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SHANE:

Hut!

It's a perfect snap. Shane spots it, Nigel belts it.

And it goes through for three! Nigel gets high-fives allaround. Bateman runs up and in his ecstasy, slaps Nigelin the head. Nigel goes down hard.

MADDEN (V.O.)

Whoa!

SUMMERALL (V.O.)

That's the second time tonight a

Washington player has been knocked

out by his own teammate!

A83B EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM/SIDELINE - ON CHEERLEADERS - DAY A83B

They cheer awkwardly together as one of them accidentallysteps on another's foot... who angrily pushes her back...

who claws at her eyes. We see the replacement cheerleaders

begin a full on cat fight as Annabelle tries toseparate them...

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thru thru

84A 84A

85 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - FIELD - DAY (LATER) 85

The Detroit quarterback drops back and throws a pass.

But at the last minute -- Wilkinson steps in front of thereceiver and makes a shoestring catch! He flashes

downfield and scores!

SUMMERALL (V.O.)

Touchdown Smith! That one gets

the Sentinels back into the ball

game!

85A IN STANDS 85A

We see Bob, Rob, and Todd standing on their seats doing adrunken victory dance. But then Rob/Lincoln falls offand tumbles down the steps, BLARING his AIR HORN as he

goes.

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Madden starts shuffling through pages.

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MADDEN:

This guy is a player, Pat...

He finds the paper he's looking for...

MADDEN:

According to the Sentinels, RaySmith is... that's weird. No

college given, no high school...

it just says he's been a residentof the state of Maryland for thelast four years and fivemonths...likes to embroider...

87 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - FIELD - ON CLOCK - LATE AFTERNOON 87

which shows one minute ten seconds left in the fourth

quarter.

Scoreboard:
Detroit 14, Washington 10.

87A LINE OF SCRIMMAGE 87A

Shane takes the snap and drops back just as two linemenblow past Jamal and Fumiko, crunching Shane. The

football pops loose and one of them falls on it!

SUMMERALL (V.O.)

Falco is sacked and the ball comes

loose! It's Detroit's ball with

only a minute remaining in thegame!

88 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - SIDELINE - LATE AFTERNOON 88

McGinty grabs Bateman before he can run out onto thefield.

McGINTY

Danny.

(very slowly)

Get me the ball.

The ball.

BATEMAN:

Okay, Coach.

89 ON DETROIT 89

as they line up.

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Ready!

Hut!

Set!

DETROIT QB:

Gator 20! Gator 20!

The quarterback hands off to the running back right upthe middle in a typical "run out the clock" play. Bam!

Bateman comes out of nowhere, decks the runner and

literally rips the ball out of his hands as he goes down.

The crowd cheers!

MADDEN (V.O.)

Now that's All-Madden Team!

90 OMITTED 90

90A ON BATEMAN 90A

as he runs over to McGinty on the sidelines. He holds

out the football like a golden retriever. McGinty takesit.

McGINTY

Thank you, Danny.

BATEMAN:

Sure, Coach!

Bateman runs off as McGinty shakes his head and flips theball to a referee.

91 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - SIDELINE - HUDDLE - LATE AFTERNOON 91

They're all turned and watching as Shane makes his wayslowly out onto the field. Annabelle watches him closely.

SUMMERALL (V.O.)

Here comes Falco with eighteenseconds left on the clock...

91A OMITTED 91A

92 LINE OF SCRIMMAGE 92

Shane looks out at the defense. The nasty-lookingLinebacker stares back at him...

DETROIT LB:

HERE COMES THE PAIN, BABY!

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SHANE:

... 22 green!

His voice cracks and several defensive players openlylaugh at him. And then...

SHANE:

Check! Check! Black 32! Black

32!

ON JAMAL:

He's down in his three-point stance.

Cochran:

He whispers to

JAMAL:

What's that mean?

FUMIKO:

(whispering back)

He's changing the play. Listen!

SHANE:

Black 32!

He shifts position in the backfield.

COCHRAN:

(to Shane)

Is this right?

SHANE:

(shaking his head)

Black 32 left!

Cochran shifts again. Franklin goes in motion from hisflanker position, but then changes his mind and goes backthe other way. Cochran and Franklin bump into eachother.

93 ON DETROIT DEFENSE 93

They are totally confused now as they try to adjust tothe equally-confused Sentinels.

93A ON McGINTY 93A

watching with Pilachowski.

McGINTY

What the hell is he doing?

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PILACHOWSKI:

Calling an audible.

McGINTY

I can see that!

94 ON SHANE 94

Hut! Hut!

SHANE:

He turns to hand the ball off to Cochran but Cochran is

not there. Shane turns the other way and sees Franklinalone in the end zone, waving his hands. Shane considers

it for a beat but instead pitches the ball to Cochran.

Meanwhile, the Detroit defense is going the other way andCochran takes off. But two players are not taken in.

The first guy dives for Cochran's legs. We hear a clank

as his helmet hits the industrial knee brace. The guybounces off and Cochran lunges for the end zone just

as!-- Wham! He's stuffed at the line... just shy of atouchdown.

BOOM! The game ends.

MADDEN (V.O.)

Falco calls an audible at the line

of scrimmage and Cochran nearlytakes it in! What a heartbreaker

for Washington!

95 EXT. NEXTEL STADIUM - FIELD - LATE AFTERNOON 95

Shane looks downfield as the other players silently walkoff the field. He turns and slowly walks back to thebench, where we see McGinty staring daggers at him.

McGINTY

If I wanted you to hand off toCochran I would have called it

that way!

I read blitz.

SHANE:

McGINTY

Bullshit. I put the game in yourhands and you got scared.

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SHANE:

(weakly)

I read blitz...

McGINTY

Winners always want the ball with

the game on the line.

McGinty walks off as we STAY ON Shane for a beat. He

turns to see Annabelle watching him. She gives him asupportive nod but he looks away, ashamed, and walks intothe tunnel.

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96 OMITTED 96

96A INT. SHOOTERS - LATER THAT NIGHT 96A

A sports bar near the stadium where all the jocks hang

out. Usually, this place would be hopping after a game.

But right now it's barely limping. We PAN OVER a nearlyempty bar before FINDING our guys. They're drowningtheir sorrows at a big table near the billiard room.

Shane does a shot followed by a beer chaser -- clearlyit's not the first of the evening.

The JUKEBOX PLAYS the '70s cheese classic "I Will

Survive" by GLORIA GAYNOR. The bouncy tune plays incontrast to the dismal setting. But Franklin can't

resist quietly singing along until Wilkinson gives him adeadly glare and he stops.

JAMAL:

Can't somebody turn that sh*t off?

NIGEL:

We're being punished...

FRANKLIN:

I wonder if anybody stole anything

at the mini-mart today...

JAMAL:

You'll know soon enough...

FRANKLIN:

We tried our best...

NIGEL:

They don't give points for trying.

Face it, we screwed the pooch

tonight.

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