll do it." A player wearing the number 89 said, it was the same guy who Jack got in a beef with outside the bar. "He broke my nose, I will break him."
"Your sacrifice for the team will not go unnoticed." Hans said "Take him out." Then they broke the huddle and ran back to the field. Number 89 looked deep into Jack's eyes then as soon as Jack took the snap he barged threw the line and smashed into the crown of Jack's helmet with his own helmet, knocking Jack head first onto the turf. The Arendelle crowd just gasped as flag was thrown after the play.
"Not so fun the other way around is it bitch!" Number 89 mocked as he stomped on Jack's helmet with his cleat as the Arendelle crowd booed.
"Unsportsmanlike like conduct, Targeting, number 89 defense, fifteen yard penalty, number 89 has been ejected from the game.
The Arendelle crowd booed number 89 as he marched to the locker room and gave the crowd the bird.
Elsa, the crowd and the team noticed something that quickly silenced them.
"Jack get up." Jack's sister Emma cried. Jack was lying still on the turf, his head buried in the ground, he wasn't moving at all.
"Get up Jack!" Elsa cried
"This is not looking good for Arendelle folks." Bob said in the analyst's booth. "Jack Frost is not getting up."
Oh just in case you are wondering why I am using the year 2016 instead of 2015. I am trying to set this in the real world which is why I am giving cameos to real people. And since the 2014-2015 collage championship has already been played and won by the Ohio State Buckeyes I didn't want to try to ignore history so I just sat it one year ahead.