conflict
The conflict in the book is that Jake Cullen, freshman in high school, tries to become the starting quarterback. In the beginning of the book, Jake is the third string quarterback and won't have much playing time. He worked really hard in practice and even stayed after practice to work with his coach in his throwing and technique. In the first game the starting quarterback got injured and was going to be out the rest of the year. Then, the second string quarterback threw 3 interceptions and had 1 fumble. So the coach put Jake in to see if he could do anything. He led the team all the way down the field to a touchdown and their only points of the night.