The Longshots Page #7

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I wanna go to the Super Bowl.

With this team and that quarterback.

So... I know it ain't much,

but I hope it's enough.

- Whoa!

- What?

I think we're going to the Super Bowl.

[male announcer] Good day,

and welcome to Miami Beach, Florida,

the home of sun, fun, and now two Pop

Warner teams vying for a championship.

The first female quarterback

to ever play in Pop Warner history,

she's here with us. I'm joined

in the booth by Shaun Parker.

- Good to see you.

- Thanks, John.

I am looking forward to seeing

Jasmine Plummer play in person.

- But she has her work cut out for her.

- But she's taking on a great team.

They won last year. I'm talking

about the Huntersville Eagles.

Just take a look at the stands. You can

see Huntersville fans have packed in.

- As for Minden, they're empty.

- We're a long way from Minden.

Where is Minden?

We gonna win the Super Bowl today.

You know why?

'Cause we from Minden.

And don't nobody got a heart like we got

heart right here in this locker room.

They might be bigger,

but damn it, we better. All right?

We gonna play fast,

we gonna play loose,

and we gonna play for each other.

We gonna hit 'em hard,

we gonna hit 'em often,

and we gonna have fun doin' it.

So let's go out there and show 'em

ain't no quittin' in Minden. None!

- Who are we?

- [all] Minden Browns!

- Who are we?

- [all] Minden Browns!

- What we do?

- [all] We get down!

- What we do?

- [all] We get down!

Let's go. Bring it up.

I want you to hit everything

that move out there.

- "Believe" on three. One, two, three!

- [all] Believe!

Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!

[announcer] Browns with the ball at

their own 40-yard line. First and ten.

Watch their running back

out of the back field.

Watch what you say.

Blue 31! Hut, hut!

[players shouting]

[boy] Pass!

[announcer] Pass incomplete.

Second down.

[chatter]

- Jasmine, the four-three defense.

- Blue 31!

Blue 31! Hut, hut!

- Pass incomplete. Third down.

- Damn!

That's the half. The score:

Eagles 16, Browns 0.

You OK? Come on.

[John] The Browns are down

16 to nothing at the half.

They cannot be happy

with their performance.

No, you're right, John. The Eagles

set the tone from the opening kick

and showed the Browns why they are

the defending Pop Warner champs.

Hey. You ready?

Why didn't he come?

I don't know. I don't know.

Well, maybe he made a mistake.

Maybe he thinks it's tomorrow.

He just ain't coming. OK?

Been knowing Roy my whole life.

All he do is run from his problems.

I guess a little of that

is in all of us, you know?

But out of all the mistakes

that I've seen him make...

...the biggest one was leaving you.

I promise you,

I'll never make that mistake.

So... why don't we go out here,

and not worry about what's going on

in the stands.

Let's just worry about what's going on

on the field.

'Cause I need a quarterback.

That's the only way we

gonna take this thing back to Minden.

Good to go?

- Yeah.

- Let's do it.

[John] Browns are storming back.

But they're down by 13 points.

- This'll take a miraculous comeback.

- [Shaun] We're going to find out

just how good a quarterback

Jasmine Plummer really is.

Blue 32! Blue 32!

Hut, hut!

[announcer] Back to pass

[# Fort Minor:
Remember the Name

(featuring Styles of Beyond)]

Go, go, go, go, go!

Go, boy! Go! Go! Go!

- Yeah, baby! First down! First down!

- [announcer] And a first down!

- Hustle up. Hustle up.

- Ball at the 25 yard line.

Big Apple on two. Let's go.

Orange is for losers!

- Set!

- Browns line up. Double back set.

- And in motion.

- Blue 31! Blue 31!

- Hut, hut!

- The snap. Plummer back to pass.

- Hand-off to number 22!

- No! [shouting]

- He's at the 20, the 15...

- Go! Go! Go!

... ten, five...

Touchdown, Browns!

[announcer]

The old Statue of Liberty play!

Come on. We got to bring

the kitchen sink on this.

This brings up fourth and 12.

The Browns will need a good return here.

[Shaun] There's the snap. Punter sets.

Javy Hall beats his man

on the left side.

He blocks the kick!

He blocked the kick!

Eight seconds to go, no timeouts!

Chance for one more play!

The clock has stopped while

Browns offense takes the field.

Gator X, goal line. Gator X, goal line.

First and goal to go,

no timeouts for the Browns.

Ball on the Eagle ten-yard line.

Come on! Quick! Come on! Come on!

[man] Watch the weak side!

All right, this is it. This is it.

- Hut, hut!

- There's the snap.

Plummer back to pass. The blitz is on!

- She eludes one defender!

- Come on! Take the ball!

She's scrambling.

- Go!

- Plummer running out of room!

- Damon, hit it!

- She steps up to pass.

- [whistle blows]

- Incomplete!

[all groaning]

[announcer] That is the ball game,

and the Eagles win.

Second straight year

Pop Warner champions.

Love those Eagles.

Thank you for joining us in Miami for

the 43rd annual Pop Warner Super Bowl.

I'm John Hayes, along with my colleague

here in the booth, Shaun Parker,

thanks for joining us,

and we'll see you again next year.

- [man] Excuse me, Coach Plummer?

- Mm-hmm.

Hey, how you doing?

We're officials

with the Miami Pop Warner League.

We've real impressed

with what you've accomplished.

- Thanks.

- I've got an opening the best team.

- I'd love for you to be our man.

- If you haven't noticed,

Miami's not a bad place to live.

Got that right.

It's pretty nice around here.

It's Miami, man.

I'll give you a call.

[mouths] I'm sorry.

We almost there.

But you're just gonna leave.

I didn't say that.

I heard them offer you

the job in Miami.

Yeah.

They offered me the job.

They can offer me a thousand jobs.

But I ain't going nowhere.

But Miami's your dream.

It's the place you always wanted to go.

That's true. And I've been there.

It's a cool place to visit,

but it ain't like home.

[all cheering]

[boy] All right, Jasmine!

I'm really proud of you.

But... we lost.

Baby, we did not lose. We won.

Honey, did you look around?

Look at this town.

Welcome back, coach.

You did such a good job.

No matter what the score was,

I think it still turned out pretty good.

- Dad.

- Hey.

Should've told you a long time ago

how proud of you I am.

Thanks, Dad.

Hey, coach!

Game ball.

[crowd applauds, cheers]

Jasmine! Jasmine!

Jasmine!

Look, uh... sorry I couldn't

make the game, baby girl.

But I did see the highlights

on the news and...

...you looked amazing out there.

- Roy.

Why don't you just leave her alone?

You know what?

This ain't your deal, little bro.

Your season's over.

Come here, Jasmine,

let's, uh... let's go celebrate.

Come on.

Give your father your hand.

[scoffs]

- Well, it's like that, huh?

- Yeah.

Well... it's not like

y'all won that game anyway.

- I ought to kick his ass.

- Ennis.

No! We'll catch him at the park!

- I love you, Uncle Curtis.

- I love you too.

It's gonna be all right.

Forget about him.

Let's go celebrate.

[crowd cheering]

:: w e R c z ::

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