Rudy Page #5

Thanks, Johnny.

I'll be in the kitchen.

I gotta go.

Why don't you stay for a while?

I have to go to work.

Rudy, I'm sorry.

I just want to tell you that

I hope you make it. I do.

Hi.

Hi.

Twelve o'clock. Closing time.

- Thanks, Mrs. Mackenzie.

- You're welcome.

Thanks.

Vacation, that's all I hear from you.

"I'm gonna go on vacation."

After this game you're gonna

pay my money, right?

What about the end of the month?

Total failure.

Everything I did.

Work, the studying, four hours

a night's sleep in a dungeon.

I've blown another year

of eligibility.

This entire year's been a waste.

A waste, huh?

You got your head so far up your ass

about that damn football team...

...you don't get that you just got

one year of top-quality education.

"Waste."

Don't be wasting my time.

Ain't you got some work to do?

First three chapters for next week.

Start thinking about those.

Thank you.

Damn it!

We gotta do

our own cooking and laundry.

We gotta do

our own cooking and laundry.

I'm not very good at that either.

You gonna invite me?

You'll be the first one.

- First? I'm gonna be the guinea pig?

- If you live through it, why...

- Excuse me.

- Sure.

Taking your appeal to a higher court.

I'm desperate.

If I don't get in next semester,

it's over, done.

Notre Dame doesn't accept

senior transfers.

Well, you did a hell of a job, kid,

chasing down your dream.

I don't care. If it doesn't produce

results, it doesn't mean anything.

I think you'll discover that it will.

Maybe I haven't prayed enough.

I'm sure that's not the problem.

Praying is something

we do in our time.

The answers come in God's time.

Have I done everything I possibly can?

Can you help me?

Son, in 35 years

of religious studies...

...I've come up with only

two hard, incontrovertible facts:

There is a God...

...and I'm not Him.

Is there anything in box 620, please?

"...has been approved.

You've been accepted as a freshman

for the fall semester..."

Oh, thank God.

What's wrong?

Read it.

"Congratulations, you are..."

I did it.

You did it.

You did it.

Hey, guys.

My son's going to Notre Dame.

All right, Rudy. Way to go!

Hey, you guys!

My son's going to Notre Dame!

You hear that, Johnny?

Your brother's going to Notre Dame.

Can you believe it, Frank?

Congratulations.

So, listen, you wanna work

till it's time to go to school?

I gotta get back, Pop.

Football tryouts start this week.

I'll call you.

One, two, three...

...four, five, six...

...seven, eight!

Let me tell it to you

as clean as I can.

We have 95 players here...

...so accomplished

as athletes in high school...

...they have full scholarships to the

best football program in the country.

NCAA regulations allow us

to dress just 60 for home games...

...which means at least

35 scholarship players...

...will be watching the game

from the stands.

So if any of you has any fantasies...

...about running out of that tunnel

with your helmet shining in the sun...

...you best leave them right here.

Of you 15 dreamers out there,

maybe we'll keep one or two.

My job is to basically beat the sh*t

out of you for the next five days.

And whoever is still

standing at the end...

...maybe we'll use

for our scout teams.

You'll be running the opposition's plays

week in and week out.

Your greatest value to us is,

we don't care whether you get hurt.

Our first teams are gonna pound on you

like you're their worst enemies.

Like what you hear so far?

Any of you want to run home to Mama?

Now's your chance.

Joe, they're all yours.

Don't just stand there trying to think.

Let's hit those ropes. Move it!

Move it, I said! Come on!

Pick them up, pick them up!

High knees!

Let's go, gentlemen, let's go!

Pump your arms,

keep your heads up.

That's it, don't step on that rope!

Up and down, let's go!

We want to see how quick you are here.

Keep it rolling, keep it rolling.

Heads up, keep moving, keep moving.

Pump those arms, pump those arms

when you're backwards running.

Move it, move it, move it!

Keep your heads up,

keep your heads up!

Run!

Get in there, Ruettiger,

get in there!

All right, let's concentrate

and get it right.

Go hard, charge him.

What is that?

What are you doing? Come on!

Who has the play?

Who wants to do it right?

I got it.

All right, stay low.

Come on, let's do it again!

- Get out of here.

- Coach, I can do it.

Oh, yeah? All right, we'll see.

This is where we separate

the men from the girls.

30, hit the spot.

Get in there. Now pick him off.

Pick him off, damn it!

All right, if you want

to make this team...

Relax for a few minutes.

If it was up to me,

I'd get rid of all of them.

If they can't protect themselves,

I don't want them.

The kid with blood on him.

Ruettiger?

Have you been watching?

No athletic skill.

- He's put more effort than anybody.

- You fellows decide.

Not in my defensive backfield.

You want him, you got him.

All right, shower up.

We'll let you know.

You think you made it?

Unfortunately, yeah.

What is so unfortunate

about making the team?

This is my third year as a walk-on.

I had scholarships

to two Big Ten schools.

But my father was

an all-American here...

...so I get a lot of family pressure.

I don't understand.

If you haven't been cut,

then you still have a chance.

- What, a chance to play?

- Yeah.

The only reason they keep me on

here is because I'm a legacy.

To them I'm no more valuable

than a tackling dummy.

Ruettiger, come with me.

Yeah, coach.

You want on the team pretty bad.

You have no idea.

- You sure busted your balls out there.

- Coach, I'll do anything.

You think you can give

the same effort...

...day in and day out

for the next five months?

Sir, I have no doubt.

Fine.

If you do lighten up one hair...

...I'll throw you off this team

so fast you won't know what hit you.

Wait a minute.

Throw me off? That means

I gotta be on the team first.

- Don't let me down.

- Does that mean I'm on the team?

- Yeah, kid, you're on the team.

- Thank you!

Hey, hey, come on.

Go put some shoes on.

Thanks for everything.

Here.

What's that?

It's the key to the maintenance room.

Don't know nothing about it.

Yeah...

You promised. You'll come see

your first game if I ever dress.

Well, I'll stop by every now

and again, just to bother you.

See you later.

Hey, kid.

You ever dress...

...I'll be there.

Rally, sons of Notre Dame

Sing the glory and sound the fame

Raise the gold and blue

And cheer with voices true

Rah-rah for Notre Dame

We will fight in every game

Strong of heart and true to her name

We will ne'er forget her

And will cheer her ever

Loyal to Notre Dame

Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame

Wake up the echoes cheering her name

Send the volley cheer on high

Shake down the thunder from the sky

What tho the odds be great or small

Old Notre Dame will win over all

While her loyal sons are marching

Onward to victory

Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame

Wake up the echoes cheering her name

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