In Football We Trust Page #7

The Langi family has

come all the way

from South Jordan, Utah,

to celebrate the bigger brother

Harvey here, who is

a linebacker, one of the best

in the state, and he's got

a big decision to make here.

Harvey, you've got

Stanford, Utah, and USC.

You've been thinking about this

for a couple of years,

but this is the moment

where everybody's waiting to see

what you're going to do,

so where are you going to play

your college football?

Harvey:
Well, sir,

um, I got to stay home.

I got to go to U.

He's staying home, and I think

that makes everybody happy,

including the mom

and dad who are

back on the other end.

Bob, big pick-up here for Utah.

Harvey:
What's up? What's up?

Something in my eyes.

Kalasita:
Stand by Harvey.

I'm gonna take a picture

on my camera.

Fihi, voice-over:

We won the championship,

and it feels like, you know,

those people who go to war

and then, you know, they won

and they come back,

they don't even speak

about it, you know?

The ACL is gone.

It's just completely torn,

and then the inner

and the outer meniscus

are all torn, and so they

had to fix it all up.

After I tore the MCL,

I kept playing,

and then I tore the meniscus.

Then I kept playing,

and then I tore the ACL.

I guess the adrenaline

is pumping and stuff,

and I really couldn't

feel it that much

until after the game

it started hurting really bad.

And so I just... I talked

to the bishop about

going on my mission,

and I went through confession,

and so I just poured out

everything to him

on my mind and stuff that...

that I've done

and stuff that, you know,

I regret doing.

This is good. Ha!

She's gonna miss me.

I know she will.

Melinda:
We will celebrate

on our way home.

Yes!

Probably like, "Send money!"

[Players chanting]

I'm just gonna go out there

and do whatever I can

for this team.

Harvey, voice-over:

It's like battle.

I feel like I'm a gladiator

or something,

going into an arena.

It's gonna be crazy.

[Crowd cheering]

[Band playing]

Game announcer:

The last 15 months

have all built toward this:

the beginning of the Pac-12 era

for the University of Utah

and Utah football.

Today the Utes begin

the next chapter

in their long and storied

football history,

at the Coliseum against USC.

[Whistle blows]

Oh...

Announcer:
The training

staff coming out

to tend to John White.

Harvey Langi on, and what

a place for Harvey Langi

to make his collegiate

debut... at the Coliseum

in a tight game

here in the fourth quarter.

17-14.

Langi in the backfield

behind him.

Harvey gets his first carry.

Gets a yard, maybe.

He's gonna be tripped up right

about the line of scrimmage

for no gain.

[Bell gongs]

Well, the issue with Harvey

as a freshman:

can he pick up pressure?

Can he pick up a blitz?

Wynn backs up in the gun.

Langi next to him.

3 wide receivers.

Here comes the pressure.

Jordan rolling out to his right.

Jordon looking down the field.

Just has to throw it away.

He wanted Harvey Langi to cut

that route up the sideline,

and Harvey wasn't quite

sure what to do.

Troy, voice-over: My rookie

year, I didn't play very well.

I couldn't learn the defense.

I didn't learn the playbook.

So I really questioned it,

and I had a real deep

inner conversation with myself,

like... like,

"Man, I don't have it.

"This is what I've had

my entire life,

and it's all slipping

away from me."

[Buzzer]

[Laughter]

He's here. Ha ha ha!

[Laughter and chatter]

What's up, Tom?

Tom:
What up?

Kauata:
It's kind of crazy.

Woman:
So good.

Kauata:
I know! It's so great.

Hey, it feels great.

It feels great.

Leva, voice-over:

When I was a little kid,

I wanted to go to Decker Lake.

I wanted to go see

what it was like.

All my uncles went there,

and I wanted to turn out

just like that.

That's how... that's

how dumb I was acting.

1, 2, 3.

You only got two options.

You're gonna get up and do good,

or you're gonna fall, so...

that's basically

how it was in there,

so I chose to get out.

Boy:
Leva's back!

Ha ha ha!

Boy:
Leva's here.

Hey.

Oh.

Dude, what's up, dude?

Aha! What's up, man?

Ah.

It's nice, finally, you know?

Our whole family

is complete now.

Kauata:
Vita's, like,

smiling ear to ear.

But it's nice he's so happy.

Hey! What's up, bro?

Ha ha ha!

How you been?

What's up, bro?

Oh, dude.

Leva, voice-over:

When I got locked up,

my little brothers

and sisters wrote me,

and they just wrote me pictures

and, you know,

they were just writing

how much they love me

and stuff like that, and I was

just like, "Dang. You know what?

I'm done. I'm done with

all this gang-banging."

I see my little brothers...

I just want the best for you...

because I'll do anything

for my brothers.

[Laughing]

Leva, voice-over: I hope

they never go through

what I go through, you know,

and just living this life style

which my brothers never have to,

and that's why

I try to teach them

what I know so that

they don't have to

go through this

and they can go out and

experience life the right way.

Amanda:
Oh, my gosh.

Fihi:
The smallest hands.

I know. I know.

Fihi, voice-over: When I got

my mission call,

I took the envelope and started

dancing on the street,

was about to rip it open myself

so I could just read for myself,

and my grandma goes, "Eh.

Give me the envelope," you know.

"Give me the envelope.

We're not gonna do that.

"We're gonna open it

in front of the family

so the family sees

what you work towards."

Amanda:
I'm sad, and I'll

definitely miss him a lot,

but I'm... mostly I think

it's really good.

[Whistling]

[Singing in foreign language]

Fihi:
All right,

what's everybody's guess?

New Zealand.

Germany. Germany.

Evanston, Wyoming.

[Laughter]

And the answer is...

Uh, "Dear"... Oh, freak.

"Dear Elder Kaufusi,

"you're hereby called

to serve as a missionary

"of the Church of Jesus Christ,

"the Latter Day Saints.

You're assigned to labor

in the Texas, Dallas, mission.

[Cheering and applause]

This elder's gonna take him up

and check him in

and help him get

to his room, so if you want to

give him a big... one last hug...

OK.

Man:
Thank you for sharing him.

Thank you.

He looks like

he's gonna love it.

Fihi:
I'll phone you, Mom.

Bye! Bye! Love you guys!

I love you.

Man:
Watch out, Dallas, Texas.

Don't worry.

Man:
Thank you.

Fihi:
Yeah. Thanks, man.

Bye, guys!

Take it easy.

We'll take care of him!

See you guys.

Harvey, voice-over:

"Is Langi ready?

"Like, is he... is he

even ready for college?

Was... college came

too early for him?"

Right after I read that, dude,

I put that thing on my locker...

my locker and just went to town.

Hey, way to make a play!

You didn't know

where to go anyway.

You have no idea where to go.

I have no checks.

Right.

Newsman:
Harvey Langi is leaving

the University of Utah

football team to go

on a two-year IDS mission.

He came into Utah

out of Bingham High

as one of the highest recruited

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