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It's Mojo Radio back on the air.

Slamming Sammy here. Football time in Texas.

Let's go to the phone. We got Butch on the line with us.

Butch, what about it? We'll have a great year, or what?

How you doing?

Good. Tell me about this season.

We're gonna have a hell of a season this year.

Winchell's gonna take us all the way.

Deep slant trips stacked right?

Primary receiver's inside flanker.

"Z" burst.

My linemen are in 80 pass block.

How deep is your drop?

Five steps.

Five steps. Trips stacked left?

Inside 8-yard curl.

You gonna get a scholarship?

Yes, Mom.

"Z" receiver.

It's Mojo Radio, Slamming Sammy,

and I've got Jerry on the line

from the Sonic down there. Jerry, there's a lot of talk

that Coach Gaines, with that $60,000 a year salary...

I know where we're going with this.

He makes a little bit more than the principal of the school...

Just last week,

I was reading this book about Babe Ruth

and they asked him if he deserved his salary

way back in 1910 or 1904, whatever it was

and he said, "Hey, you know..."

They said, "You make more than the President."

He says, "Well, you know, can the President hit a baseball?"

I'm telling you, Coach Gary Gaines,

they could give him $100,000/year

and if these boys go undefeated,

it's worth every single dollar.

I tell you what, the principal of Permian don't get 28,000 people...

I have two to three seconds of protection

if my linemen are in 80 pass block.

Wide receiver?

He runs, burst route.

If he sees cover two, he bends outside 8 to 12 yards.

20 yards, and runs straight to the sideline.

Are you ready for this, Mike?

- Yo. - Ivory.

Ready to work? What's up, Boobie?

State. State.

State?

Where your girlfriend at, Water Bug?

- Well... - We ain't got a girlfriend yet?

Come on, let's go. Snap it up.

You wanna know why you ain't got a girl yet, Water Bug?

Why?

You got the wrong shoes on, man.

You got on white Adidas.

Everybody know the shoe is Nikes.

Nothing holds a nickel next to Nike.

Ask Ivory. Ask Preacher Man.

What kind of shoes on your feet don't matter.

Come on, Preacher. Bullshit.

Don't matter at all.

You know God made black beautiful.

God made Boobie beautiful, black and strong.

His mouth keeps getting bigger and bigger.

And when Boobie knocks some fools out

Boobie gonna knock them out with black Nikes on his feet.

I could knock you out in a pair of flip-flops.

Yeah, well, I'm gonna knock them out with Nikes on my feet

and I'm gonna smile when I do.

Let's go. Five minutes.

Get up. Let's go!

How y'all doing up there? You all doing all right?

45, Boobie, that's my nephew out there.

The boy can play some football, I'm telling you.

I think he'll win the Heisman Trophy someday.

The Heisman, really?

Yes, sir. You can bet on it.

I got it.

Who's you guys' favorite player?

Boobie Miles.

He can spin left. He can spin right.

Don't make no difference.

He can block, tackle, score the touchdown, snap the ball

hold the snap and kick the extra point.

Hell, the boy will fill up the Gatorade cooler

walk the dog and paint your back porch.

I'm telling you, that boy can flat out play football.

And he can pass!

Should we believe the hype?

What hype?

The hype about Boobie Miles.

No, hype is something that's not for real. I'm all real.

I'm Chris Comer. I'm a running back.

So that means you're Boobie's backup?

I'm actually Boobie's backup backup. I'm third string right now.

You know which way you're supposed to run?

Yeah, with strong right...

I ain't talking about the play.

I know what the play was, okay?

Odessa is a small town

and when you screw up, everybody knows about it.

Your dad played at Permian.

What's it like to be the son of a local legend?

Hold on to the damn ball, Donny.

Next question.

There it goes!

How are your grades, Boobie?

I get straight A's. I'm an athlete.

In what subject?

There's only one subject. It's football.

Ain't no other subject, you know?

Hut!

You sure he's part of your gene pool, Charlie?

Shit!

Red alert, everybody.

What about the expectations

of coaching a team like this in a community like this?

Well, I guess

there's always a surprise or two in every community.

Just concentrate on hanging on the ball. Both hands.

Hey, Donny.

Come here. What's the problem?

Get off the field, Dad.

Why can't you hold on to the football?

What's so God damn hard about holding on to it?

I'm sorry.

All you gotta do is hold the ball, and you can't.

Tell me why you can't do it.

That's all I wanna know.

I'll try better next time. Come on.

Charlie!

Don't you walk away from me.

Don't you walk away from me when I'm talking to you.

Tell me why you can't do it.

Enough.

Tell me. Answer a question.

Mr. Billingsley.

It's the first day of practice.

This is practice. Seriously.

Enough. Charlie!

Embarrassing me out here.

Jesus Christ.

It's all right, Don.

It's all right. Don't worry about it. Here we go.

Slot right. 38...

Billingsley, you ain't gotta worry about holding on to the ball.

Why's that? 'Cause you ain't gonna get it.

Your job is to be blocking for Boobie.

I don't care if your daddy is over there crying.

You never shut up, do you?

Our team's been playing with each other for a long time

and we got the brotherhood part of it down pretty much.

People here at Permian are already predicting

a State Championship.

Is there any pressure to that for you guys?

Any time they start predicting the State Championships

there's always pressure, believe me.

You guys don't have a lot of size.

How can you make up for that?

We're gonna rely on our speed

discipline.

Come on, Ivory. You're in the game now.

Do football players get special treatment here?

What do you have to do to be a better football player this year?

Do you enjoy playing football?

You quit reading your press clippings, all right?

Because you're smaller, and you're gonna be smaller everyweek.

Yo, Boobie Miles!

It is hard to be humble.

Ain't gonna be no growth spurt between now and the first game.

Where does all that anger come from?

They're gonna underestimate you every single week.

We teach you this technique for a reason.

We do not do this to make our heads rattle.

You're gonna use your mind.

You're gonna play with your heart. Come on.

That's what you're gonna use to win the State Championship.

Get up, Ivory.

It's a good day, gentlemen.

It's a good day to think about responsibility.

It's a good day to ask yourself

if on a personal level, you're willing to accept that.

If you're willing to accept the responsibility

that you have to protect this team

and this school and this town.

And make no mistake about it, gentlemen

we are in the business of protecting this town.

We're in the business of winning.

The expectations couldn't be any higher.

We will win State.

Can you be perfect?

Mojo!

No, I'm all right.

Come on, Mike. Live a little.

He's not going out, either.

Yeah, he is. Mike, you're going out tonight.

If I have anything to say about it, you're gonna get laid, too.

Billingsley! Billingsley, party at Taylor's house, now!

You better be there. Gonna get wasted.

Party at Taylor's.

Isn't that guy, like, 35?

Mike, here's your mom's food.

How much?

Don't worry about it. It's on us.

How's she doing?

You never give me free food, David.

I just gave you free food.

Yeah, I forgot about that.

Say hi to your mom.

Yes, sir.

Stay out of jail, Billingsley.

You're not going home, Mike.

I ain't going out drunk fooling.

How about I bring your mom dinner so you can come out with us?

Because we'll get laid, get drunk

and we'll win State, but not tonight. All right?

You been blessed, Mike, because we got a runner.

He's gonna make us all look good.

So I'm telling you to lighten up.

All you gotta do is exist in those two seconds between snap

and you giving Boobie the ball.

So lighten up, Mike.

How you doing? Hey, Brian.

How's old Gaines treating you?

Got you boys in line? Got y'all perfect?

We getting there. How's your mama?

Fine, sir.

You mind if we get a shot real quick with the kid?

Shot? Yeah, little picture.

Yeah, sure.

All right. Just take a picture.

My baby girl and the next Texas State Championship quarterback.

Where's the damn camera?

Winchell, remember every minute of this. I'm telling you right now.

You're 17, but it goes fast.

Don't sleep, don't waste a second of it.

'Cause before you know it, it's done.

Nothing but babies and memories.

You hear me? Babies and memories.

Smile, sweetheart. Give us a smile. Say "Mojo."

Why don't you hold on to her for a little while?

Baby-sit her for us for a couple hours.

We're gonna go get a drink.

We'll be back in a little bit.

I'm kidding with you.

Come here, sweetie. Let's go back over to Mama.

Thank you.

Bring it home. Bring one of these home.

Get you one of these.

Christian, get you one of these.

Boys? Right here.

Wanna go to that party? Just for a little bit?

What I saw was speed out there, but where's the beef, Coach?

I saw me some small boys.

They're small.

I think we're gonna be okay.

On defense?

Yes, ma'am. I firmly believe that.

We got some backs. We're about, what, 180?

Hi, Mike. I'm Melissa.

I know who you are.

You do?

Everybody knows who you are.

Everybody knows who you are, Mike.

Is that right?

...lot of things: Arab oil embargo...

Oh, God. Don't talk about that.

Midland Lee likes to bust it up the middle.

You're right about that.

You know what you should do?

You should play Boobie Miles defense.

Work him both ways.

I don't want to get him hurt.

We need him to score touchdowns.

Bullshit. That big nigger ain't gonna break.

You wanna beat Midland Lee, you play him middle linebacker.

Break some heads out there.

Are you ready for Midland Lee, Coach?

This is not about Boobie.

This is about the fact that we're sitting here while they're up there.

I wanna be with a ball carrier.

Baby, Boobie is...

Don't you "Baby, Boobie" me. I wanna see something. You gonna play?

Can I get a touchdown? How about that?

Why don't you have a girlfriend?

I don't know.

Why doesn't he have a girlfriend?

Is that a rule or something?

No, not really.

Well, then why don't you have a girlfriend?

Just don't.

Are you gay?

What? Is he gay?

I'm not gay.

Can you prove it?

Coach, here's to the start of your second season as our head coach.

We're here. We believe in you and Sharon.

Thank you.

And to sitting here in December as the state champions of Texas.

Let's bring them hell.

Go, Mojo!

Go get them.

Bring in some glory, Coach.

Why isn't anyone allowed at your house?

People come over.

When?

Is your mother really crazy?

No.

Are you crazy?

Do I look crazy?

You look like someone who'll get out of Odessa, Texas one day

and never look back.

Seriously works for me.

See you.

Get in here, boy.

Come on. Get this off.

Don't be getting so prudish.

Stop. We're on your couch.

Something for everybody.

Let's go to your room.

Let's go to your bedroom.

Dad, can you just go back to bed, please?

Who's this? This Melissa?

Yes. Maria.

How you doing, Maria?

Damn, girl. You have grown up.

Dad, please. Can you just go back to bed?

What happened to my lamp?

Hey, y'all. What's going on?

Hey, Flippy. Hi, Maria.

What happened to my lamp?

I dropped it.

Yeah, you dropped it.

That makes perfect sense. He dropped it.

Can't hold on to the lamp, can't hold on to the football.

I can hold on to the football, Dad. Now get the hell out of here!

Little fumble.

Can't hold on to the football.

Since when can you hold on to it?

I haven't seen it. You hold on to it today?

Yesterday? You hold on to the football yesterday?

You seen him hold on to the football? How about tomorrow?

You gonna hold on to it tomorrow?

How about now? Hold on to the football.

God damn it, Dad.

- Dad. - What are you doing?

Maybe this will help. Dad!

What are you doing?

Hold on to the football!

Dad! God damn it, Dad! Knock it off!

I don't think we've felt this kind of expectation in years.

If Winchell shows up like we know he can

even a short passing game to give Miles a few feet of cushion...

You boys all right?

Yes, sir.

Gonna win State?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Undefeated?

Yes, sir. Get it done.

"The Southern California lifestyle

"is but one of the bonus features

"of playing for..."

What's that word?

"Distinguished."

Who's that one from, UCLA?

No, this is USC.

That's UCLA right there.

Hey, Mike.

You gonna come visit my distinguished ass in California?

See if I can put the damn smile on your face.

You know I'm fitting to be rich, right?

I'm thinking about hiring Eddie Murphy

to lay some of his shit on you till you crack a damn smile.

No? Well, what about Richard Pryor?

Bill Cosby? I know you like Bill Cosby.

Mike Winchell

you got a natural ability for throwing Boobie Miles the ball.

And every once in a while, you throw a pretty good pass

so you're going to eat your Jell-O Pudding Pops.

Yo, Mike Winchell

you gonna move out of Odessa, Texas one day, baby

and you gonna come visit Boobie Miles in California

and you gonna smile

or I'm gonna stick four pudding pops up your white ass.

My God! I got Mike Winchell smiling.

Look at this.

Did y'all see it?

That's probably the only smile y'all gonna see from Mike all season.

Yeah.

I'm distinguished now.

- Hey, Boobie. - What?

You didn't lift.

Come on, man. This is God-given.

Only thing I gotta do is just show up.

Now, people call this monument out here, the Ratliff Stadium

the monument to football of Cdessa.

They say some of that money should have gone to the school.

What's your feelings on that, D.U.? You played ball.

Ain't that stadium part of the school?

So I say that money did go to the school.

What's everybody whining about?

This is football country, folks. Come on, get your heads out.

Hi, Don. Hey, Karen.

It's you. Do you like it?

Think so. What is it?

Rice Krispies. You like it, right?

Yeah, I love it.

Thanks. You're welcome.

Hey, Gary.

Hey, John. How you doing?

Good. You real busy?

I got a minute or two. What you got up?

I got some characters out here.

Who you got with you?

Wilkins. Hey, Gary.

How you doing?

How's that pretty wife of yours? She's good.

Ready for Friday night?

Sure hope so. Seems pretty good.

I feel pretty good about it. Really.

We just wanted to come by and visit

maybe talk about defense a little bit, if you got a second.

You got a second?

We got a dog named Mojo.

We got a cat named Panther.

You got season tickets?

You kidding? We don't miss anything. We go to all the scrimmages.

Instead of the cover two zone...

Get the D line in as many gaps and stack gaps as possible.

Double dent, type of technique.

- Hey, what's up? - Hey, Boobie.

How you doing?

All right.

Strong "B" slide force. Hell, we can look at...

Yeah. He'll still be a robber...

Get Ivory out of the board.

And go. Go.

Go by the speed and make up for the size differential.

What do you think, Coach?

Now, obviously we're not Division I

but we've got a good program.

You play well enough, we'll find you a spot at Kansas Wesleyan.

How far is the drive?

What drive?

To your school. How far is it from Odessa to your school?

I don't know. 10 or 12 hours.

Are you offering?

Ma'am? Right now. Are you offering?

If you are, we're in. Mom.

He'll sign his intent right now.

Well, obviously we're interested, Miss Winchell.

Otherwise we wouldn't be here, Mike.

But right now, that's all we are, is...

Interested.

Now, you go get at them, you throw some touchdowns

you win some football games, maybe a State Championship

we'll see if we can't find you a home at Kansas Wesleyan.

Yes, sir.

Do you like playing football, Mike?

Yes, sir.

Is it fun for you?

Lots of fun, sir.

He loves the game.

That's good. It's important.

It's legitimate love of the game.

Supposed to be fun, you know? Greatest game in the world.

I'm not that good at toasting, but I'll give it a try.

Fact is, I don't know if I've ever done a toast myself before.

Been involved in a few, but...

Here's to Boobie Miles, who...

Well, everything you get this year, you deserve it

because you work hard, and I'm real proud of you.

And L.V., to you.

I can't even tell you how proud of you I am

the way you've raised this kid and what you do for him.

Here's to a great season, and God bless us.

God bless us.

God bless.

We been thinking about this for four months now.

You seniors have been thinking about it for 17 years.

Well, it's here now. It's time.

If any of you have any doubt in your mind

I don't want you to walk through that door over there.

You shouldn't have any doubt in your mind

about what you're supposed to do tonight

and about how you're supposed to do it.

So let's take care of it!

Way to go.

Boobie Miles.

Did you see that?

You can't turn it back to Boobie Miles!

All Boobie, all the time here.

A Mojo first down.

Boobie around one more!

Yeah! That's my boy!

Boobie Miles from 45 yards out

scores a Mojo touchdown.

Billingsley takes it right.

Boobie. Here we go again.

Into the end zone. Touchdown, Mojo.

Boobie Miles has it all, all in one great package

the speed, the size, the athleticism.

Let me tell you, folks, Boobie Miles is worth the price of admission.

Yeah! Yeah, all right!

Miles breaking loose one more time.

Yes, sir!

Broke the line.

Chavez!

Chavez is playing like a man possessed.

God damn, I'm so proud of you!

Calm down, son.

Chavez will eat you...

Billingsley.

Go sit on the bench. Go get on the bench.

Crazy.

I like enthusiasm, but my goodness.

He's gonna throw it. What an arm!

Did you see...

Boobie Miles, from 35 yards out, scores a Mojo touchdown.

You're doing a great job. Give me a smile.

Thank you, Coach.

Boobie Miles is about as solid as you can ask for.

He ain't gonna smile.

Why not? Why didn't he ever smile?

He's more internal.

Let me kick that extra point.

Not this time. You did enough.

Come on.

Chris Comer, you're going in.

Comer, you're in the game. Come on.

Hey, son, come here. Where you going?

You don't want me to go in, Coach?

You don't want a helmet?

Where's your helmet? Go get it.

Yes, sir.

You see my helmet, man?

Find your helmet, son.

What you looking for, Water Bug?

Hey, let me get this real quick. No way.

Come on.

My goodness gracious.

Boobie.

Water Bug, you can't come out here with no helmet.

You seen my helmet right here? I can still go in.

28 sweep.

You don't know where your helmet is! What are you thinking?

Where did you put your helmet?

Right there.

Well, it ain't there!

Do you not know that you play the game with a helmet on?

Sit your tail down right now!

He throws back to Miles.

Miles cuts to his right.

Bailey takes him down.

Was that a knee?

Could have been.

Hold on. Hang on.

Winchell was still in there.

Billingsley was still in there.

Unfortunately

the running back has been taken down hard

and it looks like a knee could possibly...

Just gonna touch the kneecap here.

Does it hurt over here on this side?

Get up, Boobie.

Let me take a look at this.

It's definitely his ACL.

I mean, it's a legitimate tear.

Do you think he tore any cartilage?

Maybe. I could feel the knee catching.

What do you think?

This kid, it's all about how he responds mentally.

I don't know.

All right, everybody. Listen up.

He's gonna be fine.

It's not serious. There's no tear.

He'll be back in a week.

That's the good news.

Even better news, y'all played a great football game tonight.

A real good football game.

I'm real proud of you.

And Mike... Where's Mike Winchell?

Mike, I'm proud of you, son.

You showed discipline. You showed leadership.

You played your butt off, son.

I'm proud of you.

All of you. Proud of all of you.

And, Wilson, now that's body tackle.

That's what I been telling you about.

Did y'all see him tonight?

Anyway, I'm proud of every one of you.

I'm proud of the coaches, all of y'all each and every player.

I want you to go celebrate.

Feel good about yourselves tonight, okay? Come on!

We only got a minute and a half left in the game.

We're leading by a good lead.

He leaves the boy in there like that. That makes no sense.

You gotta protect your best asset.

What's the matter with this man?

He could've ruined the whole season for us right there.

We were up. We were winning big,

and the boy stays in the game.

Yeah. You don't need any more.

You don't need to accomplish any more.

I think Coach Gaines is a stupid idiot.

Well, he shouldn't have put him in.

I mean, we had a big lead and everything.

I don't understand what that was all about.

We can't do anything without Boobie.

We had the game won.

I'm feeling some damage on the right side here.

Well, can I play on Friday?

I think you got a slight tear.

Can he play?

Yeah, can I play?

Can he play football?

Can I?

You need to get up to Midland, get an MRI.

Can a MRI fix your knee?

Is he the one player you can't do without?

Well, I never looked at it that way.

A football team is not about one player or two players.

A football team is about the team.

This is a unit, and that's the way we have to play.

It's gonna be a challenge.

You are making some bad decisions!

You're playing like the village idiot.

You want people to think you're the village idiot?

As the Eagles take down the Panthers, 49-6

and for Coach Gary Gaines

play's gotta be back to the drawing board.

That's gonna be the word around town all week.

Coach Gaines, what are you gonna do?

The loss of Boobie Miles can not result in the loss of this season.

Hell of a game.

Give me the keys.

Way to take care of business.

Give me the keys, Dad.

We...

We just need a few more days, Coach, and we be back.

You go into Midland, get that MRI?

I don't need nothing in Midland.

Those rich hillbillies ain't never seen nothing

as pretty as Boobie Miles' knee.

Them MRI machines wouldn't know what to do with it.

He gonna be just fine, Coach Gaines.

We gonna go back to the clinic

but they already said there ain't no tears.

No tears? Ain't no tear.

Is that what they said?

Yes, sir. We gonna go back for some double confirmation

but when it come time to play Midland Lee, we be good to go.

That's good then.

He designed his offense around one player.

We're dead.

We're not dead.

We just need to start throwing the football.

We're dead.

Dead. Pull it.

We gotta lighten up.

We're 17.

Do you feel 17?

I don't feel 17.

Pull it.

We will win State.

Chavo, you're like a human piñata.

You get your ass all beat on more than anybody I know

and you just sit there and spit out candy.

That's 'cause he's out of here. He's got the grades.

No matter what, if we win or lose, he knows he's getting out.

He's like the one-foot- out- the-door man.

You're gonna be drinking martinis...

Give me the gun.

Eating lamb chops. Getting manicures.

You're just jealous.

Removing your freaking shoes?

What's it like being the quarterback?

I mean, this is a big responsibility for a 17-year-old kid.

No! That is not acceptable!

It's sort of, I mean...

It's not too bad, I know.

You are playing like a fool.

Do you think you can handle it?

If you got a receiver getting jammed inside

what will you do with your brain?

Yeah, hope so.

What will your brain do?

You'll throw outside! Throw it outside.

You'll throw outside!

Now you think you can do that? Yes, sir.

Well, show me.

Hey.

I thought maybe if you came home,

it would help out a little bit.

She's sick. She's not doing so good.

It's just kind of hard. Football's starting and this is a lot.

I thought if maybe you could come home, it'd help out a little

because she's your mother, too.

Okay.

Can you get the job done, Mike?

We're pretty small.

I didn't ask you if you think we're small.

I asked you if you think we can get the job done.

I think so.

You're gonna have to do better than "I think so." Is that clear?

It's clear.

Now I'm gonna assume that by now

you've learned that the world's not fair

and sometimes you get the short end. That's all you get.

And if you don't do something personally to fix it

then that's all you're ever gonna get.

Yes, sir.

Mike.

Do you want to play college ball?

Do you want to get out of this town?

I think so.

Why aren't you doing something about it?

My ma's not right.

One of these days, you're gonna have to get out of this house.

You're gonna have to leave her.

Yes, sir.

You got to accept the fact that people have to take care of themselves

and that includes you. You understand that?

Yes, sir.

Okay.

The truth is

against some pretty overwhelming odds

if you do decide to accept that...

Look at me, Mike.

If you decide to accept that

you're gonna seriously fly, son.

Same song, different verse.

Middle of the second quarter, Cooper has a 14-0 lead.

Things are really going south in a hurry.

But when you got an offense play

built around one player, that's great

as long as the player's there.

When he gets hurt, in this case like Boobie did,

what do you do?

I don't know, but Gaines better come up with a plan quick

'cause the unthinkable will happen.

The Panthers are gonna lose two consecutive district games.

Wilson gets the handoff

and he's got room to run on the left-hand side.

Across the line. Clotheslined by Gary Grubb.

And he's down.

Give me a running back! We got a running back?

Permian has lost Boobie Miles, now Wilson...

Comer! Yeah, come on!

...leaving him with third-string running back Chris Comer.

Comer around the right side

has some room to run, and runs out of bounds.

What is that?

I didn't have a block.

You are so soft! Are you scared?

I didn't have no block. Football is a contact sport!

I think he's a sophomore.

...looking for a badminton scholarship but that's not gonna cut it.

Blue 40!

The snap. Looking to throw. Here comes the rush.

Winchell avoids the rush, throws the ball.

Comer turns from blocker to receiver

has the ball, crosses the 20-yard line

crosses the 30.

Comer to the 40! Comer to the 50!

Where did this speed come from?

Go!

Who was that? It was Comer.

Our Comer?

It was Comer.

Comer has a Mojo touchdown!

Chris Comer with his first varsity TD.

Not letting go of that ball.

Give me the ball.

85 yards, the second-longest power play in Permian history.

Interception, Brian Chavez!

Abilene Cooper back to punt. It's blocked!

Touchdown, Permian! That's a Mojo touchdown.

Jesus!

Billingsley up the middle, picks up a great block from Comer.

Forearm shiver, in for the Mojo touchdown.

There's your old school football.

Where did this guy come from?

Chris Comer has poured on some fantastic runs

and one fantastic pass reception

leading Mojo from a 14-nothing...

Hello?

I'm feeling great. How are you?

I feel much better than I did before the hit.

This team has a swagger.

They're walking tall and playing tough.

I love these kids.

I love the way Winchell is playing.

They came together after Boobie went out...

He's got him. Touchdown in the corner!

You know, we just have to dig deep...

Comer's amazing. He's stepping in just nicely.

My concern is that he doesn't have the experience in the long run.

If they can just stay strong, not get overconfident

and take out Midland Lee, I think we're going, man.

I think we're gonna go all the way, but I'm a little worried.

Oh, no, sir. It's just a small sprain.

It was just a precaution.

We're on a roll.

Don't get started on the celebration dance just yet.

We got Midland coming up.

Midland Lee is the real deal.

You don't need to be swaggering now.

You got to be playing and practicing.

Permian zips past North Shore Galena, 17-3.

Come on, we're five and one. The team is winning now.

They're winning, but who we playing?

I mean, come on, mediocre teams.

Two losses could shut the door on the Permian Panthers.

Let's not start tooting our horns just yet, you know what I mean?

You lose two division games in this football climate

and you're done, Sammy.

Midland.

Boobie.

This the best damn hospital in Texas.

The very best.

My son, Andrew, played for Midland,

and ended up back East at Penn.

He's playing with Joe Paterno?

University of Pennsylvania. Premed.

Just let it relax. You have any pain?

Not at all.

Does this hurt? No.

None of that hurts? Nope.

Okay. Go ahead and sit up, and just let your legs hang over.

Go ahead and get dressed and let me look at the scan.

I'm sorry. You're James' dad?

No, I'm his uncle.

Come over, and let me look at the scan with you.

This is the scan we just did today of his knee.

This is looking right through the middle of the knee.

What we're looking at right through here is the ACL

and what this shows is that he's had a fairly significant,

fairly serious injury.

Let me show you. Right through here is where the injury is

and it looks like you've had a pretty serious injury

to that part of your knee

significant enough that I have concerns

about what you can do from here on.

So when can I suit up?

Let me just say, with how your knee felt when I examined it

and what I see on the scan

with the things that you do well the reason that you're great

is you can run and cut and hammer people

and you don't hesitate because you've got a solid knee.

When you don't have this ligament

you can't do that, so it's out of the question.

No. That's not what Dr. Spencer said.

He said three weeks. Three weeks is up, and I'm ready to play.

I understand. But again, when I...

Based on what I see when I feel and examine your knee,

what I see here you really can't play with this kind of...

What are you talking about, "I can't play"? I'm gonna play.

I'm ready to play. My team needs me. I'm ready to play.

Listen to me. I am listening to you.

I want what's best for you.

You and I are on the same page...

We ain't on the same page.

How you gonna want what's best for me? Hold on.

How you gonna want what's best for me? You from Midland, right?

This is bull, man.

You just jealous 'cause you from Midland.

What I recommend...

Who paying you?

Come on, Boobie. That's okay.

You trying to take my football career!

Boobie, let's get out of here.

Whatever you're saying to me, listen to me.

Who's paying you?

Here back on Mojo Radio, it's Slamming Sammy Stands.

I knew tonight's game was gonna be

a big game, but it just got bigger.

Earlier today, Cooper beat Woodland.

If Permian wins tonight, they're in the play-offs.

If they lose, though, they fall back into a three-way tie for first place

and that means the tie-breaker is a coin toss.

So what did the doctor say?

If you go out there before your knee's ready...

Coach, my knee's fine.

You okay with this, L.V.?

Yeah, I'm good with it. 100%.

Go get dressed.

The most storied rivalry in the state of Texas

is Permian hosting the Midland Lee Rebels at Ratliff Stadium.

Tonight one of these teams

could take a step toward the play-offs.

Permian has one district loss,

both Cooper and Midland have two.

There's no doubt about that.

A win tonight puts Permian in the play-offs

no coin flip needed

plus it will send the Lee Rebels home for the season.

Well, what do you know, folks. Look at this.

Coming out of the locker room

number 45 has emerged from the locker room.

Boobie doesn't look like he's limping at all.

He looks good to me. He looks like he's ready to go.

Now the question is, decoy or player?

He ain't gonna play.

I don't think so either.

From what I know about Coach Gary Gaines

nobody holds his cards closer than Gary.

Come on, guys. Let's go.

Winchell pitches to Comer.

Flipped on his head!

Winchell, pressured by Olivera

swings a pass out to Billingsley.

Picked off by Dominguez.

Dominguez will take it in from 25 yards away.

And Lee breaks on top.

Hang on to the ball, son!

Don't worry about it. Shake it off.

Don't worry about it, Coach. Let me spin.

Y'all want to win, put Boobie in.

Set. Hut!

Winchell will swing it out to Billingsley.

Come on, Donny.

And the ball is stripped by Dominguez.

Kevin Lane, and a blatant facemask by Billingsley.

Dang!

What's up?

My goodness. Son, is there something wrong with you? Are you mentally okay?

What are you putting your helmet on for? Take your helmet off, son.

You're on the bench for a while. You don't need that helmet.

Third down with less than two minutes to play in the half.

Strandler over the left side, uncontested. 32 yards down to TD.

Permian came in with a four-game win streak

but they haven't been tested all year.

Coach Gaines has to find a way to get his offense on track

or start feeling his season slipping through his fingers.

Do you think you're playing football?

You are showing me nothing!

Do you understand me?

Do you think you got it made?

Because if that's what you think

you're gonna find out what it feels like to sit on your asses

and watch Midland Lee take your season!

No offense tonight for Mojo, and still no sign of Boobie Miles.

Y'all want to win? Put Boobie in. I'm about to spin.

Come on, Coach. Let me get this for you.

Under five minutes to play, and Lee still leads 14-7.

Weak defense, weak offense and no Boobie.

If you're Coach Gaines, what do you do?

Right now, Mike Winchell can't get this offense going

and the Midland coach has seen Boobie on the sidelines.

If you don't put him in, he knows you're bluffing.

I'd put him in.

All right, move out!

Come on!

Boobie, you're in. Let's go.

What you want?

Well, we apparently are all gonna get what we wished for

because here comes Boobie Miles

and this is certainly what the fans came to see.

That's number 45 back in the Permian backfield.

Back slam, 37 stretch, on one.

Break!

Now it's gonna be the senior, Number 45

lining up behind quarterback Mike Winchell

that offensive line is raring to go with room to run.

Three, 12. Hut!

Miles going left. Hesitates just a bit.

Get off me!

Let's go with 60.

Let's go.

They're gonna cheat up to the line again

see if they're gonna run Boobie once more.

He will go to the right.

There is a hole. He gets a block.

The Dominguez brothers take him down. He spins and he's down.

Don't touch it.

Try to relax.

Let me take a look at it.

I'm gonna get up on my own. I can get up on my own.

Folks, the utter joy of watching

Miles trot back on to the field

has been replaced by the sheer misery

of watching him being carried off of it.

We, unfortunately, may have seen the last of Boobie Miles

in the black and white of Permian.

Let me see. He's done.

We're gonna go jet fire, Coach.

Well, you better go something!

One minute, 35 seconds left to play in this one.

Panthers move immediately to the hurry-up offense.

Boobie no longer a factor.

Comer, following the tackle, will dig up near midfield.

The clock now inside of 1:20.

It'll be second down, Permian.

Lee clings to that seven-point lead, and time becomes a factor.

60, Cheetah.

60, Cheetah! Hut!

Again, Winchell to Payne, beating Preston.

Only 40 seconds left.

Mike Winchell trying to keep Permian's play-off hopes alive

completes the pass!

He's got it!

Winchell was drilled, but he seems to be okay.

Back it off!

Winchell has time, he's looking. Again, Winchell to Payne.

The clock continues to run.

25 seconds left. Go!

Go to the left.

Let's go! Throw it up!

Hold it! Hut!

Mike Winchell trying to keep the play-off hopes alive. Complete!

This is for the ball game. The clock is still moving.

Come on, front line!

Mike Winchell will throw from the shotgun

steps back and he drops the ball!

Picks it up, steps into the pocket,

looking for Allen Wyles. He's open.

Here's the pass, and it's too tall!

Midland Lee wins the ball game.

It's all right. No, man.

I'm sorry.

Thanks for nothing, Coach. Go home, cowards.

I don't understand what's gonna happen at this point. How do we...

Another loss, and that's thrown us into a three-way tie.

They're going to have a coin toss.

You're serious?

We're gonna get the three coaches together.

They're gonna all toss a coin.

That's 5-A's football tie-breaker right now. What can I say?

What the hell kind of way is that to make a decision?

When you assemble the kind of talent that we have here

and then you just throw it away like that.

It started with him playing Boobie when we had a big lead.

This is a once in a lifetime thing

to be able to see these people.

I mean, we could have been in the history books.

And now? Ain't no way. I mean, that's it.

What about Winchell's play tonight?

Well, what do you think?

And Billingsley couldn't hold on...

They all suck!

I think it's 'cause of the coaching.

You know what else it is, too?

They been doing too much learning in the schools.

My daddy used to take a bull whip, and he'd cut it up

and he'd tie 13 knots in it.

Then he'd beat me in my gut

till I got a sick feeling in my stomach.

Well.

That's how I feel

when I watch you play football.

Sick at my stomach.

I need some fresh air.

What the hell are you doing?

Get this sickness out of my stomach.

Yeah.

God damn it, Dad.

You were sent down here to learn how to play football

and you haven't.

You have not.

And I got to take that as a personal failure.

Nobody in Mojo football wants to win in a coin toss.

But that's the way it is.

That's the way the tiebreaker is.

Well, they ought to change that.

They ought to change coaches.

Make a lot of changes next year.

I was supposed to make a man of you.

Shit.

Do you know what that is?

That's a State Championship.

I won a State Championship.

Just calm down, Dad.

Can you touch that?

Hell with it.

What the hell are you doing?

You drunk bastard.

You ever feel cursed, Coach?

Like, no matter what, inside your heart

you feel that you're gonna lose.

Like something's hanging over you

following you like a witch, or a demon that just...

Why you got to be so messed up?

You can'twin.

I feel like that all the time.

Even when things are going good.

When we're winning, it's there.

And when we're losing, it's there.

What is wrong with you?

It took me a long time to realize

that there ain't much difference between winning and losing

except for how the outside world treats you.

But inside you, it's about all the same. It really is.

Fact of the matter is, I believe

that our only curses are the ones that are self-imposed.

You know what I'm saying?

We, all of us, dig our own holes.

God, Dad.

What is wrong with you?

What's wrong with you?

Ladies and gentlemen, this is truly unbelievable.

A three-way tie for first place.

So, in less than an hour, this truck stop

which we're not allowed to reveal the identity of

will serve as host for a coin toss

that will send two of these teams to the state play-offs

and one of them home empty-handed.

Okay, Skip. We're on in three, two, one.

Folks, we're here with the three winning coaches.

We've all agreed on the rules.

Two out of three here, odd man out.

If you got one tails, they're out.

If you got one heads, they're out.

It's a tough way after a great season for the coaches

but this is the way it's gonna be.

So when I give the word, we're gonna toss our coins

and then the district's gonna have its two representatives.

Now let's see the coins, guys.

Coach Doug McCutcheon from Abilene Cooper's got... What is it?

1922 silver dollar.

'22 silver dollar. All right.

And Coach Gary Gaines from Permian, you got a '69 nickel.

And from Midland Lee

Coach Earl Miller's got a basic U.S. quarter.

Okay. Coaches ready?

One.

Ain't no curses.

Two.

Three. Toss them.

Coins are down.

This one looks like it's heads.

Okay, that's heads for Abilene Cooper.

That's mine.

It's heads.

Okay, Midland Lee is also heads.

Hey, we got a third one over here, Skip.

Coach, that's you.

Come on, Gaines.

Don't touch that. Just leave it alone.

That's heads.

Yup, that's heads, too.

Permian is also heads. Man!

Well, that figures.

The way your teams played each other it'd take more than one toss.

Hang on a second.

You know, this coin's pretty worn.

Does this look like heads to you?

I can't tell the difference. It might be tails.

There might be some controversy here regarding Cooper's coin.

It's tails.

So the good news is that life continues

for both Midland Lee and Permian high schools.

At least for another couple of weeks.

That's the good news.

The not-so-good news is

that it looks like all roads are

eventually leading to Dallas Carter.

And what a monster of a team Dallas Carter is.

This Dallas Carter team appears to be completely unstoppable.

The rumor is they've got nine players

that have already signed Division I letters of intent.

Damn, them boys big.

They are a very good football team, people.

I'll get that car fixed today.

Yeah.

I don't want this to sound like an apology or anything

but I didn't mean half the things I said...

I know.

You just... You ain't getting it.

You don't understand.

This is the only thing you're ever gonna have.

Forever. It carries you forever.

It's an ugly fact of life. Donny, hell.

It's the only fact of life.

You got one year

one stinking year to make yourself some memories, son.

That's all. It's gone after that.

And I'll be damned if you're not gonna miss it.

No guts.

What's up, Water Bug?

What's up, Boobie?

Water Bug. Play-offs belong to you, baby.

I'll make you proud.

What y'all looking at?

Play your ass off.

Win State. Be perfect. All that shit.

This is a gift for you.

It's gonna be worth a lot of money.

I bet it will.

You be perfect, Preacher Man.

What's up?

Now what we gonna do? I can't do nothing else but play football.

Don't worry about that.

I can't be doing nothing else.

You'll be all right, son.

I can't do nothing else but play football.

Why? We practiced and we practiced.

You told me we were gonna go to the pros.

What the hell am I gonna do without my knee?

You'll find somebody else. Don't worry about it, son.

No. I wanted to buy you a house.

They won't let me play, though.

It's play-off time in Texas.

And who cares if Permian snuck in on a coin toss?

There's been a lot of expectations

for this Permian football team.

And you got to love this play-off atmosphere.

They call this the thinning of the herd the survival of the fittest.

Win, you go on. Lose, you play basketball.

Quarterback Mike Winchell.

Drops back, pulls right, throws long.

Caught! Touchdown!

The Panthers defeated Dallas Jesuit to advance

to the next round 16.

Down south, the killing machine that is Dallas Carter

rolls over Lufkin to 16-0.

They're going to the 20, to the 10, to the 5!

It's Comer, folks, into the end zone for a Mojo touchdown!

Chris Comer, with another sensational performance.

Permian cruises past San Angelo and into the quarter.

Permian looked great tonight

but Dallas Carter is playing on a whole different level.

Interception, Brian Chavez.

Great read of the play. Touchdown!

45 yards out.

Permian defeats Nimitz, 48-7.

Moving into the semi-finals of the Texas 5-A play-offs.

Carter, monster play, advancing them to the state finals.

Mike Winchell drops back, throws a 50-yard bomb!

It's gonna be caught by Parker!

Hits the pylon in the corner of the end zone. Touchdown.

That's it. Permian's gonna battle Dallas Carter

for the Texas Class 5- A State Championship.

What would it take for you to come up to Texas Stadium?

How about if y'all come out here?

Where? Over at Ratliff Stadium?

Yeah.

I still think there'd be a problem with our fans sitting with your fans.

I don't see any problems.

We can bring in extra police to handle the crowd-control issues.

Mr. McClary, perhaps you're not aware but we have an all-black community.

Frankly, between our communities, there are some issues.

Wait a minute. What issues are we talking about?

I'm not gonna get into it at this table. It's just different.

How about if we went with a neutral site?

Say, College Station, or San Anton, somewhere like that.

Or you know what we could do

is the Astrodome.

Astrodome.

I got no problem with that.

Good.

Let's discuss officials.

I think the simplest thing to do is get a zebra crew out of

some neutral place like San Antonio, or something.

Now are these zebras gonna be white or black?

Well, as far as I know, zebras are white and black.

What are we talking about here?

How many black stripes these zebras got?

A zebra's got about the same amount of black as he does white ones.

How many black stripes you think a zebra's got?

It makes sense to hire a crew as is. That's how we always do it.

Don't make sense to me. It makes sense to me.

Not me.

Not a whole lot does make sense to you.

Yeah, there's a lot that makes sense to me.

So you think having an all-black officiating crew

is gonna help you win the game?

Watch your mouth.

Hey, Coach. How you doing?

Ben, how you doing? All right, Coach. You?

Pretty good. Hi, Sharon.

How you doing?

We're just out getting flowers for the ladies.

Secretaries week.

Is that right? I'll be dogged.

I don't have a secretary, so I don't have to worry about it.

You win State, Coach, we'll get you two secretaries.

Everything all right?

Yeah, everybody's gonna be just fine. Everything's all right

as long as we get out there and get what we need to get done

and, you know, win State.

Boy, I sure hope so. Yeah, me, too.

Yeah, I want it bad as y'all do.

Yes, sir.

You know, Dallas Carter, that's a tough team.

Real tough team. Yeah?

We're a pretty tough team, too.

Yeah, that's true.

So, beat them.

Or what?

"Or what"?

Or...

You know, that would be a real bad deal for you, Gary.

All right? Let's just get out there and get it done.

Get that State Championship.

Well, I sure appreciate your support.

We believe in you. I'm glad you do.

We're behind you, Coach. See you, Sharon.

Well, that was subtle. Yeah.

Are we gonna move again?

It's possible. No, baby.

What do you think about Alaska?

What about Alaska?

Well...

I bet that they are not nearly as serious

about their football in Alaska.

I think that's a real nice idea.

We should go to Alaska, stay there for a couple of years. 20.

It's just something to think about, baby.

I think it'd be really nice.

Build us a nice little igloo.

Baby, these boys are big.

Yeah, they are. Sure are.

Did you sleep last night?

Yes, sir, I did.

We got a six hour ride, so we can get you some more.

All right, Coach.

Coach.

You got room for one more?

Absolutely. Hop on.

Mojo has come to Houston.

This is the Astrodome, the eighth wonder of the world

and today, it's going to be Odessa Permian versus Dallas Carter.

This is a moment these kids have been looking for their whole life.

They started playing as 8-year-olds

in the Pop Warner fields of Odessa, or in Dallas.

They've dreamed of the State Championship

laying in bed late at night

dreaming of their chance to bring home the title

for their town, for their team, for their school.

Folks, lock the doors, turn up the radios,

strap yourself in.

We've got East Texas versus West Texas.

We've got Texas high school football at its finest.

No doubt. This crowd is jacked.

This is going to be an all-out war.

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome, Dallas Carter fans...

Permian, the home team, in white.

Carter, the visiting team, in red.

...to the 1988...

Let's shake hands. Have a good ball game.

Texas 5-A...

I'm gonna ring your bell all day long, Mexican.

...football championship.

You, too, Goldilocks.

Let's go!

Let's play football!

All right, Dallas kicking off to Permian.

We're underway in the State Championship.

Jones' kickoff carries eight yards.

Comer should down it there.

Wait. He's going to bring it out.

Howser makes the tackle on the 3-yard line

and Chavez is very slow to get up as he was just blasted to the turf.

Be patient in there. Keep your cool.

Yes, sir.

Be a leader, okay? Yes, sir.

The run's 277, dolphin. Let's go!

Saturday is finally here. The Texas Bowl is underway.

Winchell, first and 10 for Permian, inside their 5-yard line.

Winchell, under center will back up.

Here comes Stuber!

Dad gum it!

And just like that, Stuber's safety has given Carter a 2-0 lead.

Which game are we in?

And Whitaker will find Grande

with a weak pass as Chavez is leveled.

And Grande will take this one to the house

from more than 50 yards away in play.

There's not a Panther within 10 yards of him.

That's a Carter Cowboy touchdown.

Carter will go for two. They will not kick.

No surprise. This team has not kicked

an extra point or a field goal all year.

Whitaker now will make a bootleg.

Going left will get the two-point conversion.

Cowboys, 10. Permian, 0.

What's it like out there, Ivory?

They're big.

They're fast.

Fun ride, huh, big boy?

They're dirty.

Ball's gone!

He's holding me, Ref!

Plus, they fast.

Yeah, you said that already.

Hut!

You can not fumble against a team this good.

Two runs to deep turn!

Keep your head in the game!

Help me out! 45-2 split!

It's going to be Whitaker to Cane from 26 yards away.

He levels Chavez.

And another Carter Cowboy touchdown.

All day long, baby.

That's it.

You have to wake up, understand? Yes, sir.

You gonna let the offense do everything, or help us out?

I'll help us. You'll help us out? Okay.

Keep them out of the end zone.

If they score more than we do, we lose the game.

All right? So wake up!

It's been all Carter here in the first quarter.

Carter over 161 yards already, and Panthers minus 21.

Winchell is driven hard to the turf.

Comer, stopped at the line again.

Great grandma's drawers!

I can't believe that.

Winchell's nailed again.

Right now, I don't know if we need to worry about the scores.

Just whether or not we'll be able to take all these boys home.

Permian's offensive line is being...

What in the world are you doing? Did you see that?

Back up, Coach.

He almost killed him!

Clay, this game is quickly spiraling out of control.

At some point, you gotta worry about the safety of the kids.

The Panthers came into this ball game really fired up.

Right now, they've got the wind just knocked out of them.

Get your head in the game. Are you in the game?

Yes, sir. You have to wake up out there!

Yes, sir!

Five minutes left to play in a half that's been all Carter.

They lead 18-0. Third and 1 on the Permian 40.

Come on, Preacher!

Whitaker with a pro set in shotgun. Looking once again to throw.

Come on, D! Let's go!

McCleery's coming on the zone blitz.

Robert Whitaker will look to throw.

Looking right. Ball is in the air.

And it's picked off by Ivory Christian.

And I'm pretty sure the Preacher Man

is headed for the promised land.

He may take this one all the way.

Finally a spark of life in the form of Ivory Christian!

Whitaker has taken him down inside the Mojo 5!

We've got plenty of time to get this game.

Y'all need to wake up out there and play football. You understand?

You need to find each other.

'Cause you need each other right now, so find each other.

Let's go. Let's get on the board.

Arrow 637. Count it on one. Ready.

Jump on the ball!

Snap to Winchell, drops back, rolls right.

He's gonna run it inside the 5!

Winchell hurls his way towards the end zone.

Anthony has him

but Mike Winchell will stretch himself into the end zone

for the Mojo touchdown!

Winchell drives to the goal line.

Yes!

Holds the ball out over the plane.

He didn't break the plane.

Coach, we've got him.

Ref, did you see that?

What? He got in.

There's no way he got in.

How you going to...

Winchell's without a helmet! Kicked in his face!

There's not a flag anywhere on the field!

How can you miss that, Ref?

Time has run out in the first half.

Coach Gary Gaines and his Mojo Cats trail Carter by 26-7.

What happened on that play?

That's right. You understand that?

40 yards? Hell no!

You guys are not doing any pass blocking.

You're just stepping aside and letting them walk in...

Pop! That's what I want! All of you around that ball!

To go for two and get it every time? That's ridiculous.

They haven't kicked a field goal.

Relax.

We not trying to coach y'all now.

Coach done gave you all these adjustments, okay?

If you do everything the coach told you to do...

Two-point conversions, I want those gone. Here's what we'll do.

We'll use our speed. We'll run Texas power.

What's wrong with y'all?

Y'all are playing like little girls!

You act like you never played football before!

These guys are nothing!

You hear me? They bleed like we do.

Yes, sir! They sweat like we do.

Do you hear me? They went through two-a-days.

We've had two-a-days in 110 degree heat!

Yes, sir!

Hit everything that moves!

If the ref gets in your way, you hit him!

Okay, then. Let's play.

They're cheating us, too!

They're against us, too.

This is our team. This is us!

Let's go right now!

Let's get it off now and let's go!

Permian is going to have to step up here

and establish some offensive confidence.

Let's go.

It's real simple.

You got two more quarters and that's it.

Now most of you have been playing this game for 10 years.

You've two more quarters

and after that most of you will never play

this game again as long as you live.

You all have known me for a while and for a long time you've been

hearing me talk about being perfect.

I want you to understand something.

To me, being perfect

is not about that scoreboard out there.

It's not about winning.

It's about you and your relationship

to yourself and your family and your friends.

Being perfect

is about being able to look your friends in the eye

and know that you didn't let them down.

Because you told them the truth.

And that truth is, that you did everything that you could.

There wasn't one more thing that you could've done.

Can you live in that moment

as best you can, with clear eyes

and love in your heart?

With joy in your heart.

If you can do that, gentlemen

then you're perfect.

I want you to take a moment

and I want you to look each other in the eyes.

I want you to put each other in your hearts forever.

Because forever's about to happen in just a few minutes.

I want you to close your eyes

and I want you to think about Boobie Miles

who is your brother.

And he would die to be out there on that field with you tonight.

And I want you to put that in your hearts.

Boys, my heart is full.

My heart's full.

Ivory.

"Our Father...

"Who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

"Thy kingdom come, thy will be done.

"On earth as it is in heaven.

"Give us this day our daily bread,

"and forgive us our trespasses.

"As we forgive those who trespass against us.

"Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

"For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever."

Amen!

That's it, baby!

Keep left!

Hut!

Way to go, Ivory!

Lead and roll.

Spread right eagle.

Are you hungry?

Thank you.

They're killing us with their size.

They're playing some hard-hitting football.

Get off the ball!

Drive hard!

Shit!

You will not be here again. Do you realize that?

You don't understand. Boy, we gotta play.

Golly bum!

"Z" up 543. Get to the first down marker.

I'll hit you as soon as you get there.

On one, ready. Break!

React to the snap!

Show me something!

Did you see that?

That's the way to play ball.

You know that was a bad call!

Now if he backs up on the next series, it'll be over.

He can't drop back fast enough.

Yeah, it's good.

After the blowout of the first half

we've seen a showcase of defense here in the third quarter.

The score closing with Carter on top, 26-14.

10:25 remains in the fourth quarter.

It's third and 10 for Carter

as Whitaker spins and hits Drake for 6.

Tackled by Thomas. It's going to be fourth down.

You know Carter's going for it on fourth.

Unbelievable. James is not even going to consider a punt.

So now Whitaker on fourth down as Carter will go for it.

He's gonna look for Graf. Graf's the main receiver

and this one bounces off the turf.

Incomplete.

No way. Got that right here!

Did you see it? I'm gonna talk to him.

I wanna talk to whoever did see it!

This is big, man. Anybody get a better look? Gary?

Did you turn?

I turned and looked, but I was lost.

That ain't no catch.

I couldn't see it.

Are you sure he caught it?

It was a catch, Ref.

Lee, Mack, set them up. We got first down.

What are you talking about?

That was a bad call!

This man has it. This man had the catch.

There's no way. The ball came off the turf.

That is bullshit!

Here's the pass. Whitaker has found Graf.

Graf makes a one-handed phenomenal catch

for another Carter TD.

Chavez in frustration levels him in the end zone.

Personal foul on the defense.

That's gonna cost Permian 15 on the kickoff.

Following the Carter two-point conversion they now lead 34-14.

These Panthers are getting beat physically.

They're getting beat mentally. They're really down.

We've seen this before but Permian's always been on the other end.

We're looking for the next play.

Comer got across the 5.

Comer, to the 30, to the 35.

Comer could go all the way, folks.

Comer, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5!

That's a Mojo touchdown!

Chris Comer has brought Permian back one more time.

We're in this ball game now.

5:27 to play. Carter still leads 34-21.

Come on, Chavo!

They will pitch it to Grande.

Ripped away by Chavez!

Let's go!

Come on!

Now strong right, 81 Trojan horse.

All right, here we go. Let's shock these punks.

Strong right, 81 Trojan horse.

Me and you, baby. We got it. Throw it deep. On one, ready.

Mike Winchell to Don Billingsley will go right.

There's room to run, but stop, wait.

Instead he's looking for a receiver.

Winchell's open!

Winchell's open in the end zone.

Winchell makes a tremendous catch!

Winchell, with a touchdown reception scores the Mojo touchdown!

One more.

But is it too little, too late for Coach Gary Gaines?

Mojo defense is really gonna have to step it up

if they have a prayer of winning the State Championship.

Grande, across midfield. Tripped up at the 40.

First down! Let's go, baby!

The clock now has to be a concern for Coach Gary Gaines

and the Permian staff.

We need to stop.

First and 10 now for Carter from the Permian 30.

Less than two minutes to play.

One more Carter first down, folks, and that will be it.

Grande hit!

Yeah, baby!

They do know how to tackle. All right!

It's my edge.

Second down and long.

Dropped for a loss.

Just keep rolling it, baby.

Come on!

The clock continues to roll.

This will set up third down.

Permian desperately needs a stop to get the ball back.

Grande right up the gut over Chavez!

Maybe just short of what he needs for a first down.

First down here, and the game's over.

It didn't make it.

It's short.

That's short, by inches!

James immediately signals he's going for it.

James is going to gamble. He can get these four inches

and win the State Championship, right here, right now.

Here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna do a Texas stunt.

Ivory, you and Steen, I want you to twist.

Steen, you go first. Yo, Coach.

Ivory, you come off his butt into the "A" gap.

Lucas, crash the "A" gap, too.

Let's shut these cocky sons-of-guns down.

Now let's go. Let's shut them down.

Let's go. Let's shut them down right now.

- Right here. - Take them.

West Texas football, baby.

Whitaker comes to the line.

Okay, let's go.

Come on, D.

Looks across. Calls the cadence.

Hut!

Hands to his running back. Grande!

Damn it, boy!

I want you to show them who we are. Yes, sir.

Okay? Show them who we are.

Execute!

As Winchell gathers his teammates up into a huddle

he can see on the big clock down in the end zone

one minute and 40 seconds to play.

One time-out left, and he has 75 yards of Astrodome turf to go.

Go!

Green, 12. Hut!

Winchell swings it out to Comer.

Comer has it, picks up a block.

Thataway, Comer! On three!

Off to Billingsley.

Billingsley great job of picking up

the first down. Stops the clock by going out of bounds.

Okay, let's go. Let's get wild.

Come on, Michael!

You or Raymond!

Let's go!

Winchell takes time as he drops back. He's looking to the right.

Payne is wide open down the right sideline!

The pass is in the air!

The Tennessee-bound Trissell comes across the field

to knock the ball loose.

Payne had it.

I'll tell you. Mike Winchell, folks showing how tough he is...

Come on, baby, get up!

...hanging there under unsurmounting pressure.

Winchell appears to be okay, folks. He's one tough dude.

He's back on his feet. Let's go, baby! We need you, Mike!

"I" right, 90.

Mike, you all right?

Yeah, I'm all right, man.

Under a minute to play, 52 seconds.

Winchell will scan, fake it to Comer. It's a bootleg pass.

He's latched onto it. It's Wyles, down to the Carter 25!

Look, I want you to feel it.

Show me some heart.

Permian's showing what a tough out they are.

- Come on, Donny. Go!

That's a first down! Whose game, baby?

Whose game is it? Come on, there we go.

Clay, he's hurt. He grabs his shoulder.

Trapper helps him off the field.

Feels like he dislocated his shoulder.

See you, fella!

Shake it off. Get back out there.

Strong left 90 "Z" five, ready?

Break!

Permian with 35 seconds to play go to Comer!

And Comer over the red zone.

Did you see that? I'll back up when

I'm through talking to you.

Comer is on Queer Street, walking towards the Carter sideline.

Winchell on third down again, will drop the pass.

Hard to the turf, and Permian will

have to burn their final time-out.

The third and final time-out.

They have to pass. They've no choice but to pass.

All their backs are out.

We gotta go to the air.

You gotta throw the football.

They ain't got no running back.

Trapper, I need a running back.

All right. Just relax. We'll pop this back in.

On the count of three. One, two...

We're good to go.

You're going to set a Bronco stunt

then drop into the full pass, prevent coverage.

You got that? Got it.

So, Clay, if you're Gary Gaines, what do you do?

Coach Gaines is done out of running backs.

He's gotta go to the air.

A vertical smash and a double out.

I agree.

Coach, we gotta get number one across the goal line.

Squeeze it. I agree.

Hang on a second.

Billingsley, can you do it?

Yes, sir.

You sure?

Can you hang onto the ball? Yes, sir.

Okay, then.

Now here's what we're going to do.

We're going to do "I" right wiggle,

34 switchblade. Now, let's go, Mike.

Billingsley, they're gonna try to strip the ball from you.

Cover it. Cover the points.

Roll with it. Don't resist it.

You got it, baby. No more fumbles.

That's right.

Let's go, baby. It's in your hands.

Don't think about that shoulder. Just keep driving your feet.

"I" right wiggle, 34 switchblade.

For the State Championship.

I love all of you, baby.

I love all of you. Let's go on one, ready?

Break!

55,000 people in the Houston Astrodome, folks

and every seat is empty because everyone is on their feet.

His offensive line digs in.

The Carter defense digs in to face it.

Down! Switch.

312!

Run it right down his throat.

Hut!

He hands it off to Don Billingsley!

Billingsley is looking like Larry Csonka!

Come on!

Billingsley pushes, runs over another Dallas Carter Cowboy.

Down to the 1-yard line.

What guts to call a run in that situation!

Fooled everybody on the field.

Wait a minute. I'm seeing a hold call by the official.

Dad gum it!

Ten-yard penalty. Still fourth down.

That's bullshit!

Strong right, 20 to Frasier!

Winchell must hurry. The clock will start as soon as the ball is reset.

Come on, Frasier!

Let's go! Hurry up!

32, 330! Set! Hut!

It's Mike Winchell down to the 5!

Is he in?

You got him short. That's the ball game!

I'm gonna miss the heat.

I'm going to miss the lights.

Yeah. Me, too.

Stay low, boys. Keep those feet moving.

Hey, Chavo. Be perfect.

You be perfect.

See you, Mike.

See you, Don.

See you, Chavo.