When the Game Stands Tall Page #2

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You kidding me?

- I'll break that.

- Guys, guys!

Come here! Give me that horn!

Come back here, you little-

Here he is. Good run?

- Hey, Terry.

- Hey, there he is.

Cal State. What do they want?

It's just a coaching offer.

You're throwing it in the trash?

A job offer. We don't get to talk about it?

College coaching. It's not what I do.

But we should at least discuss it, Bob.

- Terry.

- Hey, great pancakes.

Wow, okay.

You, Louis Armstrong, in your room.

Practice.

You, million things to do.

Gotta take the tree down.

I've been up since 5. I'm just like...

Make sure your room is clean,

Michael.

You should at least consider it, Bob.

Great pancakes.

He acts like it doesn't mean anything

to him...

...but he's got a diary,

just counting down the TDs.

- A diary?

- She's a chronic liar.

- A very, very ill young woman.

- Really?

Did I mention delusional?

- You have a diary.

- It's a playbook. At least my earrings...

- ...aren't bigger than my girlfriend's.

- Sure. Okay. That's mean, but true.

Yo, my fellow Spartans.

I gotta mind my etiquette.

You're officially Captain Chris I'm-Gonna-

Break-the-State-TD-Scoring-Record now.

Well, at least the vote was based

on ability...

...not family connections, little Lad.

Like how I'm gonna be starting

wide receiver and not you?

Hey, man. It's cool. We'll see.

Oh, look out. Here comes the luckiest

cornhusker in Contra Costa County.

- Beasie!

- What's up?

- How's it going, fellas?

- Hey, girls.

My big man on the line.

- Gotta bring it for me.

- To the house.

- Okay.

- Okay, 0K9)'-

- I'm gonna go freshen up. Wanna come?

- Yes.

- How much fresher can she get?

- Too fresh for you.

Sassy.

Why do they do that? Go together.

- How did you get with her?

- She asked me out.

- She asked him out.

- Tell me you're jumping all over that.

No, we're- We're waiting.

- They're waiting.

- Yeah.

- For what?

- The big day.

We took a purity pledge.

Son. What's the name of the cult

that you're in?

Pleasant Hill Baptist.

That boy's taken one too many shots

to the head.

Sounds like all the other college offers.

- A nice house?

- Yeah.

The kids going to college for free?

What was I thinking?

Look, the players are handpicked,

self-motivated, smart...

...eyes fixed on their bright futures.

They don't need what I do, Bev.

They don't need a coach

who knows the game inside and out?

Who knows how to teach kids

to become honorable, accountable men...

...with self-worth?

Bob, you do it and I've watched you do it

brilliantly since I was 23 years old.

I wouldn't be helping anyone.

I mean, shouldn't it be easier?

Don't you deserve that?

I've seen the schedule

for college coaches.

You think it'd be easier, less grueling?

It would not.

You don't know. How do you know?

I just want you happy and healthy...

...and yeah, home every once in a while,

just playing football with your own kids.

Going for a stupid walk

for hot chocolate...

...maybe more than, you know,

twice a decade.

You- You're gonna get your record,

bro.

Even if Mickey has to steal it.

Forget about your dad.

You're 37 touchdowns away

from breaking a state record.

All right, it's about you.

Us.

- Our year.

- Our year.

- Hold them high, boys. Hold them high.

- T.K.

- What's up, big guy?

- To your year. Chris, you-

You're captain now. My man Danny

over here, he grew up on the team.

Has all the credit,

he doesn't need a title.

Kind of makes me wonder.

About what?

If it's gonna be your year,

or some other team's year.

- K, we haven't lost a game-

- I know, believe me.

I'm just saying, you guys gotta

open your eyes. You ain't ready.

On skills, you have half the team we did.

On attitude, most of y'all got big heads

or just wanna wear the jersey.

So you gotta step up.

You gotta become real leaders.

You have to motivate your players

to get their game even tighter than ours.

Next year is on you.

Take care, boys.

- Peace, man.

- Yeah.

It's time to deal

with the De La Salle problem.

Last year, De La Salle out-scored

league opponents...

".326 t027.

Their average score

against league teams was 47 to 4.

How, Bob? How are we supposed

to compete against a program...

...that pulls in the best players

with the wave of a scholarship?

For the hundredth time...

...De La Salle High's code of conduct

forbids scholarshipping athletes.

Explain to me why

the best wide receiver in my district...

...rides a bus for a solid hour

up to De La Salle.

Our program attracts great athletes,

plain and simple.

No matter how you get your players,

you're stacking your team with talent.

- That's not cheating?

- Let me get this straight.

You wanna penalize

us for building a winning program?

I'm done with this! Nobody wins 151

football games straight without cheating.

We will not play De La Salle

next season.

Great. Done.

We don't wanna play you either.

We'll play our five league games...

...then we'll fill our open slots with

tougher teams from bigger conferences.

Gee, seems like I heard

the 49ers already have a full schedule.

Who's left?

Long Beach Poly.

Eidson, Poly's the number-one

high-school team in Southern California.

Yeah. Isn't it great?

Poly?

- We talked about this.

- Never said you set it up.

Nationally, we're number one.

They're number two.

They've been trying to get us

on their schedule.

They're not afraid of us.

Guys, can't wait to see you play Poly.

Good luck.

You can thank me later.

In Luke 6:
38...

...Luke says,

"Give and it will be given to you.

Good measure, pressed down,

shaken together and running over...

...will be poured into your lap...

...for with the measure you use,

it will be measured to you."

Any idea what Luke is saying here?

Arturo?

You reap what you sow.

Like, whatever you do, good or bad,

comes back to you.

Anyone else think you give to others...

...and the blessing is returned

in equal measure?

Salinas.

I've worked hard to do the right thing,

and I've been blessed.

- How's that?

- Getting to play on the streak team.

You ain't in line to be starting quarterback

on the streak team...

...because you've done the right thing.

It's because you're 6'2"

with a cannon for an arm.

So, Tayshon, what do you believe?

Well, down where I sleep, the dealers

in Richmond make mad money.

My aunt was an ER nurse.

Worked her whole life helping people.

Time came for her to get hers,

they up and fired her...

...six months

before they gotta pay her retirement.

Dog-eat-dog. Take what you need.

They don't care how good you've been.

You sitting around waiting for somebody

to pay you back, you going hungry.

So why does a guy like Luke,

who's a doctor, painter, writer, historian...

...take the time to invent a lie?

It ain't a lie.

Your pops dies, five-O puts your mom

on trial for it when, oops...

...our bad, the shipyard poisoned him.

Pressure gives her a stroke

and now she ain't got long.

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