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- Hey, Coach. How they looking?

I don't know that we're gonna

win a single game this year.

Coach, you say that every year.

Well, this year I mean it.

You should let me play.

Stop, I can keep up

with these guys.

Well, can you play

corner, 'cause Mullins,

he couldn't cover

a one-legged receiver.

But he can hit, coach,

he can tackle, he's a mad man.

Oh yeah, it's true.

That boy, he can hit.

Maybe he could play safety.

Maybe Kenny'd play corner.

He's pretty good at cover too.

Huh.

Huh.

Bring it in, first team defense.

We're going to try something.

Thanks, son.

You're welcome.

Mullins, you're

gonna move over to safety.

Yes, safety!

Smile any harder,

your face will fall off.

All she did was say,

are there any cars coming,

and I said I don't

see anything my way.

And I started to go!

I did, I started to go!

Oh, you won't be laughing

when the insurance goes up.

It's not my fault.

You miss it? Driving?

Keep it straight, no, no,

little left, little left.

Sorry, student driver.

We'll work on that.

Right, little right. Okay, go

slow, hold it, hold, it's Duncan.

- Where?

- Twenty feet up here on the left.

Oh, hey there, Mr. Duncan.

I almost didn't see you.

- Right, right, right.

- Quick, take this wheel.

Oh, that was great.

Are you serious?

Did you see his...

no, you didn't see his face.

Willard, I am a great

believer in beginnings.

Winners start strong.

Seems to me like you need to

switch things up a little bit.

Try a new variety of plays.

Well, thank you, Jasper,

I'll certainly take that

under consideration.

Now, I've got some plays that I've

been drawing up in my office.

I'd like you to take

a look at them.

Corbin lost

this game in the trenches.

Their defense has played well,

especially their secondary,

but they've got to find a spot

for their running game.

Their line has got to dominate.

Tonight they didn't.

Riley was sacked four times.

Hate to lose the first

game of the season.

Boy howdy,

hate to lose the first one.

- Can I get you anything?

- Nah, no, nothing.

Nothing, thanks, coach.

Just one game,

we'll get 'em next week.

Offensive line isn't together.

Defense played well.

Yeah, yeah, they did.

Switching Harris and Mullins,

that was a great i..

You got a funny

look in your eye.

Willard.

Not a good coach.

Farris is not good for Corbin.

Come in.

Coach Willard Farris must go.

Travis? How you doing, son?

Hey, Coach!

Making out all right?

Classes, school all right?

- Yeah, no, they're all right.

- Good.

- I'm a sit down.

- Please.

Yeah.

How is the team doing?

Umm, the guys are okay.

They're glad two-a-days are

done, I'll tell you that much.

Two-a-days.

Oh, that sounds great.

Look, Travis, I wanted to

talk to you about something.

Travis, I'm thinking you

should come back on the team.

Oh...

You mean like you want me to help

out with equipment or something?

That'd be fine.

No, no, no, that's not

exactly what I was thinking.

What exactly were you thinking?

I think you should play.

- Play? Play what?

- Football.

I don't, I don't understand.

Look, I've seen you the past

two weeks watching practice.

Travis, I never coached a boy

loves football as much as you do.

Its impossible, coach, I

can't catch the ball.

I can't see it.

Well, that's right,

of course you can't.

- So you are going to have to play center.

- Center?

That's right, center, think about it.

Think about it.

Listen, all you got to do is,

you're not going to have to

pull block

or anything like that.

You got to snap the ball

and you got to take out

the nose tackle,

who's just foot in front of you.

He'll probably find you.

Travis, all you've got to do...

All right, stand up, come on.

Stand up.

- Okay.

- Here you go.

Square up now,

put your hands up.

Put your hands up,

put them on me.

Okay, and your feet, you want

to spread your feet apart

a little bit so you

got some balance.

When you move, you're

going to move laterally, right?

You're not a gazelle

anymore, you're a pitbull.

Okay.

You just move with me,

you keep your hands on me.

If I go right, yeah. You've got

to protect your quarterback.

Yeah, move them feet, move them

feet, put your hands on me.

Keep them on me, understand? That's

it, just keep coming, keep coming,

and all the time I'm coming this

way, that's how I want to...

- How about that?

- Ooh.

You don't need your sight

for that, now do you?

- No, sir.

- Well?

You're serious?

- All right, listen.

- I don't know.

You think about it.

You take the weekend, you talk

about it with your folks,

and if you do decide that

you want to give it try,

I'll expect you on my football

field, Monday afternoon.

- All right?

- Yeah.

Coach?

What if I can't?

I'll see you Monday.

The Lord is

my light and my salvation.

Whom shall I fear.

I want to welcome

you all out this morning.

So glad you all could be here.

As I begin this morning,

I want to ask everyone in here

to close your eyes for a moment,

everyone except for my friend

here in the front row.

You can keep your eyes open.

Now, how would you respond

if someone came in here

and told you that what

you see right now

is what you're going to see

for the rest of your life.

How would you respond

if someone told you that you'd

never see the light

of day again?

Would you be angry?

Would you be bitter?

Who is that?

Would you blame

God and ask, why me?

Or maybe beneath all

of those questions,

all of that emotion

is simply fear.

Fear of what your life might be?

Who are you, ask yourself.

Who are you?

I'm Travis Freeman.

Mom! Dad!

I'm Travis Freeman!

- You're what?

- Oh, honey.

I'm gonna play football!

- Bring it in!

- Let's go. Oh the hop.

A player's gonna join the team.

Where's he from?

- Right here in Corbin.

- Who is he?

No way! Really?

Yup. It's Travis.

- How's that even possible?

- What position?

- Center.

- No, no, no.

Cameron, you're moving to guard.

Kyle, you're our new short yardage

fullback, congratulations.

Cameron, you'll still be

making the line calls,

and you are going signal Travis

where his man lines up.

I think he deserves a chance.

- Big day.

- Yes.

- Is Mary here?

- She's over there.

Well, at least she came.

Excuse me.

It's not a good idea.

- Hello.

- Hello.

So you agreed to let him play?

Agreed? It doesn't

matter what I say.

I'm just the mother.

They can bash themselves senseless.

It's not up to me.

How's this even going to work?

Don't worry about it.

He ain't gonna play.

- My dad took care of it.

- What? How?

I told him about it last night,

and he called Mr. Duncan.

All right.

Let's go! Let's go!

I want to see Special

teams out on the field.

On the hop, let's go!

Travis, there's a problem.

Blind? In the middle

of all that mayhem.

If something happened to him, I

wouldn't be able to live with myself.

Not to mention the school's liability.

So, no.

- Well, it's not your call!

- You can't stop him from playing football!

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