Gridiron Gang Page #4

Line it up! Move!

Weathers, get up.

Not till we get some water.

Bug, give 'em some water.

- Here you go, boys!

- Finally did something as a team.

The water man's back in town.

Here you guys go.

These kids have never worked hard

for anything in their life.

And teamwork. Teamwork to them

is four homeboys robbin' a liquor store.

So I gotta push 'em. But I know

if I push 'em too hard I'll lose 'em.

You couldn't expect 'em to work as hard

as you did. Not right off the bat.

Now, see, you had a God-given talent.

The minute you put on a helmet,

you were a star.

I always had faith in you.

You're my mom. That's your job.

I'm your mom, that's my job.

Well, here we are.

Home sweet home.

Junior?

Who needs helmets?

Bug, give this to somebody who can use it.

Now, that's more like it.

Damn, J-dawg,

that's destruction of state property.

What the hell is this?

A nose guard.

It's for your balls, dawg.

Man, that's for pussies.

Let's get it on!

Five tight, 32 dive. Run it.

Set.

Green 18!

Hut!

Madlock, what happened?

He broke my biscuits, man.

Broke your biscuits.

Are you wearin' your cup?

No.

Naw, he ain't wearin' his cup.

Because cups are for pussies!

Hey, yo, Coach.

I think I need to go back to the gym.

- You gotta go back to the gym?

- Yes, sir.

Put your cup on, maybe?

Yeah, me too.

Get goin', Willie.

Anybody else forget to put their cups on?

Yeah. Half the team.

Come on, Madlock, walk it off.

Walk it off, Madlock.

Yeah, limp it off, Madlock.

Hey, Coach.

I got mine on but it ain't nowhere

near big enough to hold me.

- Is that right?

- Yeah, I need the extra-large, Coach.

Well, come here, tiny. Let me talk to you

for a second. Y'all get back to work.

All right, line it up, gentlemen.

What's up, Coach?

Last year, when you were dealing crack,

I heard that you made five times my salary.

And I ain't paid no taxes.

- No taxes?

- No taxes.

Means you're pretty good

at math, memorization.

Yeah, I'm pretty friendly wit it.

Here's the problem.

I'm worried about Madlock

not being able to learn our playbook.

What's that got to do wit me?

If he can't learn it, he doesn't play,

which means he doesn't block for you,

which then means I'm gonna have

to put in Aguilar to protect you.

I see, Coach.

- You understand?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah. I understand.

Get back to work. Come on.

Let's go!

Mr. Porter, can I talk to you?

I tried to tell ya.

Hey, Dexter.

You signed for $10,000 worth of equipment?

We got a helluva deal.

You're not authorized to do that.

Really? I thought I was.

You're gonna get suspended,

you know that, right?

Yeah, I know, but first you're gonna

have to write up a 784,

and then they're gonna schedule a hearing,

which I'm gonna have to postpone

due to a family illness,

then I'm gonna appeal that ruling, and

by that time, the season's gonna be over.

Look, Dexter, the equipment's used already,

we can't give it back.

Let's just give the kids what they worked

really, really hard for, huh?

I got a Mustang football T-shirt

for you, Dexter.

Get 'em goin', Coach.

Madlock, I'm gonna work witchu

'cause you got what it takes.

I'mma just, you know what I'm sayin',

get you together.

Hey, watch out, man! We workin' here!

Come on, Madlock, just stand in front of me,

don't let nobody hit me.

You gonna come see me play?

See Daddy play football?

Hey, Weathers.

You got a visitor.

- Danyelle!

- Willie.

Damn, girl.

How'd you get here?

Bus.

Bus? It's musta taken you

like two days, huh?

Seemed like it.

Seemed... Seemed like it.

Well, I'm really glad you here.

Why don't you move your fat ass to another

table with your McDonald's and sh*t?

I know you not gonna disrespect me

in front of my family!

Jermaine, let it go!

Get off me!

Settle down!

You want your family to go home?

Man, settle down!

What's up, mija?

You wanna swing low on this or what?

Hey, yo, shut your ass up, Peavy!

Willie, Willie, Willie, don't do that!

- Nah, you ain't nothin' but a bluff, nigga!

- No! Come on!

Man, you a bluff.

See you when you get out the box.

Don't even worry about him.

I'll take care of him later on, all right?

Come on, let's go sit down.

I wanna go.

You wanna go?

How you gonna take care of him, Willie?

You gonna kill him?

Danyelle.

Come on, girl.

Mom, you can't just get up and leave.

Just don't look at me like that, all right?

Whaddya want me to do about it?

I'm not the one who put you here, all right?

You put yourself here.

Damn it.

What's goin' on, buddy?

It's my mom.

Things are just so messed up.

Gets so I just hate her.

No, you don't.

Just want my mom to love me, you know?

I know.

I know.

You know what I was thinkin'?

'Bout we try you out at receiver?

You mean, like, I'd be catchin' the ball?

Sometimes. Mostly blockin'.

That'd be cool.

Why don't you get your playbook.

I'll meet ya up here.

We'll go over some plays.

- All right. Right now?

- Right now.

You guys got any letters to go out before

the weekend, I gotta screen 'em tonight.

Dear Danyelle.

Look, I'm sorry you felt bad here.

I don't like it either but I'm tryin' to change.

My mama moved to Oakland.

She don't want my little brother

havin' nothin' to do with me.

Danyelle, you're the only one

who cares anything about me.

The only really good person I know.

Please write me back.

Let's go. It's that 28 toss, Leon.

Get 'em goin'. It's a big play for us.

Come on, Weathers, show me your wheels.

Let's see what you got, defense.

Kelvin, lemme see.

Kelvin, good job, good job.

Way to get in there.

Come on, Weathers, you're better than that!

Don't worry 'bout it, man. Hey, you'll get it.

All right, let's go! Run that same play.

Let's go!

I'm so tired, man.

Rather fight five angry niggas

than mess with this football sh*t.

Quit bitchin', quit moanin'!

We've got five days till we play Barrington.

If you don't get this stuff down,

if you don't get it right,

they're gonna kick your asses.

Can't nobody kick our ass, Coach.

Yeah, no, clearly, Junior. Yeah.

After what I just saw from Weathers,

you guys are gonna run over everybody.

Run the play!

Ten hut!

They all pussies, Coach.

You better let me play

or else we ain't gonna win.

Shut up, Bug.

All right, we're runnin' this play to Junior.

L-five toss, Junior.

Run it, Leon.

Gray 10. Gray 10. Hut!

Come on, Junior. Let's see

what you got, Junior. Go! Go, Junior! Go!

Hey, come on, man.

Hey, Coach! He down, man, come on!

Back up. Junior.

Junior, talk to me. You okay?

Talk to me, Junior.

I don't know what's wrong

if you don't talk to me.

We're gonna get you to a hospital,

get you all taken care of,

everything'll be okay, you hear me?

He gonna be a'ight.

See you tonight.

Listen up.

We just got back from the hospital.

The good news is Junior's gonna

walk outta there, he's gonna be okay.

The bad news,

he has a concussion and a slipped disk.

Without Junior we gonna suck, man.

Well, that's up to you, Leon. And you, Bates.

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