The Longshots Page #4

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[boy 2] Damon!

Gotta put that in his hands.

C, man, why don't you

come down here and join us?

I'm cool. When's Jasmine

gonna get some practice time?

Yeah! What you scared of?

She gonna make your boys

look like a bunch of pansies?

Dive, dive!

- Ha! Too late for that.

- Mm-hmm.

I'll do my best.

One more time.

Curtis is...

Watch the blitz!

- Go, come on.

- Go to line.

Cover two.

- Coach!

- Move. Game two.

Javy! Bring it in.

Come on! Hustle up!

- [whistle blows]

- All right.

Let the backup run a few plays.

Plummer.

You'll run a double-twin,

wide triangle.

Basically, you look for Damon

over the middle. Ten yards. OK?

He's gonna cut down the middle. Go.

Hustle, get in there. Take control.

OK, so we're gonna go to double-twins,

wide-end triangle. Got it?

- This is a joke.

- No way.

Ready? Break.

- [chatter]

- Shh! Shh!

[boy] Watch the ends!

Brown 19! Brown 19!

Hut, hut!

[Jasmine groans]

- [whistle blows]

- Oh!

Ooh! She's not much

of a scrambler, is she?

That's all right, Jasmine!

Shake it off!

[boy] This is a man's game, baby!

Ooh! Her mama would of saw that hit...

Ooh, ooh.

- Welcome to football.

- Back it up!

Red 37! Red 37! Hut, hut!

- [groans]

- [whistle blows]

Hey!

Hey. They're doing it on purpose.

Ain't even blockin'!

This time I'm gonna knock her

outta her training bra.

Red 19! Red 19! Hut, hut!

- [groans]

- [whistle blows]

She ain't the only girl

on the team now.

[groaning]

That's right! They'll block now!

I wish I'd have thought of that.

- Medic?

- Man.

[Macer] Good night, Ray.

- Ms. Macer.

- Oh! Oh.

Sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.

Uh...

I left something in there for Jasmine.

I was coming to pick it up.

- Um, we just locked up.

- Oh, OK.

- All right, I guess I'll get it later.

- OK.

- So I mean, can I ask you a question?

- Sure.

You like football?

As in watching or...

[laughs] or playing?

As in watching.

Actually, watching Jasmine.

- Your niece plays football?

- Yeah.

She's the back-up quarterback for the

Minden Browns. First game's on Saturday.

How'd your niece

end up playing football?

It kinda runs in the family.

Yeah.

- So do you like football?

- Um...

- I like football.

- Cool.

- I could pick you up at noon.

- Wait. [stammers] Hold on.

Um, so... so are you askin' me,

like... like, on a date?

Well, I mean, it's kinda like... Yeah.

I mean, we could just go hang out,

talk, figure out what's what.

But I'd like for it to be a date.

I... I guess I wouldn't mind.

Oh, yeah? Cool.

Last drill of the day.

I call this my grilled cheese special.

Why is it called

the grilled cheese special?

Because if you knock down

all three of those cans,

I'll buy you grilled cheese

and I won't cook dinner.

Hallelujah. Let's do it.

Yeah! Yeah, one for one.

Let's see what you got.

Come on.

Pretty good. This time, I want you

to throw it through the can.

- Not at the can, through the can.

- OK.

Too high!

- You know those people?

- No.

- Think they know your face?

- No.

Come on, come on, come on!

Right here.

Aren't those dirty?

I mean, this one right here,

I know I can get... two more days

out of that one.

She's my teacher, Uncle Curtis.

Wear something nice.

It's just barbecue sauce.

And when you're with her today,

- don't try so hard.

- What you mean?

I mean, tell her she looks nice and...

Listen to what she has to say.

[coach] All right, defensive back,

over here, let's go.

- Thought there'd be more people.

- For a Pop Warner game?

People will start coming.

Back in the day,

we used to have this place rockin'.

Hi.

What up, Curt?

Time to tape your wrists up, Jasmine.

- Ditch this watch.

- Tape over it.

- What?

- Tape over it.

OK.

You look nice.

Thank you. And so do you.

- It's my favorite hat.

- [man] It's his only hat.

- [Javy] Hut, hut!

- [cheerleaders chant]

Run, run!

- [all grunt]

- [whistle blows]

Come on, Fisher,

mix it up a little bit!

Spread 'em out!

Come on, coach!

Come on, man, play Jasmine!

Fisher! Number 11!

Play Jasmine!

Play number 11!

Come on, man, play Jasmine.

[Jasmine] This is a total waste of time

if I don't even get to play.

When is it gonna be my time?

Probably when it's so bad,

they gotta use you.

Hold up. Wait a minute.

Remember when this factory was open?

- Remember that?

- No, not really.

Uh-uh.

Oh, man! It was a whole

different vibe around here.

- Come on.

- [cheerleaders] Be aggressive!

- [cheerleaders continue]

- [shouting]

Set and hut!

[cheerleaders] B-E aggressive!

B-E aggressive!

- B-E aggressive! Spell it!

- [whistle blows]

Yes! Whoo!

[man] Good block! Just like that!

Man, if this is a fight, they'd have

stopped this. We lost this, man.

It's all right! Come on, let's go!

Have we completed a pass today?

Hut, hut!

- Please, God.

- [Curtis] Coach!

Coach Fisher!

Jerry!

- Let Jasmine play.

- Go back to your seat, Curtis.

Come on, coach. Let her play.

Give her a shot.

She don't score, you won't hear from me.

I won't say nothing.

I swear! Aren't you sick of me yelling?

Put Jasmine in! Put Jasmine in!

Put her in!

- Time!

- [whistle blows]

Javy!

Plummer!

Plummer! Let's go, you're in!

Come on, let's go!

Get that helmet on. Hustle up!

- Yeah!

- OK.

- It's about time!

- Yes!

- Shotgun 50-wide motion. Let's go.

- All right. I got it.

That's right. That's right, Jasmine!

Let's go! Come on, girl!

Oh, my God!

Hey, you guys, check this out.

- They got a girl playin' quarterback.

- [boys snicker]

Wait, wait, no. I'm confused.

I thought they already had a girl.

[laughter continues]

All right, you guys. We're gonna do

a shotgun 50 wide-motion. Got it?

Oh, yeah. That's gonna work.

Check scoreboards, Manny. Wanna keep

running what we've been running?

Yeah, that's what I thought. All right,

you guys. Shotgun 50, wide-motion flag.

- You got it? Ready.

- Break!

[boy] All right. Here we go.

- [boy 2] Go.

- [boy 3] Let's go guys.

- [boy 4] Got a lady on the field!

- [boy 5] We got several of those!

- [boy 6] I got him!

- Come on.

- Hut, hut!

- Come on, baby.

Hut, hut!

[players shouting]

[boy 7] Pass, pass, pass.

Hit Beyonc! Hit Beyonc!

[boy 8] Eighty-one!

[cheering]

- Yeah!

- We did it! We did it!

- Yeah!

- Whoo!

- Yes! Yes!

- [crowd cheering, whistling]

[Curtis] That was sweet!

Huh? Huh?

That's what I'm saying.

- Good going, Jasmine!

- Jasmine! That was sweet!

Way to go, Jazzmatazz!

If you actually played the whole game,

we'd probably have won.

- Thanks.

- That was a good game.

What up? Come check us out.

Support the team.

Hands release. I want that going

through your mind every snap.

Elbow up, drive through the ball. Yeah.

Hey, hey!

Come check out my niece play football.

Young phenom playing quarterback.

- This football with a round ball?

- No, this is the real football.

Real football with helmets.

Come on Saturday.

Drive, drive, drive.

OK. Drive, drive, drive it!

Pull it, pull it!

Ball up. Down.

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