Rudy Page #3

as I can remember, since I was little.

In high school, I started...

Is it all right if I sit down?

In high school,

I started at cornerback.

I wasn't the quickest guy on the team

or the biggest...

...but I lead in tackles.

But anyway...

...I've been working at a steel mill

for about four years.

And I've been saving up my money.

And I've been planning on

coming here. But...

My friend Pete really understood

what my dream was.

And he told me not to

waste any more time.

But I don't know.

For some reason, I couldn't...

See, he died in an accident on Friday.

And I came here right after

the funeral.

You see what I mean?

Son...

...I think you're in the wrong office.

Come on, now.

I don't understand.

You might want to go and talk

to Father Cavanaugh.

I talked to Father Cavanaugh.

He got me into Holy Cross.

He did?

He said that if I got good enough

grades at Holy Cross...

- and I will, I promise... that

I'd be admitted here officially.

I just wanted to introduce myself and

say I look forward to practice.

- Thank you.

- So long.

Sorry.

For us, divine inspiration does not

mean that God possesses a man...

...and simply dictates

the inspired text to him.

Rather...

...that God implants into a man's mind

the general concept.

When God does that...

...He allows the man to write that

in his historical context.

The sitz im leben, or,

"That is the setting in life."

So a man may have

historical inaccuracies...

...but God allows

those misunderstandings...

...because what is important

and inherent...

...is the theological concept that

God is getting across to mankind.

I think that's all for today.

We will have a quiz on Monday,

so please prepare yourselves for it.

Well done, Father.

Please grade these for me.

- Appreciate it. Thank you.

- Certainly.

You learning stenography or what?

Everything he's mouthing

is in the book.

I gotta make an A in this class.

Just remember your sitz im leben,

and it shouldn't be a problem.

I'm not talking to you, man.

Not after what you did.

You brought a girl to meet me...

...and the next thing you know,

she sits next to Brian...

Hi, could you hold this?

- Yeah, sure.

- Thanks.

So you're interested

in a room to rent?

I don't know. Maybe.

My brother has a house about

five blocks from campus.

I'm sick and tired of...

- I have an extra card I can give you.

- Just forget it.

Forget it. See you.

So if you're interested,

call soon.

Maybe tonight. All right, bye.

You don't have a goddamn clue, do you?

About what?

About how to get an A in that class.

I could help you.

Look, besides being an honor student

at Notre Dame...

...and a TA in Father...

I'm also a tutor for hire.

I can't even afford a room to rent.

Wait, maybe we can make

some other kind of deal.

What kind of deal?

Well...

...I got Notre Dame pretty well

staked out.

Staked out?

Girls.

- I don't know here...

- Excuse me.

- Sorry.

- Sorry.

I don't know the girls

here at Holy Cross.

- What's your point?

- Well, maybe you could...

What?

- Introduce me to a few...

- I don't know any girls here.

So be it.

Wait a minute.

Hey, wait!

Hey, wait a minute.

Maybe I do know some girls.

In fact, I know a lot of girls.

- I just gotta find them.

- That's the spirit.

As you can see, I'm pretty

goddamn desperate.

I'm D-Bob.

- Rudy.

- And I'm in love.

- Hey, how you doing?

- Don't say anything.

Pretty sweater you're wearing.

This is D-Bob.

He's feeling not well.

Will you cut it out?

Branski twisted his knee.

He's not gonna make...

- Is this the practice field?

- All practices are closed.

- I know Coach Parseghian.

- Are you...

- I talked to him the other day.

- Watch out.

- Step back, okay?

- All right.

Hey, coach!

You gotta keep your eyes open

around here, kid.

Hey, coach!

Coach Parseghian...

...anything I can do to help the team,

you just let me know.

See you.

- Who's that?

- Your lunch breaks are too long.

Go plug in the end zone.

- Tell Jake I need to talk to him.

- All right, boss.

- What did I tell you about trespassing?

- You're the guy I need to talk to.

- I need your help.

- Why should I help you?

- I want to be your assistant.

- I've got a full crew.

Couldn't you use somebody else?

I mean, I'll work for free.

What's in it for you?

I volunteered to help the team

do anything I can, but...

...I can't, because I'm not

a student here.

But I will be.

I figured if I'm gonna play here,

I need to know the lay of the land.

You're nuts.

I've heard that a lot.

Well, you've got to be nuts

to want to work for nothing.

I just want to be a part

of this university.

Okay.

Meet me here tomorrow, 10 a.m.

- Thanks.

- Minimum wage.

- Thanks again.

- All right.

Did you understand what

I was trying to say?

You don't understand.

- Let me give you a hand.

- Are you sure?

- No problem. Here.

- I got it.

- Keep it straight, kid.

- Okay.

- Poet. Scholar.

- Dickinson. Dickinson.

Hut, hut. Blue and gold, let's go.

- Hi there, what's your name?

- Donna.

- Great. My name's Rudy Ruettiger.

- Hi, I'm Colleen.

- I've got this buddy, D-Bob.

- D-Bob with the two watches?

Mr. Marshall Fields?

- His name's D-Bob. He's a sweetheart.

- Well, maybe I'll see you around.

- No, I have class.

- I sit behind you in 235.

- Two watches!

- Two watches!

Don't waste time reading the question

if it's a long test in a short period.

- All right.

- Two of them will be similar.

It'll be one of those two.

One's absurd. Forget that one.

- This is important.

- "Increase...

...in psychological responses."

- What do you think?

Excuse me.

I'm sorry to interrupt, but

I just have to ask you...

...have we met somewhere before?

You know, you look

really familiar to me.

Maybe psych class. Do you have psych

on Monday, Wednesday, Friday?

I'm in there at 10:00.

Yeah, he's in that class.

I bet that's where.

I knew you looked familiar.

Well, anyway, this is kind of

embarrassing, but...

...you heard about the dance

on Saturday night, right?

- Right?

- Yeah, we've heard about it.

Okay. All right, well, I was just

wondering, do you have any plans?

- That's great. So you're available?

- D-Bob would love to go.

Really? This is so great.

I would love to introduce you

to my roommate, Elza.

Elza, come here.

D-Bob was suspicious, so he made me go

to a language lab to take these tests.

They said I had a slight case

of dyslexia.

It's when the words get mixed up

in your head when you're reading.

I'm doing exercises to help me, and...

...I got an A on a literature test.

- That's great, kid.

Hey, do you live in here?

Believe it or not, got my own home.

That cot's for when

my sciatica acts up.

Okay, let's go to work.

See that hose on top of the locker?

Bring that with you.

So you're in student housing?

Huh?

No, I'm living with a friend in town.

Where in town?

- I haven't found a place to stay yet.

- Funds pretty low, huh?

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