The Blind Side Page #10

Sean and I have been talking and...

Michael, if you're gonna accept

the football scholarship

we think it should be to Tennessee.

And I promise that I will be at

every game cheering for you.

- Every game?

- Every game.

But I will not wear that gaudy orange.

I will not.

It is not in my color wheel

and I'm not gonna wear it.

So you want me to go to Tennessee?

I want you to do

whatever you want.

It is your decision, Michael.

It's your life.

What if I wanted to flip burgers?

It's your decision; it's your life.

Okay.

Okay, what?

I'm sorry I left the other day.

- You were pretty upset.

- You asked a lot of questions.

I'm just trying to get

to the bottom of this.

But all questions you asked

were about why everybody else

wanted me to go to Ole Miss.

Okay...

Not once did you ask

why did I want to go there.

All right, fine, Michael...

Why do you want to go to Ole Miss?

Because it's where my family

goes to school.

It's were they've always gone to school.

College is going to be a different

experience for you, Michael.

SJ, stop it.

- There's gonna be lots of distractions.

- Have fun.

There's gonna be some nimrod in the dorm

who wants to play video games all night,

or fool around on the internet.

Just have fun.

And you will be spending a lot of time

at practice, which means...

which means you have to be very

dedicated to your studies, all right?

SJ, if you don't stop it right---

- Come here.

- No.

Relax, Mama.

I just got back from the library

I reserved a private cubicle

for the semester.

Here's your class schedule

and your study hall hours.

Now, if y'all don't mind I'm gonna

go move into my new apartment.

- Thank you, Miss Sue.

- "Thank you, Miss Sue"

Yeah, yeah, yeah....

Let's see what you've got:

college writing, good,

psychology, math lab...

It's gonna be good. Just...

hope you know why.

A lot of good classes.

You'll have a lot of fun.

SJ!

Michael Oher, you listen to me, all right?

I want you to enjoy yourself, but if

you get a girl pregnant out of wedlock

I will crawl in the car, drive up here

to Oxford and cut off your penis.

She means it.

- Yes ma'am.

- All right

Now, 78's gonna be a parking lot.

So we should get going. Or everyone...

Say the goodbyes, all right?

Here.

Bye, baby.

- Thank you, Mama.

- You're welcome.

Why does she always do that?

She's an onion. Michael. You have

to peel her back a layer at a time.

I'll be right back.

What?

What, Michael?

I need a proper hug.

I read a story the other day

about a boy from the projects.

No daddy, in and out of foster care.

He'd been killed in a

gang fight at Hurt Village.

In the last paragraph they talked about

his superb athletic skills

and how different his life

might have been

if he hadn't fallen behind

and dropped out of school.

He was twenty-one years old

the day he died.

It was his birthday.

That could have been anyone.

It could have been my son, Michael.

But it wasn't.

And I suppose I have God

to thank for that.

God and Lawrence Taylor.

One Mississippi.

The New England Patriots have traded

the twenty-third pick

to the Baltimore Ravens.

And with the twenty-third

pick in the 2009 NFL draft

The Baltimore Raven select...

Michael Oher.

Offensive tackle, Mississippi.

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