Gridiron Gang Page #8

somethin' to do with it.

I know how you feel, Willie.

You get to the point where you expect

to screw up. You expect to fail.

If we wanna win, we gotta let 'em go.

Forgive 'em and move on.

- Forgive 'em?

- Forgive 'em.

Otherwise we give 'em

too much power over us.

And they don't deserve it.

Well, how long it take you

to forgive your dad?

Till just now.

Till just now.

Kelvin's gonna be okay?

Yeah.

Whole football team's done, though, huh?

Maybe not.

After our game, Willie Weathers

tried to save Kelvin Owens

'cause he didn't see him as an enemy,

he saw him as a teammate.

Everybody wants to talk about us

winning eight games in a row

and how great that is.

That's nothing compared to breaking

the power that gangs have over these kids.

If you cancel this game,

we're givin' that power back to them.

I admire what you're tryin' to do,

Coach, I really do.

But how can I ask our parents to expose

their kids to potential violence?

Yeah, you see, our problem is,

while you didn't cause the shooting

you couldn't prevent it either.

What if we could?

What if we could guarantee

it won't happen again?

Well, what you see behind us here

is a force of volunteers

from the Department of Probation,

the LAPD and the Sheriff's Department.

The County Board of Supervisors

firmly believes

we can't allow gangs to dictate

the terms by which our young people live.

M-U-S-T-A-N-G!

Well, I know they had

their uniforms donated,

but where did they get those moves?

They're Mustangs, Coach.

They accepted the challenge.

Relax, guys. What're you worried about?

That they beat ya 30-nothin' last time?

38 to nothin'.

They didn't beat you.

They beat a team that never played before.

But on this day it's gonna be different.

On this day,

you're gonna have Mustang pride.

You're gonna go out there,

you're gonna put your helmets on,

buckle your chinstrap,

and hand out 38 ass-whoopin's!

You understand? Mustang pride!

Let's go, Mustangs!

Hi, Dad!

Go Mustangs!

- Kenny!

- Mom!

I made it!

Willie! Willie!

Captains, let's go out for the coin toss.

That's a psych-job.

Sending out eight guys to a damn coin toss.

Psych 'em right back.

Let's go, Willie!

- Little flag.

- We've got a clipped ball

- on the receiving team.

- Flag on the play. No touchdown.

- You gotta be kidding me!

- Clipping on the receiving team!

That was a fair hit!

Clipping on number 88, Kenny Bates.

Bates! Bates! C'mere!

Don't worry about it, we'll get it back,

all right? You hear me?

Take it easy on the ref,

he knows he made a horrible call.

That's okay.

- Offense, let's go!

- Kenny, it's okay!

Come on, Mustangs!

Goin' right.

Set!

Gray ten!

- Goin' right.

- Gray ten!

Hut!

You remember me?

I'm gonna be in your face all day, loser!

Hut!

Touchdown Barrington.

Great effort.

All right, come on, offense, let's go!

Run 18! Run 18!

Hut!

Come on, Leon! You got Willie open!

Throw it!

Throw it!

Damn it!

Barrington recovers the ball

on the Mustangs' 40-yard line.

Leon's intimidated.

He's too worried about throwin'

another interception.

Yeah.

First down, Barrington Panthers.

Come on, defense, let's go! Get out there!

Leon! C'mere. Look at me.

You're a great quarterback.

Believe in your teammates

and believe in yourself. You understand?

Let me see you smile. Come on.

Attaboy.

Blue 15! Hut!

Perez!

Come on, man!

Touchdown, Barrington.

Number 3, David Smith.

I smoked that!

Halftime!

We got a whole half to play.

We got a whole half of football left.

Come on, guys.

Hold your head up, come on!

Sean, you gotta get 'em ready

for the second half.

- They're ready.

- What?

Just wait.

They're ready.

Man, those fools are whippin' our ass.

For real, man.

Sh*t.

They ain't that good, man.

We're better.

And it means much more to us. You know?

When this all started, man,

Coach, he said we'd be winners.

I thought he was full of sh*t, man.

I hated y'all.

Didn't want no part of it.

But then

we made a team.

We showed people somethin'.

Coach is right.

We changed.

We're not losers no more.

All we gotta do is go out there

and show it one more time.

You know what I'm sayin'?

Let's get out there and kick some ass!

- Break!

- Let's go!

In the third quarter the score

remains Barrington Panthers 14,

Kilpatrick Mustangs 0.

Let's go!

Boom!

That's what I'm talkin' about! Let's go!

Man.

Damn! Damn, that white boy be killin' us!

Woo! I'm back, n*gger!

Stevens, come on, man.

Don't go nowhere, dawg, I'll be right back.

Huddle up.

Let's get back in the game, baby. On one.

- Let's make it a 625 swing.

- Coach called a flood.

You can call a audible

if you see an opening, right?

Look, I got an opening.

- Ready?

- Break!

That's not the right formation.

What the hell are they doin'?

Leon! Leon, what're you doin'?

Get in the right formation!

Set!

Black 20!

Black 20!

Hut!

Go, Willie, go! Go, Weathers, go!

Yeah, baby!

That was number 13, Willie Weathers.

Touchdown for the Mustangs.

That's what I'm talkin' about!

Woo! You all right, nigga?

Great job! Great job!

Fourth quarter, Barrington's ball

on the Mustang's two-yard line

and we have one minute of play remaining.

You stop 'em now, we got a chance.

Unless they score again,

then it'll be all over, man.

Man, shut up, Bug!

Shut the hell up, Bug.

Left! He's throwin' left!

Blue 16! Hut!

Ball! Ball!

All right! Go offense!

Fumble recovery, number 5, Miguel Perez.

The Mustangs have possession

with the score 14 to 10

and 50 seconds remaining.

Coach, I'm goin' deep.

- Ya think?

- Yes.

Leon. Bates.

Feel like catchin' a ball, Bates?

Coach, the deep pass always goes to Perez.

Everybody knows that,

including Barrington.

- Coach, I don't wanna...

- Hey, it's only a game, Kenny.

You just get out there

and give it your best shot. Catch the ball.

Let's go. Get out there. Come on.

Let's go, Hayes.

We got the ball back, let's go!

- What's up, man?

- Help me out with somethin'.

All right, man, come on, let's ride.

Watch out, y'all.

Come on, come on, come on, come on,

you can do it.

Set!

Green 18!

Green 18! Hut!

You're mine, boy!

- Go! Go! Go! Go!

- Go! Go! Go! Go!

That was a Mustang gain of 50 yards.

The first reception by number 88,

Kenny Bates.

Come in.

Bring it in! Come on.

With the ball on the 20-yard line,

the score is 14-10.

Come here. All right.

We got time for one play.

26 toss to Willie. Can you get the 20 yards?

- Come on, Willie.

- All right, it's cool.

- Definitely.

- Exactly. You believe. We believe in you.

Get in the end zone. Come on. Go. Go.

Let's go!

Touchdown! Let's go!

A'ight, team, this is it.

We goin' with the l-right, 26 toss.

- Hey, who's 36? Who's 36? There's no...

- Who the hell is that?

That's Junior!

Look, it's your daddy!

- Yo, Junior.

- Sh*t.

- Move out.

- Junior, what the hell?

Slipped disc, my ass. Get behind me.

Let's do this together.

A'ight, y'all, we gotta go. We gotta go!

This is it, right here.

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