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on fancy trips.

Some people go gambling.

I like to spend my money...

and I ain't got much...

on you.

You didn't have a lot growing up

and you never complained,

so I want you to have

something nice, okay?

And that truck is gonna

take care of you for a long time,

so just stop this talk.

"Sell the truck."

I'd rather you buy something

for yourself,

take a vacation

or something.

Things don't make me happy.

Vacations don't make me happy.

You being happy

makes me happy.

I am gonna be happy.

And things are gonna be different.

Gonna be?

What is so wrong with right now?

What if this is

all you get, kid?

What if this is it?

It just...

it just seems like nothing is ever

enough with you, you know?

And if you can't be satisfied

with what you got,

then you're never

gonna be happy,

no matter what you get.

You asked me before

if there was something

I wish was different.

If there was one thing

I could change,

that would be it.

I just want to make you

proud of me.

You want to make me proud?

Make yourself proud.

And I'm not talking

to "Mr. Football" here.

I'm talking to Scott Murphy.

Ahem...

Sorry I'm late.

Get dressed.

(players cheering)

Commentator:

Hello, everybody, and welcome

to the Ohio State championship

football game.

This is a true

David vs. Goliath story.

There are 2,700 people

in the blue collar community

of Coldwater, Ohio,

all packed into this

small-town stadium

to watch their home team

face off

against the defending state champion

Cuyahoga Red Raiders...

a team from a high school

with more students

than this small town's

entire population.

I know that all week long

you've been talking about losing,

thinking about losing.

Some of you are wondering if you should

even be playing in this game.

Hell, there's probably

an accountant somewhere

thinks a school our size

isn't worth it...

I mean,

we don't have a chance.

Those guys over there think

we don't even belong on the same field,

but somebody thinks they're worth

an air-conditioned tour bus.

I want you

to go out there tonight

and show everybody

it isn't the size of your bodies,

the size of your buses

or your school that matters.

It's the size of something else

that wins football games.

- One, two, three...

- Team:
Coldwater!

(crowd cheering)

Announcer:

Now taking the field,

the Coldwater Black Bears!

- Hall:
Ready to make history?

- Change it at least.

After the game,

you're mine.

Jenny:
Go Bears!

Whoo-hoo!

(cheerleaders chanting)

Let's do this.

Come on, let's go.

- Coach:
One, two, three...

- Cuyahoga:
Red Raiders rule!

Commentator:

Jablonsky, deep to return

in the white jersey

and the red pants.

And he'll take it right side

at his own goal line.

He's up to the five

with a wall,

to the 10, to the 15,

to the 20,

to the 25, 30,

Do you believe it?

This isn't what Coach Hand

wanted to see.

That is going all the way.

Touchdown, Cuyahoga!

Wow!

Right there.

Good job.

Commentator:
Coldwater's shocked

with that Jablonsky kickoff return.

They're down seven-zip.

- All right, let's get that right back.

- And the story here tonight

is Scott Murphy.

He has carried this small-town team

against all odds

into the state finals

against the five-time

state champion

Cuyahoga Raiders.

(Murphy shouting commands)

Black-18!

Hike!

Commentator:

Got a man open... and hit hard!

- (whistle blows)

- And the pass is incomplete.

Felt that one,

didn't you, Backwater?

It's gonna keep coming.

It's gonna keep coming.

Murphy got absolutely rocked

on that play.

and lit him up

like a Zippo lighter.

I'm gonna break your neck,

Backwater.

Hike!

(panting)

Commentator:
Scott Murphy has

almost zero protection in the pocket

from the swarming

Cuyahoga defense.

Slowing down,

huh, Backwater?

Murphy:

I thrive on pain.

Willard:
I hope so.

It's coming all night.

Good job.

Hike.

(whistle blows)

Another late hit

by the Raiders' defense,

this time on number 81

Chris Hall.

What did I tell you?

That's exactly what I said.

Commentator:
The Red Raiders

seem to be bent

on taking Scott Murphy

out of this ball game.

Commentator #2:

They haven't taken him out,

but they've certainly

contained him.

Commentator #1:

And Willard is making the case

that he should have been "Mr. Football"

here in the great state of Ohio.

(yells)

- (whistle blows)

- Get off him!

Commentator:

Scott Murphy rocked again.

It's got to be hard

for this hometown crowd

to watch their star quarterback taking

this kind of beating here tonight.

- I can't listen to this. Turn them off.

- And the only thing preventing...

...the Raiders from running away...

- I can't listen to this.

- Turn them off!

...with this ball game

are the penalties, late hits,

and personal fouls.

(grunts)

Cheerleaders:

Let's go, Bears!

Red Raiders on three!

- One, two, three...

- Red Raiders rule!

Caught by number 9 Kelly

for another Cuyahoga

first down.

And that is another

Cuyahoga touchdown

as the Raiders pull

even further ahead of Coldwater.

Right now Scott Murphy

has got to be wondering

what he can do differently

to change the course of this ball game.

Turn it up a notch.

Use your quickness.

Now come on, Scott,

you're better than these guys.

You're better

than all of them.

Commentator:

Coach Hand on the sidelines

trying to light a fire

under Scott Murphy.

Willard:

It's gonna keep coming.

Hike.

(crowd cheering)

Yeah! All right.

Commentator:
I don't know what

Coach Hand just said to Scott Murphy

or what he was thinking about

on the sidelines,

but he came back

in this ball game

ready to prove something.

(crowd cheering)

Touchdown, Coldwater!

Commentator:

Coldwater is still in this ball game!

The score is 14-7.

(workers cheering)

(crowd cheering)

Yeah, baby.

That's what I'm talking about.

Hey, man, cheer up. The Raiders

are the best team in the state.

It's happening again.

Control the whole game.

We gotta get ahead.

We gotta get ahead.

Get out there.

Get out there.

Yeah, boy.

And Coldwater trails 21-14

as they head into the locker room

for halftime.

(rimshots rapping)

Gentlemen, some players

have talent.

Others have heart.

But tonight

I've seen players with talent

who I didn't know had any

and others with heart

who I thought only had talent.

The quality and standard

of your life

will not be determined

by how well you play football,

but by how well

you confront adversity...

attitude.

Gentlemen,

if you keep playing like this,

I promise you

you will leave this field winners.

Get in here.

(players cheering)

- One, two, three...

- Coldwater!

Hand:
That's what

I'm talking about.

Scott...

you know I've never seen you

play like this.

I'm doing

the best I can, Coach.

Yeah, but don't forget

you got 10 other players with you.

You don't need to do this

all by yourself.

You didn't carry this team here.

You led them.

And they might not be

the biggest and the best players,

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