Greater Page #9

Martin zips it over

the middle, incomplete.

Broken up by David Barrett,

tangled up with Peerless Price.

Yeah!

Arkansas stops

Tennessee, leading by two.

On the fourth down try, Tennessee failed

and with 1:
54 to go, Tennessee has to...

You see how hard work pays off?

Now, let's run out the clock,

and beg to God,

and get ready

for that national championship.

And so, Arkansas begins to

think that this will be a major upset win,

undefeated at 8-0,

about to head back to Fayetteville 9-0.

And now, all Arkansas

has to do is run out the clock.

Another huge victory

for this Cinderella team.

Nobody can deny that the Arkansas

Razorbacks earned this win today.

I think Sports

Illustrated has its next cover.

- Down to the 11 for Arkansas.

- 47 remaining.

One time out left.

Stoerner lost the football!

Oh, my goodness,

he stumbled and fumbled!

And Billy Ratliff recovers!

Oh, Arkansas had the game won,

and Clint Stoerner

laid the football on the ground.

And Tennessee recovers

dangerously close to scoring position.

What a devastating blow

for this Arkansas team.

Touchdown, Tennessee!

And Tennessee remains undefeated

as they snatch victory

from an Arkansas team

that seemed to have this game won.

This was a game for the ages.

And here is the play that fans will

be talking about for years to come.

Clint Stoerner stumbling...

Coach, do you have any comment

on the big play?

One play doesn't win

or lose a football game.

Uh, Clint Stoerner played

an excellent football game,

he threw three touchdown passes.

Don't you think

he also fumbled away the victory

when you guys had the game in the bag?

I'm sorry, Clinton. It wasn't your fault.

I tripped you.

I know.

You don't have to take the heat.

They'll crucify you, it'll be awful.

And it's just not fair.

You gotta tell them I did it.

But it wasn't your fault, Burls.

Falling down's a part of the game, it

doesn't give me license to drop the ball.

You wouldn't have dropped anything, if it

wasn't for my feet getting in the way.

I mean, after all

we've worked this season,

I ruined our shot

at the national championship.

Burls, five years from now,

no one's gonna remember

who won

the national championship or not.

They're gonna have to look it up

in a book.

There's nothing real about that.

You know, what I do over there

in the next five minutes...

Well, that's real.

I dropped the ball, Brandon.

Let me face the consequences.

Hey, Brandon?

I told you lately that I love you?

No, coach. You haven't.

Well...

I do.

I love you, Brandon.

Love you too, coach.

It's all right, big rascal.

Radio Well, it was really

a disappointing season for Alabama.

I mean, they're Alabama, they were...

One last final, son.

Then you're a free man.

I've had a great time, Mama.

Thank you... for everything.

Oh.

Come on.

Here you go, man.

Now, I gotta start paying you back.

Let's not talk about that

till after you win the Citrus Bowl.

So, you been coming here all this time,

Mama, and not telling me?

Once a week since he's been at school.

Sometimes twice a week.

- Y'all be careful now, okay? I love y'all.

- I love you, too.

- Shut up, man.

- Love you, Cheesecake.

- Love you. Be safe.

- All right, talk to you later?

Bye, Mama.

- Marty, don't go!

- What is going on?

Hold on. Don't leave!

Marty, turn on your radio!

Turn on your radio right now.

Again, some very exciting news

for Hog fans today.

We've just heard that right guard

Brandon Burlsworth

has been named first-team

All-American...

Oh, Marty! Do you think he's heard?

Mama!

- Marty! Marty!

- Go, go, go. go, go!

Mama!

My brother's an All-American!

Makes me nauseous!

Thank God for you, Brandon.

There are rules, and you just proved it.

Oh, boy, here it goes.

Here we go.

Marty?

Marty, we're done.

Right, okay. Thank you, Blake.

Thank you very much.

I wanted to return something.

This was Brandon's.

You remember when we used

to play football on your street?

When I was nine years old, a bigger kid

on the block threw my ball up a tree.

So, Brandon gave me his.

He was always kind.

Treated me like I was his age.

You were blessed

to have a brother like that.

Some might argue that being blessed

just makes it worse

when things get taken away.

Please, that's enough.

The whole team looked up to Brandon,

all those years.

We knew how hard he was working.

And he always kept faith in what he was

doing, no matter how things looked.

You coming up, sir?

Yeah, I'm coming.

You know, Mikey,

you do have a point there.

Brandon did have faith.

He believed that if he worked hard

and did everything he was supposed to,

God would make everything

turn out for the best.

Didn't everything turn out

for the best, Marty?

You wanna go up, now?

No, son, you go.

I'm just gonna stay right here a bit.

Mam In the next pick in the draft,

Indianapolis selects offensive guard

from the University of Arkansas...

Brandon Burlsworth.

Indianapolis takes Brandon

Burlsworth the guard from Arkansas

figures to have a long career

in the NFL in an outstanding pure guard.

Was a walk-on originally...

Everybody's gonna love this guy.

You better order a truckload

of those ugly glasses.

I think they're pretty cool.

- Whatchu think?

- Yeah, they look a lot better on him.

- Brandon Burlsworth...

- Look.

Right up there with the elite guards

in this draft. Nice pick, certainly.

- Break it down!

- Johnson, Burlsworth.

Remember, this is mini camp,

not Monday night football.

I don't want anybody getting hurt.

Let's go.

Hey, man, hey!

Chill out. He said take it easy.

What's wrong with you?

- I didn't hear the whistle.

- Okay, Johnson, get some water.

- Matter fact, everybody, hydrate.

- Let's go, guys.

Get some water.

- Hey, Burlsworth.

- Yes, sir?

We're all adults here, Burls,

call me Howard.

Are you prepared to run out

of that tunnel next season

when they introduce the starting lineup?

Sir?

Uh, I'm sorry. I mean Howard.

You're gonna be a starter, Brandon.

I'm serious.

- That's funny?

- I'm sorry.

It's just...

This is the first time in my life where

something I wanted came so easy.

Easy?

Brandon, it may have taken me a few

seconds to say you're a starter,

but it was years of your hard work

that gave me a reason to say it.

You are living proof

that when you do the right things,

good stuff happens.

And you have done everything right.

Enjoy it.

Hey, Burls...

Life is good.

Well, looky here.

All this time I never knew

I was coaching an All-American.

Didn't you always say there was

a, uh, horse in there somewhere?

Hey, look at you.

You gotta go get prettied up.

You can't go to the ring ceremony

looking like a hobo.

- Yeah.

- I mean, look at Burls.

He looks pretty sharp, right?

I won't be there, coach.

- What?

- Excuse me?

You, missing a team event? That's a first.

Burls, you're a big part of why we're

getting a division championship ring.

You really ought to be there.

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