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SAMMY:
It's Mojo Radio
back on the air.

SIamming Sammy here.
FootbaII time in Texas.

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

Butch, what about it?
We'II have a great
year, orwhat?

BUTCH: How you doing?

SAMMY: Good.
TeII me about this season.

BUTCH: We're gonna have
a heII of a season
this year.

WincheII's gonna
take us aII 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?

lnside 8-yard curl.

You gonna get
a scholarship?

Yes, Mom.

"Z" receiver.

SAMMY:
It's Mojo Radio,
SIamming Sammy,

and I've got
Jerry on the Iine

from the Sonic down there.
Jerry, there's a Iot oftaIk

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

JERRY: I know where
we're going with this.

SAMMY: He makes
a IittIe bit more than
the principaI ofthe schooI...

JERRY: Just Iast week,

I was reading this
book about Babe Ruth

and they asked him
if he deserved his
saIary

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, "WeII, you know,
can the President hit
a basebaII?"

I'm teIIing you,
Coach Gary Gaines,

they couId give
him $100,000/year

and ifthese
boys go undefeated,

it's worth
every singIe doIIar.

I teII you what, the principaI
of Permian don't get 28,000
peopIe...

MlKE:
l have two to three
seconds of protection

if my linemen are
in 80 pass block.

Wide receiver?

He runs, burst route.

lf he sees covertwo,
he bends outside 8
to 12 yards.

20 yards, and runs
straight to the sideline.

Are you ready forthis,
Mike?

(CAR ENGlNE REVVlNG)

(HIP-HCP SCNG PLAYING)

lVORY: Yo.
BOOBlE: lvory.

Ready to work?
DON: What's up, Boobie?

State.
State.

State?

BOOBlE: Where your
girlfriend at, Water Bug?

CHRlS: Well...
BOOBlE: 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 lvory.
Ask Preacher Man.

What kind of shoes on
yourfeet don't matter.

Come on, Preacher. Bullshit.

lVORY: 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.

l could knock you out
in a pair offlip-flops.

Yeah, well,
l'm gonna knock them
outwith Nikes on my feet

and l'm gonna
smile when l do.

GAlNES: Let's go.
Five minutes.

GAlNES: 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, l'm telling you.

CHRlS: l think he'll win
the Heisman Trophy someday.

REPORTER 1: The Heisman,
really?

Yes, sir.
You can bet on it.

l got it.

REPORTER 2: Who's you
guys' favorite player?

Boobie Miles.

L.V.:
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 boywill fill
up the Gatorade cooler

walk the dog and
paintyour back porch.

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

And he can pass!

REPORTER 1: Should
we believe the hype?

What hype?

The hype about Boobie Miles.

BOOBlE: No, hype is something
that's not for real.
l'm all real.

CHRlS:
l'm Chris Comer.
l'm a running back.

REPORTER 1:
So that means
you're Boobie's backup?

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

GAlNES:
You knowwhich way
you're supposed to run?

Yeah, with strong right...

l ain't talking
about the play.

l knowwhat
the playwas, okay?

Odessa is a small town

and when you screw up,
everybody knows about it.

REPORTER 1:
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!

REPORTER 1: How are
your grades, Boobie?

l get straightA's.
l'm an athlete.

ln what subject?

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

Ain't no other subject,
you know?

Hut!

You sure he's part
ofyour gene pool,
Charlie?

Shit!

Red alert, everybody.

REPORTER 1: What
about the expectations

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

Well, l guess

there's always
a surprise ortwo
in every community.

Just concentrate on
hanging on the ball.
Both hands.

Hey, Donny.

Come here.
What's the problem?

Get offthe field, Dad.

Why can'tyou hold
on to the football?

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

l'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 l wanna know.

l'll try better next time.
Come on.

FLlPPY: Charlie!

CHARLlE: Don'tyou
walk away from me.

Don'tyou walk away from
me when l'm talking to you.

Tell me why
you can't do it.

FLlPPY: Enough.

Tell me.
Answer a question.

MlKE: Mr. Billingsley.

lt's the first
day of practice.

FLlPPY: This is practice.
Seriously.

Enough. Charlie!

CHARLlE:
Embarrassing me out here.

Jesus Christ.

lt's all right, Don.

MlKE: lt'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.

l don't care
ifyour daddy is
overthere crying.

DON: You never shut up,
do you?

DON: Ourteam's been playing
with each otherfor
a long time

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

REPORTER 1: People here
at Permian are already
predicting

a State Championship.

ls there any pressure
to that foryou 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 forthat?

We're gonna
rely on our speed

discipline.

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

REPORTER:
Do football players get
special treatment here?

What do you
have to do to be a better
football playerthis year?

Do you enjoy
playing football?

(PLAYERS GRUNTlNG)

You quit reading your
press clippings,
all right?

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

Yo, Boobie Miles!

lt is hard to be humble.

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

REPORTER: 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, lvory.

GAlNES: lt's a good day,
gentlemen.

lt's a good day
to think about
responsibility.

lt's a good day
to ask yourself

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

lfyou're
willing to accept
the responsibility

thatyou 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 ofwinning.

The expectations
couldn't be any higher.

We will win State.

Can you be perfect?

(CAR HORN HONKlNG)

Mojo!

(PEOPLE CHEERlNG)

No, l'm all right.

Come on, Mike.
Live a little.

CHAVEZ: He's not going out,
either.

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

lf l 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 getwasted.

Party at Taylor's.

lsn't that guy, like, 35?

Mike, here's your mom's food.

How much?

Don'tworry about it.
lt's on us.

How's she doing?

You never give me
free food, David.

l just gave you free food.

Yeah, l forgot about that.

Say hi to your mom.

Yes, sir.

Stay out ofjail,
Billingsley.

You're not going home, Mike.

l ain't going
out drunk fooling.

How about l
bring your mom dinner
so you can come outwith 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 l'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?

Gotyou
boys in line?
Goty'all perfect?

We getting there.
How's your mama?

Fine, sir.

You mind ifwe 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 ofthis.
l'm telling you right now.

You're 17,
but it goes fast.

Don't sleep,
don'twaste 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'tyou hold on
to herfor a little while?

Baby-sit herfor us
for a couple hours.

We're gonna
go get a drink.

We'll be back
in a little bit.

l'm kidding with you.

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

Thank you.

Bring it home.
Bring one ofthese home.

Getyou one ofthese.

Christian,
getyou one ofthese.

Boys? Right here.

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

(LIVELY RAP MUSIC PLAYING)

What l saw
was speed out there,
butwhere's the beef, Coach?

l saw me
some small boys.

They're small.

l think we're gonna be okay.

On defense?

Yes, ma'am.
l firmly believe that.

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

Hi, Mike.
l'm Melissa.

l knowwho you are.

You do?

Everybody knows who you are.

Everybody knows
who you are, Mike.

ls that right?

...lot ofthings:
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 knowwhat
you should do?

You should play
Boobie Miles defense.

Work him both ways.

l don'twant
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?

(HIP-HCP MUSIC PLAYING)

GlRL: This is
not about Boobie.

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

l wanna be
with a ball carrier.

Baby, Boobie is...

Don'tyou "Baby, Boobie" me.
l wanna see something.
You gonna play?

Can l get a touchdown?
How about that?

Why don'tyou
have a girlfriend?

l don't know.

Why doesn't he
have a girlfriend?

ls that a rule or something?

No, not really.

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

Just don't.

Are you gay?

What?
ls he gay?

MlKE: l'm not gay.

Can you prove it?

MAN: Coach, here's to
the start ofyour 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 ofTexas.

Let's bring them hell.

Go, Mojo!

MAN 1: Go get them.

MAN: Bring in
some glory, Coach.

(RCCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(GASPlNG)

Why isn't anyone
allowed atyour house?

MlKE: People come over.

When?

ls your mother really crazy?

No.

Are you crazy?

Do l look crazy?

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

and never look back.

Seriouslyworks 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.

MARlA: 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?

l 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.

l 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?

l 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.

DON: Dad.
FLlPPY: What are you doing?

Maybe this will help.
DON: Dad!

FLlPPY: What are you doing?

Hold on to the football!

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

(PUNCHES THUDDlNG)

(WOMEN YELLlNG)

MAN CN RADIC: I don't think
we've feIt this kind of
expectation in years.

IfWincheII shows up
Iike we know he can

even a short passing game
to give MiIes 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 thatword?

"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 l can put
the damn smile
on yourface.

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

l'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?
l know you like Bill Cosby.

Mike Winchell

you got a natural
ability forthrowing
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 l'm gonna
stick four pudding
pops up yourwhite ass.

My God! l 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.

l'm distinguished now.

MlKE: Hey, Boobie.
BOOBlE: What?

You didn't lift.

Come on, man.
This is God-given.

Only thing l gotta
do isjust show up.

ANNOUNOER: Now,
peopIe caII this monument
out here, the Ratliff Stadium

the monument to
footbaII of Cdessa.

They say some
ofthat money shouId
have gone to the schooI.

What's yourfeeIings on
that, D.U.? You pIayed baII.

D.U.:
Ain't that stadium
part ofthe schooI?

So I say that money
did go to the schooI.

What's
everybody
whining about?

This is
footbaII country, foIks.
Come on, get your heads out.

Hi, Don.
Hey, Karen.

lt's you.
Do you like it?

Think so. What is it?

Rice Krispies.
You like it, right?

Yeah, l love it.

Thanks.
You're welcome.

JOHN: Hey, Gary.

Hey, John.
How you doing?

Good. You real busy?

l got
a minute ortwo.
Whatyou got up?

l got some
characters out here.

Who you gotwith you?

Wilkins.
Hey, Gary.

GAlNES: How you doing?

How's that
prettywife ofyours?
She's good.

Ready for Friday night?

Sure hope so.
Seems pretty good.

l feel pretty good about it.
Really.

Wejustwanted to
come by and visit

maybe talk about
defense a little bit,
ifyou got a second.

WlLKlNS: You got a second?

MAN: We got a dog
named Mojo.

We got a cat
named Panther.

SAMMY: You got
season tickets?

MAN: You kidding?
We don't miss anything.
We go to aII the scrimmages.

lnstead of
the covertwo zone...

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

Double dent,
type oftechnique.

BOOBlE: Hey, what's up?
GlRL: Hey, Boobie.

How you doing?

WOMAN: All right.

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

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

Get lvory out ofthe board.

And go.
Go.

Go by
the speed and make up
forthe size differential.

What do you think, Coach?

SCOUT:
Now, obviously
we're not Division l

butwe've got
a good program.

You playwell 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?

l don't know.
10 or 12 hours.

MRS. WlNCHELL:
Are you offering?

SCOUT: Ma'am?
Right now. Are you offering?

lfyou are, we're in.
Mom.

He'll sign his
intent right now.

SCOUT:
Well, obviouslywe're
interested, Miss Winchell.

Otherwise we wouldn't be here,
Mike.

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

lnterested.

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

you win
some football games,
maybe a State Championship

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

Yes, sir.

Do you like playing football,
Mike?

Yes, sir.

ls it fun foryou?

Lots offun, sir.

He loves the game.

SCOUT:
That's good.
lt's important.

lt's legitimate
love ofthe game.

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

GAINES: I'm not
that good at toasting,
but I'II give it a try.

Fact is, l don't
know if l'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 l'm real proud ofyou.

And L.V., to you.

l can't even tell you
how proud ofyou l am

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

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

God bless us.

God bless.

We been
thinking about this
forfour months now.

You seniors
have been thinking
about it for 17 years.

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

lf any ofyou have
any doubt in your mind

l don'twant
you to walk through
that door overthere.

You shouldn't have
any doubt in your mind

aboutwhatyou're
supposed to do tonight

and about how
you're supposed to do it.

So let's take care of it!

Way to go.

SPORTSCASTER: Boobie Miles.

Did you see that?

You can't turn it
back to Boobie Miles!

SPORTSCASTER: 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.

lnto 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.

SPORTSCASTER: Chavez!

Chavez is playing
like a man possessed.

God damn,
l'm so proud ofyou!

Calm down, son.

Chavezwill eatyou...

GAlNES: Billingsley.

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

Crazy.

l like enthusiasm,
but my goodness.

SPORTSCASTER:
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 greatjob.
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.

GAlNES: 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'twant
me to go in, Coach?

You don'twant a helmet?

Where's your helmet?
Go get it.

Yes, sir.

You see my helmet, man?

Find your helmet, son.

Whatyou looking for,
Water Bug?

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

GAlNES: Come on.

My goodness gracious.

Boobie.

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

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

28 sweep.

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

Where did you
putyour helmet?

Right there.

Well, it ain't there!

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

Sityourtail
down right now!

SPORTSCASTER:
He throws back to Miles.

Miles cuts to his right.

Bailey takes him down.

(WHlSTLE BLOWS)

(BOOBlE GROANlNG)

Was that a knee?

Could have been.

DOCTOR: Hold on. Hang on.

SPORTSCASTER: 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.

(BOOBlE GROANlNG lN PAlN)

DOCTOR:
Does it hurt over
here on this side?

Get up, Boobie.

DOCTOR: Let me
take a look at this.

DCCTCR:
It's definiteIy his ACL.

I mean,
it's a Iegitimate tear.

GAINES: Do you think
he tore any cartiIage?

Maybe.
l could feel
the knee catching.

What do you think?

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

l don't know.

All right, everybody.
Listen up.

He's gonna be fine.

lt'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.

l'm real proud ofyou.

And Mike...
Where's Mike Winchell?

Mike, l'm proud ofyou, son.

You showed discipline.
You showed leadership.

You played your butt off,
son.

l'm proud ofyou.

All ofyou.
Proud of all ofyou.

And, Wilson,
now that's body tackle.

That's what l been
telling you about.

Did y'all see him tonight?

Anyway, l'm proud
of every one ofyou.

l'm proud ofthe coaches,
all ofy'all each and
every player.

l wantyou
to go celebrate.

Feel good
aboutyourselves
tonight, okay? Come on!

MAN 1 CN RADIC: We onIy
got a minute and a haIf
Ieft in the game.

We're Ieading
by a good Iead.

He Ieaves the boy
in there Iike that.
That makes no sense.

You gotta protect
your best asset.

What's
the matter
with this man?

He couId've
ruined the whoIe
season for us right there.

SPCRTSCASTER: We were
up. We were winning big,

and the boy
stays in the game.

MAN 1: Yeah.
You don't need any more.

You don't need to
accompIish any more.

MAN 2: I think Coach
Gaines is a stupid idiot.

WeII,
he shouIdn't
have put him in.

I mean, we had a big
Iead and everything.

I don't understand
what that was aII about.

We can't
do anything
without Boobie.

We had the game won.

DOCTOR: l'm feeling some
damage on the right side
here.

Well, can l play on Friday?

l think
you got a slight tear.

L.V.: Can he play?

BOOBlE:
Yeah, can l play?

Can he play football?

Can l?

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

Can a MRl fix your knee?

REPCRTER:
Is he the one pIayer
you can't do without?

Well,
l never looked
at it thatway.

A football team
is not about one
player ortwo players.

A football team
is about the team.

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

lt'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?

SPORTSCASTER 1: As the Eagles
take down the Panthers, 49-6

and for Coach Gary Gaines

play's gotta be back
to the drawing board.

SPORTSCASTER 2: 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 ofthis season.

Hell of a game.

Give me the keys.

Way to take care of business.

Give me the keys, Dad.

We...

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

You go into Midland,
get that MRl?

BOOBlE:
l don't need
nothing in Midland.

Those rich hillbillies
ain't never seen nothing

as pretty as
Boobie Miles' knee.

Them MRl machines
wouldn't knowwhat
to do with it.

He gonna bejust 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.

ls thatwhat they said?

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

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

That's good then.

(GUN FlRlNG)

MlKE: He designed his
offense around one player.

We're dead.

CHAVEZ: We're not dead.

Wejust need to start
throwing the football.

We're dead.

Dead. Pull it.

We gotta lighten up.

We're 17.

Do you feel 17?

l don't feel 17.

Pull it.

CHAVEZ: We will win State.

Chavo,
you're like
a human piñata.

You getyour ass all beat
on more than anybody l know

and you just
sit there and
spit out candy.

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

No matterwhat,
ifwe win or lose,
he knows he's getting out.

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

DON: You're gonna
be drinking martinis...

Give me the gun.

MlKE: Eating lamb chops.
DON: Getting manicures.

CHAVEZ: You'rejustjealous.

DON: Removing
yourfreaking shoes?

REPORTER:
What's it like
being the quarterback?

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

No! That is not acceptable!

lt's sort of, l mean...

lt's not too bad, l know.

You are playing like a fool.

REPORTER:
Do you think
you can handle it?

lfyou got a receiver
getting jammed inside

whatwill you do
with your brain?

Yeah, hope so.

GAlNES:
Whatwill 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.

l thought maybe
ifyou came home,

itwould help
out a little bit.

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

lt'sjust kind of hard.
Football's starting
and this is a lot.

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

because she's
your mother, too.

Okay.

Can you get
thejob done, Mike?

We're pretty small.

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

l asked you ifyou think
we can get thejob done.

l think so.

You're gonna have to do
betterthan "l think so."
ls that clear?

lt's clear.

Now l'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 ifyou 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 ofthis town?

l think so.

Why aren'tyou doing
something about it?

My ma's not right.

One ofthese days,
you're gonna have to
get out ofthis house.

You're gonna
have to leave her.

Yes, sir.

You got to accept the fact
that people have to take
care ofthemselves

and that
includes you.
You understand that?

Yes, sir.

Okay.

The truth is

against some
pretty overwhelming odds

ifyou do decide
to accept that...

Look at me, Mike.

lfyou decide
to accept that

you're gonna
seriously fly, son.

SPORTSCASTER 1:
Same song, different verse.

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

Things are really
going south in a hurry.

Butwhen 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?

SPORTSCASTER 2: l 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?

SPORTSCASTER 1:
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?

l didn't have a block.

You are so soft!
Are you scared?

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

l think
he's a sophomore.

SPORTSCASTER 2: ...looking
for a badminton scholarship
but that's not gonna cut it.

Blue 40!

SPORTSCASTER 1:
The snap. Looking to
throw. Here comes the rush.

Winchell
avoids the rush,
throws the ball.

Comerturns from
blockerto receiver

has the ball,
crosses the 20-yard line

crosses the 30.

Comerto the 40!
Comerto the 50!

Where did this
speed come from?

Go!

Who was that?
ltwas Comer.

Our Comer?

ltwas Comer.

SPORTSCASTER 1: Comer
has a Mojo touchdown!

Chris Comerwith
his first varsity TD.

Not letting
go ofthat ball.

Give me the ball.

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

lnterception, Brian Chavez!

Abilene Cooper back
to punt. lt's blocked!

Touchdown, Permian!
That's a Mojo touchdown.

Jesus!

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

Forearm shiver,
in forthe Mojo touchdown.

SPORTSCASTER 2: There's
your old school football.

Where did this
guy come from?

SPORTSCASTER 1:
Chris Comer has poured
on some fantastic runs

and one
fantastic
pass reception

leading Mojo
from a 14-nothing...

Hello?

l'm feeling great.
How are you?

l feel much better
than l did before
the hit.

SPORTSCASTER 3:
This team has a swagger.

They're
walking tall
and playing tough.

SPORTSCASTER 4:
l love these kids.

l love the way
Winchell is playing.

They came together
after Boobie went out...

He's got him.
Touchdown in the corner!

You know,
wejust have
to dig deep...

MAN 1: Comer's amazing.
He's stepping in just nicely.

MAN 2: My concern is
that he doesn't have the
experience in the long run.

MAN 3: lfthey
can just stay strong,
not get overconfident

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

WOMAN 1: l think we're
gonna go all the way,
but l'm a little worried.

Oh, no, sir.
lt'sjust a small sprain.

ltwasjust a precaution.

MAN 4: We're on a roll.

MAN 5: Don't get started
on the celebration dance
justyet.

We got Midland coming up.

SPORTSCASTER 5:
Midland Lee is
the real deal.

WOMAN 2:
You don't need to
be swaggering now.

You got to be
playing and practicing.

SPORTSCASTER 6: Permian zips
past North Shore Galena, 17-3.

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

MAN 1:
They're winning,
butwho we playing?

l mean,
come on,
mediocre teams.

SPORTSCASTER 6: Two losses
could shut the door on the
Permian Panthers.

MAN 1: Let's not start
tooting our hornsjust
yet, you knowwhat l mean?

MAN 2: You lose
two division games
in this football climate

and you're done, Sammy.

BOOBlE: Midland.

L.V.: Boobie.

This the best damn
hospital in Texas.

The very best.

(MECHANlCAL WHlRRlNG)

DOCTOR:
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?

BOOBlE: Not at all.

Does this hurt?
No.

None ofthat hurts?
Nope.

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

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

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

No, l'm his uncle.

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

This is
the scan wejust
did today of his knee.

This is
looking right through
the middle ofthe knee.

Whatwe'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 ofyour knee

significant enough
that l have concerns

aboutwhatyou
can do from here on.

So when can l suit up?

Let mejust say,
with how your knee
feltwhen l examined it

and what l
see on the scan

with the things
thatyou do well the
reason thatyou'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 notwhat
Dr. Spencer said.

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

l understand.
But again, when l...

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

what l see here you really
can't playwith this kind
of...

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

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

Listen to me.
l am listening to you.

l wantwhat's best foryou.

You and l 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 justjealous
'cause you from Midland.

What l recommend...

Who paying you?

Come on, Boobie. That's okay.

You trying to take
my football career!

L.V.: Boobie,
let's get out of here.

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

Who's paying you?

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

l knew tonight's
game was gonna be

a big game,
but itjust got bigger.

Earliertoday,
Cooper beat Woodland.

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

lfthey lose, though, they
fall back into a three-way
tie forfirst place

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

GAlNES: So what
did the doctor say?

lfyou go out there
before your knee's
ready...

Coach, my knee's fine.

You okaywith this, L.V.?

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

Go get dressed.

SPORTSCASTER 1: The most
storied rivalry in the
state ofTexas

is Permian hosting the
Midland Lee Rebels at
Ratliff Stadium.

Tonight one
ofthese teams

could take a step
toward the play-offs.

Permian has one
district loss,

both Cooper and
Midland have two.

SPORTSCASTER 2:
There's no doubt
about that.

Awin tonight puts
Permian in the play-offs

no coin flip needed

plus itwill
send the Lee Rebels
home forthe 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.

l don't think so either.

SPORTSCASTER 1:
From what l know
about Coach Gary Gaines

nobody holds his
cards closerthan Gary.

Come on, guys. Let's go.

SPORTSCASTER 1:
Winchell pitches to Comer.

Flipped on his head!

Winchell,
pressured by Olivera

swings a pass out
to Billingsley.

Picked off by Dominguez.

Dominguezwill take it
in from 25 yards away.

And Lee breaks on top.

Hang on to the ball, son!

Don'tworry about it.
Shake it off.

Don'tworry about it, Coach.
Let me spin.

Y'all want to win,
put Boobie in.

Set. Hut!

SPORTSCASTER 1:
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.

SPORTSCASTER 1: Third down
with less than two minutes
to play in the half.

Strandler overthe left side,
uncontested. 32 yards down
to TD.

SPORTSCASTER 2: 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 whatyou think

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

and watch Midland Lee
take your season!

SPORTSCASTER 1: No offense
tonight for Mojo, and still
no sign of Boobie Miles.

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

Come on, Coach.
Let me get this
foryou.

SPORTSCASTER 1: Under
five minutes to play,
and Lee still leads 14-7.

Weak defense,
weak offense
and no Boobie.

lfyou're Coach Gaines,
what do you do?

SPORTSCASTER 2:
Right now, Mike Winchell
can't get this offense going

and the Midland coach
has seen Boobie on
the sidelines.

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

l'd put him in.

All right, move out!

Come on!

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

Whatyou want?

SPORTSCASTER 1:
Well, we apparently are all
gonna getwhatwe 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.
Hesitatesjust a bit.

Get off me!

Let's go with 60.

Let's go.

SPORTSCASTER 1:
They're gonna cheat
up to the line again

see ifthey'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.

(GROANlNG)

Don't touch it.

DOCTOR: Try to relax.

Let me take a look at it.

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

SPORTSCASTER 1: Folks,
the utter joy ofwatching

Miles trot back
on to the field

has been replaced
by the sheer misery

ofwatching 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!

SPORTSCASTER 1: One minute,
35 seconds left to play in
this one.

SPORTSCASTER 2: 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.

lt'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!

SPORTSCASTER 2:
Winchell was drilled,
but he seems to be okay.

Back it off!

SPORTSCASTER 1: 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
forthe 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.

(MARCHlNG BAND PLAYlNG)

(MlKE CRYlNG)

lt's all right.
No, man.

l'm sorry.

MAN: Thanks for nothing,
Coach. Go home, cowards.

MAN 1: I don't understand
what's gonna happen
at this point. How do we...

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

They're going to
have a coin toss.

MAN 1: You're serious?

We're gonna get the
three coaches together.

They're gonna
aII toss a coin.

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

What the heII
kind ofway is that
to make a decision?

When you assembIe
the kind oftaIent
that we have here

and then you just
throw it away Iike that.

It started with
him pIaying Boobie
when we had a big Iead.

This is a once in
a Iifetime thing

to be abIe to
see these peopIe.

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

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

What about
WincheII's pIay tonight?

WeII, what do you think?

And BiIIingsIey
couIdn't hoId on...

They aII suck!

I think
it's 'cause
ofthe coaching.

You know what
eIse it is, too?

They been doing too much
Iearning in the schooIs.

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

and he'd tie
13 knots in it.

Then he'd beat me in my gut

till l got a sick
feeling in my stomach.

Well.

That's how l feel

when l watch
you play football.

Sick at my stomach.

l 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 l got to take that
as a personal failure.

HCST:
Nobody in Mojo footbaII
wants to win in a coin toss.

But that's the way it is.

That's the way
the tiebreaker is.

MAN 1: WeII,
they ought to
change that.

They ought to
change coaches.

Make a Iot of
changes next year.

l was supposed to
make a man ofyou.

Shit.

Do you knowwhat that is?

That's a State Championship.

l 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 everfeel cursed,
Coach?

Like,
no matterwhat,
inside your heart

you feel that
you're gonna lose.

Like something's
hanging overyou

following
you like a witch,
or a demon thatjust...

Why you got to
be so messed up?

MlKE: You can'twin.

l 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?

lt 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. lt really is.

Fact ofthe matter is,
l believe

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

You knowwhat l'm saying?

We, all of us,
dig our own holes.

God, Dad.

(CHARLlE HUMMlNG)

What is wrong with you?

What's wrong with you?

Ladies and gentIemen,
this is truIy unbeIievabIe.

A three-way tie
forfirst 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

thatwill send
two ofthese teams
to the state play-offs

and one ofthem
home empty-handed.

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

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

We've aII
agreed on the ruIes.

Two out ofthree here,
odd man out.

If you got one taiIs,
they're out.

If you got one heads,
they're out.

lt's a tough way after
a great season forthe
coaches

but this is
the way it's gonna be.

So when l 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 nickeI.

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.

SKlP:
Okay, that's heads
for Abilene Cooper.

That's mine.

lt's heads.

SKlP: Okay,
Midland Lee
is also heads.

MAN:
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.

SKlP: Yup,
that's heads, too.

Permian is aIso heads. Man!

SKlP:
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
prettyworn.

Does this look
like heads to you?

l can't tell
the difference.
lt might be tails.

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

lt's tails.

(CHEERlNG)

So the good news is
that life continues

for both Midland Lee
and Permian high schools.

At least
for another
couple ofweeks.

That's the good news.

The not-so-good news is

that it Iooks
Iike aII roads are

eventuaIIy Ieading
to DaIIas Carter.

And what a monster of
a team DaIIas Carter is.

This DaIIas
Carterteam appears to
be compIeteIy unstoppabIe.

The rumor is
they've got nine pIayers

that have aIready signed
Division I Ietters of intent.

Damn, them boys big.

They are a very good
footbaII team, peopIe.

(CHARLlE COUGHS)

l'll get that
carfixed today.

Yeah.

l don'twant this to sound
like an apology or anything

but l didn't mean
halfthe things l said...

l know.

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

You don't understand.

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

Forever.
lt carries you forever.

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

lt's the only fact of life.

You got one year

one stinking yearto make
yourself some memories,
son.

That's all.
lt's gone afterthat.

And l'll be damned
ifyou're not gonna miss it.

No guts.

What's up, Water Bug?

What's up, Boobie?

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

l'll make you proud.

Whaty'all looking at?

Play your ass off.

Win State.
Be perfect.
All that shit.

This is a gift foryou.

lt's gonna be
worth a lot of money.

l bet itwill.

You be perfect,
Preacher Man.

What's up?

Nowwhatwe gonna do?
l can't do nothing
else but play football.

L.V.:
Don'tworry about that.

l can't be
doing nothing else.

You'll be all right, son.

l 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 l gonna do
without my knee?

You'll find somebody else.
Don'tworry about it, son.

No.
l wanted to
buy you a house.

(BOOBlE CRYlNG LOUDLY)

BOOBlE:
Theywon't let
me play, though.

SPCRTSCASTER 1:
It's pIay-off
time in Texas.

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

SPCRTSCASTER 2: There's
been a Iot of expectations

forthis
Permian footbaII team.

And you got to Iove
this pIay-off atmosphere.

They caII this the thinning
ofthe herd the survivaI
ofthe fittest.

Win, you go on.
Lose, you pIay
basketbaII.

SPORTSCASTER 3:
Quarterback Mike Winchell.

Drops back, pulls right,
throws long.

Caught! Touchdown!

SPORTSCASTER 4: 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.

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

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

SPORTSCASTER 6: Chris Comer,
with another sensational
performance.

SPORTSCASTER 7: Permian
cruises past San Angelo
and into the quarter.

SPORTSCASTER 8:
Permian looked
great tonight

but Dallas Carter
is playing on
a whole different level.

SPORTSCASTER 9:
lnterception,
Brian Chavez.

SPORTSCASTER 10:
Great read ofthe play.
Touchdown!

45 yards out.

SPORTSCASTER 11:
Permian defeats
Nimitz, 48-7.

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

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

SPORTSCASTER 9:
Mike Winchell drops
back, throws a 50-yard bomb!

lt's gonna be
caught by Parker!

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

SPORTSCASTER 12: That's it.
Permian's gonna battle
Dallas Carter

forthe Texas Class
5-A State Championship.

JAMES:
Whatwould it take foryou
to come up to Texas Stadium?

GAlNES: How about if
y'all come out here?

Where?
Over at Ratliff Stadium?

Yeah.

l still think there'd be
a problem with ourfans
sitting with yourfans.

McCLARY:
l don't see
any problems.

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

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

Frankly, between
our communities,
there are some issues.

Wait a minute.
What issues are
we talking about?

l'm not gonna get
into it at this table.
lt'sjust different.

How about ifwe went
with a neutral site?

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

Oryou know
whatwe could do

is the Astrodome.

Astrodome.

l got no problem
with that.

Good.

Let's discuss officials.

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

some neutral place
like San Antonio,
or something.

JAMES:
Now are these zebras
gonna be white or black?

Well, as far as l 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.

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

lt makes sense
to hire a crew as is.
That's howwe always do it.

Don't make sense to me.
lt 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'rejust out getting
flowers forthe ladies.

Secretaries week.

ls that right?
l'll be dogged.

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

You win State, Coach,
we'll getyou two secretaries.

Everything all right?

Yeah, everybody's
gonna bejust fine.
Everything's all right

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

and, you know, win State.

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

Yeah,
l 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.

Orwhat?

"Orwhat"?

Or...

You know, thatwould be
a real bad deal foryou,
Gary.

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

Get that
State Championship.

Well, l sure
appreciate your support.

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

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

Well, thatwas subtle.
Yeah.

Are we gonna move again?

lt's possible.
No, baby.

What do you
think aboutAlaska?

What aboutAlaska?

Well...

l bet that they are
not nearly as serious

about their
football in Alaska.

l think that's
a real nice idea.

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

lt'sjust something
to think about, baby.

l 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, l did.

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

All right, Coach.

Coach.

You got room for one more?

Absolutely. Hop on.

SPORTSCASTER 1:
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
fortheirwhole 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 oftheir chance
to bring home the title

fortheirtown,
fortheirteam,
fortheir 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.

SPORTSCASTER 2: No doubt.
This crowd isjacked.

This is going to
be an all-outwar.

(BARKlNG)

Welcome,
ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome,
Dallas Carterfans...

ANNOUNOER: Permian,
the home team, in white.

Carter,
the visiting
team, in red.

...to the 1988...

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

SPORTSCASTER 2:
Texas 5-A...

l'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 offto Permian.

SPORTSCASTER 1:
We're underway in
the State Championship.

Jones' kickoff
carries eightyards.

Comer should
down it there.

SPORTSCASTER 2: 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
wasjust 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!

SPCRTSCASTER 1:
Saturday is finaIIy here.
The Texas BowI is underway.

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

Winchell,
under centerwill 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 fortwo.
Theywill 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 leftwill get
the two-point conversion.

Cowboys, 10. Permian, 0.

What's it like
out there, lvory?

They're big.

They're fast.

Fun ride, huh, big boy?

They're dirty.

REFEREE: 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!

SPORTSCASTER 1: lt's going
to be Whitakerto Cane
from 26 yards away.

He levels Chavez.

SPORTSCASTER 2:
And another Carter
Cowboy touchdown.

(MARCHlNG BAND
PLAYlNG LlVELY MUSlC)

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?

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

Keep them out
ofthe end zone.

lfthey score
more than we do,
we lose the game.

All right? So wake up!

SPORTSCASTER 1:
lt's been all Carter
here in the first quarter.

SPORTSCASTER 2: 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!

l can't believe that.

Winchell's nailed again.

SPORTSCASTER 2: Right now,
l don't know ifwe need to
worry about the scores.

Justwhether
or notwe'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?

REFEREE: Back up, Coach.

He almost killed him!

SPORTSCASTER 1: Clay,
this game is quickly
spiraling out of control.

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

The Panthers
came into this ball
game really fired up.

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

Getyour
head in the game.
Are you in the game?

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

Yes, sir!

SPORTSCASTER 1: Five minutes
left to play in
a halfthat's been all Carter.

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

Come on, Preacher!

Whitakerwith
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.

SPORTSCASTER 2:
And it's picked off
by lvory Christian.

And l'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 lvory 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!

SPORTSCASTER 1:
Snap to Winchell,
drops back, rolls right.

He's gonna run
it inside the 5!

SPORTSCASTER 2:
Winchell hurls his way
towards the end zone.

Anthony has him

but Mike Winchell will
stretch himself into
the end zone

forthe Mojo touchdown!

WincheII drives
to the goaI Iine.

Yes!

Holds the ball
out overthe 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'rejust stepping aside
and letting them walk in...

Pop! That's what l want!
All ofyou around that ball!

To go fortwo 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?

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

Two-point conversions,
l want those gone.
Here's whatwe'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?
Theywent through two-a-days.

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

Yes, sir!

Hit everything that moves!

lfthe ref gets in
yourway, you hit him!

Okay, then. Let's play.

They're cheating us, too!

They're against us, too.

This is ourteam. 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.

(CHEERlNG)

(BAND PLAYlNG LlVELY MUSlC)

Let's go.

lt's real simple.

You got two more
quarters and that's it.

Now most ofyou have been
playing this game for 10
years.

You've two more quarters

and afterthat most
ofyou 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.

l wantyou to
understand something.

To me, being perfect

is not about that
scoreboard out there.

lt's not aboutwinning.

lt's aboutyou
and your relationship

to yourself and your
family and yourfriends.

Being perfect

is about being
able to look your
friends in the eye

and know thatyou
didn't let them down.

Because you told them
the truth.

And that truth is, thatyou
did everything thatyou could.

There wasn't
one more thing
thatyou could've done.

Can you live
in that moment

as bestyou can,
with clear eyes

and love in your heart?

With joy in your heart.

lfyou can do that, gentlemen

then you're perfect.

l wantyou to take a moment

and l wantyou to look
each other in the eyes.

l wantyou
to put each other
in your hearts forever.

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

l wantyou to
close your eyes

and l 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 l wantyou to put
that in your hearts.

Boys, my heart is full.

My heart's full.

lvory.

lVORY: "Our Father...

ALL:
"Who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.

"Thy kingdom come,
thywill be done.

"On earth as
it is in heaven.

"Give us this day
our daily bread,

"and forgive us
ourtrespasses.

"As we forgive those
who trespass against us.

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

"Forthine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory
forever."

Amen!

That's it, baby!

Keep left!

Hut!

Way to go, lvory!

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 offthe 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.

l'll hityou 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.

SPORTSCASTER 1: After
the blowout ofthe 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.

lt's third
and 10 for Carter

as Whitaker spins
and hits Drake for 6.

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

You know Carter's
going for it on fourth.

SPORTSCASTER 2: Unbelievable.
James is not even going to
consider a punt.

So now
Whitaker on fourth down
as Carterwill go for it.

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

and this one
bounces offthe turf.

lncomplete.

No way.
Got that right here!

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

l wanna talk to
whoever did see it!

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

Did you turn?

l turned
and looked,
but l was lost.

That ain't no catch.

l couldn't see it.

Are you sure he caught it?

ltwas a catch, Ref.

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

What are you talking about?

Thatwas a bad call!

This man has it.
This man had
the catch.

SPCRTSCASTER 1:
There's no way. The
baII came offthe turf.

That is bullshit!

Here's the pass.
Whitaker has found Graf.

Graf makes
a one-handed
phenomenal catch

for another CarterTD.

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.

SPORTSCASTER 2:
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
forthe 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!

Theywill
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.

SPORTSCASTER 1: Mike Winchell
to Don Billingsleywill go
right.

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

lnstead
he's looking
for a receiver.

SPORTSCASTER 2:
Winchell's open!

Winchell's open
in the end zone.

Winchell makes
a tremendous catch!

Winchell,
with a touchdown reception
scores the Mojo touchdown!

(SCREAMlNG)

One more.

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

Mojo defense is really
gonna have to step it up

ifthey have
a prayer ofwinning
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.

lVORY:
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 thatwill be it.

Grande hit!

Yeah, baby!

They do know how to tackle.
All right!

lt'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!

Maybejust short
ofwhat he needs
for a first down.

SPORTSCASTER 2:
First down here,
and the game's over.

REFEREE:
lt didn't make it.

lt's short.

SPORTSCASTER 1:
That's short, by inches!

James immediately
signals he's going for it.

SPORTSCASTER 2:
James is going to gamble.
He can get these four inches

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

Here's whatwe're gonna do.
We're gonna do a Texas stunt.

lvory,
you and Steen,
l wantyou to twist.

Steen, you go first.
Yo, Coach.

lvory,
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.

PLAYER: Right here.
lVORY: Take them.

West Texas football, baby.

SPORTSCASTER 1:
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!

l wantyou to show
them who we are.
Yes, sir.

Okay? Show them who we are.

MlKE: Execute!

SPORTSCASTER 1: 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 turfto go.

PLAYER: Go!

Green, 12. Hut!

Winchell swings
it out to Comer.

Comer has it,
picks up a block.

Thataway, Comer! On three!

Offto Billingsley.

SPORTSCASTER 2:
Billingsley great
job of picking up

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

Okay, let's go.
Let's getwild.

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!

SPORTSCASTER 2:
The Tennessee-bound Trissell
comes across the field

to knock the ball loose.

Payne had it.

l'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!

"l" right, 90.

Mike, you all right?

Yeah, l'm all right, man.

Under a minute to play,
52 seconds.

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

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

Look, l wantyou to feel it.

Show me some heart.

Permian's showing
what a tough out
they are.

GAlNES: 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 offthe field.

Feels like
he dislocated
his shoulder.

See you, fella!

Shake it off.
Get back out there.

Strong left 90
"Z" five, ready?

Break!

SPORTSCASTER 1: Permian
with 35 seconds to play
go to Comer!

And Comer
overthe red zone.

Did you see that?
l'll back up when

l'm through
talking to you.

SPORTSCASTER 2: 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
theirfinal time-out.

ANNCUNCER:
The third and
finaI 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,
l need a running back.

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

On the count ofthree.
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.

SPORTSCASTER 1: So, Clay,
ifyou're Gary Gaines,
what do you do?

SPORTSCASTER 2:
Coach Gaines is done
out of running backs.

He's gotta go to the air.

A vertical smash
and a double out.

l agree.

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

Squeeze it.
l 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
"l" rightwiggle,

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

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

Cover it. Coverthe points.

Roll with it.
Don't resist it.

You got it, baby.
No more fumbles.

That's right.

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

Don't think
about that shoulder.
Just keep driving yourfeet.

"l" rightwiggle,
34 switchblade.

Forthe State Championship.

l love all ofyou, baby.

l love all ofyou.
Let's go on one, ready?

Break!

SPORTSCASTER 1: 55,000 people
in the Houston Astrodome,
folks

and every seat is empty
because everyone is on
theirfeet.

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. l'm seeing
a hold call by the official.

Dad gum it!

REFEREE:
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!

lt's Mike Winchell
down to the 5!

ls he in?

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

l'm gonna miss the heat.

l'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.