Russ Holliday had everything but a national championship. As star quarterback of the Oregon Ducks, he marched his team to the brink of victory, a single yard from sealing the win. Instead, he dropped the ball on the 1-yard line, leaving the door open for the other team to score. His worst moment wasn’t the fumble, but what came after: after a cancer-stricken fan in a wheelchair called him his favorite player, Holliday lashed out and socked the boy’s father on national TV, knocking over the child in his wheelchair. “It’s the kind of thing that will haunt him for the rest of his life,” announcer Chris Fowler says during the scene. In the world of Chad Powers , that prophecy sticks.

It also fuels the show’s premise. Chad Powers , a six-episode limited series premiering Sept. 30 on Hulu

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