Touchback Page #7
I hope you're still excited
about being a Buckeye.
Yes.
I'm definitely going
to Ohio State.
I want to be close
to my mom.
Jenny:
Aww.
Well, let me just
thank Thelma now
for keeping her son
close to home.
You don't have to go
nowhere for me.
Go where you want
to go, okay?
Yeah, but don't you want him
in Columbus
so you can come
see him play?
She doesn't watch his games.
She's never seen him play.
You've never
seen him play?
- Huh-uh.
- She works nights.
Well, Thelma,
you gotta come see him play,
'cause he will make you
so proud.
Pass the pepper, please.
Whew.
Thank your mom for me again,
would you?
Yeah.
Do me a favor,
take it easy on Cuyahoga
tomorrow night, all right?
Some of those guys are gonna be
your future teammates.
I was kind of hoping
they would take it easy on me.
Yeah, me too.
Listen, your linemen...
they play hard.
They do. They...
and they play with heart.
But, son, they're not gonna be able
to protect you
worth a damn tomorrow night.
Yeah, I know.
Listen to me.
We are sold on you.
We don't need to see you play
any more football.
And if you want to sit this game out
tomorrow night,
we're not gonna
fault you for it one bit.
Thanks again.
And whatever you decide,
good luck.
Thanks, Coach.
Jenny:
I can't wait for usto get out of here together.
(rooster crows,
cows mooing)
(mooing,
chickens clucking)
Hey, Macy.
What are you doing here?
My dad will kill you if he sees you.
I really need to talk to you.
It's important.
Okay, just come in here.
Thanks for helping
with the petition.
Pretty much the whole school
signed it.
So I guess we're even?
For the band room?
Yeah.
So...
what's so important?
Us.
What...?
What are you talking about?
You have a girlfriend.
Yeah, but I don't marry her.
I marry you.
You marry me?
You don't even know me.
I do know you, Macy,
better than you can
ever imagine.
Come on.
Did your friends put you up to this?
Because it is not funny.
(huffs)
Your grandma had a cabin
in Manns Choice.
You two had a game...
so that if you make
your wish,
you roll it up in a piece of paper
and you put it in the wall...
all your wishes come true.
Every year, you wished
for the same thing.
When you were 14,
she passed away.
And when they were tearing
the place down
you came back
and you looked in the walls
and all your wishes
were gone.
I know what
you wish for, Macy.
You wish that one day
you could buy this farm
that you and your parents
work on.
Macy, your wishes come true.
We end up getting married
and we buy this farm.
And we have two little girls
named Krista and Jamie
- that we named after your aunts.
- Why are you doing this?
We end up together because
I get crippled in the game tonight.
- Stop it.
- But I'm gonna change things.
If I don't get hurt, in a few years
and I'll finally be able
to take care of you.
Stop it.
Just stop talking
Macy, stop.
We tried your dream, okay?
And it didn't work out.
And I'm not gonna
end up here in Coldwater
with a bum leg,
a rundown farm
and two kids I can barely support.
I'm not doing it again.
I'm not asking you to.
All I'm asking
is for you to try my dream.
Come to Ohio State
with me next year.
What are you talking about?
We were an accident.
We weren't supposed to
end up together.
What I'm saying is,
it doesn't have to be like that.
Relationships aren't accidents.
They're decisions.
And if you made one
that you're not happy with,
then that is called
a mistake.
without it.
Macy?
Have a nice life, Scott.
I hope you find
what you're looking for.
Macy.
Girl:
Yeah, all right,I'll let her know.
Boy:
Good luck tonight, Scotty.
Hand:
There you go.Thanks a lot.
- Hey, Coach.
- Hey, Scotty. I have a history class.
- This is important.
- Well, so are they.
- This can't wait.
- (school bell rings)
All right, quickly.
What is it?
I can't play tonight.
Oh, no. Did you hurt yourself?
What did you do?
No, not yet.
- You're not hurt?
- No, I'm not hurt,
but if I get injured,
I could lose my scholarship.
You're not playing because
you're afraid you might get hurt?
Come on, Coach. We're too small
Everyone knows it.
Even you said it.
Oh, well...
what the hell
has happened to you?
Two weeks ago,
if I had told you
we were playing the Cincinnati Bengals,
you'd have felt sorry for them
because of the beating you thought
you were gonna give them.
And now you're telling me that we're
too small, so you're quitting?
I have to.
Well, what is it you want from me?
"That's fine,
I understand, son.
The team will be great"?
I'm not throwing my life away
for some high school football game.
Coach, come on,
I have a future.
Do you know
what the future is, Scott?
what you do right now strung together.
And right now all you're doing
is giving up.
And trust me,
there's no future in that.
Scott...
I hope you don't give up
this easy in life,
because it gets a hell of a lot
harder than football.
Dwight:
They're here.
Dwight:
Lord, look at the sizeof their linemen.
That's a quarterback.
That is their lineman.
Dwight:
Oh, jeez,they're all that big.
Have fun with them tonight.
Damn.
(sizzling)
Jenny:
Your Ohio State jersey.
(chuckles)
Do you like it?
Yeah.
I do.
Thanks.
If there's even a remote chance
that you'll get hurt,
don't play,
end of story.
I know. I just feel like
I'm letting the whole town down.
Think about
your future, okay?
I know you, Scotty.
All you've ever wanted is
to take care of everybody, right?
- Right.
- Okay, so when you go pro,
you'll have enough money
to do that.
No more night shifts
and double shifts for your mom,
no more trailer.
You can get her a real house.
- You're right.
- Mm-hmm.
You should get used to that.
(both chuckle)
(crowd cheering)
- Murphy:
Sit down. I bought you dinner.- Thelma:
Are you crazy?- Sit down.
- I don't have a lot of time.
Yes, you do.
You have plenty of time.
Wait, wait, don't you have
a game tonight?
I'm not playing.
You're not?
Things are gonna be
different now, Mom.
From this point on,
I'm gonna be taking care of you.
No, you just take care of yourself.
I'm fine.
No, I'm serious. Next year,
some of my scholarship money.
No, you save your money.
I don't need it.
And the truck... I mean,
it's a beautiful truck,
- but why don't we sell it?
- (laughs)
- I can get a ride or run to school.
- Sell it? I just bought that truck.
- You can buy yourself a new car.
- I don't need a new car.
And I don't need you telling me
how to manage my money, so lay off.
I don't need it.
It's a waste.
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